Take Home Daily Theme:
Hospitality
READ: Together, read Luke 14: 7-14.
CONNECT:
Have your child pull out their CONNECT journal from camp. Find the Day 4 page. Look it over together and have your child recall what they wrote down. Discuss the following:
EXPLORE MORE:
This passage from the Gospel of Luke really turns things upside down! In this parable, Jesus tells us not to invite the people that we normally would invite to a banquet, but to invite those who do not have those opportunities, such as those who are poor, blind, or lame.
Read Luke 14:7-14 together. What do you think the people that Jesus was talking to thought about this story? What does this story say to us about hospitality? Talk about hospitality. Why is it important? How do we make others feel welcome? Talk about this passage as if it were happening at school or work. What would happen then? Acting this story out in a school or work setting may help you all to see. What are ways that we can all make others to feel welcome in our lives (at school, at work, and at home)? How would things be different if everyone was concerned about hospitality?
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
Plan a Meal. Planning a meal for someone is a great way to think about hospitality. Think about people in your community who could use the hospitality of a meal. Do you know anyone in particular who could use your help? Or maybe you could plan a community meal and host it at your church! Reaching out to people in need by giving them some of your time and resources make those people feel welcome in your life and heart. There are many ways of putting hospitality into practice. Work together as a family to find ways to show God's love through hospitality.
CONNECT:
Have your child pull out their CONNECT journal from camp. Find the Day 4 page. Look it over together and have your child recall what they wrote down. Discuss the following:
- What was meaningful to you about the Bible study and the story that was read?
- What can you learn from this story and apply to your daily life at home or at school?
- Think about some of the camp songs we sang this week - do you remember any that might relate to this story?
EXPLORE MORE:
This passage from the Gospel of Luke really turns things upside down! In this parable, Jesus tells us not to invite the people that we normally would invite to a banquet, but to invite those who do not have those opportunities, such as those who are poor, blind, or lame.
Read Luke 14:7-14 together. What do you think the people that Jesus was talking to thought about this story? What does this story say to us about hospitality? Talk about hospitality. Why is it important? How do we make others feel welcome? Talk about this passage as if it were happening at school or work. What would happen then? Acting this story out in a school or work setting may help you all to see. What are ways that we can all make others to feel welcome in our lives (at school, at work, and at home)? How would things be different if everyone was concerned about hospitality?
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
Plan a Meal. Planning a meal for someone is a great way to think about hospitality. Think about people in your community who could use the hospitality of a meal. Do you know anyone in particular who could use your help? Or maybe you could plan a community meal and host it at your church! Reaching out to people in need by giving them some of your time and resources make those people feel welcome in your life and heart. There are many ways of putting hospitality into practice. Work together as a family to find ways to show God's love through hospitality.