99 Ways To Reach The ONE

Here is a list of create and simple ways you can use your $10 to reach the ONE in our community:

☕ Food & Beverage-Based Invites
  1. Buy someone coffee at a local coffee shop and hand them an invite.
  2. Pay for the person behind you in the drive-thru and hand the invite to the cashier to pass along.
  3. Buy someone’s lunch at a food truck and strike up a conversation.
  4. Purchase donuts and deliver to a police station or fire department with an invite.
  5. Drop off cookies or brownies at a local small business with a handwritten invitation.
  6. Buy bottled waters and hand them out downtown with church invites attached.
  7. Buy lemonade supplies and give it away at a small stand, offering invites to adults who stop.
  8. Deliver a surprise iced coffee to a co-worker with an invite attached.
  9. Drop off muffins or bagels to a break room with a note and church invites.
  10. Buy someone their groceries (or part of it) in line at the store and give them an invite.
  11. Buy popsicles and hand them out at a park to parents with kids.
  12. Pick up a pizza and take it to a local business (barbershop, nail salon, mechanic, etc.) with invites.
  13. Purchase a dozen tamales or baked goods from a vendor and gift them to a neighbor with an invite.
  14. Buy cupcakes from a small bakery and bring them to a hair salon or tattoo studio.
  15. Buy ingredients to make freezer meals and give one to a single parent with an invite.
  16. Purchase a gift card from a restaurant and give it to a stranger with a warm invite.
  17. Buy popcorn, make a few bags at home, and hand out to workers or delivery drivers.
  18. Buy candy bars and leave them with hand-written notes in a teacher's lounge.
  19. Create and hand-deliver “Blessing Bags” with snacks and an invite for people on the street.
  20. Drop off smoothies to gym workers or patrons with a smile and an invitation.

🎁 Gift & Surprise-Based Ideas
  1. Buy a bouquet of flowers and gift them to someone working a register or front desk.
  2. Purchase a small plant and give it to a neighbor with an invite.
  3. Buy balloons and drop them off with an encouraging note and invitation.
  4. Buy something off Facebook Marketplace and deliver the invite when meeting up.
  5. Buy an item from a garage sale and hand out an invite to the seller.
  6. Buy $10 worth of candles or soaps and gift to a nurse or medical worker.
  7. Create an encouragement kit with $10 worth of Dollar Store items and deliver it.
  8. Purchase socks or gloves and give them to someone in need with an invite.
  9. Buy a children’s book and donate it to a local waiting room with a card inside.
  10. Buy an inspirational book and give it to someone at a bookstore or library with an invite inside.
  11. Purchase a card game and give it to a teacher or counselor with a card and invite.
  12. Buy adult coloring books and markers and give to someone in a waiting room or care facility.
  13. Pick up self-care items (face mask, bath bomb, etc.) and give to someone stressed out with an invite.
  14. Buy a puzzle and deliver it to a senior center with a note and invitation.
  15. Buy stamps and write encouraging postcards to five people with church info on each.
  16. Get candles from a discount store and deliver to hospital nurses or night-shift workers.
  17. Buy fun pens or notepads and hand-deliver to a small office or shop staff.
  18. Buy $10 in scratch-off lottery tickets and gift them with an invite saying “Worth a try—but we’ve got something even better!”
  19. Purchase reusable shopping bags and hand out at a store with an invite inside.
  20. Buy craft items and create a handmade bookmark with an invite included.

