In support of HOPE 2014 year of mission, Neighbourhood Prayer Network http://www.neighbourhoodprayer.net/
provide below month by month suggestions
of how to reach out to your immediate neighbours. These ideas have been chosen
because they require minimal preparation, little or no cost and take little
time to accomplish. They call this collection of ideas, "Bite size mission
- Hope to your Neighbours." Even if a few of them are done the effects will
be far reaching, as long as they are all accompanied with prayer!Bite Size Mission- Hope For Your Neighbours!
Pray for, Care for and
Share faith with neighbours living on your street!
Throughout the year, try to get as many people in your
church to register their street on the Neighbourhood
Prayer Network website… http://www.neighbourhoodprayer.net/
January 2014:
January 2014:
Prayer
The HOPE season of prayer guide until the 31st January.
Available week by week on our newsletter or order from UCB. This guide began on
October 18th 2013.
Care
Check on your elderly neighbours during bad weather this
month, offer to go shopping for them/visit them.
Share
Ask God to show you three houses to pray for, every Friday
of this year. Pray that the people living in them will become hungry to know
God for themselves or draw closer to Him.
February 2014:
February 2014:
Prayer
Neighbourhood Prayer Diary, available from our website. A
seven day guide with a list of people to pray for each day.Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out.
Care
Guidance will follow nearer the time, closely linked to
national news headlines.
Share
Give Your neighbours a copy of the "gift edition"
of the Word or Today (available free from UCB).
March 2014:
March 2014:
Prayer
Forty days of prayer guide for Lent, a 2014 new edition,
will be available on our website.
Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out.
Care
#do1nicething: A "LoveYour Streets" initiative.
Each day spread the word on twitter about one nice nice thing you could do for
someone in your neighbourhood and try to do it yourself. There is one for every
day over lent.
Share
Give Your neighbours a copy of the "gift edition"
of the Word for Today (available free from UCB).
April 2014:
April 2014:
Prayer
Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out. Forty days of prayer guide for Lent, a 2014 new edition,
will be available on our website.
Care
#do1nicething: A "Love Your Streets" initiative.
Each day spread the word on twitter about one nice nice thing you could do for
someone in your neighbourhood and try to do it yourself. There is one for every
day over lent.
Share
Give your neighbours the Father's Love Letter (available
free from UCB) & an invitation to your church at Easter.
May 2014:
Prayer
Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out.
Care
Invite your neighbours to a street party, a church party or
a bigger festival as part of the Big Lunch/ HOPE. Working with Fusion, we
will provide resources for this.
Share
Send a thank you letter to your GP, Neighbourhood Police
officer, MP, a teacher of your Children/Grandchildren, your local councillor or
someone else working in the public sector. Give them a "gift edition of
the word for Today, available from UCB for free.
June 2014:
June 2014:
Prayer
Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out.
Care
Organise a Street party, a church party or a church festival
as part of the BIG LUNCH. Resources on how to do this in a church context will
be provided via Fusion in partnership with HOPE.
Share
Give out prayer request cards to your neighbours, asking
them to return the cards to your church where you will pray over the requests
over a two week period. Card design available from Neighbourhood Prayer
Network, to be printed locally.
July 2014:
July 2014:
Prayer
Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out.
Care
Guidance will follow nearer the time, closely linked to
national news headlines.
Share
Arrange a High Tea at your church, (traditional British tea,
with cakes, sandwiches, served at your church). Neighbourhood Prayer Network
are hoping you will invite your neighbours from your street and that any
voluntary donations to this event after costs of putting on the event, might be
donated towards Neighbourhood Prayer Network. A toolkit for this will be available
from Neighbourhood Prayer Network nearer the time.
August 2014:
August 2014:
Prayer
Picking Up Prayer: An initiative of Church Plus. Pray a
blessing over your local street, while picking up litter. Wear a T-Shirt with
the name of your local church on the back and be ready to answer why you are
picking up litter.Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out.
Care
Picking Up Prayer: An initiative of Church Plus. Pray a
blessing over your local street, while picking up litter. Wear a T-Shirt with
the name of your local church on the back and be ready to answer why you are
picking up litter.
Share
Picking Up Prayer: An initiative of Church Plus. Pray a
blessing over your local street, while picking up litter. Wear a T-Shirt with
the name of your local church on the back and be ready to answer why you are
picking up litter.
September 2014:
September 2014:
Prayer
Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out.
Care
Guidance will follow nearer the time, closely linked to
national news headlines.
Share
Invite some of your neighbours to a local Alpha Course or
Christianity Explored or Emmaus Course. Alternatively, with the backing of your
church leader, run a course on your street.
October 2014:
Back to Church Sundays, invite your neighbours to Back to
Church Sunday.
October 2014:
Prayer
Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out.
Care
Organise an alternative Halloween party at your church.
Share
Give out the Bag of HOPE at Halloween to children who come
trick or treating. This is available from UCB and is a free resource (except
for Postal costs).
November 2014:
November 2014:
Prayer
Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out.
Care
Organise an Operation Christmas Child, shoe packing party on
your street. This is a Samaritan's Purse project. The aim is to get as many
shoe boxes filled with presents to be sent to children in underprivileged areas
of the World who would otherwise not receive any gifts. Getting your neighbours
involved is a great way to meet your neighbours. Deadline for collection
November 18th.
Share
Give out the HOPE edition of the Word for Today to Your
Neighbours, living on your street.
December 2014:
December 2014:
Prayer
Pray for three houses on your street every Friday and pray a
blessing over your street every time you go out.
Care
Organise a Christmas party for some of your neighbours. Is there someone on your street who will be spending
Christmas alone? Could you invite them to share Christmas with your family?
Share
Give out Christmas cards and the Father's Love Letter to
your neighbours, with a small gift to those you know best. Invite them to your
local Carol service.
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