WEEK OF
April 16, 2023
Community Garden: Growing from the ground up
PA R E N T G U I D E
Elementary
Use this guide to help your family learn how God can help us have humility.
First, watch this week’s video!
Humility: Putting others first by giving up what you think you deserve
Activity
Talk About the Bible Story
Cross Creation
How did Jesus put us first? (He died for us on the cross.)
What You Need: Paper coffee filter, scissors, waterbased markers, spray bottle full of water, paper towels
How could you put people in your family first?
What You Do:
Who is someone that you’d like to work on putting first this week?
Invite your child to join you for an activity. Cut the shape of a cross out of the coffee filter. Set out the markers, and encourage your child to fill their cross with only three or four different colors. (Put a few paper towels under their cross to protect the table.) As they work, talk about the Bible story.
How could you put people at school first?
Tell your child a way that you’ll pay attention to what other people need and find ways to put THEM first. For example, you might let a co-worker choose where to go for lunch, take a meal to a sick neighbor, or volunteer at a local shelter.
Memory Verse “Don’t do anything only to get ahead. Don’t do it because you are proud. Instead, be humble. Value others more than yourselves.” Philippians 2:3, NIrV
When your child finishes, have them lay their cross on a flat, covered surface—again, with paper towels underneath. Help them spray the cross with two to three sprays of water. Be prepared for “oohs” and “aahs” as they watch the colors bleed and blend!
Bible Story Being Humble Like Jesus Philippians 2:3-8
Bottom Line Put others first because Jesus put you first.
Prayer Use this prayer as a guide, either after talking about the Bible story or sometime before bed tonight: “Dear God, thank You for loving us more than we could EVER imagine. You love us SO much that You sent Jesus to be our Savior. Help us to follow Jesus’ example. Help us to be humble and put others first, because we remember how Jesus put US first. We love You! In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.”
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