9 ways to feed someone today
Everyone needs to eat today. Feed someone. Here are nine ways to do it: Take a friend or coworker to lunch and enjoy a conversation. If you're in the drive-thru, pay for the person behind ....
Category: church outreach
Church Outreach: The Greatest Generation really is great!
Recently, I participated in a new ministry (for me). Our family and a friend from our Sunday School class went to a senior care facility in town. We took handmade valentines and Hershey's Kisses to ....
Church ministry: Home makeover for a friend
When Corinn and I were preparing to move our family from Missouri to Texas, we were completelely overwhelmed. We were scrambling to pack, scrambling to paint, clean, and do all of the things to get ....
Accountability: The truth hurts
Sometimes it takes someone from the outside to point out the obvious truth. Several years ago, a church we attended had a guest speaker at our morning service. He was a former pro basketball player, ....
Look for Golden Opportunities not Silver Bullets
Sometimes we pour so much energy into a project that we just know that this is it! This is the piece that will get us over the hump. This is the email that will clear ....
Here’s an idea! Cancel the church service.
I once heard a preacher speak about motivating his flock to do mission work in the community. He quickly identified a challenge. The church, he said, often scheduled its community outreach events on Saturdays. And ....
Church Marketing: Mrs. Dickinson’s example
Since we launched the Hands and Feet Marketing website last summer, some of our readers have written to us and shared wonderful testimonies of ministries and outreach activities that they've seen or done. The following ....
Honoring a Request: Praying for JaRay’s Safe Return
[caption id="attachment_2341" align="alignright" width="300"] JaRay Wilson has been missing from her home in Weatherford, Oklahoma since October 15, 2012. The Custer County Sheriff’s office says information they’ve uncovered shows JaRay may not have went on ....
small groups, BIG IMPACT!
The small group is essential to the growth and the life of the church. I believe it's where "church" happens. The small group (aka Sunday School class, life group, faith family, etc.) is where individuals ....
How to respond to those who mock and laugh
Christianity is under attack. But it's nothing new. We have to remember that. And, in keeping with Christ's example, we must respond appropriately. How do we do that? (more…)