Sziget Music Festival - Budapest, Hungary

I am writing this blog from the Sziget Music Festival in Budapest.  Can you believe that they offer free internet?!

This is an eight day music festival with bands playing from all over the world.  Last year they estimate that over 70,000 people attended this event.  Who knows how many this year.

The thing that has been bouncing around in my brain is what is God’s will for my life here during this festival?  I am hear with a church plant from downtown Budapest and they have a team of about 20 people staying here all week.  They have a huge tent that they open from 4pm to 4am every night where they serve free tea and free atmosphere and free counseling.  It seems to me that this is one way that we can bring the church to the people (and that is something else that I am really wrestling with too; how to bring the church to the people as opposed to expecting the people to come to the church).

If Jesus were here (which I believe that He is, especially with the team that I am working with) in the flesh, what would he be doing?  Would He dance?  Would He mingle with the people?  Would He be inviting people to follow Him.  Some people in the church would be upset if they knew that we were in a venue like this ministering to people.  They would say that this is not a place for Christians.  That we should be on the outside passing out tracks that warn people about their destiny to hell if they walk through the gates of the Sziget Festival.

What do you think is the best way for a follower of Jesus to minister to people in an event like this?  Does your natural inclination lean more towards passing out tracks outside, or would you rather be inside mingling with the people?  If it is the latter, what would your approach be to be Jesus’ representative?

Let me hear from you.

Live from Budapest… I’m out to go and mingle with the people!

Posted by matthew gamble on August 16, 2006 at 04:05 PM
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