Try This: Plan a ‘Senior’ Prom

Hold a “prom night” for older folks in the community, and in your church, who either never attended their own prom or who attended so long ago that it’s a distant memory. Decorate, offer punch and desserts, and ask your worship band to perform a set of songs that’ll have them boogying down memory lane.

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