Do/Be Church.
Had the pleasure of living the Austinite life to the fullest today. We have a close friend in town for a few days and got to take her to a Live Music Fave. A little place downtown called Threadgills. It is a pretty standard Louisiana meets Mexico type cuisine, but the real draw is on Sunday mornings they do a “Gospel Brunch” Hundreds of people turn out for the event each week, partly because the food is decent, but mostly because they get to have a church experience, minus the teaching. The music today was an old blues group. And I mean old. The lead singer was in a walker.
This is totally contrary to our youth driven worship experiences, but they have a good thing going. Life changing, not for most, but they know how to get a crowd. And people are willing to drop $10.95 a head! Most of whom never would step foot in a church.
Two take aways:
1. Life change comes from being church, not doing church.
2. People appreciate authenticity (read: old man in walker) over a production.
Oh and a third take away…
3. Food helps draw a crowd!
Tis true! We gotta keep it real as a church.