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We Have a Heart for You
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WE HAVE A HEART FOR YOU
Tennessee Baptists meeting needs and sharing Christ’s love in our cities, towns and neighborhoods.
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We Have a Heart for You is a community service day promoted by the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Churches, associations, families, small groups, and missions organizations are encouraged to meet physical needs and to share Christ with the lost in their community through simultaneous ministry evangelism projects.
For more information e-mail heartforyou@tnbaptist.org
– Phone 615.371.2038 – Toll free: 800.558.2090
February 14 (or any time in February)
We Have a Heart for You: How to be Involved
How do we get started? The best way to start is to gather a team and…
1. Pray. Ask God to show how your association, church, family or group can join Him in what He is doing in your community or area.
2. Identify community needs and potential ministry evangelism projects.
3. Identify available resources – materials, people, experience, potential ministry sites, etc.
4. Brainstorm ways to use the resources to meet the needs.
5. Choose projects for your church or association for February 14.
6. Prepare.
- Pray for God’s presence and blessing.
- Prayerwalk around the locations where the projects will take place.
- Enlist team leaders to coordinate each project.
- Provide any necessary training.
- Plan a follow-up strategy.
- Promote. Recruit. Prepare. Pray.
7. February 14
- Record activities/projects, number of volunteers, persons ministered to, and decisions made
8. Follow-up and evaluate.
9. Submit a Report Form. (click to download)
Project Ideas
- Distribute baskets of goodies to local police station, fire station, and/or local businesses
- Wash windshields and refill windshield washer fluid
- Prayerwalk neighborhoods, schools, etc.
- Go door-to-door offering to change burned out light bulbs or to replace batteries in fire alarms
- Distribute bottled water with gospel labels at parks, parking lots of malls, etc.
- Deliver homemade bread to shut ins
- Go door-to-door passing out copies of the Jesus Film and bags of popcorn
- Make and deliver valentines to senior adults at nursing homes and senior centers
- Repair homes for those in need
- Distribute sack lunches to the homeless
- Provide front yard clean up or leaf raking service
- Provide a one-day sports camp for children
- Offer free oil changes for single moms
- Pay for washing machines and dyers at local laundromats
- Give away stamps in the front of the post office
- Bag groceries at a self-bagging grocery store
- Give away coffee at a major bus sto
- Offer free shoe shines at stores, malls or other public places
- Feed parking meters that are about to expire and leave a note of explanation
- Offer a winter car wash to spray off salt and road grime
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| 2009 Projects |
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First Baptist, Huntingdon: Sunday School classes and missions groups chose their own projects to plan for and carry in the month of February.
- Purchased baby Items for local Child Abuse Prevention Agency
- Fed lunch to approximately 40 students at local college who attend a noon-day devotion time.
- Provided snacks and Bibles for local middle school Christian fellowship group.
- Held a Spring Party for mentally challenged students at our local Special Learning Center.
- Provided school supplies for needy children at local primary school
- Provided uniforms for students at local alternative school.
- Provided lotions and socks for local nursing home.
- Provided food items for local nursing homes “Country Store” where residents can purchase items as very low prices.
- Sent 10 care packages for those enlisted in the military.
- Made and delivered soup for shut-ins, church and some non-church members.
- Repaired floors in the home of a person.
- Purchased food vouchers for our church’s free food program.
- Provided smoke detectors for needy families.
- Several classes raised money for scholarships to send children to a Christian children’s camp.
First Baptist, Lawrenceburg:
- Women on Mission baked cookies that were carried to the Fire and Police Departments to express thanks.
- GAs prepared homemade soups and delivered them to shut-ins.
- Clothing was provided for children who were in a fire.
- Valentines and cards were sent to nursing home residents, homebound, and people with continuing needs.
- Food was collected and packed for a local ministry that provides food for local families.
First Baptist, Spring Hill: GAs made goody bags and delivered them to area fire halls, police station, medical facilities, pharmacies, vet clinics and florists. RAs distributed light bulbs, smoke detector batteries and cards to homes in a couple of subdivisions.
