PURE TUESDAYS

Every Tuesday my wife and I go clubbing. We get dressed up, leave the house around 9:30pm, and head to the PURE nightclub in Las Vegas. Why do we do this? A few reasons.

-Tuesday night is PURE's slowest night of the week, so the bartenders are required to have a certain amount of people show up on their guest list. Vicky's cousin and her boyfriend are both bartenders there, so we want to help her out and show her some love. This has given us a great chance to know her and her boyfriend better.
- Our vision is to reach all of those crazy young adults who go to PURE, and other clubs, with the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is incredibly refreshing, humbling, and sad to have the sin of a generation on stage before our eyes (some Tuesdays have even involved tears).
- We listen to Mark Driscoll on the way down, so its kinda like church, like PURE Church (not to be confused with Thabiti Anyabwile's Pure Church). I reiterate; kinda.
- We usually spend the ride home praying for our city, hoping that God will help us understand the best way to contextualize the gospel to this city.
- The upstairs of the club is outside, and it is phenomenal to be all dressed up, next to my beautiful wife who is dressed up, out on the town.

All but the last reason have done nothing but enlarge our hearts for reaching this crazy city with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Last night Vicky and I were able to have dinner with her cousin and her boyfriend, and were able to pick their brain about all kinds of missiological information:

What time would a church service be best for someone like you?
"Probably between 2-4pm on Sunday. Right after we wake up, and it would be great. People could go to church, and then catch dinner after. That would help it become a routine for them."
- From Nick

Do you feel like church is relevant to you?
"Not really. It's too formal, and I feel dumb sitting in the back row with all these kids running around me"
- From Beth

So we are still prayerfully engaging this culture that we love, and still prayerfully considering how to best live out the gospel as a church one day. Please continue to pray that the Lord would give me wisdom, and keep me PURE, as we continue to love and serve this city. Also, if you live in Vegas and want to come out some time, shoot me an e-mail, and be a VIP for a night.

Comments

[tom schmidt]

Dude this is awesome. I'm going to be lifting you guys up at you take Jesus to the clubs and share Him with the lost there.