Special ~ Schedule a FREE Bless Your Block Training Workshop
Bless Your Block
Time to . . . Get out of our seats into the streets!"
Time to . . . Get out of our seats into the streets!"
Turn "VBS" or a Saturday "Block Party" or a summer "Work Day" into an opportunity to demonstrate how your congregation cares about the community - -
- Reach Up (prayer)
&
- Reach Out (care)
&
- Reach In (share)
Bless Your Block churches:
* Pray for their neighbors by name -
* Care for their neighborhood by need -
* Share their faith-hope-love . . .
Where do we begin?
Assess
* Ask God what breaks His heart as you stand on the front steps of your church facility (invite others to join you)
* Discover how God is already at work and agree to join him
* Key leadership meets to seek God's direction in a prayer-based discussion
Bless
* Cast the vision: The call & the need; The opportunity & the possibilities
* Organize a team or teams to:
>Pain a porch ... Clean a yard ... Fix a fence ... Replace a broken window
>Wash a car ... Change the oil for a single mom
>Reclaim a park for families
>Repair or refresh a school yard
>Reclaim a park for families
>Repair or refresh a school yard
Confess
* Eliminate fear from church members: Share your faith as others give you opportunity or demonstrate interest
* Explain how to simply and authentically share the faith, hope and love we have found in Christ
* Explain how NOT to share … No pressure; no sermons!
Will your church be Praying? Caring? Sharing this summer?
- Add your church to the Bless Your Block website @ BlessYourBlock.org
- Or, leave a voice message (church name and address) @ < XML="true" PREFIX="SKYPE" NAMESPACE="">
< XML="true" PREFIX="SKYPE" NAMESPACE=""> 847-991-0153 - Or, email (church name and address) phil@nppn.org
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Phil Miglioratti for Bless Your Block
phil@nppn.org 847-991-0153
Phil Miglioratti for Bless Your Block
phil@nppn.org