Bellevue Baptist, Nashville: Delivered homemade goodies and other snacks to the Fire Department and delivered 125 first-aid kits put together by GAs and RAs to the residents at a retirement community.
New Hope Baptist, Bon Aqua: Delivered baskets with homemade goodies and valentines to the local rescue squad, ambulance service and volunteer fire department.
First Baptist, Watertown: GAs made a mailbox for the church to put cards (Get Well, Thanks, Friendship etc.) and then girls delivered them. The girls also made homemade cards for our military and the sick in the church.
Garrison Baptist, Dayton: Several groups participated in We Have a Heart for You.
- The GA's led by Lisa Smith baked cookies and made cards for shut-ins
- Adult Class I made cookies and goodies and took to the emergency room workers, nurses at the hospital, firemen and police and sheriff offices.
- Adult II Class built a handicap ramp for a family
- Adult III & IV combined to send money to an elderly couple on a fixed income, cards and a ham to our oldest member and his wife, and did repair dozer work to the driveway of a seriously ill man in the community.
Edgefield Baptist, Nashville:
- Feed the Children – Worked alongside other people in the area to fill 1,000 boxes that will be sent to areas that may have been through a hurricane, tornado, ice storms. The boxes filled were being sent to Kentucky.
- Soup & Sandwich Kitchen – 35 homeless men and women came through to have a hot bowl of soup and a sandwich.
- Children in 3rd-6th grades made goody bags to take to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital to give to children of families in the waiting areas.
- Children in Kindergarten–2nd grades made a basket of food and reading materials and took it to one of the fire halls in the area.
First Baptist, Dandridge: GAs conducted a Tea and Mission Fashion Show at a nursing home near their church. Tables were decorated with “heart theme” and refreshments were served on pink paper plates and pink napkins with choices of green tea, fruit punch or water. One of the older GAs served as the narrator. As the script was read the girls in costume modeled the missions outfit and paraded around. The girls loved all the old clothes and enjoyed picking their attire for the big day. The girls and adults mingled with the residents afterwards.
New Middleton Baptist, Gordonsville: Hosted a “Sharin' God's Big Love” valentines party for the kids at a housing project where they have conducted a Backyard Bible Club for the past three summers.
Parkview Baptist, Jackson: Hosted a ladies luncheon called "Fall in Love with Missions." They made 55 newborn baby kits for Healthy Start, a program for first time mothers under 23 years old. The kits included baby bath products, teething rings, lotions, socks, bonnets, wipes, etc.
French Broad Baptist, Dandridge: Men’s Ministry provided breakfast for members of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department and the Justice Center correction officers. They also presented them with a certificate of appreciation for their service to the community.
First Baptist, Hohenwald: Offered 14 projects for people to get involved. They
- Distributed baskets of goodies to local police station, fire station, sheriff's dept.
- Pumped gas & washed windshields at 2 local gas stations.
- Prayerwalked neighborhoods, schools, etc.
- Delivered homemade bread to shut-ins
- Made & delivered valentines for senior adults at local nursing home.
- Repaired homes for those in need.
- Provided front yard clean up or leaf raking service.
- Provided garden/flower bed clean up.
- Offered free oil changes for single moms and senior adults.
- Offered a winter car wash.
- Offered hot chocolate/coffee to those getting their cars worked on.
- Delivered Valentine gift to widows.
- Provided Mom's Morning Out Childcare.
- Mailed cards to absentees.
First Baptist, Bells: Handed out free loaves of bread with a sticker on them “I am the way of life” – Jesus.
Crievewood Baptist, Nashville: Acteens delivered cookies, valentines and tickets to see the movie “Fireproof” to the fire stations in their community. Mission Friends and GAs made the valentines. Women on Mission and GAs made the cookies. Following the showing of the movie, an eight week study of the Love-Dare Bible Study will be offered – open to the entire community at no cost.
East Union Baptist, Jackson: GAs and RAs visited a nursing home in the community and sang, read the Bible, and gave residents valentines. The WMU sponsored a prayerwalk at the community middle school and gave treat packages to the teachers and support staff.
Parks City Baptist, Fayetteville: Collected non-perishable food items for a local food bank, visited shut-ins and nursing homes, and sent cards to shut-ins and people who are sick.
