One great thing about being back in Edinburgh this summer is to be able to get involved in our churches annual outreach during the Edinburgh festival - Room 65.
Edinburgh hosts the largest arts festival in the world every August and around 1 million people from all over the world come to our city during this time.
Over 10 years ago our church, which is located on the famous Royal Mile in Edinburgh, began opening it's doors to visitors, inviting them in for a cup of coffee and to listen to some live Christian music.
The outreach has grown over the years and this year we are open for the whole month of August. A band will play live music on stage, the church is very attractively lit inside and out, and we serve free coffee to everyone that comes in. Then we have the opportunity to speak to people around the tables. Each week we have around 1000 people come in and many great conversations. This year we are giving everyone a copy of Mark's gospel as they leave.
I am back doing what I enjoy most, standing out on the street and inviting people to come inside.
Check out www.room65.org
Most weeks the music is provided by groups from our church, but the last week we have a band coming from California. Check them out below
So far this week we have already had over 500 people come through the door and we expect it to get busier towards the weekend. So we are looking forward to some exciting nights ahead.
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