Small Groups: Guide your small groups to cover love and relationship issues for a few weeks. There are plenty of resources, and people always need relationship tips and advice. 

Memorable Marriage Moments: Allow a few couples with lasting marriages a chance to share their stories and secrets during your February services or through video testimonies on your website or social media.

Love a Family: Choose a specific family or group to show love through action. Gather volunteers, resources, or finances to help the family with their needs.

Decorate cupcakes for seniors: This idea is excellent if you have many seniors in your church or if you decide to visit a nursing home. Ask each child to frost a cupcake and sign Valentine's cards. You will need volunteers to pick up and distribute those items to the seniors. You could bake or solicit unfrosted cupcakes from the parents and involve the adventurers and pathfinders in decorating them with their families at their homes.

Romantic Dinner: Your Family Ministries can oversee a romantic dinner for the couples of your church at the church's fellowship hall or a local restaurant. Invite couples from your church and community to participate. Having a good message, playing games, and renewing their vows are all great ideas. 

Evangelism is a key component in any attempt to grow a church or community of people. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has developed multiple types of evangelism tactics for different target audiences and regions. This video specifically discusses evangelism tactics for urban centers like New York City, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, and countless other cities in the United States. Watch this video to get a better understanding of areas the Seventh-day Adventist church has had some difficulty within terms of spreading the gospel in cities and see ways how you too can minister in cities. Watch the video here.

Todd Stout is the Lead Pastor for the Advent Hope SDA in New York

Traditional evangelism for the Seventh-day Adventist church has always been revelation seminars. However, currently, revelation seminars are not what the community is responding to anymore. Communities are responding to acts of kindness, support, and love. During Jesus' ministry, He and his disciples focused on helping the communities just as much as they focused on teaching them. Watch this video to see how you can follow Jesus' example and help your church truly help your community.

David Jamieson is the President of the Upper Columbia Conference

Paulo Macena is the Leadership Director for the North American Division

David Franklin is the Senior Pastor of Miracle Temple SDA Church

Intentionality and Baptisms by Wanda Lugo

Your church or community may be planning to give special attention to celebrating Martin Luther King's birthday. Here are some suggestions:

1.     Focus the whole service on the vision and call to justice and compassion proclaimed by Martin Luther King, Jr. Invite your church to action and start preparing to participate in a Compassion weekend.

2.     Martin tapped into the universal dream that all men and women must be treated equally, fairly, with dignity, and with respect. His dream was your dream and my dream. Invite your church and the community to organize and participate in a "5K - Run for the Dream." People can participate wherever they live, and you can have a special service focusing on justice and compassion to end the day.

3.     Don't take the day off. Yes, it's a federal holiday. But it's also an opportunity to do good. Make it a day to volunteer. Look for local opportunities to serve and mobilize your church to participate.

4.     Share something on the church's social media honoring King. Ask people to share their dreams. Ask people how they can show compassion towards their community on that day. There are plenty of inspiring quotes to choose from and ways to connect the dots between King's life and the work of your church.