New Ideas That Have Been Submitted To Date.
You can submit your ideas below.
Building:
Purchase or build a retreat center
Increase paved parking lot
Elevator
All purpose building leading into the Sanctuary
Cry room/Nursing mothers room in Sanctuary
Coffee Area/Large Lobby
Outdoor fountain/Courtyard area
Prayer room
Kids play room
Youth building / Gym
Splash pad for the community
New carpet and paint in the upstairs classrooms
New door on 3rd and 4th grade classroom
Prayer garden / Orchard
Inside slide for kids
Upgrade cameras
Purchase a new home for community member
Upgrade the van or purchase a second one
Upgrade / pave the back parking lot
Update fellowship hall, fix walls and paint
Stain glass the sanctuary windows
Chair lift instead of an elevator
Outdoor classroom area
Wildflower landscaping
HCC community pool
Outdoor food/book/clothing exchange pick-up and drop off kiosk
Open a youth camp or multi-use camp similar to Camp Ch-Yo-Ca
Donate to:
Workers who are freeing slaves
Veterans Buddy Pack program
Justin’s home and the Sathyam ministries in Kerala
A church plant in the Northwest
College assistance scholarships
Ministries/Committees:
Teach young men life skills
Year round Buddy Bags / Food Pantry
After School Bible Club
Serve the homeless
Healthy living
Care managing / connecting nurses and other caregivers to those in need
Women’s ministry
Community garden
Outdoor services at the Lion’s club with potluck dinners
Mentoring ministry pairing up believers with each other (Women/Men/Teens)
Translate sermons into different languages
Sponsor kid with sports/school
Marriage ministry
Ministry to widows / single moms / divorced women
Nursing home ministry
Church retreats
Quarterly grade level parties for kids
Holiday parties
Midweek fellowship dinners
Deliver food to homebound
Start a preschool
Start a college ministry at CMU or other school
Tutoring team
Team Trips
Advertising
Bible basics year round
Coffee shop with seating
Have a presence in the school
MS or HS Sports tournament
Offer meals to students after school or practice
5th quarter gathering after games / food / introductions / show film
Take a pie or other dish to all visitors
Trips to Sight and Sound for seniors
Granny group to support coyote Hill families
Work to end human trafficking
Homebound tech team / ministry
Church app for phones and tablets
Landscaping team
Prayer quilts for the sick
Monday kids program
Financial teaching
Men’s ministry
Date night childcare
Elementary kids Bible study
Discipleship ministry
Provide a music service / Spotify or Amazon
School supplies closet for students to access
Youth/kids praise band
Music lessons
Take food to people in need
End bullying in school campaign
Helping hands team / yard work / service projects / odd jobs
Bus ministry / rides to church
Healthy cooking / Exercise for seniors
Senior adults trips
Feed community on Sunday nights
Backyard Bible clubs
Celebrate recovery addiction ministry
Youth trips / conferences
Monthly kid program that has a hands on kid project
Community services with meals
Staff Retreat 1X per year
Elderly transportation
Gift bag ministry to encourage community members (new members/ birth of child / important events / Anniversaries / etc)
Midweek evening service
Membership program / Discipleship program
Seasonal decorating team
Appreciation nights for the community
Operation Christmas Child
Meal ministry
Trunk or treat
Teach kids home skills (cooking/sewing)
Move a Christian refugee family to our community
Sponsor youth in our community so they can experience a Christian youth camp
Married couples retreat
Events:
Host a Womens or Mens conference
Music Event / Concert
Family Retreat
Quarterly Community dinners at the Lions club with music
Revivals with Special guest speakers / Entertainers / Testimonies / Food
Staff:
Women’s minister
Children’s minister
Connections minister
Spiritual Development minister
College age interns year round
Add another full-time staff member
Social media manager
Congregational care and support minister
Mental health counselor
Tech person to build visual / digital assets
Wedding / Baby Shower coordinator
Increase current staff salaries
Child Care worker(s)
More youth programs
New technology, tools or training quicker and easier.
Missions:
Send mission teams to missionaries we support
Support a missionary
Adopt an unreached people group area and send people there
72 ministry – send missionaries locally and internationally
Adult mission trips
Send long term missionaries