20 Ways to Be a Missionary This Christmas!
December is one of the easiest times of year to draw your lost friends, family, and neighbors closer to Jesus!
While Covid might feel restrictive, if we think relationally and locally, there is so much we can do.
Many of your lost friends and family are far more open to exploring the meaning of the season than you realize – IF the invitation is given in a relational and loving manner.
To help you, we’ve put together a list of ideas that you can copy or innovate from!
Christmas Ideas
Christmas caroling done in a socially-distanced way
Give a plate of cookies and a hand written card to your neighbors
Take extra time this month to prayer walk in your place of mission
Ask God for a simple, encouraging, prophetic word for each of your neighbors, to include in a Christmas card
Invite a few neighbors round for Christmas drinks, in order to deepen your friendship and understanding of them
Hold a 15-20 minute Christmas Eve service on your front lawn
Call your local elementary school to see if there are any disadvantaged families you could bless with gifts
Invite your neighbors to club together financially to support a local ministry that serves the poor
Organize a caravan of cars to view Christmas lights
Hold a White Elephant gift-exchange party a few days after Christmas!
Arrange a Christmas crafting time on your front lawn
Do something practical for a struggling household nearby
Give each household in your home church $25 to spend on something missional
New Year Ideas
Invite neighbors to a New Year’s Eve gathering to release the pain and disappointments of 2021, and to pray for God’s blessing on the New Year
Gather around a fire pit with neighbors and share what you’re glad to leave behind, and your hopes for 2022
Send neighbors a hand-written card with what you’re praying for them for the New Year
Put up a board for neighbors to write up their hopes for 2022
Host a New Year’s open house on your front lawn
Arrange a virtual New Year’s party with lots of games that work in that medium, and a toast for 2022
Set aside the first days of January to pray and fast for your lost neighbors, and the Kingdom to advance where you live, work, study, and play
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