Friday, January 30, 2009
Interns Share Your Story: Learn from Each Other
Hey City Church Interns: Please comment on this post and share about your experiences from Friday Afternoon. God is using you to plant and water seeds of the gospel. No matter how our conversations start or end, share your experience so we can all learn and give God glory!
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James and I just went around inviting a bunch of people to church, including a mormon and a couple 8th grade skater boys. The last person we talked to was a middleaged lady who was walking past. She rejected my invitation to church and turned us down when we asked if we could pray for her. However James told her that God loved her and we told her to have a good day. By that time she seemed to soften up a little bit.
ReplyDeleteToday was not as powerful as past weeks, a few people said flat out they didn't want to come to church or take a touch card. However I was present when Amy Weimer invited a young man. It was awesome to see true evangelism in action! We were able to pray that this young man got a job and he said he would even be willing to come to GC! It was exciting to witness!
ReplyDeleteToday was not as eventful as the past couple of weeks. My favorite experience so far with evangelism was about two weeks ago with Gaby. We had shared the gospel with a handful of people, and even prayed with a lady. We were about to leave when we saw a girl and asked her if she knew Jesus, and she did she went to a Catholic church. The girl told us that she wanted more of God. Then we shared the gospel, and I led her to salvation. After that we figured out that she had already been to the Generation Forward club on her campus and new Kyle and Micah. It was a cool coincidence, and her life was changed forever!
ReplyDeleteDillon, Travis, and I talked to three guys outside of In-n-Out today for about 10 minutes. One was a Christian, one was a Catholic, and the third was an Atheist. We got mixed responses but all three were really interested in "a church that was different than any other" and "a God that wants to have a personal relationship with you. Totally awesome!
ReplyDeleteJoy and I were headed for Borders and saw a lady standing at the door looking at some books, so we approached her and asked her if she needed prayer for anything. She immediately said yes! and explained she would like for us to pray for her teenage son and daughter. After talking a bit more with her we found out she was from Ethiopia and didnt go to Church anywhere, so we gave her a touch card and invited her to come to the City Church. We told her we hoped we would see her there and assured her we would be praying for her...we both believe she is going to keep the touch card, and that the faith she has dormant in her heart is going to be stirred up after our encounter with her..
ReplyDeleteYesterday was probably one of my most exciting ones and an eye opener between real evangelism and just inviting people to church. I'm still afraid to do it but I know that God is with me and He is the one that gives boldness. I went with katelyn, Amy and Erin. I invited a mother and family by giving a touch card informing where the church was and she was nice and took the card. Hopefully They'll come! My favorite part was witnessing Amy evangelize to a young man who was Muslim. She shared some of the gospel and prayed for him that he'd get the job he wanted and was interested in checking out GC someday. Her boldness and way of approaching him and praying for him was very inspirational for in how I can do it next time! God Grant me boldness and the words to say!!!
ReplyDeleteOn Friday I went with Chuy. We were first turned down by three girls outside of Ralph's holding signs for some club that gives money to educate people in Africa. We talked a little to a few people who were already Christian and went to church. Finally the last guy I talked to for like 30 seconds at the gas station. He said he was "spiritual" but wasn't into religion. I gave him a touch card and he said that he would probably give it away to one of his friends since he hangs out with a bunch of church people. I really want to get into real conversations with people who don't know God or don't go to church.
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ReplyDeleteThis time I went with Stephen. Outside of a skateshop in the parking lot was a guy about our age who at his car getting ready to buy new shoes. We found out he was a pantheist. His ankle had a bandage around it and we asked if we could pray for him and he said no. I pray that next time we won't just be planting seeds, but that God would use us to get people saved.
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This past Friday, I started out being partners with Janet and somehow we kind of merged with Amy, Mary and James on our way to The Coffee Bean... I ended up accompanying Mary to invite a guy and girl to GC who looked about high school age. I asked them if they went to church at all and they told us "no, not really." They were also pretty friendly which was cool. We exchanged names with each other and said "hope to see you there!" and that was basically it. After that I wished we had kept the conversation going a little longer, but there will be more opportunities next time [:
ReplyDeleteThis friday, Maria and I were walking around by Rite Aid in Carmel Mtn and we met this awesome older retired gentleman named Mike who wanted to chat with us for a long time about the weather, where he's from, his children and grandchildren, and just plain old small talk. We invited him to church and enjoyed the conversation, especially since we ended up getting rejected by 7 different people! Some were nice about it but one actually ran away from us! All we could do was laugh because it was so ridiculous! LOL! Thank God for Mike who we're believing will come visit our church!
ReplyDeleteLuke 5:5-7 Simon answered, "Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets." When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
ReplyDeleteThis week I evangelized with Janet. We had the opportunity to talk to three different groups of friends, and another guy. I think from this week what we learned was the importance of our approach. We all know that we are not there to shove a touch card into their hands, we are there to show people what their hearts are searching for (God) and where to go to find it. Most of our conversations were as you would say the planting of seeds, which is awesome. But one of the last guys we talked to is definitely going to come to GC this Thursday! Evangelizing is fun, it's exciting to be sent out into the harvest!
-carol
ReplyDeleteThis Friday I had a greater realization of how privileged we are as Interns. We know how to pray and how to pray the word. That is one of our strengths...prayer evangelism.
ReplyDeleteI went with Emily. We talked to a guy who was sitting outside of Jamba Juice. His name is Mohammed. He works at Rite Aid. We found out he is muslim. He said he has a strong belief in God. When I asked him if he has ever felt God's peace he said yes. He was friendly, but I felt like if I tried to share the gospel with him his defense would be up. I asked if I could pray for him, and to my surprise he said yes. With permission I put my hand on his shoulder and prayed that God would reveal Jesus' goodness and love to him. When I said in Jesus' name, amen, he said amen, too. He asked us where our church is and we gave him a touch card.
Next we talked to a couple Koreans who were sitting at a nearby table. One was a senior in high school named Rick, the other an older man named Yung (or Yeung?). They were both Christians and had just reunited. They both go to church. We prayed for them at their request. Rick goes to RBHS and said he might check out Generation Forward.
This is the first time I have actually got to pray for people when we have gone on Fridays. I'm excited to pray for more people, hopefully at work and campus this week. I'm glad that God would use us in such a way. I think I am getting better at following His leading.
Stephen and I talked to a guy from Mt. Carmel the whole time. He thought an angel weighed the good and bad you've done in life, and if you've more good, you get into heaven. We shared a little of our testimonies and the full gospel, but when we asked if he would like to pray with us, he said he already prays the rosary and different Catholic prayers. He knows Mike Nelson so he might go to Generation Forward.
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