Try This: Honor Firefighters and Police on Patriot Day, Sept. 11

Commemorate the anniversary of 9/11 by delivering gifts such as homemade cookies, gift cards, etc., to local first responders. Recruit your children’s ministry to sing a patriotic song and pray aloud for each group.

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Generosity and Selflessness

It is really easy to give out of a surplus. That’s because the surplus is never something we truly need.

How to Find Your Purpose in Life

Here are three ways to discover what God's will is for this season of your life.

The Gift of Life

For the small church, a blood drive is an easy, no-cost way to give to others, and is perhaps more impactful and life-changing (and life-saving) than any amount of money could be.