“Family Service Jar” Activity
While playing together as a family is enjoyable, so is serving together! Label a large, clear jar “Family Service Jar,” and fill it with slips of paper listing service activities that your family can do together. Pull one slip of paper out once a week, or as often as you would like, and work together as a family doing what it says. Here are some ideas to get you started:
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Wash the family cars
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Do yard work for a widow
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Visit a nursing home
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Have a “kids cook” night
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Do a chore for another family member so they don’t have to
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Cook breakfast or lunch at a Ronald McDonald house or homeless shelter
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Become pen pals with a missionary family
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Clean the house (while putting on some fun music in the background)
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Plant an herb garden
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Fix dinner and deliver it to someone who is sick or just out of the hospital
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Pick up trash around the church building and grounds
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Host a game night at your house for a new family at church
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Write a card to each member of your family telling them what you appreciate and admire about them.
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