Christian Life
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Free Food Drive Template to Organize Your Next Event
If the call has landed on you to do something in your community to help with the ever-present need to fight hunger, a food drive template could be just the thing to get you started. Like any kind of event with lots of moving parts, food drives require excellent organization to be successful. It’s important
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What to Put in A Homeless Care Package: DIY Guide
Whether you’re starting a new ministry or simply trying to ease the burden of someone you pass on your way to work, you may have wondered what to put in a homeless care package. There aren’t really any hard and fast rules about what to include. However, when you work within some loose guidelines, you’ll
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Where Can I Donate Clothes for the Homeless? Donation Guide
If you’re part of a church group or you’re a community member who wants to serve well, you’re already asking the right question: Where can I donate clothes for the homeless so they meet real, immediate needs? This guide gives you a clear plan with options that work whether you’re donating one warm coat or
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Clothing Swap Parties: Easy Ideas for Your Next Event
When you’re looking for a fun and easy way to engage your community (and update your wardrobe at the same time!), clothing swap parties are a great place to start. Many of us keep stacking up unwanted clothes from last year’s impulse purchases, gifts that missed the mark, or items that just don’t fit our
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A Guide to Blessing Bags: Care Package Ideas for the Homeless
My first experience learning about blessing bags (care package ideas for the homeless) was when a local woman started a street ministry to meet the needs of local individuals facing homelessness. She worked in a downtown area and was moved by seeing people in the cold with no hats or gloves. It started as that.
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How to Start a Community Coat Closet with Donated Items
A community coat closet can help alleviate some of the small expenses that add up for families. Kids grow, we gain or lose weight, gloves fall out of pockets, you name it. But when family members don’t have the clothing they need to stay warm, you end up looking at things like sick days, missing
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17 Church Outreach Ideas for 2026 and Beyond
For some, church outreach ideas are a regular part of church goings-on. For others, they come up when they come up. Being intentional about outreach should be a goal for all churches in 2026, as we face a time when many people are struggling. Whether your church focuses on a specific type of ministry, such
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How to Start a Diaper Pantry: Free Diapers for Families
Until it was suggested as a ministry for our church (by a rather unlikely source, no less), I had never heard of a diaper pantry before. Some background: I live in a small town (under 4,000 people) in a high-poverty area. One day, the grumpiest, least community-minded member of our church brought up the idea
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Stock a Food Pantry for Spring with an Easter Food Drive
What better way to celebrate spring as a season of renewal and hope than with an Easter food drive? For many of us, Easter is imagined as filled Easter eggs, decadent brunch, and candy and desserts galore. But for people who are struggling to make ends meet or going through hard times, Easter can be