7 ideas for a Daring Daughters event in your area

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C’mon girls! You don’t need permission to obey God and be a part of God’s Great Commission. Dare to make a difference!
–Ann Dunagan, Daring Daughters

A mom sent me a note asking how she and her teen daughter could host a Daring Daughter event in their area. I wrote my answer in a message, and wanted to share it here to spark creative juices for you as well.

First of all, realize if you want to do something to encourage others for the Gospel and to share about God’s Great Commission you can do it.

It doesn’t have to cost any money. It doesn’t need to involve airline travel. And you don’t need “official” permission from your pastor or from the women’s leader at church to get started. You don’t have to live in a big city, or go to a big church, or have a big budget.

It doesn’t matter how old you are or how long you’ve been a Christian. God has called all of us as believers to be His ambassadors (see II Corinthians 5:20). We’re all called to share the Gospel. He’s called every Christian to be a light for Him and to fulfill His Great Commission.

C’mon girls. We need to obey God. Dare to dream, and dare to make a difference for His kingdom!

If you’re a woman or a teenage girl who loves God, or perhaps a mom-and-daughter-combo, or a college girl with a heart for the next generation, or perhaps a mom with a pent-up-passion for local and global missions (or a particular world need) . . . just step out and DO SOMETHING about it.

Do you have a specific idea on your heart? Or would you and your teenage daughter like to plan a Daring Daughter event?

Here are a few ideas to get you started…

1. Plan a DD Girls Night

Simply open your home and share about Daring Daughters.

Have a get-together with your daughter and a few of your friends, perhaps other moms-and-daughters, or with ladies you know (from your church, school, homeschool group, or friends). Stir a heart for local and global missions, share something on your heart (we could give you some simple ideas — such as this powerful excerpt from Amy Carmichael.)

Invite friends, just like you would to a baby/bridal shower or birthday party. If you would like to officially connect with Daring Daughters, use EVENTBRITE and announce your event via facebook. FREE events don’t cost anything to promote or to make tickets. If you use the Daring Daughters name, just add a comment or link to keep us all in-the-loop!

WORSHIP
Maybe worship together — with Hosanna’s “break my heart for what breaks Yours…” by Hillsong — and invite each woman to share a NEED in the world that grips her heart more than others — or sing a simple rendition of AMAZING GRACE and ask each lady to share ONE THING that God has called her to do, in which she definitely needs God’s amazing grace.

SHOW A BRIEF MISSION-VIDEO
Maybe show a couple minute video to stir a heart for missions. Here are a couple ideas. — First World Problems or — Daring Daughter Vision

RECOMMEND A MISSION-BOOK
Or share about a mission book you like — such as Kisses from Katie, Radical, The Mission-Minded Family, The Scarlet Cord — Window on the World, Operation World, or a mission bio (The Mission-Minded Child has several 2-minute “missionary monologues” to present in simple dramatic form, such as one about Amy Carmichael).

INVITE A DARING MISSIONARY
You could invite someone who is involved in helping love and serve people in one way or another (perhaps someone serving at a local crisis pregnancy center, maybe someone who helps the poor, or who has adopted a child, or someone you know who has gone on a mission trip) and have them share their story and their passion for missions.

PRAY
End with a prayer by missionary Betty Scott Stam (about surrendering everything to the Lord), and distribute stickers with this prayer for each girl/lady to sign and date and to put in their Bible or journal. Pray for each other. (Note: Betty Scott Stam was a missionary to China during the Great Depression. She and her husband John were martyred for their faith.)

Lord, I give up
All my own plans and purposes,
All my own desires and hopes, and accept
Thy will for my life.

I give myself, my life, my all, utterly to Thee
To be Thine forever.
Fill me and seal me with Thy Holy Spirit.
Use me as Thou wilt. Send me where Thou wilt.
Work out Thy whole will in my life
At any cost. Now and forever.

–Betty Scott Stam (1906-1934)

2. Plan a DD Tea Party

Host a DARING DAUGHTERS “Tea Party”

Include the same sort of mission-themed ideas (see above), with a Tea Party. It’s kind of a frilly idea for sharing a rugged mission-vision, but it’s something most women and churches understand and know how to do. It’s simply a party . . . and you’re going to add the theme, that living for Jesus is not just about being pampered princesses, but loving others, sharing the Gospel and daring to make a difference in the world.

