While we want to keep in mind the point of Lent and Easter as being reflective and penitent, it is also a time of reaching out and helping others. Easter Baskets may make a nice silent auction fundraiser to benefit either your congregation or another organization.
Proceeds can either go to a specific ministry within your church such as VBS, a scholarship fund, or a campership fund for sending kids to a NLOMA camp, or can be designated to a pre-chosen charity organization outside the church. Be sure to set a starting bid/price for each basket.
Basket Ideas
There are any number of great basket ideas but here a few to get your creative juices flowing:
- Wine
- BBQ (tools and sauces)
- Gardening,
- Movie Night
- Baked Goods
- Spring Flower Seeds
- Men's or Women's
- Gourmet Candy
- Coffee
- Regular Kids Baskets
REMEMBER that letting the neighborhood know about your auction is key to their participation! Put a sign up letting them know which days it be held and be sure to have at least one Sunday when the church will be open a little later after the service so people can look around.
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