Not what you might think judging by the name. How cool is this?
Link: Jesus Prom draws crowd of 3,000 - Campus News.
About 3,000 people dressed up and escorted their dates to a prom on Friday, but it wasn't at a high school - it was at a church.
The Jesus Prom, a community gathering that people who have disabilities are encouraged to attend, began at Southland Christian Church in Lexington seven years ago and has since spread to California, North Carolina, Virginia and Haiti.
Brewster McLeod, Southland's special-needs minister, said the Jesus Prom reflects Jesus' message of caring for everyone. People with disabilities are often overlooked, McLeod said.
The idea for the prom stems from the Bible passage Luke 14:13-14, according to the Jesus Prom's Web site (www.jesusprom.org). In the passage, Jesus says, "When you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
That is pretty awesome.
Posted by: Ashley Weis | December 13, 2007 at 05:02 PM
Awesome! I would love to do something like that!
Posted by: Kay | December 13, 2007 at 05:05 PM
Beautiful!
Posted by: Joy | December 13, 2007 at 06:17 PM
neat!
Posted by: alana | December 14, 2007 at 12:42 AM
As the mom of a special-needs kid, I'm of two minds. One the one hand, hey, it's a really cool idea. OTOH, isn't it excluding them yet again from the general population and making their differences all that more glaring b/c they attend their own prom?
Posted by: Tina | December 14, 2007 at 08:03 AM
I see what you're saying, Tina, but as this is a city-wide event, maybe they reason it's up to the parents to decide whether or not to bring their kids.
Posted by: lisa | December 14, 2007 at 01:02 PM
Cool twist on "prom". Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Jennifer L. Griffith | December 15, 2007 at 06:08 PM