AUGUST 2012

What is the Challenge?

Vision: to be the kindest church in London

Mission: to perform 5000 undeserved acts

of guilt-free, fear-free kindness in

August 2012.

What is the Challenge?

Full of LoveBeing kind is the hall mark of our churchWe are going to put into practice what God has

said in His Word!

Matt. 20.28: Jesus came to serveGal. 6.8: What you sow is what you reap

It impacts the communityIt encourages us to mature

It develops fellowshipIt reveals the grace inside us

What is the Strategy?

For the church corporately to do 2500 acts of kindness:

Give away 500 cans of coke: Sat, Aug 4th

Give away 1000 packets of sweets: Sat, Aug 11th Give away 300 bottles of water

and 200 photographs: Sat, Aug 18th Give away 500 pencil cases: Sat, Aug 25th

At the Heathway, 12noon – 4pm (or when we have finished, whichever is closer)

What is the Strategy?

For each Living Church to do 200 acts of kindness.

Ideas:Free McFlurriesBait at local fishing spotFree bottled waterCar WashCar Park ticketsOreo Cookies

• Fresh fruit giveaway

• Helium balloons

• Pens and pencils

• IMAGINATE!

What is the Strategy?

For XCEL to do 500 acts of kindness

Lawn mowingLight Bulb WalkLollipops in the Park

Morning DoughnutsPossible Car WashPossible Carrying Shopping to Car

What is the Strategy?

5000-2500-1200 (6 x 200 Living Churches)-500 (XCEL)

= 800 left for INDIVIDUALS TO DO

You might decide to do 30 acts (one per day) or more, but they will be acts like above.

You can reach people in ways and in places we could not do. (And impress us with your creativity)

A High Bar

Because we want:Barking and Dagenham to be a great place to liveTo encourage kindness to be the norm for our

churchTo work out our salvation with fear and tremblingTo serve our communities

Because we sow in summer we will reap in autumn

Because our faith has to be worked out and the love of God must flow through us to the world