Try This: Hold a July 4 Hot Dog Eating Contest
Encourage the unchurched in your community to sign up, and award prizes to the winner.
Ideas
Try This: 3 Ways to Help the Needy
Try a neighborhood "mission trip" ... and other idea starters
Idea Starter: Bring the Gym to Your Church
Let attendees who get antsy sitting still too long burn some energy post-sermon
A Church-Business Partnership: Abundant Life Christian Center
Abundant Life Christian Center Frees Up Money for Ministry, Rather than a Mortgage
Reaching Out to Migrant Workers: Trinity Lutheran Church in Pennsylvania
A church in a town with a growing migrant population holds a multicultural fiesta.
Making Blankets for Babies: Sugar Land UMC in Texas
A church's elementary-age girls make fleece blankets for the local hospital's NICU patients.
Puppetry Performance for Youth Outreach
A youth group turns puppet masters, creating elaborate puppetry shows to teach younger kids the gospel.
Symbols of Native American Outreach
A Minneapolis church incorporates Native American culture into an Episcopal church to reach the native population.
Triumph Amid Economic Turmoil: Detroit's Triumph Church
Multisite Gets Personal as Detroit’s Triumph Church Addresses Its Rapid Growth