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....

The youth meet together once a week and they go out and minister to the elderly in our church. They go and visit, clean house or run errands for the elderly. Then, that night at our regular youth meeting, they have a praise night of sharing what they did and how God ministered to them and helped them see...

The homes around our church have a lot of citrus trees. Some have as many as 10-15 trees per home. This is far too many for the average person to harvest and I noticed that much of the fruit was lying on the ground, rotting.I went around and asked if we could pick the fruit and give what was...

For the past 8 years the church I am serving at has provided breakfast for the entire football team and cheerleaders. It takes some money and volunteers, but every Friday morning at 7:05 we have breakfast: eggs, biscuits, bacon, grits, etc. and sometimes pancakes. At 7:20 am we have a devotion offered by a football player, a cheerleader, or...

Have your congregation donate new 9-volt batteries to your youth group for a few weeks. Then, hand them out (or install them yourselves), in Jesus' name, in your neighborhood surrounding the church building. The batteries are for their smoke-detectors...take along a clipboard, paper, and a pen to take down the neighbor's prayer request...plenty of ministry to be had by...

Jeff Baker of Kearney, NE had his "Campus Missionaries" serve coffee and donuts (purchased out of the youth budget) to the school staff every school year. They simply delivered the yummies to the teacher's lounge with a big note that said something like, "We appreciate you and will be praying for you throughout the year." Signed, New Life Uth....