You could have moms and daughters sign up to decorate a table with fancy china (each with a unique international theme, such as East African, Middle-Eastern, or Asian). Perhaps have ladies bring gifts (like at a shower or birthday party) to give to a local crisis pregnancy center or to the poor.

Share a missionary video or highlight a mission need. Or invite a local missionary woman, or someone involved in local or global Gospel outreach, to speak from her heart.

3. Organize a DD Dinner

Host a DARING DAUGHTERS Dinner with an global focus.

This could be in your home, or at a church, or with a youth group. Simply share about local or global needs with an international-theme meal.

Share a co-op meal or snacks (such as a taco-bar, with everyone bringing one ingredient, or simply a Mexican-style or Italian-style pot-luck). Or have everyone bring some sort of an international snack and provide labels for people to write the name of the nation where their dish is from.

4. Lead a DD Night of Prayer for the Nations

Host a DARING DAUGHTERS “Night of Prayer for the Nations”

Or forget the food and simply gather together for a NIGHT OF PRAYER FOR THE NATIONS. Refer to a missions book like Operation World or Window on the World and/or current world news from the internet or from a missionary newsletter and simply PRAY. Stir a passion for missions.

Invite a few friends or people with mission experience or connections who care about certain areas of the world to pray specifically for their area of passion. Add a song about loving the Lord and the nations.

Keep it simple. Pray hard.

5. Host a DD PASSION & Life-Planning Workshop

PLAN A DARING DAUGHTERS “SPECIAL” MEETING — Follow the Daring Daughter event ideas, but make it more “official” by hosting it at a CHURCH, SCHOOL, or some VENUE (community center, gym, conference/retreat center, or meeting room). Share our PASSION & Life-Planning outline.

6. Host a DD Movie Night

DARING DAUGHTER MOVIE NIGHT — Or have a Daring Daughter movie night (in your home, or at a youth gathering, or at a church) and show a movie such as Inn of the Sixth Happiness (about missionary to China, Gladys Aylward), End of the Spear (about five missionaries martyred in Ecuador), or October Baby (pro-life theme).

7. Invite a DD Speaker

CHECK OUT OUR SPEAKING INFO . . . Or if you’re interested, maybe think about planning an official event such as a Daring Daughters Clarity Day or a Mission-Minded Women conference where Ann or one of our Daring Daughter Leadership Team could come and lead the vision on your heart (such as a retreat, tea, luncheon, or one-day conference).

Come check out what we’re doing: see Speaking Info and Events.

Brainstorm with your daughter or mom or with a friend . . . and let me know if there is any way that I could serve you to help stir up a passion for God’s Great Commission, locally and globally, in your area.

Just PRAY, and ask God if there is something He would want for you to do.

And like Nike says . . .

Just do it. — Dare to Make a Difference — #idaretomakeadifference

Let us know if you’re planning something and we’ll try to help you to promote it. Or write a blog post highlighting your upcoming event and link up through a comment to this post. During your event, take a few photos or make a simple youtube video (perhaps with some personal testimonies) and share what God is stirring in the hearts of daring daughters in your area. Let’s build some momentum.

Just do it!

Remembering the Persecuted

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LINK to The Voice of the Martrys website

A story from my kitchen and my kids . . .

“Hey, that’s not fair! You already got one-and-a-half more pieces than me!” Our daughter gave our son a selfish glare, as he proceeded to “stake his claim” by grabbing for the butter and syrup.

As I was working on yet another batch of French toast, I realized our kids definitely needed more than food on their plates. Our family needed a fresh lesson in thankfulness and gratitude. The petty bickering was really bothering me, especially in light of several stories I had read only a few hours earlier. So, while the kids sat on their stools at our kitchen counter, waiting (not so patiently) for our next round of French toast, I proceeded to give a lesson:

We need to be Thankful . . .

“You know, kids, we need to be thankful for what we have, and realize that we have been given so much! Instead of complaining, God wants us to continually live with an attitude of thankfulness and joy.”

“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” –I Thessalonians 5:18

We don’t have to be thankful for everything (as some temptations and attacks are clearly from the enemy). However, in everything and every situation, we can be thankful and full of praise. God is still on the throne. He is God and He is still worthy of our worship (even at this moment). We can always find something to be thankful for, even for grace to withstand the challenge.

When situations are tough, we can choose to WORSHIP, no matter what. And here’s a specific phrase I often think about when I am feeling distressed or discouraged (and tempted to worry or fear): “God is worthy of my brain-space!”

