English Ministry Influential Ideas for 2014 Town Hall Meeting December 8, 2013 Town Hall Meeting December 8, 2013

For The Poor & Marginalized Donate holiday food, presents, and money Food drive Clothing drive Volunteer at homeless shelter Change oil for single moms Donate toys Free food on weekends Soup kitchen group activities

For Marketplace People Pray that the stock market doesn’t crash Strike up casual conversations about Christian topics Pray with them

For College Students More care packages, they need them Tutoring younger kids

For Women Teach one another to cook! Then eat Mentorship bible studies with the older ladies and the young adults Arts/crafts night!! Tea/desserts (afternoon tea) at someone’s house – older hosts younger, then vice versa!

For Men Updates on what each group has been studying/doing. Biannual? Annual? Men’s prayer meeting Manly stuff like “No shave November” Paintball More church outing events More bonding activities – sports Cross-generational discipleship programs: organized, structured, planned

For Families Bible studies at peoples’ houses with baby sitting

For Youth More serious lessons (preferably on apologetics) given the big amount of high school students losing their faith in college Movie night More youth attendance! More teenage boys – there’s too much girls Yeah, word! Activities outside of church More exciting Friday activity nights with more youth!

For Young Adults Community building activities – outreach Life groups Volunteering with the community as a church More outside of church activities Discipleship More events with the purpose to welcome non-believers More people sign up in worship team