This Summer at NWH...

I love barbeques. I'll even be so bold to say I think everyone loves barbeques. Our church is going to do some barbequing this summer. In fact, we're going to barbeque every Sunday.

Why?
Two reasons, in no particular order:
First, it gives us a chance to get to know our congregation better. Similar to the "family picnic" we've done for the last couple years here on the church grounds, we get to come together after the second service, enjoy some food together and spend time talking to old friends and meeting new ones.
Second, it gives us an opportunity to reach out to our community. If we know there will be burgers and hotdogs after church each Sunday, why not invite neighbors and friends to come to a service and enjoy lunch afterward?

Who?
To make it happen, it will take some planning and some people with hearts to serve the church and our community. We hope to get people in various ministry teams within the church (e.g. Growing Families group, College ministry, Worship ministry, etc.) to commit to serving on 1 or 2 of the nine Sundays between June 28th and August 23rd. The team will need to attend the first service, and spend the second service setting up the barbeque, cooking, setting up tables, etc, and will also need to plan to clean up afterward.

How?
Some might ask if it's feasible; i.e. can we afford it and can we coordinate it? The plan is let the people in the church coordinate it, as mentioned above. We have some budget dollars alloted for summer events, and will also supplement that with a $2 charge for lunch (if you are bringing a guest, they won't be charged for lunch).

Catch the Barbeque Vision
What do you think? Would you invite someone you know to church and a barbeque? Would you enjoy having lunch with our church body after services? If our church catches this vision, would it be a successful outreach? Can we, as a team, take on at least one Sunday barbeque? I propose that we pray about this and see if we can be enthusiastic supporters of this event. We won't have our regular first-Sunday team lunches for the summer, so that opens us up to taking over at least one of the barbeques. Let me know what you think, or if you have questions.