Let’s Remember the Persecuted Church

“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.” –Romans 12:15

Just that morning, I had been reading a magazine from The Voice of the Martrys, about how a minister named Richard Wurmbrand had endured persecution while being imprisoned for his faith. He had spent over 14 years in Romanian prisons, including long periods in complete solitude – with no Bible, no books, no scrap paper or pencils, and (obviously) no one to talk to. Even during this horrible time, this man still found ways to be grateful.

The article shared how Rev. Wurmbrand meditated on Scripture he had memorized, and how he (along with other Christian prisoners) kept his mind active by praying fervently throughout the night for various needs from around the world. Yet the example that most-deeply touched my heart was reading about how this man of God learned to rejoice.

For a moment, I put down my spatula and reached for the magazine lying on the counter. “Just listen to this guy’s attitude,” I told my kids. “This man found reasons to be grateful, even in prison, and even when there was absolutely nothing to be thankful for:

“The Bible tells us about one of the great joys we can have,” Rev. Wurmbrand explains, “even in a prison cell: ‘Rejoice with those who rejoice’ (Romans 12:15). I rejoiced that there were families somewhere who gathered with their children, read the Bible together, told jokes, and were happy with each other. Somewhere there was a boy who loved a young girl and dated her; I could be happy about them. There they had a prayer meeting; and there was someone who studied; and there is somebody who enjoyed good food, etc. We could rejoice with those who rejoiced.” –Quote by Richard Wurmbrand, Founder of The Voice of the Martyrs – (from The Triumphant Church, pp.32-33).

Let’s Be Thankful (even when times are tough)

We need to have hearts of gratitude, which means being thankful for even little things that we usually take for granted.

I asked my kids, “When was the last time you were grateful for your toothbrush or toothpaste . . . or for your teeth? Or when was the last time you were thankful for hot running water, or a good toilet?”

That morning, I was also inspired by an example I had read in a little booklet about gratitude, and my kids heard about these as well:

David Brainerd, a devoted missionary to the Native American people, was characterized by a thankful spirit. Even when he had a high fever and great pain, he was thankful that this challenge had come when he was among friends; when he ill and alone in his little hut, he thanked God saying, “Blessed be the Lord, I am not exposed in the open air . . . ”; and in another instance, facing weeks of outdoor solitude, forging through swamps, and enduring dark nights, he thanked God that his loneliness “drove him to experience intimate fellowship with the Lord . . . ” (Example adapted from The Attitude of Gratitude, by Nancy Leigh DeMoss).

By the time the kids had a fresh plate of French toast, they also had a quick lesson in gratitude, and I was feeling better as a mom.

Proverbs 22:6 tells us, “Train up a child in the way he should go”; and in Deuteronomy 6:7, “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

Later, our son came up to me and asked for forgiveness for his attitude; and I could tell he was truly sorry. And our daughter, who just moments ago listened to me read this article, asked me to please tell those of you reading this that she already said she was sorry, and that she’s thankful . . . but actually, her brother was the one who started it.

: Bible in a Burned Church

: Inside a burned-out church

: 72 Churches in Niger burned

: Pray for Niger, West Africa

See more about Global Persecution on Daring Daughters, including recent news from Niger, West Africa.

Psalm 100: Bible Memory

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Help children to memorize Psalm 100, using Bible memory pictures and a song.

Verse 1:

“Make a joyful shout unto the Lord all you lands . . .”

(NOTE: The happy megaphone reminds us of a JOYFUL SHOUT. The LORD is shown with a CROSS and the wavy ground represents “all you lands…”

Verse 2a

Serve the Lord with gladness.

(NOTE: Part of this picture is cut off. On the left you see two hands with palms up and outstretched in service, representing “serve” — LORD is shown with a CROSS — and the happy faces represent GLADNESS).

2b:

Enter His presence with singing . . .

(NOTE: The cloud with light shining out of it represents the “presence of the Lord” and we also added physical presents to help us remember this word. The music notes and the little faces with open mouths represent “singing.”)

Verse 3a:

For the Lord He is GOD, it is He that has made us . . .

(NOTE: LORD is show with a CROSS. And here we simply wrote the word GOD, since it’s important to remember that in verse 3, the Psalm says, “For the LORD He is GOD” and later in verse 5, it says, “For the LORD He is GOOD…”)

3b:

. . . not we ourselves.

(Here, we’re simply showing the arrow pointing from GOD to the little guy “it is He that has made us . . . ” and and then X through the other guy, “. . . not we ourselves.”)

3c:

We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

(As you can see, your pictures do not need to be fancy!!!)

