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It’s time to celebrate Father’s Day at your small church, and you need ideas for Father’s Day gifts and for giveaways. We’ve got you covered. Keep reading for gift ideas that can match any church size and budget. We give DIY ideas to make your own and gifts you can easily purchase.
- Give Food And Snacks For Father’s Day
- Gift Cards Your Men Can Appreciate
- Father’s Day Gifts For Small Churches
- Creative Ways To Present Gifts
Ministry in small churches revolves around friendship and relationships. Part of the tradition in relationships is gift-giving. We give gifts for birthdays, Christmas, sentimental holidays, and occasionally “just because.”
Giving gifts often goes deeper than “I’m giving you something because you need it.”
Hopefully, it goes deeper than obligatory reciprocation.
Giving gifts to the men in your small church on Father’s Day can send several messages of heartfelt meaning. When we give a gift on Father’s Day before, during, or after a church service, we want our men to know:
- We care about you
- Members of your church are thankful for you
- Congregants are glad you’re there
- Family and friends appreciate you
Give Food & Snacks For Father’s Day
It’s always a good idea when giving food to have options or a backup for those with food sensitivities. Although we don’t always know, it’s thoughtful to have a backup just in case.
Many of these are DIY and made ahead of time.
- BBQ Rubs or spices: For added meaning, during the previous week in Sunday school, have the children make BBQ rubs and package them in sandwich baggies or small jars. Make enough to give to every man in the church.
- “POP” bags: fill w/ popcorn, soda pop, ring pops, lollipops, pop rock candy, pop tarts, and ice pops. Find a recipe for an amazing popcorn mix in 4 Easy Sunday School Father’s Day Crafts.
- Iced bottles of Snapple Tea, Dads Rootbeer, RC Cola, or other soda pop
- Cool Dude Food bag filled with beef jerky, pistachio nuts, granola bars, snacks
- Region-specific foods: malasadas, Conecuh sausage, wild game jerky, local cheese, kolaches, conch fritters, Medjool dates, key lime pie, etc.
- One-pound packages of bacon
- BBQ sauce
- Coffee mugs filled with candy
- Bag of homemade cookies
- Sugar Daddy candy bar: Payday, Mr. Goodbar, Reese’s Pieces, or Hershey bar
- Caramel Corn or Maple bacon popcorn
- Beef jerky or little bags of nuts
- Homemade pie: Give each man their own pie. Or a sample of 2 or more different kinds.
- Decorate jars with mustache stickers. Call it dad’s stache –– and fill it with candy.
- Whoopie pies or fried pies
- Mini-packs of cookies, donuts, or muffins
- Bacon Jam
- Poptarts
- Bag of coffee
- Envelope with $5 cash
Gift Cards Your Men Can Appreciate
Giving gift cards allows your men to use them for a gift or service they need or want. Even small gift cards are a welcome treat. It’s like giving someone a free coffee or a $5 coupon off a purchase.
- Lowe’s or Home Depot gift cards in coffee cups or travel mugs
- Local hardware store
- Neighborhood coffee shop
- Gas cards
- Nearby specialty store
- Restaurant gift cards are great, especially if a future men’s event occurs there. Check out 24 Popular Men’s Events For Small Churches for ideas.
Giveaway Ideas For Father’s Day
- A leather key chain or keychain with a screwdriver
- Mini screwdriver, multi-tool gift set, tape measure, or pliers
- Journal books are one of many great ideas in 10 Low-Cost Ideas For Father’s Day
- Carabiner
- Bungee cords
- Back scratchers
- Duct tape or flashlight
- Working hands cream
- Pocket knives
- Stylus pen
- Playing cards
- Hotwheel cars
- Work gloves
- BBQ flippers
- Novelty socks
Creative Ways To Present Gifts
Sometimes the packaging makes just as much of an impression as the gift. Try these ideas for creative Father’s Day gifts at your small church.
- Spray paint a 12” styrofoam ball. Poke screwdrivers in it. Teens hold the balls at the sanctuary doors, and men choose a tool on their way out after the sermon.
- Put gifts in baskets, and each guy gets to choose one on his way out of the church.
- Give a scripture card with your small gift.
- Create a business card or postcard with the words, “Thanks for all you do! We appreciate you!” and include it with your small gift for every man.
- Build a treasure box, place it on a table, and let men choose a gift from the treasure box.
- If you have an all-church meal, decorate centerpieces with tools, BBQ items, etc. Then, at the end of the meal, draw names for centerpiece giveaways.
- Wrap a few pieces of Father’s Day Candy in plastic wrap with a curly ribbon, and give it with your gift.
- Use gold decorative treat bags.
Encouraging Bible Verses For Men
Use one of these Bible verses when you write personal notes or cards for Father’s Day. They can bring hope, strength, and encouragement to the men in your church.
Luke 10:27 “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.
1 Timothy 4:8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
1 Timothy 6:11-12 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
We Are Designed For Connection
Remember, we are created for fellowship. Fellowship with God. Fellowship with each other. God designed us for connection and community. Celebrating Father’s Day with the men of your small church is one way to participate and build relationships with each other.
As you honor and bless the men at your small church this Father’s Day, remember to thank God for them and pray for them. Your thoughtfulness will bless them.
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