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Their outreach may involve the fellowship of kite festivals, volleyball games and con certs, the subtle messages of puppet shows and mu sicals. or informal wor ship or Bible study sur rounded by the natural beauty of the ocean strand, or overlooking a marsh or waterway. Most resort area min istries arc come-as-you are sessions conducted at picnic tables or with wor shippers seated on beach towels or in lounge chairs, often clad in swimsuits or shorts. "The whole idea of re sort and leisure ministry is to try to present the gospel, the good news about Jesus Christ, to people who live, work or visit in resort areas." says the Rev. Douglas Huff, pastor of First Baptist Church of Oak Island and a resort ministry leader for the Brunswick Baptist Association. In cooperation with the staff of the N.C. Baptist Assembly on Oak Island, the church coordinates an 8:30 a.m. Sunday worship ser vice on the beach at the Long Beach Cabana. Resort and leisure ministries typically don't compete with more formal worship op portunities available in the same community, said Huff. "We're presenting a worship opportunity to people who don't attend a regular church service, either because of their work sched ule, or because they're on vacation and don't want to change out of casual clothing, or whatever. It works into their schedule nicely." "At this pcint we're doing more for visi tors than for local people with this ministry," said Huff. "But by doing things for visitors we're getting to know some of the people who work in the resort industry. As it builds and we get more local church people partici pating we'll be able to get more involved with others in the resort communities." Association member churches are also co ordinating services at two other locations: the "Little Brown Hut" at Campground By The Sea at Holden Bcach, 8:30 a.m. Sunday, and Sea Mist Camping Resort at Brick Landing, 8 a.m. Sunday. The Association eventually wants to be supporting outreach at eight dif ferent resort locations in the county. In addition to season- long weekly services, the Brunswick Baptist Association is working with the denomination's Home Missions Board to bring a variety of resort ministry teams to the area. This summer seven teams will work in the county for up to a week at the time, coming from across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia to share their tal ents. "We just pair them up with a local church, give them any help we can and let them go to it," said Hull". "They're bringing anywhere from 12 to 30 people with them to do things like puppet ministry, con certs, Backyard Bible Clubs, recreation and oth er activities on the beach es and in campgrounds. "We've got one group of 30 to 40 singles that will be coming from Cary in August to work howev er we can use them." Other groups are com prised mainly of teen agers, with their adult leaders. "Some will be singing, some witnessing, some doing community sur veys," added Bill Smith, the association's missions director. "Others will be miming or clowning." "We're going to have a j lot more going on in the future, with as many as 15 groups coming," said Smith. "We're just getting cranked up this year." 1 Baptists aren't the only denomination reaching out. In the South Brunswick Islands ! area, two nondenominational chapels and ser- j vices on the strand at all thice local beaches j also offer informal worship, each averaging < several hundred worshippers each week. j The Holden Beach Chapel, which offers I Sunday school and worship at 10 a.m. and 1 1 i a.m. respectively every Sunday, grew out of ] an informal worship service begun on the is- 1 land many years ago. This year services con- ] tinue through the Christmas season at the } nondenominational chapel on Rothschild j Street. A different minister takes the pulpit : each Sunday in exchange for a week of R & R at the beach. ] That same pastor-of-the-week arrangement j serves the Ocean Isle Beach Chapel, which $ offers an 8:30 a.m. service on the strand just j west of the pier and an 1 1 a.m. service at the I chapel on Second Street across from the town ? hall. The Rev. Lester Dattler, pastor of Shallotte & Presbyterian, conducts one of the area's j longest-standing resort ministries ? a worship ? service on the Ocean Isle Beach strand each , Sunday. Coffee, doughnuts and fellowship at 7:30 a.m. open worship at the site off Westj First Street between the Duneside Drive and ] Driftwood Drive beach accessways. Calabash Presbyterian Church is offering, S for the third season, worship on the strand at;? Sunset Beach each Sunday at 8 a.m. between X the gazebo and the pier, led by the Rev.;* Francis M. Womack Jr.. pastor. Most resort area ministries are come-as-you-are sessions conducted at picnic tables or with worshippers seated on beach towels or in lounge chairs , often clad in swimsuits or shorts. When you leave ^ the Brunswick shores. ake the Beacon with you! i 1 A
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