Verse 4a:

Enter His gates with thanksgiving . . .

(NOTE: This is a gate and a picture of what we came up with for “Thanksgiving.” If I redid this, I would make a more simple Thanksgiving picture, maybe with an icon turkey.)

Verse 4b:

And into His courts with praise.

(NOTE: when our family was thinking of a simple way to draw “courts” we came up with a basketball court)

Verse 4c:

Be thankful unto Him and bless His name. . .

(NOTE: the flags say “Thankful” and “Name”)

Verse 5a

For the LORD He is good . . .

(Our family picture for LORD is a cross. Sometimes, we simply write a word, like GOOD.)

Verse 5b:

His mercy is everlasting . . .

(Note: our family memory picture key for MER-CY is a “mermaid” and a “sea”)

Verse 6:

His truth endures to all generations.

Note: our family memory verse picture key for TRUTH is a belt (from the armor of God)

The stick figures represent grandparents, parents, kids and a baby (for all generations)

Psalm 23 — Bible Memory

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Psalm 23 includes 6 verses about the Lord as our Good Shepherd. These are great for memorizing and for ministering to others facing difficult times or needing God’s direction. And our Mission-Minded Families Podcast on Psalm 23 is all about A Mom’s PASSION for God’s Word.

Here are the links to the podcast episodes on PSALM 23
Mission-Minded Families with Ann Dunagan:

PODCAST FOR MOMS — Psalm 23 – A Mom’s Passion for God’s Word
Psalm 23 Bible Memory Pictures for Teaching — Psalm 23 Full-Page Pictures
Psalm 23 Bible Memory Pictures — Psalm 23 Flash Cards

Plus, here is a YouTube video showing the Bible pictures for all of Psalm 23:

Psalm 1 — Bible Memory

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Psalm 1 includes 6 verses about God’s blessing for obedience. These are great for memorizing and for praying for your kids. And for moms, our coordinating Mission-Minded Families Podcast on Psalm 1 focuses on “Your Personal PRAYER Life.”

Links to our coordinating podcast and picture cards for PSALM 1

Coordinating Podcast for Moms >> Psalm 1 – A Mom’s PRAYER Life.
FREE Bible Pictures >> Psalm 1: Bible Memory — Full-Page Pictures
FREE Bible Pictures >> Psalm 1: Bible Memory — Flashcards

Here is a YouTube video showing our Bible Memory pictures for all of Psalm 1 (coordinating with our Podcast, Mission-Minded Families, with Ann Dunagan)

KIDS BOOK – Blogger Team – #WholeWorldNeedsJesus

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The Whole World Needs Jesus is a delightful read-aloud book the whole family will enjoy. With its rhyming text and whimsical illustrations, this 8.5 x 11 hardcover children’s book focuses on the Gospel and God’s Great Commission. For homes, churches, schools and ministries, it’s an enjoyable tool to encourage kids to love God and to love others, with a life-long heart for unreached people and global missions.

Link to purchase the book is at https://missionmindedfamilies.org/p/kids-book

Details:

Title: The Whole World Needs Jesus

Author: Ann Dunagan
Illustrator: Caela Rose Dunagan
Publisher: Harvest Ministry
ISBN: 978-57818209-48
Book Type: Hardcover
Size: 8.5 x 11

Available at: MissionMindedFamilies.org

We Appreciate our KIDS BOOK PROMO Team!!!

We’re so thankful for friends of the ministry who have stepped up to help “spread the news” about The Whole World Needs Jesus — through blogging and posting on social media, through sharing with friends and family, or with churches and ministries.

Please also be PRAYING for God’s purposes in this little book. Our hope and prayer is for this little book to become an effective TOOL to stir the hearts children (and the big-people reading the book) to have a life-long passion for sharing the Good News of Jesus all over the world, especially to people who have never ONCE even heard what God’s done!

New Life is a wonderful gift for each one

But some still haven’t ONCE

Even heard what God’s done!

Who will take the Good News

To all those far away?

Who will help?

Who will give?

Who will kneel down and pray?

We all have a part

So just lend a hand

Till the message of Jesus

Has reached every land.

If you’re interested in helping to promote this tool for missions, please use the hashtag, #wholeworldneedsjesus . Also, here is a PDF info file — specifically for our Blogger and Leader Kid’s Book Promo Team.

Sample Rectangle Images for Facebook or Blogs

Sweet Words from Happy Readers . . .