💼 Workplace & Service-Based Acts
  1. Buy a pack of thank-you cards and handwrite messages to coworkers or community workers.
  2. Tip a delivery driver with a $10 bill and include a thank-you note and church invite.
  3. Leave a $10 tip in cash with a handwritten thank-you and church invite at a restaurant.
  4. Buy a small set of cleaning supplies and offer to clean someone's front porch or windows.
  5. Use $10 for paint and help paint a small fence or project for someone in need.
  6. Purchase gas for your mower and mow someone’s lawn with a card taped to their door.
  7. Buy windshield washer fluid or wiper blades and offer to clean someone’s car.
  8. Buy a car wash code and gift it to a stranger with an invitation.
  9. Buy supplies to wash windows and offer it to a small storefront downtown.
  10. Use $10 to bake cookies for teachers and deliver them with a group invite.
  11. Leave a $10 gift card at a salon or barbershop and ask them to pass it on with a flyer.
  12. Drop off treats at a DMV or courthouse for the workers with a stack of invites.
  13. Visit a laundromat and leave coins and invitations taped to the machines.
  14. Bring donuts or snacks to a construction crew working nearby.
  15. Pay $10 toward someone’s vet bill while in line and give an invite.
  16. Go to a local car mechanic and leave treats and invites for the techs.
  17. Hand out Dollar Tree umbrellas on a rainy day with a smile and invite.
  18. Buy rain ponchos and hand them out during a rainy day event.
  19. Purchase brooms and help clean up after a local event with invites in hand.
  20. Offer to take someone’s shopping cart back at the store and hand them an invitation.

🌻 Community & Creativity-Based
  1. Buy sidewalk chalk and write uplifting messages + church service times around town.
  2. Purchase art supplies and create inspirational signs with church info to hang around local parks.
  3. Buy balloons and tie invites to them to hand out at a park or street corner.
  4. Buy birdseed and offer to fill a neighbor’s feeder, leaving a card in the mailbox.
  5. Buy a Frisbee, write the invite on it, and give to adults playing at the park.
  6. Create “You’ve Been Blessed” bags with toiletries and an invite for the unhoused.
  7. Buy items to create dog treats and deliver to a pet owner or dog park with invite.
  8. Use $10 to print church invites as temporary tattoos or stickers and pass them out.
  9. Buy a cheap frame and put an inspirational quote inside with church info on the back.
  10. Buy a bottle of bubbles and bring joy to kids while giving an invite to the parents.
  11. Purchase glow sticks and hand them out at a nighttime event with a bright invite.
  12. Buy a cheap notebook and give it to someone journaling in the park, along with an invite.
  13. Purchase reusable water bottles and hand them out with cold water at an event.
  14. Create “Free Prayer” signs and offer prayer + invitation on a street corner.
  15. Use $10 to rent a booth at a small event to hand out freebies and invitations.
  16. Pay a library fine for a stranger and leave an invite inside the book they’re returning.
  17. Buy pens or pencils and hand out at a courthouse, clinic, or service agency.
  18. Buy postage and mail out invites—then hand-deliver a follow-up.
  19. Buy snack mix ingredients, bag them up, and hand them out with a card at a park or school.
  20. Make “Encouragement Jars” with Bible verses and $10 worth of candy, then gift them with invites.

💬 Personal Acts of Kindness
  1. Pay for someone’s bus fare or Uber and hand them an invite.
  2. Buy a pack of gum and hand out to strangers with a “Chew on this” invite.
  3. Pay a parking meter and stick a thank-you + invite note under the wiper.
  4. Hand someone a mini first-aid kit or lip balm on a hot/cold day.
  5. Offer a $10 ride share gift card to a friend who can’t drive to church.
  6. Buy flowers and visit someone at a senior center, delivering a personal invitation.
  7. Buy diapers or wipes and gift them to a young parent at a park or store.
  8. Visit a hospital waiting room and hand out encouraging care kits with invites.
  9. Gift a small bag of trail mix to a hiker or jogger with an encouraging invite.
  10. Buy bottled water and hand out to people walking downtown.
  11. Buy puzzle books and pens and give them out at the VA or retirement center.
  12. Buy small flashlights and hand them out at an outdoor event: “Jesus is the light!”
  13. Buy coffee pods and bring them to a workplace with invites.
  14. Purchase air fresheners and hand them out at a car wash with church info attached.
  15. Drop off a snack basket to the FedEx/UPS station with church info inside.
  16. Buy hand sanitizer and give it to people entering a store, with an invite.
  17. Buy packs of tissues and hand them to a parent or caregiver in need.
  18. Buy index cards and write encouraging quotes on each with church info.
  19. Purchase a candle and attach a note: “You’re invited to come see what lights up our life.”