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...
Jan 7, 2026 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
When you do your celebrations moment, a glimmer or God moment time of sharing, consider how you can make it more invitational by including a part that invites/reminds people to invite others to come to events happening this week/month. Consider teasers, such as...
Dec 17, 2025 | BNS Growth and Stewardship Ideas
Who are locals inside and outside your community of faith who are active and keep up with local happenings? Enlist the people who follow local community events in newspapers, read local bulletin boards, keep up with local area online, and use social connections....
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