God is working in way never envisioned when the Lawn Ministry was started. The program was sown in tears and reaped in joy. Village Seven Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado , has joined with Faith Partners to help individuals and families in need of Christian mentoring. Faith Partners are trained to come alongside people struggling with poverty and family management issues. Church members are trained as teams and matched to coach a person or family in areas such as faith, career, budgeting, parenting, and life skills.
Mentors devote two to four hours per month for one year.
Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church in Lake Wylie, South Carolina, has found a way to share the work and permit each person to be involved in a ministry for which they feel suited and will find rewarding. Members look over the list of ministries and pick out one or more and resolve to support that ministry all through the year. As in most churches, there is always a ministry suitable for every member of the body. In a long-established practice at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, each family places one Christmas card on the Missions Christmas Tree in the church. The card expresses greetings to all the other families in the church.