Missionary Activities - Kent County Show

Every year there is a major agricultural show held at the county showground over three days. It still has an agricultural feel to it, but now it is just a great day out for the family. In fact at the last show in July 2010 there were over 85,000 local people who attended. There are over 900 stands, and this year we will be supporting a stand on behalf of Orthodox Mission.

This will be one of the best opportunities to meet a large number of interested people, and to generate some interest among others who may not even know that there IS an Orthodox Church.

We are planning to have a display of large mounted icons on the stand, and produce an Introduction to Orthodoxy booklet which can be distributed to those who show an interest in our Faith. We are also planning to have icon postcards to distribute, with a message about Orthodoxy on the reverse, and an invitation to our local Orthodox community. We will be organising a series of Introduction to Orthodoxy study evenings to be held immediately after the County Show.

We believe that this will be an important opportunity to reach out to a large proportion of the people who live around us. It will help us to raise the profile of the Orthodox Church and will enable us to meet face-to-face many of those who already have an interest in the rich spiritual treasures of the Orthodox Church. But we need your prayers and financial support to be able to successfully plan and conduct this missionary activity. Please pray for this activity, and the other activities we are planning and engaged in, and consider how you and your own congregation can financially support our missionary ministries. The harvest of souls for Christ in Britain depends on your support.