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Drive-Thru Prayer 10/3/2020
Today our team consisted of Peggy, Phil and Sharon. Phil and Peggy sat at the prayer station at the north entrance of the church, while Sharon sat at the literature/medal table closer to the sidewalk. While Sharon was setting up…
Read More →St Raphael Patronal Statue Installation Event-9/26/2020
Phil and Sharon manned a table for 4 hours at the joyous occasion of our parish installing and dedicating a statue of our patron saint. Sharon admitted having a low expectation for the table as we would be likely "preaching…
Read More →Evangelizing on Our Lady's Birthday
I went to the grocery store to pick up some cake and ice cream for the office to celebrate Our Lady's birthday. When I asked the worker if they had any sugar-free cakes, she said they didn't. I noticed that she was walking around with
Read More →Volleyball Emergency
A group of young adult Catholics meets every Thursday during the summer to play sand volleyball at a local park. It was my first time there, but I started to get to know others while playing. A couple of other SPSE evangelists joined me as
Read More →The Rosary draws Catholics, active or inactive - 2020-09-06
The Rosary draws Catholics, active or inactive. So thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization effort. Two women stopped. One wanted a Rosary, the other was a non-Catholic Christian. While e. Chuck helped the first…
Read More →Prayer Gets Things Going
Our team set up at the Matchan soup kitchen, but for 10-15 minutes no one came over. We couldn't figure out why, until we realized that we forgot to pray. So we stopped and prayed God would send someone to the table who was on
Read More →Evangelization: Always an adventure - 2020-08-30
Evangelization: Always an adventure. So thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization effort. “I want to kill you guys,” said a somewhat heavyset, homeless-looking woman as she walked by. Then she went and sat at…
Read More →Always a need for prayer! - 2020-08-22
Always a need for prayer! So thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization effort. “John”, the homeless man awaiting biopsy results from last week, passed by again. His lymph node did have cancer, and…
Read More →Sign My Petition
I was walking into a local store when a lady stopped me to sign a petition for a controversial topic. I asked her for details, and upon hearing and reading more on the issue I declined. I explained that I'm Christian and there are certain
Read More →What is "real" street evangelization?
I think that when most of us think about street evangelization, we picture a busy street corner in a big city. We think of a successful evangelization team as one that gets a steady stream of passers-by, giving away dozens…
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