Try This: 3 Ways to Help the Needy

Hold monthly, one-night “mission trips” to help out in low-income neighborhoods nearby. Promote the trips like cross-cultural adventures for your congregation.

Ask hair stylists to bring their own equipment to the church and serve those in your community who can’t afford a professional haircut.

Choose five separate homeowners as recipients of community service work. Place church members in area communities to oversee work projects for needy homeowners.

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