Here are some ideas to stimulate your imagination and creativity:
- special missions teaching for the children's Sunday school or kids clubs
- historic missionary biographies through dramatic reeanactment or role-play
- physical passport-like documents which guides the users through some simulated missionary experience or global cultural exposure (from room to room)
- lots of interesting ethnic food
- international dress-up dinners
- breakfast meeting with Q&A with featured missionary guests
- funding pledge drive
- missions movie night with popcorn and soda
- video or Skype interview with missionaries from their field allocation
- event launching missions banquet
- missionary reports with plenty of audiovisuals
- display tables with information and artifacts from the field
- special speaker/speakers
- plenty of colorful decorations and international flags
- a catchy, biblically motivated slogan or theme
- special seminars or workshops for missions education or training in specific missions involvement
- announcement and launching of short-term missions trips or projects for the coming year
- orientation and training for missions advocates from Sunday school classes, Bible study groups, or home groups
- opportunities for people to sign up for specific funding or prayer support of specific missionaries and ministries approved by the church
- opportunities for contributions, both in cash and in-kind, for local mercy ministries or local outreach
- recruitment and orientation of new missions team members
- public recounting and giving God glory for specific missions achievements over the past year
- public recognition and prayer of commissioning or dedication of missionaries present, short-term missions participants, and missions team members
- reports from pastors, staff, or congregants who have visited missionaries on the field
- special times/times or spaces/rooms dedicated during the missions event to special prayer for your missionaries and ministries
- missionaries meeting with home groups or Sunday school classes
- offsite meetings or meals at restaurants, public parks, private swimming pools or bonfire areas featuring missionaries or world missions ministries
- special music during services with a clear missions message or outreach emphasis
- guests musicians, choral groups, ethnic music presentations, etc.
- short, high impact skits driving home a point of missions information or application