Plan a fun challenge or activity and ask for pledges or donations. Ideas could include a walk-a-thon or a bike-a-thon. Collect pledges for each mile you walk, run, or bike. Another creative way is to commit to writing personalized notes of encouragement for a specific number of people and ask for sponsorships per note. You could drop encouraging notes on cars, in the check-out line, or just use your imagination! You will probably have great spark stories to tell!

Do you have a special crafty skill that could be utilized? You could create and sell small, meaningful, grace-themed items like bracelets, keychains, handmade cards with inspirational messages, baked goods, or you could even design a special t-shirt purchase at wholesale and then sell at retail!

Distribute jars to friends, family, and church members. Ask them to collect spare change for a month and give it back to you at the end of the month. You’ll be surprised how much funds you can raise with spare change!

Use your skills to host a mini-event or service in exchange for donations, such as a craft night or cooking class, a babysitting or parents' night out event, a simple photography session for family portraits or do gift wrapping service at Christmas time! Charge a small fee to participants, with all proceeds going toward your ticket.

You may have used scripture jars in your Embrace Grace groups. People love these, and they are easy to make! Print out powerful scriptures on small paper strips and fold them up individually. Fill up a cute mason jar full of the scriptures and tie a cute bow on it, and it’s good to go! You can sell them on social media, or you can ask your pastor to set up a table at the church to sell them and help raise funds for your conference! Feel free to use our scripture template that you can find here!