As followup from to the Just a Walk Across The… article, here are your responses:

  1. Be involved in community activities – hobbies, sports, community action groups, play groups
  2. Join the local Mothers Group
  3. Be involved in local chamber of commerce, sports clubs
  4. Invite neighbours & friends to social game of squash on regular basis
  5. Engage in your local school community – Parents and friends, canteen helper, Scripture Teacher, etc.
  6. Help improve your local area
  7. Invite a friend or neighbour for a surf
  8. Play sports with your neighbours
  9. Make friends with my children’s sports parents
  10. Start a women’s craft group and invite the neighbours and community along
  11. World Cancer Day, join in raising money for cancer – join a walk etc
  12. Aust. Biggest Morning Tea, invite someone to the church one or have your own
  13. World Environment Day – invite neighbours to go for a picnic, bush walk or meet at the park
  14. National Diabetes Week – invite those you know who are touched by diabetes, swap recipes – have helpful info on hand
  15. Invite your neighbours to activities that interest them, snooker, fishing, walking
  16. Drop a church brochure into a new neighbour
  17. Show kindness to your neighbours and their children
  18. Chat regularly with your neighbours
  19. Give a gift of something we make ourselves to our neighbour for no reason
  20. Share your home-grown excess produce
  21. Offer to pray for or with a neighbour who is ill
  22. If neighbours don’t have kids – make a fuss of their pets instead.
  23. Chat to local neighbours when you see them at the corner shop
  24. New neighbours – go introduce yourself – leave them with your name & phone no & tell them to ring if they need any help/info
  25. New neighbours – offer them advice on local shops, services, schools etc.
  26. Tell your neighbours, friends, hairdresser what you do during the week – attend church, bible study, church programs
  27. Share what you did over the weekend/week with your work mates – church, bible study etc.
  28. A smile – can do wonders
  29. Que at the same checkout and have a conversation with the person serving you, tell them what you are doing when they ask
