Youth Park Outreach

On Sunday July 28th, our Youth Group did a Park Outreach at Old Mill Park in Fredericksburg, VA! We had 29 students, and 18 adults participating in this event. This event was a team effort! Some made gallons of lemonade, others designed signs to invite
the public, sliced up watermelons, brought gospel tracts, and transported and set up the game supplies! Before we began, we started with an open group prayer asking God to go before us, prepare hearts, and give us boldness to speak Jesus. It was a blessing to hear several of the youth step up to pray for this!

Then we went out in pairs or groups to speak Jesus with tracts and invitations to our
church. We went on both sides of the Rappahannock River. Some stayed back to play games and serve lemonade to those who visited our pavilion. I would estimate we shared the gospel with around 200 people! At the end, we had dinner and packed up. Three people from the park joined us for dinner and had longer conversations with us. We obeyed Jesus's commands to be His witnesses (Acts 1:8), to love our neighbors (Matt. 22:39), and let our light shine (Matt. 5:16). Thank you so much to everyone who served, contributed, and participated in this Park Outreach. It was a big encouragement and joy for me to see! The pictures I shared unfortunately do not include the whole group. I didn't think to take a group picture till the end of our clean up!