Thursday, July 22, 2010

Bellingham Festival??

This past weekend Jordan and Kirsten Radke got a chance to visit Yakima CityFest, with the perspective and hope that it is something that we could bring to Bellingham, WA. Kirsten shares their experience below.

Bellingham City Fest was a tremendous experience for the Bellingham Planning team. We arrived Friday night and met up with the Luis Palau Team on Saturday morning for a Q&A time with the Yakima planning team.

For those of you who do not know what CityFest is . CityFest is an event that is put on by the town and Luis Palau Association comes in to assist in the process. To see details on this event you can click on this link: http://www.palau.org/festivals/details

There are three stages to a Festival.

1. Season of Service
2. Festival
3. Long Term Impact

This is an awesome way to show a city in need that they are loved. It is an amazing way to share the love of Christ through acts of service and celebration. In Yakima we experience something that I have never experienced in my entire life. Seeing 21,000 people gather together for fun, fellowship, music, and the Word of God. There were over 600 commitments to Christ. What an amazing God we serve.

Bellingham are you ready?? Because here we come!!!