Open Mic

Had a killer crowd tonight at our second open mic night! What a night. The room was packed for a while there, probably twice as large as last month, which was a great start in the first place.

One guy put out a "cannabis society" flyer. We didn't sell or provide alcohol, but people were free to bring their own and if they wanted to flyer, why not? Some may respond with strong disagreement or anger to the notion that we would support these things. We don't.

I suppose I would point to the 10 people I met tonight for the first time and had meaningful conversations. Many asked what Eikon was all about, but mostly, we got to meet them where they were.

At one point, a girl said to me, "what kind of church does this?" It was a great segway into conversation about what church means to us and why we do the open-mic.

Creating safe places and meeting people where they are is a huge part of our philosophy of ministry. The Jewish Rabbi from the first century did it all the time, didn't he?

I've got 10 names written down that I now get to pray for before I hit the hay. What a great night.