Service & Outreach
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Welcoming Our Hispanic/Latino Neighbors: 4 Tips & An Open Heart
If your congregation is discerning a call to ministry with Hispanic/Latino neighbors, here are four tips to consider.
God Loves People Who Use Drugs: Harm Reduction & the Church
Churches across the country are coming together to support the Harm Reduction movement, a movement for social justice built on a belief in, and respect for, the rights of people who use drugs. Here are some ways faith communities can get involved.
Ministry Fairs: Incorporating Gifts of the Spirit
Moving ministry fairs from pleading for volunteers to full expressions of our Christian vocations starts with the invitation to serve.
Love and Serve: A Youth Group Learns Compassion in Visiting Aging Adults
My favorite youth program design of all time comes from First Presbyterian Church in Kilgore, Texas. It pairs middle school youth with adults; and together they make monthly visits to various senior adults in the church.
Sharing Stewardship with Children
Teaching children and youth to be meaningful givers of time, talent and treasure, means teaching stewardship to the whole family and not just adults.
Reverse Advent: A Spiritual Discipline of Reaching Out
A Reverse Advent Calendar encourages households to think about others’ needs during the season of giving. One congregation comes together to reach out to their community.
Christmas at Sea: Knitters Outreach to Mariners
All year long, around four thousand knitters across twelve time zones have been hard at work creating beautiful hats and scarves to present to mariners working at Christmas.
Campbell’s Food Drive: A School Chapel Inspires a Generous Five-Year-Old
At St. Stephens and St. Agnes School, a chapel program on hunger inspired a young student to start his own food drive. With a chaplain’s impact and support.
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