Dare 2 Share LIVE Recap!
We hosted a watch party in Boston for Dare 2 Share LIVE, which included praise led by Red Rocks Worship!
On Saturday, November 13, we hosted a watch party for Dare 2 Share LIVE — an annual, global one-day event held to encourage and enable teenagers to share the gospel in their own communities. Here are some highlights:
Opening the Doors of Denby
Before the event, everyone filled up with bahn mi sandwiches outside of our church building. Once inside, our emcees Chris and Jeremy kicked things off with an icebreaker: Each of us received a slip of paper with the name of someone famous, either fictional or nonfictional. We paired up and took turns asking questions to figure out our identities. Then, we grouped up according to our characters (i.e. Harry Potter characters, Pixar characters, athletes, etc.) and looked for similarities between ourselves and our characters, as well as for similarities within our groups. After everyone settled down again, the streamed portion of the event began with some songs led by Red Rocks Worship.
For the icebreaker, we paired up and took turns asking questions to figure out our identities.
We also grouped up according to our characters and looked for similarities within our groups.
G.O.S.P.E.L.
The theme of the event was “Whatever It Takes,” and the main passage was Mark 2:1-11, the story of the paralytic man and his four friends. These four friends lower him through a roof to get him to Jesus, who then forgives him for his sins and heals him from his paralysis. After comedy duo Sunday Cool’s reenactment of the story, Greg Stier, Zane Black, and Jerrod Gunter all spoke on different aspects of the story. Greg Stier spoke on how the four friends were willing to risk everything – their lives, their money, and their standing in their community – to get their friend to Jesus.
“What are you willing to risk to get your friend to Jesus?”
Zane Black spoke on how the four friends were willing to take crazy steps so that their friend’s hurt could meet with their hope – the hope of Jesus – and asked us if we could see the signs of spiritual or emotional paralysis in our friends’ lives.
“Is there someone whose hurt needs to be met with your hope?”
Finally, Jerrod Gunter walked through the G.O.S.P.E.L. acrostic, a simple and memorable way to share the core of the gospel message:
God created us to be with Him.
Our sins separate us from God.
Sins cannot be removed by good deeds.
Paying the price for sin, Jesus died and rose again.
Everyone who trusts in him alone has eternal life.
Life with Jesus starts now and lasts forever.
He encouraged us to get our friends to Jesus by sharing the gospel with them because they need him more than anything.
Jerrod Gunter walked through the G.O.S.P.E.L. acrostic.
We helped each other memorize the G.O.S.P.E.L. acrostic!
Reaching Out to Boston
Before spreading out across Boston, we practiced sharing the gospel with each other.
The highlight of the day was getting to apply what we had learned. We were grouped by campus and sent out to surrounding neighborhoods, including Cambridge, Chestnut Hill, and Allston. I went with five other Boston University mentors to Brookline, where we split up into two groups of three. We knocked on several doors and asked people if they had any non-perishable food items they would donate to Bread of Life, a nonprofit organization located in Malden, MA, that feeds the hungry and the homeless. We also asked people a quick survey question, “What brings you joy during the holidays?” with many answering that it was their families and friends. With permission, we shared the gospel with them, since it is our source of joy. Everyone in my group got to share the gospel once!
We collected donations for Bread of Life from all over Boston!
“I am who You say I am”
Dare 2 Share LIVE featured three spoken word performances by Hosanna Wong, with the final performance reminding us of who we are to God using the theme of names: The world will call us many different names – ugly, unworthy, forgotten, just to name a few. However, God has written down the names that He has given us, as if to remind us of who we really are. In her moving performance, Hosanna listed Bible verses, one after the other, displaying the names that God gives us through those verses. She closed the performance by inviting us to respond to the God-given name that we needed to claim the most for ourselves. The performance transitioned into a time of praise. We sang “Who You Say I Am” by Hillsong Worship, emphasizing that we get our identities from God.
The Dare 2 Share LIVE speakers — Greg Stier, Zane Black, Jerrod Gunter, and Hosanna Wong — led us in a time of prayer towards the end of the event.
Reaching Out to Boston Today
I had never attended a Dare 2 Share event before this one, so I came in not knowing what to expect. However, I’m grateful that I got to be part of it as I was reminded of the urgency of sharing the gospel with the people around me. I often think that I need to wait for the perfect moment to share the gospel with someone, but after my experience at D2S, I was reminded that even everyday conversations and interactions can open the door to a gospel conversation!
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