Reaching out to widows is one of the few outreaches that are directly mentioned in the bible (James 1:27), and is possibly one of the simplest outreaches that you can do. There are many ways you can reach out to widows like bringing them a lunch every week, cutting their grass, home repairs, but one of the powerful ways to reach your widows is simply sitting with them and talking. Many widows are lonely and just want to find purpose in life. By simply hanging out and talking with them you will quickly find that even though u are reaching them, they infact are impacting you far more than you could ever have thought.

This outreach is where you bring the water outreach to the bar scene. The basic layout looks like this. When the bars close at 2am a group waits outside the bars with ice chests on wheels that are filled with water and Capri suns. At first this outreach can seem a bit awkward but it has truly become one of our outreach team’s favorite outreaches. We have seen more people come to Christ from this outreach than any other.

A simple bottle of water can mean so much on hot summer day! With hot summer days and bumper to bumper 5 o’clock traffic, we have found that simply bring ice cold bottles of water to a congested intersection, people will be truly blessed. This outreach has become one of the most reliable and consistent outreaches that we do, but is not safe for children. By simply packing bottled water into an ice chest and having a fired up team of volunteers, this outreach can be done year around and at just about at any local traffic jam!

This is a great outreach to involve the women in your church. Most cities do have a “safe house” or “woman’s shelter” but they are not always easy to find. If you do know of one in your city, try visiting them and possibly helping them with a meal, spring cleaning, manicures, or just a little fellowship time. The cost is very low for the amount of impact you will have on the lives of the women.