St Luke Flea Market
- Shirley, a delightful happy lady, had a Catholic mom and Protestant dad, was on her second Catholic husband, but was Protestant all her life. She attended Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University, and ran a Christian school for 30 years. She attends Mass with her husband and also a Presbyterian church. She took a comprehensive booklet on the Catholic faith and brochures on Bible Alone, Faith Alone, and Catholic scripture references. She would like to understand Revelation better, so we referred her to the Bible in a Year podcast. We prayed she would be free from breast cancer.
- A young lady took a rosary, and as she walked away said she was an uber Catholic with a deacon dad.
- Deacon Greg stopped by with a t-shirt on that said, “Need Prayer? Tap my shoulder,” and “IVHISGLORY.COM Community campaign to promote prayer in public places.” (That’s a Roman numeral IV, as in “4 His Glory.”) He said he’s with a group that buys “give bags for the homeless” from the website. The bags contain a shirt and an inspiring message. His group then fills the bags with more goodies for the homeless.
- The Deacon reminded us to encourage inquirers to contact him for further Catholic inquiry. He provides one-on-one training, including with an over-the-road-trucker.
- We encouraged a Byzantine Catholic to find Deacon Greg on the campus, ad he also had a strong Byzantine background.
- A gay man said he was overwhelmed with his partner of 27 years being very sick. He was thinking of coming back to church. We shared that God loves him simply because he is His, not because he is good or bad. We said St Lukes and its pastor are very welcoming. He took a Good News New Testament and Mass times.
- Young teen Mason arrived on his bike took crucifixes and chains for he and his sister, and then he recruited one of the flea market workers to come get one too.
- Alice and Randy grieved over their daughter and son-in-law both leaving Catholicism and Christianity in college, and how they now have an unbaptized toddler. We talked about parents responsibility for their children’s souls, and they took brochures on Baptism and Reasons to Return to the Catholic Church.
- Several Catholics took a rosary or miraculous medal, literature on both, as well as on Mary and the Hail Mary
- Chris said she’s been back in the Catholic Church at another parish only a couple weeks, and took a Good News New Testament. We welcomed her back.
- Helena was Catholic when she was younger and was very interested in our literature, but was very perplexed and confused by it all. After learning more about her, we encouraged her to take an easy to read Good News New Testament. We explained how it’s organized, how to find topics, and pointed out all the helpful aids in the back.
- We showed Kim how to pray the rosary, and she told us of her Polish grandma who survived the holocaust, and also her lost Bible’s odyssey. As a teen, she left it at a friend’s house who moved away a month later. After some years, a woman found it in a flea market well used with many highlights and Kim’s full name in it. After many years of trying to find her, she found her two years ago and mailed it to her. Kim knows she was meant to have it, and is now highlighting it up in another color.
- Sue preferred to raise and release butterflies over any religion. She claimed to have belief in God, but equated Christianity’s God and Allah. She also complained about church wealth and trivial administrative church issues. She seemed proud of being so open-minded about who God is in a general sense, but at the same time was completely close-minded about learning anything beyond that.
- Louise and Rick said they would like to evangelize with us at the library in the near future. Praise God!
