Volley # 22

Volley # 22: GEOCACHING

Zion Church in Charles Town has a geocache. It’s easy to do, it’s essentially free, and it brings interesting people to the church property where they are susceptible to receiving further information about your church. It also identifies the church as cool and awesome.

Here’s how it works. You hide an ammo box, which is water-tight, containing some small mementoes, and you list your cache by posting its coordinates. Geocachers, which are often parents and their children, use their GPS devices to locate the coordinates and find the cache. They take one item from your cache, and they leave behind a replacement as a gift from them. They sign a form in the box to indicate that they have been there.

Now, here is where we have a leg up on secular geocachers: we can bless the items we put in our cache, and include with them a small message about that prayer offered as blessing for these anonymous geocachers. With all our signage, we ensure that they are aware of our presence and our worship opportunities.

Check out www.geocaching.com for complete information on how to get started.