Having a Church Service at the Mall
On my last day in Colombia, last week, we were walking through the mall and decided to grab a bite to eat. As we headed over to the food court this is what we saw.
There was a contemporary Catholic worship service going on. I happened to be walking by and snapped this picture on my iPhone. Right next to them people were busily going about their lives: chewing on hamburgers, fries, shopping for clothes. Does this seem surprising to anyone out there? To me it did.
On my return flight to Florida I happened to bring up the topic to the person sitting next to me. Apparently this is quite common down there and happens in lots of mall.
I could never imagine anything like this ever taking place in any mall in America.
Have you ever seen anything like this? What do you think it says about our culture and theirs? What are some ways that we can be as incarnational in our ministry approaches?
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What was really interesting is that they still took up an offering. They had these really long poles with little boxes at the end of them. And whoever was around, they put that in your face. No missing out on the offering.