  30. Stop and say g’day when you see neighbours and friends
  31. Chat to those waiting for trains and buses
  32. Be a good listener to your workmates, friends & neighbours
  33. Visit those ill and recovering while in hospital
  34. Keep in contact with old friends make sure you care about them
  35. Introduce yourself to new work mates or class mates
  36. Send cards – to celebrate events – birthdays, becoming grandparents, when people are sick etc
  37. Sit with different people I don’t know at the Village dining room & get to know them
  38. Christmas – give your neighbours cards – or maybe a small gift
  39. Open house – and invite neighbours
  40. Invite newcomers to a meal at your place
  41. Invite neighbours to a BBQ
  42. Take a meal to a neighbour who is sick
  43. Invite neighbours on picnics & family outings
  44. Invite neighbours to lunch after church – bring them to church with you first
  45. New neighbours – take them a cake
  46. Organise a street BBQ or party
  47. Host a Morning Tea for the teachers of your local school – get neighbours to help
  48. Pub Team – visitation – go have a drink with the locals and make your self known (but with restraint)
  49. Invite your friends to XL events – they’re really cool (age appropriate)
  50. Organise a supper for the Youth Parents
  51. Gather some Christian friends and non Christian friends and invite them all to dinner
  52. Invite your work mates to special church activities
  53. Invite those who use our car parks during the week to an afternoon tea or ?
  54. Cooking for your neighbours
  55. Invite playgroups Mums to special events for women and to special church services
  56. Invite neighbours for coffee
  57. Host a bible study & invite friends and neighbours
  58. Invite people to a Card’s Night, Bush walking, bike riding
  59. Use special calendar events throughout the year & invite non Christian friends, family & neighbours to eg New Year
  60. New Years Day – have a street picnic/party – play cricket etc.
  61. Australia Day – host a real Aussie Barbie
  62. Pancake Day – host Breaky or brunch of pancakes
  63. International Women’s Day – invite all the women around to have a girly day
  64. St Patrick’s Day – host a green party & get people to bring an Irish joke to share
  65. Easter – invite to Easter at the lake – with Breaky first
  66. National Youth Week – celebrate our kids – have a picnic or party at school (ask permission first)
  67. National Mother Week – have a mother’s meeting at a park or at your home – celebrate being a Mum
  68. International Day of Families – invite another family for a meal and games
  69. Queen’s Birthday – have a royal party ball, make it formal – get everyone to wear a Tiara (females only)
  70. Independence Day – have an American party, hotdogs, etc – watch American football or baseball together
  71. International Youth Day – invite a bunch of kids/youth over to share with your kids/youth – have a party for them
  72. Football Grand final – invite the boys around – or anyone who enjoys the sports
  73. October Girls Night In – throughout October host girly nights – pamper nights, craft nights etc.
  74. Melbourne Cup Day – host your own day – wear hats, invite your neighbours and friends, watch it on the telly
  75. Thank you Day – invite neighbours in for coffee – thank them for being your neighbours
  76. Christmas – make sure your neighbours are not alone, if they are invite them to join you
  77. Say grace – tell visitors why you say grace
  78. Use music to bring up Christianity – share your fav. Christian band
  79. Use music to bring up Christianity – play with non-Christian bands
  80. Organise a Christian band and offer to play free at local venues
  81. Use my gifts in music to connect with others interested in music
  82. Discuss Christian music with those interested in music, lend them a copy of your music.
  83. Bringing music and friendship to those shut in at Nursing Homes
  84. Invite neighbours to share your bin for their overflow
  85. Collect mail for neighbours when they are away
  86. Watch neighbours homes when they are away (for security)
  87. Walk a neighbours dog for them if they are ill or elderly
  88. Bring a neighbours washing in for them – when its dry
  89. Watering a neighbours garden (on allotted days)
  90. Bringing in a neighbours garbage bin for them
  91. Lend your tools to your neighbours
  92. Lend garden equipment to your neighbours
  93. Offer to do a neighbours ironing if they are ill
  94. Offer to do the shopping for those ill or elderly or car less
  95. Offer a lift to Doctors or shopping for those ill or elderly or car less
  96. Inviting your children’s friends over & taking them to church or Kids Club
  97. Offer to baby-sit a neighbours young children so they can get their shopping done quickly with out the children
  98. Offer to mind a neighbours pet when they go away.
  99. If you have a water tank – offer to wash a neighbours car when you was yours.
  100. Help neighbours with minor maintenance problems if you know how to help
  101. Offer to mow a neighbours lawn for them
  102. If you find a good handyman, painter etc. recommend them to your neighbours
  103. If you have a great garden – open it up for people to take some solitude in and time out to pray
  104. Give your seat to an elderly person or a Mum with kids on the train or bus
  105. Hold doors open for people who have their hands full or are elderly
  106. Offer to push an older person’s trolley to their car for them
  107. Pickup dangerous items and rubbish at your local park (place in bin)
  108. Help neighbours with building projects, sewing projects or repair of cars etc.
  109. Organise working bees on a home for the infirmed or elderly living alone
  110. NSW Seniors Week – get your kids/youth group to do something for the seniors of the community
  111. Anzac Day – help the elderly or take some kids to the dawn service then have a Aussie Breaky together
  112. Use your holidays to go on Mission (eg Beach Missions)
  113. Invite neighbours to special events held at DAC – eg Gingerbread, Carols, special services, Breaky
  114. Stick to the Road Rules – and have a fish sticker so people can identify you as a Christian
  115. Be polite when driving, allow people in and be a good example
  116. Buy a bible for a friend who hasn’t got one
  117. Don’t give up on inviting your friends or neighbours to activities at church
  118. Talk to children, grandchildren as you spend time with them about our great God
  119. Introduce yourself as a Christian
  120. Invite your neighbours to church with you
  121. Live differently – be in the world but not of the world
  122. Pray for God to give opportunities to share our lives with our family, friends or neighbours
  123. Invite my friends to attend youth group with me
  124. Use Christian posters & pictures in your workplace – that can then lead to conversations
  125. Put notices and invites up about church activities at your school, club or community centre (ask permission first)
  126. Follow-up Anglican’s who live in my street but to go to church
  127. Use your computer to let people know you are a Christian – send them on thought provoking Christian material
  128. Pray – asking wisdom – as we chat about our church activities
  129. Mothers Day – invite people along to church with you – then share a meal together
  130. Celebrate Christmas in July – make it about Jesus – celebrate Jesus not only at Christmas Time
  131. Fathers Day – invite fathers and their families to church – let the men have a day off – to do what ever – golf etc.