May 8, 2024

What size do you need? Do you ever find the supersize amounts of items for purchase are too much for one or two people, or even family size is too much? Do you have people who find it hard to shop due to time constraints, transportation challenges, mobility limitations, or just don’t enjoy it? Could a new ministry of resizing and packaging be part of your community ministry?  How might you reimagine a ministry of repackaging, resizing to fit needs and the potential cost savings? Can you reimagine a group coming together for coffee and fellowship and having a productive task of working together to repackage items to meet the needs of your congregants, or in your neighbourhood? Perhaps it could supplement existing food bank needs in your neighbourhood? Perhaps items could go into a tiny pantry outreach that you have or another place in your neighbourhood has? Perhaps you could add a special ministry such as the birthday bag ministry in your local clothing or toys and games outreach? Imagine loot bags available with cake mix, icing, and perhaps other decorative toppings to sweeten the package. Perhaps you can create a community partnership with your local grocer, bulk food supplier or other business in your neighbourhood? Does your community of faith have a gift card program? Selling gift cards for things like food, gas, restaurants, retail stores not only provides ease of shopping and gift giving but your community of faith gets some money from the sale of every card. Be deep, bold and daring to imagine something new, or reimagine becoming more with what you already do. Do you have other ideas. Share them with me and it might spark something beautiful in the imaginations of other ministries.