Winter

7 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month at Your Church

Ideas for honoring the beauty of the diverse cultures in your church.

Try This: 6 Last-Minute Valentine’s Ideas for Your Community

Show your congregation and your community that your church loves them.

Idea Starter: Outreach Football Game

Get in on the fun with a pigskin classic before the Super Bowl.

Try This: Holiday Ministry Game Plan

Advent will be here before you know it. It's time to map out what the Christmas season will look like at your church.

Try This: Be a Winter Refuge

When the temperature drops, open your church as a place for the homeless to warm up.

Try This: Create a Winter Wonderland With Fake Snow

Give communities with warmer climates a wintry experience.

Try This: Throw an Ice-Skating Party

Use this nonthreatening winter pastime to connect with your community.

Try This: Provide Snow-Day Child Care

Help families in a bind when snowy weather cancels school.

Try This: Take Free Christmas Portraits

Idea Starter: Photograph, print and deliver Christmas portraits to the needy.

Try This: Go Christmas Caroling

Caroling may be an old practice, but no one seems to do it anymore—change that!

Try This: Kick Your Annual Live Nativity Up a Notch

Include live animals, a first-century Jerusalem marketplace, costumed townspeople, camel rides for kids and hot drinks for all