Lesson 5 Serving the Body as a Family

Serving the Body as a Family
Use Your Treasure for God

Read: Mark 12:41-44 , Matthew 6: 19 – 21

Questions for Discussion:
What is a treasure?
Why do you think Jesus pointed out this widow?
Why do you think the widow gave all she had?
What treasures do you have that you can give to God?
How can you give your treasures?
What good is a treasure if you keep it for yourself?

Pray that God teaches you how to give your treasures sacrificially and that we should use all we have for his purpose and Glory.

As a family go through your closets and donate all unused clothes to Grace Place or Volunteer Services.

Key Thought: God loves to give things to his people, but when he gives it is not just to benefit us but to be a blessing to others as well.


Activities

Preschool: Help your child go on a treasure hunt around the house to find loose coins. Help them look in the couch, by the washingmachine, and so on. Once they find all the loose change they can, help them designate it to a missionary in the offering on Sunday.

Lower Elementary: Help your child bury a favorite toy or object in the ground or a sandbox. (For the toys protection you may want to put it in some type of box or container.) Talk to your child about how the treasure does little good to anyone if it isn’t being used or shared.

Upper Elementary: Help your children go around your house and find something such as a toy, clothes, or unopened food, to give to others who don’t have those things. (Clothes that you have outgrown, and toys you no longer play with are
great.)

Teens: Set a goal for how much money you can give to the church (Debt pay down, Missionaries, or whatever God puts on your heart), and then follow through.