Reaching people 'where they are'
The Rev. Ken Kroohs, Rector at St. Christopher’s Episcopal in High Point, chuckled a little when first told that there would be a Hip-Hop Episcopal mass in Chapel Hill, Charlotte and Durham.
"It is not the packaging that matters – it is the product," says Kroohs, whose church will carpool to the Chapel Hill mass. "It does not matter whether the Gospel message is proclaimed to Mozart or Hip Hop. Some people will hear and respond to both." He went on to reference St. Paul’s comments that for the Jews he would become like a Jew, if that helped people hear about Jesus Christ. (I Corinthians 9:20)
Want to attend?
7 p.m., May 5, , Church of the Holy Family in Chapel Hill, featuring The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, preacher; 11 a.m. Saturday,May 6, St. Philip's Street Mass, downtown Durham; and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7, Trinity School, Charlotte, NC, featuring Kurtis Blow, preacher, former rapper,Bishop Gloster, celebrant.
Car pools will leave St. Christopher's at the corner of Eastchester and Johnson in High Point at 5 pm on Friday for the Chapel Hill service. Kroohs stressed the importance of calling the church for a reservation: 869-5311
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