Take Home Daily Theme:
Service
READ: Together, read Luke 10: 25-37.
CONNECT:
Have your child pull out their CONNECT journal from camp. Find the Day 5 page. Look it over together and have your child recall what they wrote down. Discuss the following:
EXPLORE MORE:
In this passage, we hear another one of the parables of Jesus. A parable is a short story that is meant to teach us something. In the parable of the good Samaritan we hear how someone who was not considered a believer helped someone in need when two religious leaders did not.
Read Luke 10:25-37 together. What are your initial reactions to the story? Why didn’t the first two men help? What do you think they were afraid of? Was there anything unexpected in the way that the Samaritan helped? What do you think you would have done in that situation? What keeps us from helping others sometimes? Has there ever been a time when you knew someone needed help but you didn’t know what to do?
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
Brainstorm ways that your family could help others together. Perhaps you could collect food to donate to a food closet or volunteer together at a soup kitchen. Ask at your local church or look online to find ways that your family could help others and then do it together.
CONNECT:
Have your child pull out their CONNECT journal from camp. Find the Day 5 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:
In this passage, we hear another one of the parables of Jesus. A parable is a short story that is meant to teach us something. In the parable of the good Samaritan we hear how someone who was not considered a believer helped someone in need when two religious leaders did not.
Read Luke 10:25-37 together. What are your initial reactions to the story? Why didn’t the first two men help? What do you think they were afraid of? Was there anything unexpected in the way that the Samaritan helped? What do you think you would have done in that situation? What keeps us from helping others sometimes? Has there ever been a time when you knew someone needed help but you didn’t know what to do?
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
Brainstorm ways that your family could help others together. Perhaps you could collect food to donate to a food closet or volunteer together at a soup kitchen. Ask at your local church or look online to find ways that your family could help others and then do it together.