Several years ago, we were living in a community that had a population of less than 10,000 people. Because of the nearby lake and the numerous campgrounds, it was fairly common to have thousands of people visiting in our community on the weekend. However, most of these people did not feel comfortable coming into town for church. They were camping and didn’t feel comfortable coming to church in their camping clothes.

As I thought about the several thousand people on the lake and in the campgrounds each weekend, I decided that maybe we ought to do like John Wesley did and take the gospel to where the people were. So, working with the Corps of Engineers, we received permission to hold worship services in one of the camp sites at the state park every Sunday morning.

Since I had responsibiliti…