Beyond Item Collections: 15 Outreach Ideas To Engage Children (& Everyone Else Too!)

As congregations seek to engage children (and their families) in the important work of serving others, this post by Laurie Juarez on Building Faith does an excellent job of naming why item collection drives are challenging for families. Though many of us would think they would be easier, there are many reasons collection drives don't actual engage children as intended. However, this post provides many good and practical ideas on how to engage children, even some of the youngest among us in the all important and faith growing work of serving others.