Criteria for projects:

• Do we have the people/skills to do the work?

• Does it appeal to enough people?

• Does it respond to human hurts and hopes?

• Are there enough projects to involve 50 percent of our active members?

• Can it be done in one day? (preferable but not absolute)

• Do we have the resources to get the job done? (financial & human)

• If not, can we get the resources to get the job done?

 

Where to discover needs:

• Contact church members who are active in the community

• Contact a nursing home in your community or where you have members living

• Contact Social Services about the needs that they see and ask if they have any suggestions of how your church might help.

• Contact a local school

 

Possible Ministry Ideas

• Plant a garden for an elderly person or an assisted living facility

• A Sunday School class or men’s group could build a wheelchair ramp

• A youth group could lead a Backyard Bible Club

• Install a family’s first hot-water heater

• Make care packages or appreciation bags for soldiers overseas, police, first responders or teachers

• Have an appreciation lunch or reception to honor firemen, policemen or school teachers

• Paint a porch

• Offer quarters to someone at the Laundromat

• Have a Prayer walk

• Serve lunch to the poor or homeless

• Sponsor a blood drive

• Organize a neighborhood block party

• Nursing Home landscaping or cards for the residents. (Call and find out what their needs are)

• Sewing or knitting: lap blankets for nursing home patients, blankets or hats for cancer patients, walker bags; or stuffed animals for Police or hospitals to give out to children in crisis.)

• Public School (yard work, painting or cleaning, etc.) (Call and find out what their needs are)

• Children Sports Clinic

• Assemble Hygiene Kits

• Baby Shower for Unwed Mother or Hope Crisis Pregnancy Ministry

• Clothes Closet

• Collect and Deliver Firewood

• Deliver Lunches to the Homeless

• Food Pantry Outreach

• Free Car Care

• Free Yard Sale

• Serve Your Local Crisis Ministry (Anson Crisis, Feed My Lambs or Burnsville Learning Center)

• Card Ministry. Send either a “thank you” note or a note of encouragement to public servants, police, first responders, hospital workers or teachers. Great project for all ages!!

• Park Cleanup  

 

Children’s Projects

• Collect School Supplies for Needy Children

• Conduct a Backyard Bible Club

• Volunteer for a project at a local school

 

 Elderly Projects

• Choir Singing at Nursing Home

• Deliver Bird Feeders to Nursing Home

• Yard Work/Landscaping

• Wheelchair Ramp Construction

 

Health Care Projects

• Free Health Care Checks: Blood Pressure, Dental or Vision

• Community Health Fair

• Give Caregivers a Break

• Organize a Blood Drive

 

Sports Projects

• 1 Day Christian Sports Clinic or 1 Day Sports Tournament with trophies awarded to the winner and perhaps a banquet with a well-known Christian sports figure who will share the gospel.

• Giving away free water or snacks at a community ball game.

 

Servant Evangelism Projects

• Affirm Public Servants

• Assemble Care Packages for Troops

• Free Car Wash

• Free Lawn Mowing

• Laundry Mat Ministry

• Water Evangelism (give bottles of water away with John 3:16 or a gospel message on them.)

• Scripture distribution