by Mark Hornbacher | May 16, 2015 | Stories from the Street
We can touch on only a few stories from a recent Phoenix, AZ, session. For that outing, the Phoenix–NW team welcomed several first-time evangelists, as well as SPSE Tempe’s team leader, Sean Kelly. “Wes” was “searching for truth”. He was planning to attend Mass for...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 15, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE evangelists face the constant challenge of building people’s trust — in God, in Christians, in the Catholic Church. One way we do that is by simply showing up regularly at a particular place and being consistently friendly. Our San Francisco team has been...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 14, 2015 | Stories from the Street
One of our newest San Diego teams set up in Balboa Park, a park/museum area next to the San Diego Zoo and with buildings dating back to 1915. They had many visitors. An atheist group had also set up that day, and one of them came over to make provocative remarks. The...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 13, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s National Director, Steve Dawson, joined the San Diego team as they evangelized on the Ocean Beach Municipal Pier. According to Steve, in the short time the team was out, they “talked with dozens — if not hundreds — of people and had lots of fun” doing so. An...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 11, 2015 | Stories from the Street
SPSE’s Atlanta chapter welcomed their newest team — Smyrna, GA. For their first outing, team leader Clarence Burkholder set up in front of Smyrna’s City Hall, near its Spring Jonquil Festival — the semi-annual family event that attracts crowds of up to 15,000. Showing...
by Mark Hornbacher | May 9, 2015 | Stories from the Street
When SPSE National Director, Steve Dawson, was evangelizing recently with our Fort Myers team, he talked with the man pictured, who was dressed up as Jesus Crucified, complete with makeup and “crown of thorns”. The man was a non-Catholic Christian who would walk the...
