A day of random kindness and simple blessings!
Our sixth annual
outreach and benefit concert took place on Saturday, July 25 at Library Park - 267 Grand Street - Waterbury CT from 11am - 6pm. City Fest 2009 featured music ministries, worship bands, choirs and soloists. There were inspirational
testimonies and many ministry moments during the day, as over 25 churches and ministries got together to reach out to
the Greater Waterbury area with an "out of box" presentation of the gospel. There were also street witnessing
teams, prayer intercessors, and specialized ministry happening all over the park. One of the key features of the festival
was the prayer tent, headed by National Day Of Prayer coordinator, Mary Bruce. People with prayer needs and requests were
invited in and prayed for throughout the day. Hundreds of free bibles were given away to those who came seeking
for a better hope and found Jesus.
This year's event
provided family activity including clowns, puppet shows, face painting and balloon shaping. In addition there was lots
of free stuff, including free hot dogs, soda, popcorn, snowcones and more. There was free balloons for the kids with toy giveaways and
over 50 free bicycles were given away by raffle. There was no charge for any event!
ACTS 4 Ministries conducted one of their many clothing giveaways with lots of free clothing items
available to needy area residents, including shoes. Every year hundreds of families benefit from this very important
outreach. Many para-church
ministries such as ACTS 4, Hope For Life, Angel Tree Ministry, New England Prison Fellowship, Full Gospel Business Men's
Fellowship, National Day Of Prayer, Christian Connection, LystenUp (youth coalition) etc. were on hand. Alsobe many social service agencies set up tables, tents an booths to offer
their services to the community.
City Fest also serves the Connecticut Food Bank as a citywide food drive, collecting almost 1000lbs of donated food items each year
to help stock local soup kitchens and food pantries. They parked their truck at the event and all day long area residents
come down to fill it up.
On
Friday evening, July 24 there was a "kick off" prayer and praise gathering underneath the big tent at Library Park beginning
at 5pm with a dedication service honoring the Waterbury Police and Fire Dept., followed by an intimate time of praise and
worship led by Spirit Song Ministries.
It was a great day of random kindness and spontaneous benevolence - Isaiah 58
Peter
O'Neill
H(203) 574-3075
C(203) 525-6913
City Fest Coordinator
Mission Greater
Waterbury
www.cityfest.us
cityfestproject@yahoo.com
