I loved the opportunity to eat hotdogs and hamburgers. To sit around a table and talk to friends. To see kids enjoying bouncy castles.
I look back almost 40 years ago and remember a church picnic, with the same church, that took us out to a small “lake” nearby. We ate hotdogs and hamburgers, talked to our friends in the church and joined in on some baseball and other fun activities.
Not much has changed – at least in format. But the people are new – a new generation.
Where baseball was the big thing, now bouncy castles suffice. Where conversation was around an outdoor picnic table, now we sit in side. Where food preparation was the “picnic lunch” provided by each individual family and shared with all, now the church cooks the meat, provides drinks and dessert.
Just different ways of achieving fellowship. May we never lose that impetus in our lives – to be with others, for their sake, for our own sake and for God’s sake!