This is a service project for your student leaders or a small group . . . with a creative twist. Arrange a service project for your group. You could volunteer to clean someoneÕs home or even something like cleaning a supply closet in your church. I decided my office, storage room, and table storage room needed...
Each year, we get a list of elderly people from our parish, divide up into groups of 6-8 and then run from house to house raking up their leaves to be picked up by the dept. of public works in our city. If you don't have a list- who cares? Pick a neighborhood in need and go to...
We booked a large local hall and sent out flyers to all the local high schools. We booked some DJ's and some break-dancers. We had our youth group learn some funky new dances and had a team visiting from America. We made a coffee area where they could buy coffee, soda, etc. We had dance music playing and break...
Find a good, wide open location for this event (it can get quite messy). One idea is to use the football field at a local school (be sure to get permission).Start off the event by letting all of the students make a giant banana split in a rain gutter (you can buy plastic rain gutters pretty cheap at the...
The idea is simple. We want to serve people outside of our church community. So we challenge people IN our church to identify neighbors that are NOT in our church and then we'll go paint, clean, mow, trim and SERVE them in any way. One lady was so thankful, she wrote our local newspaper commenting how grateful she was....
You remember the little Sunday school project with the Easter eggs? Ever thought of using that for an evangelism tool? A month before Easter, give your group a chance to make a difference through giving away Easter Eggs. The large plastic egg includes symbols of the items used during the crucifixion (a white cloth spattered with red marker -...
This is an outreach event for girls. We have seen all of the big high priced celebrities and how they are getting the best makeovers and pampering. Just translate it into your own group. Find people in your church that are professionals in as many makeover areas you can think of: Haircuts, manicure/pedicure, facials, massage... whatever. Have a spa...