Silver Springs Baptist, Mt. Juliet: Collect donations to prepared lunch for the staff of Mt. Juliet Health Care. The GAs pampered the residents with a Day Spa. The women’s ministry provided the nursing staff treats, lunch and a devotion on Spiritual Nutrition. They joined with another church in singing some of the resident’s favorite hymns.
Harpeth Heights Baptist, Nashville: Delivered 1,000 Super Bowl Snack Packs to homes in their community the afternoon before the Super Bowl. Each home received a pack with a New Testament, a tract, information about the church services, a package of microwave popcorn, a bag of chips, a package of peanuts and lollipops.
Wildersville Baptist, Wildersville: Prayerwalked Henderson County schools.
Ellendale Baptist, Bartlett: Provided Valentine Goody Baskets to homebound members of the church and painted primer on a new building for Brinkley Heights Inner-city Ministry.
Lakewood Baptist, Beechgrove: Raked leaves, trimmed bushes, and did other yard work for elderly church members.
Wales Baptist, Pulaski: Provided a Valentine’s Day Party for the residents of a local nursing home. They sang a couple of songs and served cake, ice cream, and punch.
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| 2008 Projects |
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Love Fellowship Baptist, Chattanooga provided a soup/sandwich luncheon for the community.
Buffalo Trail Baptist, Morristown collected for and delivered items to various community agencies.
Donelson View Baptist, Nashville put together and distributed goodie baskets/bags to personnel at Summit Hospital, local fire halls and police precinct.
Dover First Baptist put a roof on the house trailer of a disabled man and his wife.
Barnard’s Grove Baptist, Bean Station put together hygiene bags for the local detention center, washed the windows of a widowed church member, and distributed bags of homemade cookies to people in the community with New Testaments, tracts and church literature.
New Bethlehem Baptist, Dyer collected canned goods for a local food pantry, made/delivered valentine cards to a nursing home and mended clothes for the nursing home residents.
First Baptist, Lebanon delivered two laundry baskets full of snacks and homemade goodies to fire station new the church and they sorted, folded and sized bedding for Brooks House, a shelter for women.
Union Avenue Baptist, Memphis crochet caps for Church Without Doors a homeless ministry.
Riva Lake Baptist, Winchester delivered homemade valentines and Little Debbie Valentine Cakes to inmates and staff at the county jail.
First Baptist, Jellico made desserts for the local Celebrate Recovery program and delivered homemade candy/cookies to local businesses.
First Baptist, Spring Hill GAs made cookies and cards and then delivered them to area fire halls, police stations, medical facilities, and businesses. RAs distributed light bulbs, smoke detector batteries and cards to homes in a couple of subdivisions.
McMinn-Meigs Assocation GAs, RAs and CiAs from five churches collected over 700 items for the food bank.
First Baptist, Dyer delivered birthday kit bags to the children of Gallaway, TN.
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| Helpful Resources |
- 101 Ways to Reach Your Community. Steve Sjogren. (2001). CO: NavPress.
- The Big Book of Ministry Ideas for Students. Sarah S. Groves. (2004). AL: Woman’s Missionary Union, SBC.
- Children’s Ministry Day Promotional Pack 2009. GG Mathis. (2008). AL: Woman’s Missionary Union, SBC.
- Conspiracy of Kindness. Steve Sjogren. (1993). MI: Thomas Nelson, Inc.
- Families of Mission: Ideas for Teaching Your Preschooler to Love, Share, and Care. Angie Quantrell. (2005). AL: Woman’s Missionary Union, SBC.
- His Heart Our Hands: A Ministry Evangelism Toolkit. (2000). GA: North American Mission Board, SBC.
- Ministry Ideas for College Students. Tonya Heartsill. (2005). AL: Woman’s Missionary Union, SBC.
- Servanthood Evangelism. Alvin L. Reid and David A. Wheeler. (1999). GA: North American Mission Board, SBC.
- We Can Do That! 100+ Ways Families Can Be On Mission. Tonya Heartsill. (2003). AL: Woman’s Missionary Union, SBC.
Resources on the Internet
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