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Imagine a friend of yours sets up an appointment for a friend of his to go to your house and show you some knew technology and give you a free set of knives. You owe this friend a favor and know he/she won't leave you alone, so somehow you agree.This individual comes over and introduces himself. You ask if he's a salesman. He says,

Not really a direct response here to your post but just an observation.Here in Modesto we have this group called, Church in the Park & they sometimes will average 200 or better especially in the dry months.When they try to meet up inside a building their leadership say stuff like, subject matter might have some religion to it but next week we'll come back here in the park.Somehow the perception is that religious events happen indoors.Now to make the point even funnier, 2 or 3 times a year we set up these large canopies & make an outdoor tabernacle on the edge of our parking lot.Every time we do this our attendance peaks. We set it up on Saturday usually & we use a portable sound board with all the musicians outdoors & the people set on rented chairs that I get for $1.00 a chair. Sometimes I'll ask our visitors what made them attend the outdoor event & they'll say stuff like, I'm not a religious person but I did want to stop & check this out.It's funny how people associate religion with the structures Empty nest syndrome is for the birds!Email me at: [email protected] planters are focused on just one thing ...introducing people to Jesus!

Another great post, Link. I couldn't agree more.

I gotta say Link, very interesting how religion (the word) is looked at negatively and very different from my youth. It is like Religion has no connection with Christ.Then to Dean. Oh yes it is amazing since the beginning of time (for me) tents were in my family. My daddy was a tent preacher. No matter the town or church dad pastored he had a 30x60 tent. Looking back I cannot remember where he stored it nor remember seeing it when we moved from church to church. At least once a year he set it up for a revival, I cannot remember a time it was not packed or 90% full. He started in 1920 and ended it in 1970.He explained it in his Georgia logic. With the curtains up, there is no door keeping them in, and like the natural instinct of wild animals there are many ways to escape anytime they choose. LOL. My dog tags read 'Church of God' in the USMC, USAF= 'Christian', in the USN = Protestant. All were answers to the question: What is your religion? Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/