PATRIOTIC PICNICS

I use Memorial Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July or Labor Day to have a pre-evangelism picnic. Have a pot luck where friends bring salads or desserts and you provide the burgers & dogs. Just before everyone goes through the food line I have my husband say, "It's our custom in our home to say a blessing before we eat. Today I'd like to pause and pray not only for our food but also for our nation." Then he prays something appropriate to the holiday or recent news like for our troops in harms way etc. It's loads of fun to mingle and hear how the Lord takes this simple prayer and causes the guests to talk about spiritual things. Who knows what or where the Holy Spirit will take this.