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Outward Focused Living

Learn to live your life with an outward focused mentality and to guide and teach others to do the same. Here is your field guide to not reaching, but letting God's love fill you with joy that flows from you to your family, friends, neighbors . . . world.


What To Say To People When Doing Outreach
What To Say To People When Doing Outreach The verbal encounter we have with people as we are doing outreach is vital. That is, what we say - and what we don't say -- can make or break an encounter in outreach. . . . keep reading
How To Plan A Valentine Outreach
Steve Bowen
How To Plan A Valentine Outreach You have four weeks to get ready for Valentine's Day. Let us help you put together a great outreach. . . . keep reading
How to Connect in 10 Seconds or Less
Steve Sjogren
How to Connect in 10 Seconds or Less You could be handing out bars of gold, but if you falter during the connection folks will only remember the shiny paper weight you just gave them. Steve Sjogren shares his best practices for making eternal impact when you serve others. . . . keep reading
4th Of July Outreach Ideas: More Bang For Your Buck
ServeCoach Staff
4th Of July Outreach Ideas: More Bang For Your Buck Big or small, nearly every community has some type of 4th of July celebration. Here is a way to have a very significant touch for less than $1.00 per person. You can do this with a small group, or a large outreach team from your church. You can even do this with a small group of friends or a couple of families. The important thing is just to get started . . . keep reading
Two Great Summer Outreach Projects
ServeCoach Staff
Two Great Summer Outreach Projects Summer is a symphony of sounds. It could be the sounds of birds singing, children playing, fireworks, the crashing crescendo of a summer thunderstorm, or the solid sound of a base hit up the gap at the ball park. Did you know that the Hebrew word Mitzvah, actually means doing an act of kindness in God's name? In fact, the tradition holds that you worship and connect with God best, when you love those around you! . . . keep reading
Mobile Mulch Patrol
Mobile Mulch Patrol The weather is wonderful, so why not get outside and serve your neighbors? . . . keep reading
How To Do An Easter Outreach
Steve Bowen
How To Do An Easter Outreach Most churches gear up for Easter Services every year. The best way to prepare for this is to serve your community during the weeks BEFORE Easter. . .Steve Bowen, shows you how! . . . keep reading
Great Outreach Projects For March
ServeCoach Staff
Great Outreach Projects For March March is the perfect month to shift your outreach endeavors into high gear. When you can pull your eyes of the television set and the potential overdose on all things basketball, why not put at least as much energy as you did into filling out your brackets into drafting a few plans for spring outreaches? . . . keep reading
Myth Correction: "I can do outreach alone."
Steve Sjogren
Myth Correction: "I can do outreach alone." Steve Sjogren busts the one-man army myth as it relates to outreach in this thought-provoking article. . . . keep reading
Words of Love That Follow Deeds Of Love
Steve Sjogren
Words of Love That Follow Deeds Of Love One of my ongoing frustrations in Servant Evangelism has come in seeing people verbalize the Good News. The tendency of human nature is to speak little in the context of serving others. It is rather easy to recruit people onboard with the serving part of equation (the "S"). The evangelism (the "E") is more challenging. Works of love are powerful in themselves, but without an accompanying verbalization of WHY we are doing these things we are cutting things significantly short. In other words, we need to live out a capital S and a capital E lifestyle. . . . keep reading
A December to Remember
Steve Sjogren
A December to Remember Instead of allowing angst and regret to rule over your family visit this Christmas, perhaps you should view it as a time to connect with loved ones... . . . keep reading
How Do You Serve Charlie Brown?
How Do You Serve Charlie Brown? While most of us view Christmas with hope and joy, it can be a rough season for others. . .so how do you serve the Charlie Brown's in your life? . . . keep reading
Christmas Outreach Ideas
Christmas Outreach Ideas If there is ever a season to seize the moments to show God's love to others it is during the Christmas season. It seems as though God just opens up the airwaves to his love and kindness during this time of year. . . . keep reading
First Aid For Your Community
ServeCoach
First Aid For Your Community If you have been watching the news this last week, you are more than aware of the chaotic situation we are facing as a nation. The church is the best remedy for this. Christ followers across the country need to respond like Army medics and go out into the streets searching for the wounded from this recent financial bombardment we have been under. Even in our gospel hardened times people are desperate to hear good news. . . . keep reading
How to Talk to a Complete Stranger
Randy Bohlender
How to Talk to a Complete Stranger Your mom was wrong. Talk to strangers. It's a blast. . . . keep reading
The Essentials for Making Your Life Count
Steve Sjogren
The Essentials for Making Your Life Count Some speak with great conviction about the need to have the "God shaped void filled in our hearts" in order to come to peace. I believe there are other issues that lie at a deeper level than simply that, however. Namely, we all aspire to our lives count for something. We all want to see our lives change the world in a dynamic way. . . . keep reading
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ServeCoach has been indispensable in helping us lead the church to be more outward focused. The interviews, resources, ideas have all generated an excitement about "showing God's love in practical ways, no strings attached" by doing acts of kindness. Keep up the good work.
David F..
Georgia, USA

