25 Strategies for Reaching Out to Neighbors and Colleagues
1. Introduce yourself to your neighbors. Talk to them frequently. Find out their interests and concerns.
2. Invite your neighbors to dinner, a cookie exchange, a block party, a cook-out, etc.
3. Take free tickets for a church concert or special event to every home on your block, even when tickets are not required.
4. Get to know your neighbors by starting a fresh fruit and vegetable co-op. Neighbors take turns traveling to the local farmer’s market to buy produce for the co-op members. Go to this link to find out more: http://voices.yahoo.com/how-start-produce-co-op-eat-fresh-less-green-1724357.html
5. Leave a home-baked dessert along with a thank-you card at the local police and fire departments.
6. Leave a pass-along card advertising your church with your tip at the restaurant, barber, and beauty shops.
7. Help someone with yard work, raking leaves, or shoveling snow.
8. Welcome new neighbors with a home-baked treat or meal.
9. Volunteer to coach youth baseball, soccer, basketball, or other sport.
10. Leave Christian novels and books at your apartment common areas for someone to pick up and read.
11. Decorate your home for the holidays.
12. Write a thank-you note to neighbors who decorate for Christmas to tell them how much you enjoyed their Christmas spirit. Include an invitation to your church’s Christmas music program. Tape the invitation to their door or the top of their mailbox.
13. Give away the extra produce from your garden.
14. When you go shopping, ask if you can pick up a few things for an elderly neighbor who has difficulty getting out.
15. Pet-Sit for free when your neighbors are on vacation.
16. Offer the home repairman a cold drink.
17. Bring in your neighbor’s trash cans.
18. Place a miss-thrown newspaper where your neighbor can easily retrieve it.
19. Praise a co-worker for a job well done.
20. Donate sick days to a co-worker who is seriously ill or grieving.
21. Bear some extra work when a co-worker needs to leave early for an urgent personal matter.
22. Be friendly to all your co-workers.
23. Bake something special to share with the people at work.
24. Send e-cards to your co-workers on their birthdays. Take a look at these e-card services:
a. www.123greetings.com
b. www.encouragementcards.com
c. www.clovervalleyhistory.org/ecards
d. http://ecards.dayspring.com/login/index.asp
e. http://canadianbiblesociety.com/resources/e-cards
25. Practice presenting the gospel to an unbeliever so that when the opportunity arises, you will be able to follow the Lord’s leading. Here are a few examples of easy ways to present the gospel: http://www.godlife.com/gospel/
http://www.freddiecoile.org/?page_id=7
http://www.mvbc.org.za/About%20Us/Gospel.htm
http://www.discipleshiplibrary.com/Bridgehome.htm
http://www.makeitclearnow.org/soulwinning.html
A beautiful and compelling, four-part video presentation of the gospel can be found
at the bottom of the following page: http://www.noteworthy-publishing.com
2. Invite your neighbors to dinner, a cookie exchange, a block party, a cook-out, etc.
3. Take free tickets for a church concert or special event to every home on your block, even when tickets are not required.
4. Get to know your neighbors by starting a fresh fruit and vegetable co-op. Neighbors take turns traveling to the local farmer’s market to buy produce for the co-op members. Go to this link to find out more: http://voices.yahoo.com/how-start-produce-co-op-eat-fresh-less-green-1724357.html
5. Leave a home-baked dessert along with a thank-you card at the local police and fire departments.
6. Leave a pass-along card advertising your church with your tip at the restaurant, barber, and beauty shops.
7. Help someone with yard work, raking leaves, or shoveling snow.
8. Welcome new neighbors with a home-baked treat or meal.
9. Volunteer to coach youth baseball, soccer, basketball, or other sport.
10. Leave Christian novels and books at your apartment common areas for someone to pick up and read.
11. Decorate your home for the holidays.
12. Write a thank-you note to neighbors who decorate for Christmas to tell them how much you enjoyed their Christmas spirit. Include an invitation to your church’s Christmas music program. Tape the invitation to their door or the top of their mailbox.
13. Give away the extra produce from your garden.
14. When you go shopping, ask if you can pick up a few things for an elderly neighbor who has difficulty getting out.
15. Pet-Sit for free when your neighbors are on vacation.
16. Offer the home repairman a cold drink.
17. Bring in your neighbor’s trash cans.
18. Place a miss-thrown newspaper where your neighbor can easily retrieve it.
19. Praise a co-worker for a job well done.
20. Donate sick days to a co-worker who is seriously ill or grieving.
21. Bear some extra work when a co-worker needs to leave early for an urgent personal matter.
22. Be friendly to all your co-workers.
23. Bake something special to share with the people at work.
24. Send e-cards to your co-workers on their birthdays. Take a look at these e-card services:
a. www.123greetings.com
b. www.encouragementcards.com
c. www.clovervalleyhistory.org/ecards
d. http://ecards.dayspring.com/login/index.asp
e. http://canadianbiblesociety.com/resources/e-cards
25. Practice presenting the gospel to an unbeliever so that when the opportunity arises, you will be able to follow the Lord’s leading. Here are a few examples of easy ways to present the gospel: http://www.godlife.com/gospel/
http://www.freddiecoile.org/?page_id=7
http://www.mvbc.org.za/About%20Us/Gospel.htm
http://www.discipleshiplibrary.com/Bridgehome.htm
http://www.makeitclearnow.org/soulwinning.html
A beautiful and compelling, four-part video presentation of the gospel can be found
at the bottom of the following page: http://www.noteworthy-publishing.com