TeacherAide
A weekly
teaching aide for student developers
Beneath The Surface
SESSION 15
HANDS ON
This activity will teach your students the bond of fellowship that comes from serving others together. Choose a date ahead of time and have the youth bring squeegees, window cleaner, and paper towels. When the congregation is in a Sunday service, have the youth go through the parking lot and wash everyone's windshield (make sure they don't leave streaks). Have a "business card" prepared ahead of time that says, "Compliments of (your youth group's name). The opportunities that this will give you to discuss fellowship and sharing are phenomenal.
Once a little girl was sitting in church listening to a missionary speak. She was moved by his words and wanted to put some money in the plate as it was passed. She reached in her pocket and realized that she only had one penny. With a grin on her face she placed the shiny penny in the plate and passed it along. That little girl had no way of knowing but in the land to which this missionary was going a penny would buy one gospel tract. This little girl’s penny paid for a tract that was given to a man who accepted Christ as Savior.
I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY
Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.
William Ward
There is no joy in possession without sharing.
Erasmus
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
Denis Whatley
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
Winston Churchill