Here's the deal. I was really feeling defeated and bummed. I got connected to this website and I feel like I've been revived. I felt like there was only one other person in my entire church that really understood how I was feeling because he was feeling the same way. I watched an interview and am working on another one and boy was it just what I needed to see and hear. I had all but given up, but now I have renewed hope and I'm hanging in there! So thanks Serve Coach team!
Tamara B.
Missouri, USA

Whether you're just starting out or have been doing outreach for years, ServeCoach is a fantastic site. There are so many resources and ideas, I can barely keep up. I first joined thinking I would look through everything, get what I needed, and cancel after a month.  But ServeCoach has proven to have much more than I thought, and very valuable to the ministry I serve in.
Theresa A.
Illinois, USA

Steve Sjogren has been coaching leaders for as long as I’ve known him over twenty-plus years. He’s a catalytic leader, challenging “status quo” views of everything from church growth to evangelism methodologies to leadership paradigms.

Steve’s hyper-creativity and genuine love for “not-yet-believers” provide the one-two punch for effective ministry. I’ll never forget the words of a churchplanter who once told me, “After spending time with Steve, I always feel more courageous!”

And who wouldn’t want to be mentored by The Father of Servant Evangelism?
Dave Workman
Vineyard Church
Cincinnati, Ohio

I first heard of Steve Sjogren when my wife read his first book, Conspiracy of Kindness and got fired up about water giveaways and it ignited us to find more ways to serve our community and the people around us. We just got our hands on anything that would be of a value to anyone else and gave it away - Just to show God's love in a practical way and told people, if there is anything you need let us know - no strings attached... and here we are, 14 years later! That is a timeless truth - Showing God's love in practical ways with no strings attached.

Steve has helped create this culture of serving - doing what it takes to show people God's love in practical ways. We have seen a lot of people come to Christ and made the decision to cross that line in faith... I think this is due to people getting outside the walls of the church and these creative serving ideas - a lot of them came right out of things that Steve has taught us. Just reaching into the community and making a difference. We get up in the morning thinking about who is hurting, who has loss, who is going through something and how can we figure out a way to let them know that they matter to God. That is what Servant Evangelism is all about!

Steve’s out-of-the-box thinking and decades of real-world practice makes him a Christian leader worth listening to. Pay attention to Steve; the church will never be the same.
Dino Rizzo
Healing Place Church
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

I’ve known Steve Sjogren for over two decades as a friend, a very successful church planter, and a massively influential leader not only among American churches, but across the world.

Steve’s passionate focus on moving the church outward into the community and his contagious enthusiasm for reaching lost people has influenced my life and the lives of thousands of other pastors and leaders.

Steve’s out-of-the-box thinking and decades of real-world practice makes him a Christian leader worth listening to.  Pay attention to Steve; the church will never be the same.
Rich Nathan
Vineyard Church
Columbus, Ohio

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