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Mar. 24th, 2018 06:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
st_martin_aI had a meeting this afternoon with some pub managers, town councillors and two assessors who were deciding whether our town would be given 'purple flag' status (which is given to towns and cities deemed safe and worth going to in the UK). I was there representing the Street Pastors.
I was out of my comfort zone. I didn't know what to expect and for the most part I kept quiet while these very confident publicans did a great job of selling our town as the best place you would ever want to visit.
When it eventually came for me to speak, the 10 minute presentation that I'd practiced came out as a 5 minute one and as soon as I left any space in my talk, someone jumped in. Lol. It felt like a kind of competition on who could jump in and talk next.
Fortunately the assessor was very familiar with street pastors from other cities she'd assessed and so I didn't need to convince her of anything.
I was a bit surprised when she said - "when the street pastors started, everyone thought - oh no! A load of god-botherers; they'll cause more problems than they solve, but it turned out that they've had a really positive impact on every city in the country".
Wow.
'God-botheres' - that's really made me assess my own view of how Christianity is perceived by the general public...
Anyway, it was an interesting experience to be part of. I think it went well.
I was out of my comfort zone. I didn't know what to expect and for the most part I kept quiet while these very confident publicans did a great job of selling our town as the best place you would ever want to visit.
When it eventually came for me to speak, the 10 minute presentation that I'd practiced came out as a 5 minute one and as soon as I left any space in my talk, someone jumped in. Lol. It felt like a kind of competition on who could jump in and talk next.
Fortunately the assessor was very familiar with street pastors from other cities she'd assessed and so I didn't need to convince her of anything.
I was a bit surprised when she said - "when the street pastors started, everyone thought - oh no! A load of god-botherers; they'll cause more problems than they solve, but it turned out that they've had a really positive impact on every city in the country".
Wow.
'God-botheres' - that's really made me assess my own view of how Christianity is perceived by the general public...
Anyway, it was an interesting experience to be part of. I think it went well.