The God Corner!!!

OK so every August at Notting Hill (in downtown London) there is a huge 2 day event called "Carnival"...basically it's a British version of Mardi Gras. From what I understand, several years ago, a few of the guys from Calvary Chapel (Robert, Efrem, and Patrick--now the pastors of CC South London) started a Christian rap/hip hop outreach in front of a Baptist church just outside the Carnival area. Apparently it's become a tradition now, so that it is commonly known by everyone as "The God Corner." Pretty cool, eh? So this year I was able to go hang out, hand out some Gospel tracts, and take some pics...so ready or not, here we go!!

As you can see, there was a pretty good turn out and people were getting into it! The location is ideal; there are people constantly coming and going as they make their way to Carnival from the tube (subway) station across the street.

This is Pastor Efrem speaking to the crowd. At one point he and Robert actually did some rap as well (some of you may have heard them, they're called "MOD," Ministers of Defense"), but I missed that part! They had loads of other guys getting up and rapping though, so there was plenty going on!

This is Pastor Robert sharing the Gospel with the crowd. The Lord has truly given these guys boldness in sharing the good news of Jesus Christ, what a blessing to hear God's truth being proclaimed in the streets of London!

Just thought this was cute...here are some of the kids from CC South London getting their groove on. They were actually pretty good! :)

Some of the young people in the church did street dancing as well.

Surprisingly, they were able to coordinate a group "Electric Slide" (but they called it something else). I was out there going for it myself, but had to stop to take this picture...sorry, you don't get the pleasure of seeing me bust a move! :)

So that's "The God Corner" in a nutshell! It's so neat to see how the Lord gifts and uses His people to reach out in love to a hurting world! I mentioned that we were passing out tracts there, which was neat because many people actually took time to look at them! Although by the stage it was too loud to speak to people, apparently some folks went down the road a bit and were able to share the Gospel with quite a few people! Please pray that the seeds planted in people's hearts and minds will take root as they realize nothing in this world--not even a big ol' party like Carnival--will truly satisfy them apart from relationship with Jesus Christ!!