We live in a very insulated world in the church today. So our kids are missing the opportunity to live out their faith in their own communities.
Are the kids in your ministry even aware of the types of people who live in their own community? Do they recognize opportunities in their everyday lives to be salt and light to the world around them?
Try some of the following ideas to help kids in your ministry see their community – and their relationships in it – in a whole new way.
• Take leftover VBS decorations and supplies to the local assisted living home and let kids lead local senior adults in a VBS experience.
• Partner with a local park to clean up their facilities.
• Hold a Mission: Meet My Community Day. Show kids all of the local opportunities to serve in your own community – serve food at the local shelter, sort clothes at a donation site, or
• Take kids to a local laundromat with bags of quarters to give to patrons there.
• Lead kids on a prayer walk through local neighborhoods. Encourage them to ask if they can pray with/for folks you encounter along the way.
• Visit a local fast food restaurant and have kids carry customer’s trays.
• Deliver toys that kids donate to a local low income day care center.
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