January
Make on mission New Years resolutions. Share with an accountability partner. Examples:

• I will tell one person every month how Christ has changed my life.

• I will lead one person to Christ in 2002.

• I will ask my pastor how I can help him with evangelistic outreach.

• I will invite six people/families to church in 2002.

• I will volunteer to organize or participate in an On Mission Team this year. Check out the North American Mission Boards On Mission Team manual to find out how to develop a team at your church. To order call 800-448-8032.

February
Organize or help with a church-sponsored event. Examples:

• Olympics party for opening/closing ceremonies. Rent a big-screen TV for church or host parties in homes. Church members/families bring unchurched friends. Snack table includes invitations to church with service times, directions, map.

• Valentines night out. Provide complimentary childcare for unchurched families. When couples return from their date, provide invitations to church services.

March
Plan or assist a leader with a month-long course for church members who want to become more effective in their evangelistic outreach. Evangelism 101 can be a four-week Sunday school class or evening home study. Celebrate graduation with a party. For curriculum use Becoming a Contagious Christian or The NET, a strategy to help Christians share their faith in the twenty-first century. To order The NET call 800-448-8032.

April
Develop a four-week course for skeptics and seekerscan be a Sunday school class or evening sessions in home or church. Begin by asking attendees to jot questions on 3x5 cards to preserve anonymity. Make sure all are answered. Invite pastor, Bible teachers, laypeople with strong testimonies, etc. to satisfy attendees in their search. Telephone each attendee before final meeting to see if other concerns still need to be addressed. One resource would be Lee Strobels The Case for Faith, 2000.

May
Organize or help with a one-on-one effort pairing newly trained on mission church members with skeptics and seekers who attended the April course. This could be a one-month commitment to benefit both the on mission Christians who need practice flexing their new evangelistic muscles and the people who are either still on the fence or who made commitments and need discipling/integration into the church family.

June
Plan an on mission vacation for your family. Examples:

• A mission week helping with World Changers. Call 800-462-8657 for information.

• Travel to a resort to help a missionary. Call 800-462-8657 for opportunities.

• Organize or help with an evangelistic event for your church such as backyard Bible studies or Vacation Bible school. Invite unchurched children, and be proactive about following up with their parents.

July
For Independence Day (U.S.) and Canada Day (Canada) organize letter-writing campaigns by Sunday school children.

• Thank local heroes (fire fighters, police officers, emergency medical personnel). Include invitations to church with service times, directions, map.

• Thank chaplains and missionaries for setting on mission examples. Visit www.namb.net/missionaries or www.namb.net/root/beonmission/birthdays.

August
On mission personal services. Form meaningful one-on-one relationships that can lead to telling someone about Christ.

• Men: Help a neighbor with a taskyard work, car repair. Take a friend to a game. Meet an ambitious coworker for lunch and share your Christ-centered goals.

• Women: Relieve a busy mom. Help an elderly lady. Take flowers or baked goods to a neighbor. Listen to a troubled friend and introduce her to your Friend.

September
School days begin, even for adults.

• People who work: Organize or participate in a noontime Bible study. Use a theme like work ethics or job security. If allowed, advertise via email, bulletin board, office newsletter. Invite a mix of Christian and nonbelieving coworkers.

• People at home: Organize or participate in a morning Bible study. Use a theme like raising children or meaningful retirement. Advertise with mailbox flyers, phone calls, emails. Invite a mix of Christian and nonbelieving neighbors and friends.

October
Organize or help with a church-sponsored fall event for your community. Advertise via newspaper and radio. At each, distribute invitations for church services. Examples:

• Host a crafts and food fair, indoors or outdoors. Invite people of other ethnicities than the one that is predominant in your church to offer their wares and cuisine.

• Host dinner for hunters based on a theme such as gun safety. Include testimonies.

• Host Halloween party for kids including those from unchurched families. Order SEE: Halloween for Christ, a planning guide, from 800-448-8032.

November
A chance to share your food and faith with unchurched people.

• Invite to your home someone who might be alonea single, a student, homeless man, an elderly woman. Tell why you are thankful to God for His saving gift of grace. With the holidays just around the corner, they may become lonely again. Invite them to upcoming church services. Provide rides if needed.

• Organize or help host a Thanksgiving dinner at your church for those who work on Thanskgiving Day or who would otherwise dine alone. Present the gospel.

December
During this busy month, one-on-one testimonials will be effective.

• Detail your reason for the season in family letters tucked into Christmas cards.

• Deliver to neighbors a plate of goodies with an invitation to a church service and a JESUS video. Call later offering to drive or meet at the door. Tell about special seasonal programs and family events. They may be more open than ever to meeting your Savior.

• Resolve family conflicts with apologies and tell Who you serve. Model Gods grace.