Ways to Contribute to the Annual Offering
May 01, 2010
Did you know there is more than one way to collect the Annual Children’s Homes Offering in your church? From holding a one-day emphasis to contributing year-round, Alabama Baptists are supporting the Children’s Homes in a variety of creative ways. Here are some ideas:
Mother’s Day is Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries Sunday. Use this day to invite someone to share about the Children’s Homes ministry in your church, and then collect an offering for the Children’s Homes.
Father’s Day is also a good time to emphasize the importance of family and the work the Children’s Homes does in providing family structures for children who cannot live with their birth families. Invite a Children’s Homes speaker to share with your church about the ministry, then invite church members to support the ministry.
Encourage the children in your church to collect a Mile of Pennies for the Children’s Homes. Sixteen pennies place side-by-side equal 1 foot, and 5,280 feet equal 1 mile. One mile of pennies equals $844.80.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Invite one of our professionals to speak to your church about preventing child abuse in your church.
April is also Counseling Awareness Month. Invite one of our certified professional counselors with Pathways Professional Counseling to share the ways in which we are healing and restoring families and children who have been affected by abuse.
For more information on these or other ideas, please contact us at 1-888-720-8805.