Caught Off Guard
" /doh " by striatic is licensed under CC BY 2.0 . Have you ever had someone ask you a question that you should have had an answer to, but at that moment you drew a blank and just did the best you could? Of course, afterward the answer seems so obvious and you wonder why you didn't say that to begin with. That is what happened to me this past Sunday. What's worse...this question was about outreach. We had a new family visit the church and afterward began asking many questions about the church. I, and a couple of others, introduced them to life groups and told them our philosophy concerning our life groups (that they are inter-generational on purpose). They seemed genuinely interested in finding out about all aspects of our church. Toward the end of our conversation together, they asked the fateful question: "What does your church do for outreach?" I thought and shared our current situation with the uncertainty of "3rd Street Ministry". But