The Whole World Needs Jesus is delightful and inspiring with its rhythmic cadence and beautifully creative illustrations — and the message to GO! I’m thankful to be in the grandparent-ing season and can’t wait to enjoy this book with our grandchildren. Thank you!

— Susie Phillips – Grandma from Oregon

The Whole World Needs Jesus is a beautiful book with the best message. Thank you for writing this book which has quickly become my girls’ favorite. And the pictures are so fun and funny. We love this book!

— Nicole Stranz – Mother of 3

As an Intercessor, The Whole World Needs Jesus moved my heart. Not just for my need to pray more into missions, but to teach our children and grandchildren to pray for missions and missionaries. Caela Rose did an outstanding job expressing God’s heart for His world through her illustrations. Beautiful!

— Christy B. – Women’s Bible Teacher

There are some people God just places very deliberately in our paths, that share a similar dream and inspire us that it can be done. And although I’ve never met her face-to-face, I feel Ann Dunagan is one such person. So when her latest book came in the mail, I was excited to share it with my kids over our poetry and tea time. My kids loved it. The Whole World Needs Jesus was written as a call to the Great Commission in a way even the youngest can understand. I love Ann’s ministry and heart for missions that can be felt behind every word. As a veteran homeschooling mom of seven who traveled around the world with the message of Jesus, Ann ignites so much hope in me that my family will be able to do the same as we endeavor to make the treasured commission of our Lord Jesus our first priority in this life. She shares her well of wisdom on podcasts for Mission Minded Families as well and has written books to equip families. Because…”God’s call is for all.”

— Ruby (Joye) Dicharry, TheJoyefulJourney.blogspot.com

Sample Square Images – for Instagram or Pinterest

Sample Mission Pictures from the Dunagan Family:

The Whole World Needs Jesus (target age is about 4-8) and the much-needed missions message and illustrations can be enjoyed by the whole family. This book is a tool for parents, grandparents, children’s ministers, Sunday school teachers, churches, Christian schools, homeschooling families, missionaries and mission organizations.

The book could be an encouragement to give to missionaries on the field (as a gift for either missionary grandparents or missionary parents with young children) — or as a tool for missionaries to give to their mission-supporting families or churches, as a gift of gratitude (and to encourage global missions in the churches where they minister).

World mission topics included in The Whole World Needs Jesus:

God’s love for so many people all over the world
God’s love for all ages, all cultures, all geographical areas
God’s love for both the rich and the poor
The need to share with others — and to not be greedy
The need to share the Gospel with unreached people
Different cultures around the world
Different languages around the world
The uniqueness and preciousness of every person
Funny food people eat around the world
What is sin?
What is the Gospel of Jesus?
Why should we go?
How can everyone be involved in God’s Great Commission?

Sample wording…

In God’s eyes each person

Is wonderfully made

So to witness and share

We should not be afraid.

With the power of His Spirit

We can be BOLD

For the Gospel to everyone

Must be told!

Back cover:

You can get The Whole World Needs Jesus — at MissionMindedFamilies.org

Lord’s Prayer — Bible Memory

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The Lord’s Prayer, from Matthew 6:9-13, gives us an overview of how to pray, and at Mission-Minded Families, we have a PODCAST for moms, along with memory pictures for teaching children.

Simple YouTube video showing The Lord’s Prayer Bible memory pictures:

Psalm 91 – Bible Memory

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Psalm 91 includes 16 Bible verses about God’s protection, which are excellent for you and your children to memorize. On our Mission-Minded Families Podcast, Ann teaches 3 episodes on Psalm 91, each focusing on 5-6 verses, along with the theme of “PARENTING by Faith not Fear.”

Here are the links to the three podcast episodes on PSALM 91
Mission-Minded Families with Ann Dunagan:

FREE Bible Memory Pictures

Psalm 91 on PDF downloads (including Full-Page Teaching Pictures and Flash Cards)

Plus, here is a YouTube video showing the Bible pictures for all of Psalm 91:

Goals and God’s Purposes — (LIVE video training on Facebook)

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Join Ann’s mini-training focused on GOALS & GOD’S PURPOSES. It’s on our Daring Daughters Facebook page with two practical tips to help you to FOCUS your goals. Check it out and be encouraged!

FREE Worksheet:
“GOALS and GOD’S PURPOSES” – click here (2-page PDF)

To stay in-the-loop for FREE resources and opportunities from Daring Daughters and Mission-Minded Families, sign-up for Ann’s email (usually delivered weekly).

