“Welcome to the 9:10. We are what time we start.
It’s the perfect church for those that ain’t.”
Joshua finished up his last video of “church in the bar” on Sunday, June 5th. For the past 8-10 weeks Joshua has been helping promote “The 9:10 Simple Church” in the local bar by broadcasting (videotaping) every service on the local cable access channel each week.
This church is organized by a friend of ours who wants to reach the “un-church” and “un-saved”. When a person receives Jesus at this church in the bar, the goal is to redirect him/her to a different church where they can attend perminantly. We don’t want Christians necessarly to attend this church, since it is geared towards the un-saved.
Popular songs from the ’50s-’70s are played every week with the words changed to reflect the message.
Attendance for this church has been poor among the non-christians as well as Christians. Yet, the “9:10″ still goes on. Having the service aired on TV has sparked some curiosity and interest from the general public in the Willmar area.
Joshua had to take a break from videotaping the “9:10″ because the Kraemer’s church switched from 10:45 am to starting at 9:30 am for the summer worship schedule. Joshua also serves as an occassional acommpianist at out church.
You can view one of the actual videos Joshua took of the “9:10″ in our video blog by clicking here.