As you are well aware I am a person of zero power.  I like to play those video games where you’re commanding a whole army.  To that end I give you suggestions for what I would have being done if I was in a position of power in a church.

Make sure you’re giving out at least two rides a week to carless people (who need transportation to the food pantry, medical appointments, farmer’s markets, or other places). If you aren’t willing to give someone without a car a ride, please stop praying for them.

Give at-risk kids (particularly households with boys) an air conditioner if they don’t have one. This reason is obvious, poor males (including me) are often in a state of perennial anger and heat exacerbates this, causing them to boil over.

Put $30 in commissary accounts of people in jail or prison, starting with people who have some kind of relationship with people in the church.

Stop being siloed. This means reaching out to other churches and organizations and collaborating. To that end I did start a mobile web page of resources in Grand Rapids.