Providential History Festival notes

The Samaritan Ministries booth sits in front of a T-29 “Flying Classroom” navigation trainer at the Strategic Air and Space Museum, where the Providential History Festival was held Sept. 18-19. (Photo by Samuel Evans)

Samaritan treasurer and systems director Bryan Evans, right, represented Samaritan Ministries at this past weekend’s Providential History Festival in Ashland, Neb.

The Sept. 17-18 festival, of which Samaritan was a sponsor, was held in the Strategic Air and Space Museum. For the most part, the 300 participants were surrounded by classic aircraft, although a B-29 had to be rolled out into the parking lot to make room for presentations.

The purpose of the festival, organized by Samaritan member Phillip Kayser, left, senior pastor of Dominion Covenant Church in Omaha, was to train young people (and older people!) how to relate God’s providential history to others. The idea is to be able to see all of history in light of God’s plan and tell others about it.

Bryan said that when he had a chance to speak about Samaritan to the audience, he made the point that God has used Samaritan providentially, putting the health care sharing ministry on the front lines of the health care battle.

There were displays and skits about the Lord’s providence as well as several speakers. One performance was of Patrick Henry giving his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech, except it was retooled for current issues, Bryan reports. Another was of an actual father and son portraying David and Solomon, respectively, as David told Solomon about how he defeated Goliath.

The conference included admission into the museum for both days as well as affordable meals, something the mostly homeschooling crowd could appreciate.

Bryan says there was a lot of interest in what Samaritan does, especially thanks to the looming individual mandate. Many of those attending are already Samaritan members, he says.