Faith In Action Discussion Boards

How do I Start?

2009-03-10T10:08:07Z

Step 1: Decide how your church might like to engage in Faith in Action. [Serve, then worship] [Worship, serve, then return] [Or, do it on a weekend].
Step 2: Your church will want to select tools to: Prepare your members, create excitement, and invite your community to participate.
Step 3: Establish a timeline for your campaign - Refer to the Planning Guide to help you.
Step 4: Launch your Faith in Action Campaign - and watch God work in amazing ways!

Find service projects in my area?

2009-10-26T08:32:41Z

Check out these websites:

http://www.volunteer.gov/gov/
http://www.volunteermatch.org/
http://serve.gov/

Do you know of any other sites? Respond to this post!

Webinar for churches to learn more about Catalytic Events

2009-09-16T07:53:29Z

Event: Effective Catalytic Service Events Webinar
“What they do and what the don’t”
What: Workshop
Start Time: Thursday, September 17 at 1:30pm End Time: Thursday, September 17 at 2:30pm
Where:
http://www.facebook.com/l/dde93;https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/152637761

How do I customize Faith in Action to fit my church?

2009-03-10T10:12:12Z

Any service event can be empowered by the Faith in Action resources. You can have inreach and outreach tools custom designed to fit your church’s theme and need. Let us custom design tools exclusively for your church! http://www.putyourfaithinaction.org
Here is one idea for a “Powered by Faith in Action event”. We can customize this for your church.

If we cancel services how do we gather tithes?

2009-04-17T08:11:04Z

It’s a radical, unique idea: canceling a church’s weekend services in order to “turn the church inside out” and serve the community. While your church may hesitate, remember that you are not canceling worship; you are redefining it. In addition, many elements of a Sunday service, including the message and offering, can be included in the Sunday evening celebration service.

Faith in Action is adaptable to the needs and gifts of your congregation and community. If your church is unable to plan community service events on Sundays, plans may be adapted for a Saturday event or immediately following a regular Sunday morning worship service.

There are 3 different suggested Campaign Options:

1. Serve, then worship. After serving on Sunday morning, come back together for an evening celebration to praise God, share stories and take an offering.

2. Worship, serve, return. Gather on Sunday for worship, then go out and serve. Enthusiasm for the day will increase when you kickoff the project with worship and an offering. After your service project, everyone returns that evening for a celebration and sharing.

3. A weekend of service. Execute your Faith in Action project on a Saturday and celebrate on Sunday. Be advised, however, that Saturday events will generally draw fewer participants.

A related church story:
FAITH IN ACTION WAS A RISK THAT BECAME A BLESSING
http://putyourfaithinaction.org/stories/story/faith_in_action_was_a_risk_that_became_a_blessing/