This past Wed.- Fri. our church did something very different than anything we have ever done. We put on an outdoor Christmas festival, called "Christmas on the Corner". It was similar to a Lake Lanier, Stone Mountain, or Callaway Gardens Christmas events, with costumed characters, a live nativity, a small Christmas train, local performing school choruses, food vendors, tons of lights, etc. My family and I enjoyed it the first night, then I worked at the event the other nights. I was the announcer/host on the "Christmas Tram", which went through the parking lots picking up and dropping off people for the festival. It was our Sunday tram, decorated with Christmas lights, banners, and playing Christmas music. I completely enjoyed getting to meet people, talk up and describe the event to them, and generally be entertaining for folks. By Friday night, I heard from numerous folks that kids wanted to ride the "Christmas Train" as they called it, and wanted to see the "funny train conductor", like some came to call me. Fun time!
Which is really what I hoped to do for people when they came to the event- begin the enjoyment for them even before entering the actual park, give them a good impression of Hebron, and ultimately, of Jesus Christ.
I hope we do this event every year- I think it can become a yearly event for the community to attend, and help further Hebron's influence for Jesus, pointing people to Him in the best time of the year.
Merry Christmas!
Rob