Habitat for Humanity

Yes, God will provide! It's up to us to find and properly use the resources He provides.

Here are just a few ways your congregation can support the Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity mission and the families it serves:

Pray - Prayer helps make us right with God, opens our spirits to God's gifts and clarifies our mission. Remember Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity's mission, families, volunteers, partners, staff and donors in your prayers.

Educate - Plan a service with a Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity speaker to talk about the need for simple, decent homes from the pulpit.

Auction - Create packages that can be auctioned. You might include baskets of goodies, vacations, coupons, business services. It doesn't have to be fancy. You could auction babysitting for a couple and include movie tickets.

Craft Show - Have a sale of local talent such as quilts, art, crafts, wood pieces.

Gift Fairs - Put on an alternative gift fair and include Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity. People can purchase "in honor" donation gifts or gift certificates for Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity's ReStore.

Lent and House Banks - Have a house bank in a high-traffic location for donations to Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity. Worshipers can place a promised amount into the bank for each day of Lent.

Buy a Board - Create a grid on poster board shaped like a house. Sell sections of the grid and write in owners' names.

Sell Square Feet - Create a stylized foot on a certificate and sell "square feet" for a house.

Nail It - Paint the tips of nails and sell them - $1 for a bronze nail, $3 for a silver one and $5 for gold. Arrange for the nails to be used on a Habitat home.

Walkathon - Set a high goal and challenge youth to obtain "over the top" pledges.

Collect a Mile - Have someone figure out how many pennies, nickels, dimes or quarters it would take to make a mile. Then start collecting that number of coins.

Collect Cans - Collect aluminum cans to recycle and donate money from sales to Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity.

Special Offerings - Make Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity the recipient of a special collection perhaps for International Day of Prayer (September 18,2011) or World Habitat Day (October 3, 2011).

Missions - Suggest to your Missions Committee that Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity be on the list for local missions.

Bake Sales - Just can't beat a bake sale. Everybody loves homemade goodies.

Clean Up Day - Offer to clean up people's homes or yards for a donation to Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity.

Concerts - Host a concert featuring local or celebrity talent with proceeds designated for Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity.

International Day of Prayer - Sept. 18, 2011

All nations gather in prayer for families living in substandard housing on the third Sunday of September each year. Consider joining the united observation. It's a great day to speak from the pulpit about substandard housing, reminding your congregation of their blessings and to conduct a special offering. The next International Day of Prayer and Action for Human Habitat is September18,2011. Check here for more info.

What else can you think of?

Okay, got your creative juices flowing yet?

These are just a few of the many possibilities for supporting Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity. Put on your thinking cap and get creative juices flowing.

One church had their young people place flocks of flamingos into the yards of people who attended their church. Homeowners had to make Lawrence County Habitat for Humanity donations to have the flocks flown to the next "victim."

Some groups have built and sold birdhouses to raise money for their local Habitat for Humanity affiliates.