Feb 11, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
How are you intentionally sharing love in action? Belonging Builds Community! A community of faith bumped up their “invite, thank, inspire” strategy as they prepared to share their donation statements. Personal handwritten cards of thanks and appreciation for support...
Feb 4, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
When is that happening? What time? Where? Who are the key contacts? Who’s looking after what? What else is happening that week? What’s going on in the wider neighbourhood that might support—or conflict with—your plans? A calendaring event brings people together to...
Jan 28, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Prayer practices — a prayer meeting, a prayer group, a prayer list, prayer prompts, prayer cards, prayer walks, prayer writing, invitations to pray? Whether prayers are formal or informal, individual or shared in a group, prayers are wonderful ways to keep building...
Jan 21, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Intergenerational Conversations invite people of all ages to learn with one another in engaging and meaningful ways. Strengthen belonging. Deepen relationships, and enrich faith by bringing together lived experience, curiosity, and hope across ages and stages of life....
Jan 14, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
When planning a tea, a meal, a special event where refreshments are being served and tables are set up. Consider strengthening invitation by having people from the church agree to host a table and then inviting people to fill the table with people they invite. Try not...
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