Searching for church Valentine ideas?
Valentine’s Day provides a great opportunity for churches to talk about love and demonstrate love to others.
Over the years, I’ve had numerous conversations with church leaders and church communicators – in person, on Twitter, and on Facebook – about church Valentine ideas. I’m amazed at all the creative things churches are doing!
The church Valentine ideas I’ve heard tend to fall into two categories – Valentine social media campaigns designed to point people to the love of God and Valentine events designed to help couples develop loving, Christ-centered relationships.
11 Church Valentine Ideas for Social Media
1) Maybe a “love your neighbor” campaign type thing….?? @PastorJenna
2) We are posting daily “love” scripture texts on FB. Pleasantly surprised how many people click on them to read them. @revjenn
3) Connect with people who feel a little more lonely on #ValentinesDay, and invite them in to community. @crazypastor
4) Valentine’s Day is another big Chocolate day. Another chance to educate about fair trade and justice. @FatPastor
5) I will probably post about the real Valentine @PastorJoelle
6) Our school kids are making ecards that the senior citizens in the computer learning class will open @Conductor222
7) How making/sharing a meme of Jesus with the caption: Who love you, baby? @RevWeb
8) Remind everyone they are loved EVERYDAY! #YouAreBeloved @thelepper
9) Used 1 Cor 13 on blog to talk about God’s love through storytelling @caseyfitzgerald
10) Flip the script – tell the world that God’s LOVE is for creation, animals, people – not just romantic love @J_at_Seminary
11) I could envision an instagram/twitter campaign to post pictures answering question, “What is love?” @FatPastor
Bonus: It’s also the perfect excuse to quote risqué verses from Song of Solomon. 😉
11 Church Valentine Ideas for Events
1) Hold a Blood Drive and hand out chocolates to blood donors! @MeredithGould
2) Our church is doing vow renewals – should publicize on soc.med. @vcwoodbury
3) Free childcare for church families by the youth group. -Melissa Bull
4) We do a “Love Week” campaign and encourage serving the community and random acts of kindness. -Carly Byram
5) Our student ministry holds a Valentines Gala each year. One of our guys who volunteers with them is a chef and has the kids cook a 5star meal, our associate pastor is a photographer so each couple gets their pic taken, also a silent auction, and entertainment. $30 per person. It’s their biggest fundraiser each year -Sherry Polk
6) We do an event called The Great Date Night where we bring in a comedian or entertainer and provide childcare. -Meredith Thompson
7) Father daughter dance. -Delores Eilrich
8) Our student ministry does signing telegrams in our AM/PM services the Sunday before Valentine’s Day. They also deliver goodies/flowers on Valentine’s day. It’s a great fundraiser for them and probably their biggest all year. -Kristin Coats
9) We’re having a children’s ministry serve project making v-day cards for nursing home residents that will be delivered early next week for distribution by the nursing home staff. -Almeda McMullen Smith
10) We have a Love out Loud Day on the 13th at our local food pantry. Providing an extra bag of pantry staples to 330 families! -Veronica P Brunson
11) XO Marriage conference simulcast in our church. We do a catered meal on Friday night. It is a great way to invest in the marriages in and around our church. -River Live
Let us love one another, for love comes from God. -1 John 4:7-9
Post a comment and discuss:
- What is your church doing on social media to tie into the Valentine’s Day holiday?
- Got any other ideas?
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Amazing post.Possibly its not the most original idea you've ever heard,however its a good one.Valentine's Day is about love.Since its on the mind,you should capitalize on the occasion.You have a great deal of preaching material to browse,however.The whole Bible is a book about love.Check out these PowerPoint sermon templates for love-topic sermons.Thank you so much.
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Remind everyone they are loved EVERYDAY awesome this my fovrt
Agree With Jay Patel That Line Make me Fall in Love with this Article. Thanx Paul
It’s nice to see churches using the power of social media to get their message across.
It is good to hear that churches are innovating along with the modern world. I believe too that it is God’s will for churches to adopt to people’s expectations but of course not compromising the foundation or the essence.
They say valentine is a pagan celebration. I’m just curious what you guys can say about that?
I think every holiday is as sacred or secular as one chooses to make it. If one’s Valentine celebration focuses on the love of God or the God-given gift of human love then it is sacred. On the other hand, one can also take a holiday like Easter, make it all about candy and bunnies, and for that person it has become a secular holiday.
Hello sir Paul, I really appreciate your reply. Yeah you are right, it matters on the motif and perspective of the society or person. I even see Churches who uses memes like the one mentioned above.
After all we just work for the expansion of God’s Kingdom.