Creative Ministries Overview

David Buckner

Purpose:

To get people's attention in a non-threatening  way in order to tear down walls and meet either  realized and/or unrealized needs.

Plan:

To place Christian volunteers in strategic  locations where high foot traffic is expected,  while doing creative ministries in order to  gather a crowd and then fulfill the purpose. 

Places:

Beaches, campgrounds, festival areas, fairs,  malls, nursing homes, children's homes,  world/national events (Olympics, Super Bowl,  NASCAR, etc.), race tracks, ski resorts, and so  on. Basically, if there are people that you know  are going to be in a spot and you can gain  permission to do some type of performance  ministry . . . DO IT.

Specifics:

The following pages will include some  hopefully helpful descriptions of basic creative  arts ministry tools and strategies, along with  some resource information for some of them. 

Descriptions include:

• Balloons
• Face painting
• Juggling
• Mime
• Drama
• Music
• Lip sync
• Interps.
• Dance
• Puppets
• Performance

There is no such thing as an exhausted list of creative  ministry ideas. Anything that gathers attention that can be  used for ministry would somehow fall under the title of  creative ministry. From feeding bread to seagulls, to  handing out hot chocolate, to flying kites, to skillfully  working a yo-yo . . . it all can work. If you have other  creative ministry tools and abilities, by all means, feel  free to use them for His work and don't forget to tell ARLM  about it.