Tax Day Outreach Idea
Posted by Pastor Dan Masshardt at 4/17/2008 9:52 AM and is filed under uncategorized 
Is your church near a post office?
How about this idea to get out into the community?
From the website www.churchrelavence.com
How about this idea to get out into the community?
From the website www.churchrelavence.com
On the night of April 15th, as Americans scrambled to mail their 2007 income tax forms, members of Pathway Church (Palo Alto, CA) eased the suffering by giving away 1,000 free postage stamps.
As a “Planned Act of Kindness,” they created 500 mini-books of stamps (outreach cards with 2 stamps each). Standing on the streets near a post office, they held signs stating “Free Stamps! Tax-Day Relief!” as they gave away the mini-books. Scott Aughtmon describes people’s reactions as,
They were so surprised and thankful, you would’ve thought we paid their rent/mortgage for a month! Even people driving by who didn’t need or want a card rolled down their windows and told me, “That’s so cool what you’re doing.
Check out the whole post HERE.
That's a great idea. Wish I would have thought of it sooner. We'll have to remember that for 2009. What are some other servant evangelism ideas that churches have done recently?
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