Fun Easter Ideas — for Families

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For all of you mission-minded moms, here are some fun (and easy) ideas to teach your kids to remember all that Jesus did for us on the Cross.

The central focus of Christianity is the Cross and the empty Tomb — the sacrificial death and glorious resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

There are many ways to focus on the message of the Cross and the Resurrection of Jesus. Easter time is also a great time to share the Gospel and to invite people to come to church. Even simple ideas can help to make this holiday meaningful and Christ-centered.

15 Special Easter Ideas for Your Family

1. Celebrate Communion.
2. Watch a movie @ the Passover (like Ten Commandments)
3. Watch a JESUS movie (like Matthew, JESUS, or the PASSION)
4. Go to a farm and pet baby lambs.
5. Find a LIVE passion play to attend with your kids.
6. Use Easter decorations to witness about Jesus.
7. Go to an Easter egg hunt specifically to invite people to church.
8. Decorate eggs with themes about JESUS and the CROSS.
9. Invite kids over for an Easter party.
10. Read a children’s book about the CROSS.
11. Have a springtime EASTER-theme party for little girls.
12. Give away copies of THE SCARLET CORD.
13. Have your kids draw pictures of the CROSS and give away.
14. Invite families to church.
15. Sing songs about the CROSS and the BLOOD of JESUS.

USE SPRING DECORATIONS TO START A CONVERSATION about JESUS.
During Easter week, you will likely see Easter decorations in many different locations — at grocery stores and drug stores (selling Easter egg decorations and food coloring sets), in department stores (by little girl dresses and ladies dresses), in shoe stores (selling cute dress-up shoes for Easter).

WITNESS AT A CITY EASTER EGG HUNT
Many families will decorate eggs, but they have no idea about the real meaning of the Cross and the Resurrection. Brainstorm a few specific ways that your family make an impact, this week, for Jesus. Perhaps you could go to a local Easter egg hunt and invite people to church. Maybe you could go to a grocery store and hang out by the egg dye to talk to a few people about Jesus. Maybe you could invite a few neighborhood kids over to decorate eggs and then talk about Jesus. Be prepared to share the Gospel this week — have Gospel tracts handy or simple invitations to church (even extra church bulletins or hand-made invitations).

Learn how one mission-minded family has shared the Gospel of Jesus in their community for 20 years — all through an annual Easter egg hunt!

DECORATE EGGS WITH GOSPEL THEMES
If you decorate Easter eggs, include pictures of the cross and the empty tomb, and words such as “JESUS IS ALIVE!” or “I LOVE JESUS!” (You can write these words with a color crayon before you put the eggs in the dye.)

INVITE GIRLS OVER FOR AN EASTER PARTY.
Have fun Easter-themed decorations and treats. Read aloud from a Christian children’s book which focus on the true meaning of the Cross and the Resurrection of Christ, such as any Bible storybook. Two of our family favorites are The Tale of the Three Trees, or The Little Rose of Sharon.

HAVE A LADIES TEA PARTY
Invite ladies and little girls over for a fun dress-up tea party. Use the party time “games” to share the true meaning of Easter (perhaps with the EvangeCube, the Gospel colors, coloring pictures, a Bible story book, or a short children’s cartoon about Jesus). Share the Gospel and invite families to come to church.

GIVE AWAY THE SCARLET CORD.
Spread a heart for world missions — by giving away copies of THE SCARLET CORD: Nothing but the Blood of Jesus to friends at your church or to mission-minded families. The Scarlet Cord is a concise call to world missions, emphasizing God’s only way of salvation through the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here’s a LINK to share this book FREE online: http://harvestministry.org/the-scarlet-cord
(Just add the KEY: GOODFRIDAY to download the book for FREE — PDF edition)

INVITE PEOPLE TO CHURCH.

Think about your neighbors and pray about who you could invite to church.

Walk through your neighborhood, and pray for various families, as specifically as you can.

Make a simple effort (perhaps with a phone call, a stop at their house with a plate of cookies, or a simple basket with Easter treats and a church bulletin or handwritten card) and INVITE them to come.

More people visit church on Easter Sunday than at any other time. Take advantage of the special holiday and invite families to come with you.

(Credit for the cute bunny photo is from a good article about how to focus on the true meaning of Easter in public schools from pastors.com)

For more ideas about how to instill a heart for world missions in your family, I invite you to come take a look at The Mission-Minded Family. A lot of my heart was poured into this book, in the hopes of encouraging families like yours for God’s Great Commission.