There are many ways in which congregations can function as partners with Flatirons Habitat for Humanity. The following are some of the available options:
- Pray for the ministry of Habitat for Humanity by including the needs of Habitat in
your Prayer Circle.
- Support Habitat for Humanity through participation in the Grocery Card program.
- Sponsor a Habitat home.
- Participate in an Apostles Build by partnering with eleven or more other congregations to provide financial, volunteer, and in-kind resources toward the sponsorship of a home.
- Support Habitat for Humanity through a line item in the congregation’s missions/outreach budget.
- Provide financial support through special collections held during the various seasons of the year.
- Organize a team to help build a home.
- Organize a Habitat Ministry Team in the congregation to serve as advocates and organizers for Habitat for Humanity.
- Select one or more members of the congregation to become actively involved with the Habitat Faith Connections Committee or other affiliate committees of their choice.
- Have a pastor or ministerial staff member be a chef in the Holy Smokes clergy cook-off. (Feb 21, 2009)
- Provide entertainment for a small Habitat event such as Holy Smokes, a house blessing, or a groundbreaking ceremony.
- Have a pastor or ministerial staff member participate in the Clergy Build Days during Building on Faith Week. (September 17 and 19, 2008)
- Use the liturgy for Building on Faith Week provided by Habitat for Humanity in a worship service.
- Participate in the Loose Change to Change Lives campaign by placing a Habitat for Humanity paint can in a prominent location in the church and encouraging members to place their loose change in it each week.
- Participate in the Buy a Square Foot campaign by matching members’ individual donations of the value of one or more square feet of a Habitat Home.
- Host a Temple Talk, in which a representative of Habitat for Humanity will be invited to speak to the congregation or a group within the congregation.
- Have a pastor or ministerial staff member serve as a guest columnist for The Cornerstone – Flatirons Habitat for Humanity’s seasonal newsletter for the faith community.