Pastor Paul Faseler was driving to a staff meeting when he noticed workers setting up for a county fair. He knew they travel and work every Sunday in a new location, so he thought, “I bet they don’t ever get to worship.”
Faeseler rounded up some volunteers from The Well Baptist Church in Greenville, Texas, and they headed to the fairgrounds on Sunday morning with 100 breakfast tacos for the workers. Rain was pouring down, but they waded in with raincoats and umbrellas to knock on doors of workers’ trailers.
About 20 workers accepted the invitation to come to a small worship service inside the fairgrounds, and nine of them prayed to receive Christ, Faseler said, adding, “We just wanted to bless them, but God decided to show up that day.”
Impromptu gathering
An impromptu gathering at the local fairgrounds was not a far stretch for the members of The Well because they have been accustomed for years to using the fourth Sunday of each month as a service day outside the walls of their normal worship location.
The practice began out of necessity when the young church plant met at a community center and worked around a car show that was already booked for the fourth Sunday of every month. After a while, the car show moved on but the practice of going outside the walls held.
When they called Faseler as pastor four years ago, church members wanted to make sure he would be on board with the tradition. He thought it was a good fit with his missions and evangelism priorities.
The Well works with FISH, which is the Hunt County Shared Ministries food pantry and other services. Church members fill blessing bags for homeless people, packing tuna, granola bars, fruit snacks, pudding and water along with a gospel tract.
“We put those together every month. The Salvation Army takes some, a partner church takes some, our members take some,” Faseler said. “I like to keep one in my car at all times.”
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was originally published by the Southern Baptist Texan.
