Diana Davis

As refugees continue to arrive in America -- and in your community -- there are plenty of ways to overcome uncertainty and "show God's love and share His plan of salvation," Diana Davis writes. "When we see immigrants as individuals who are dearly loved by God, it's easy to truly care," she writes.

Do more than vote on Election Day, Diana Davis writes, setting forth the idea of churches and small groups praying for government officials as they serve in office, interceding "for those with whom we agree and those with different views."

"Pray about absolutely everything," Diana Davis writes of opportunities for prayer in everyday life. "Before your toes touch the floor each morning, pray. Pray throughout the day. As your last action before you fall asleep, pray."

Opportunities abound for evangelism in one's community, Diana Davis writes, noting an Indianapolis church's outreach by mowing the lawns in a nearby neighborhood. "The primary focus is to show God's love, to engage strangers in conversation and invite them to know Jesus," Davis writes. "No church or small group is too small, too old, too stagnant or too busy."

Diana Davis shares fresh ideas for how your church's youth camp or kids camp can offer an amazing focus for Christian growth, finding God's will and building Christian friendships.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (BP) -- Nice weather has arrived, and it seems there's a garage sale on every corner. If you're a garage sale fanatic and you're a Christian, here are some tips to turn a garage sale-ing hobby into an effective witness opportunity. Get ready -- Go to the bank and get lots of $1 bills. Any purchase provides interaction with the seller. -- Keep church brochures or business cards in your car or handbag. -- Before you leave to go garage sale shopping, ask God to guide your conversations and actions.

Diana Davis proposes an "I invited 1" plan to make your church's Vacation Bible School the best ever. Issue a challenge, she writes; make it easy, make it visual, create excitement "for every individual in your church to personally invite one unchurched boy or girl to VBS."

Administrative assistants often are the first individuals to represent your church when guests call or stop by, Diana Davis notes. To show appreciation for their impact on a church's ministry, she relays a range of ideas for Administrative Professionals' Day on Wednesday, April 27.

Diana Davis suggests ways to give a boost to church planters and their wives in addition to your gifts to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions and, year-round, through the Cooperative Program gifts your church sends to support Southern Baptist missions and ministries.

Diana Davis' Easter outreach suggestion: an egg hunt in your neighborhood or subdivision -- or your condo lobby. Don't delay in sending out the invitations, she writes, and in getting plenty of decorative eggs and preparing to say a word for Christ.