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Everyday Missions - 20 Ideas For Developing A Mission Heart
  1. Create a plan for inviting your neighbors to events at the church (Christmas & Easter services, Friend Day, ‘Ohana Groups, seminars).
  2. Host an “Open House” to get to know your neighbors. (Hand deliver the invitations so that you make face-to-face contact).
  3. See the schools as a mission field. Volunteer as a chaperone for field trips, dances grad night or PTA.
  4. Establish a guestroom in your house to house missionaries & pastors.
  5. Invite a friend to go to a movie with you, and then, over coffee, utilize the movie to discuss their outlook on life.
  6. Leave a piece of evangelistic literature for a waiter or waitress along with a generous tip!
  7. Memorize Luke 19:10 and create a list of the potential “lost” people you’d like to reach in your area.
  8. Invite some people from other cultures into a discussion on the question, “What do you think a Christian is?”
  9. Make a list of various ethnic and cultural groups you come across on Oahu.
  10. Memorize I John 3:16-18.
  11. Attend a local cultural or ethnically distinctive event in an effort to understand the cultures around your area.
  12. Read Matthew 25 and try to identify one project per month that you can do for the types of people Jesus lists.
  13. Read Six Dangerous Questions by Paul Borthwick.
  14. Pray for the country on the label of your clothes.
  15. Get an up-to-date map of the world and prominently post it to provoke prayer.
  16. Pray for a week for the Muslim countries in North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Indonesia.
  17. Pray for your children to be open to wherever God might call them in service around the world.
  18. Start an email or pen pal connection to an international missionary.
  19. Pick up a copy of “On-Mission” or “Commission” magazine to continue your mission education.
  20. Listen to CNN or other world news report and pray through the countries mentioned.