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Two nights ago I had the privilege of passing out small candy canes as folks were approaching our church doors to attend a special Christmas production. My task was to make our guests feel welcome.

9 Secrets to Making Guests Feel Welcome

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Please note: This post contains affiliate links. Chances are you’re going to play a few Christmas Icebreaker Games at your Christmas party. It’s nice to have a few inexpensive prizes to give out to the winners. Several years back we held a Sunday school party for the High school Juniors that we were teaching. We…

Christmas Prize Ideas for Icebreakers & Games

Door Prizes & Favors

Have you ever been to an event and felt like the event coordinators missed a step or two? Maybe you’ve hosted an event and afterward mentally kicked yourself for a minor (or major) oversite.

Before Your Next Event

Organizing Events

Sometimes the simplest and best Christmas icebreaker games are questions! This Christmas Would Your Rather Icebreaker Game will encourage great conversations. Here are some ideas on how you might want to use the Christmas Would Your Rather questions: Place a question at every person’s seat Put all the questions in a Christmas themed gift bag…

I’ve recently shared “What It’s Like to Give a Child a Shoebox” and “How to Pack a Better Shoebox”. Today I want to share some ways your women’s ministry can get involved with Operation Christmas Child.

How Your Women’s Ministry Can Get Involved With Operation Christmas Child

Mission Projects

Our family’s been packing shoeboxes for well over 13 years now and I considered myself a pretty seasoned shoebox packer. However, my trip to help distribute shoeboxes in Grenada in October has forever changed the way I’ll pack a shoebox.

How to Pack a Better Shoebox

Mission Projects

In the fall of 2015 God allowed me to be a part of something life-changing. Life-changing for me and the children I would soon meet.

The Fellowship Idea: Comfort Food is the perfect event for January or any cold winter month.

Fellowship Idea: Comfort Food

Resources

I thought the perfect way to end our 31 Days of Retreat Planning would be to give you a Retreat Planning Timeline. We’ve worked through a pile of details and it can be helpful to organize the pieces all in one place.

Day 31 – Retreat Planning Timeline

Event Planning

A neat thing happened after our retreat this year. Quite by accident we were able to keep some of our retreat momentum going.