PRAY
1. Do a regular prayer walk in your neighborhood, praying for each household.
2. Pray in general for those infected, those at risk, and for decision makers.
3. Offer to pray for your neighbors.
4. Host a front yard prayer meeting (appropriately distanced, of course).
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
5. Chalk messages on the sidewalk at night so it surprises people in the morning.
6. Set up a chalkboard in front of your house and write messages for passersby.
7. Talk to your neighbors as you walk (keeping your required distance, of course).
8. Join or launch a front window teddy bear hunt for the local kids.
9. Begin podcasting or blogging to share your thoughts and encourage others.
10. Leave a note for your local postman or delivery driver.
GIVE TO OTHERS
11. Launch a street Facebook or WhatsAp page to share needs, ideas, and encouragement.
12. Deliver gifts (sanitizer, toilet paper, bouquets, cookies) to your neighbors’ doorsteps (Salvation Army has hand sanitizer, food boxes and pandemic kits).
13. Rally people at your local supermarket to buy extra groceries for those in need.
14. Ask people to donate laptops and tablets for families who are homeschooling and don’t have access to technology.
15. Raise funds for a cause using an online donations platform.
16. Send families and those in financial difficulty to Headwaters for assistance.
17. Set up a little pantry outside your home and fill it with toilet paper and non-perishables.
18. Set up a community street pantry that everyone can donate to.
SERVE OTHERS
19. Drop off hello neighbor cards offering practical help.
20. Offer to do the shopping (including the pharmacy) for your elderly neighbors.
21. We added a ‘submit a prayer request’ page on our church website where neighbors can offer help and seek help.
22. Intentionally support small local businesses.
23. Volunteer at a local non-profit or charity.
24. Clean up trash from the streets and parks.
SOCIALIZE
25. Make a list of all the people you’ve wanted to catch up with and haven’t, and then call or message them to check in on how they’re doing.
26. If you’re musical, hold a balcony concert, or a sidewalk or driveway concert.
27. Hold a “Dinner on the Driveway” night for everyone in your street.
28. Host a virtual dinner party or family game night using Zoom.
29. Project a film onto the side of a building for your neighbors to watch from their front yards.
30. Launch a driveway or front yard exercise class.
31. Do an archery shooting challenge (text Isaiah for ideas).