She scheduled nearly 100 new events and activities to which non-members could be invited. A new adult Sunday school class that was started every year for those first five years. An appreciation day for all teachers employed in the local public school system for the first Sunday in September. Three father-daughter roller skating events. In addition, she took that congregation out of the cooperative inter-church vacation Bible school held in June in previous years and unilaterally organized one scheduled to be held in August.
Most prospective members prefer to help pioneer the new rather than join the old.
She persuaded the leaders to expand the Christmas Eve schedule from one to two to eventually four services. She convinced the minister to teach a new Tuesday evening Bible study group if she would recruit the members for it. She supported two mothers in creating a Mothers' Morning Out cooperative child care program every Tuesday morning. She found a person who could lead a series of marriage-enrichment events. She identified a non-member couple who agreed to teach a Sunday morning class for developmentally disabled people.