Tharptown Community Picnic

The Tharptown Community Picnic on October 25 will present a unique opportunity for TBC to minister in our community. Until now, the majority of our community focus has centered around our church facilities and attempting to draw people from surrounding areas to us. This event will allow us to engage the community in their own environment.

Meeting people where they live and work was a common theme of Christ’s ministry too. Although Christ often met and taught the “religious” in their synagogues, it was in the community that Christ did the majority of his evangelistic work and ministry. His interaction with others took place in their homes, on the streets, at a community well, at a friend’s grave, on a mountain, and from a boat. Wherever there were people, that’s where Jesus would be ministering.

Tharptown School now has over 500 students. Each of those students represents a family. These families come in to our community daily for academic needs, sporting events and practices, and for social interaction. May the light of the gospel shine brightly as we minister to those in the community as Jesus would—with purposeful interaction in their own environment.

Jamie Kiel