Try This: Throw an Ice-Skating Party
Use this nonthreatening winter pastime to connect with your community.
Winter
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
Offering Free Valentine’s Day Weddings: Celebration Church in Ohio
Give interested couples the chance to wed with little or no cost.
Giving Roses to Nursing Home Residents on Valentine’s Day: Apostolic Church in Arkansas
Become a “Community Cupid” and make a difference in the lives of older adults.
Try This: Participate in the MLK Day of Service, Jan. 18, 2016
Commemorate the national holiday by serving your community.
California Church Celebrates Christmas With Refugees
Help people relocated to the United States adjust to a new culture during the holidays.
North Carolina Church Offers Free Family Christmas Portraits to the Needy
Hold an event featuring free Christmas photo shoots and additional aid for the less fortunate.