PARENT CORNER DAY 1 TODAY: JUNE 29-30 weekly Read Romans 12:10 Today’s verse reminds us to love others and put ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// them first. That starts with kindness. So, here’s a little kindness challenge for this week. Grab a piece of Kind & Generous (The Good Samaritan) Luke 10:25- 37 Bible Story: paper and tear it into five pieces. On each piece of June 29 & 30 | K1 paper, write down one random act of kindness. It Big Idea: Be kind to everyone. can be anything to make someone else’s day like taking out the trash, reading a book to a younger sibling, or telling someone a joke. Memory Verse: “The fruit the Holy Spirit produces is love, joy and peace. It is WEEK 5 being patient, kind and good. It is being faithful and gentle and having control of Once you’ve come up with 5 things, fold each piece of oneself.” Galatians 5:22- 23a, NIrV paper in half and place in a jar. Shake up the jar and place it in your room. Challenge yourself to complete all your random acts of kindness this week. How many Life App: What God is doing in you to change the world around you. can you complete in one day? Remember, every small act of kindness matters. So be kind to everyone. Basic Truth: I should treat others like I want to be treated.

Bible Story Summary : This month we are learning about the first 5 Fruits of the Spirit; love, joy, peace, patience, kindness. The Fruit of the Spirit is attributing God for His kindness towards you so that God works in us when we are a part of His family . This week we are learning THANK that you can show kindness to others. about kindness!

The hard question is how can you be kind, even when it’s hard? As kids grow up, they are starting to experience friendships in new ways. They start to realize that not everyone likes them, and they don’t necessarily like everyone either. This can be difficult for them to navigate, especially when it comes to showing kindness. DAY 2 In Luke 10:25-37, Jesus tells a familiar parable of The Good Samaritan. Through Read Zechariah 7:9 this story, Jesus completely changed how people who follow Him should look at Write the word kindness at the top of a piece of paper. Try to ask three showing kindness to others. Kindness isn’t just for people we know or like, but it’s people (friends or family) what they think this word means and write down for everyone we meet. God calls us to be kind to everyone. Everyone is someone their definitions. Make sure you complete this before you read the rest. who God loves. We pray that our kids start to realize that everyone deserves kindness. COMPARE YOUR ANSWER TO THE ONES BELOW: KINDNESS: the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Together take a minute to make a list of people you know The next time you’re tempted to respond in anger or say something that is unkind, eal Tim remember the kindness that God has shown to you. Choose kindness because e or see sometimes who are different from you. You don’t M God loves and cares for you. And remember, God’s Holy Spirit is there to help need to be best friends with all these people, but you can you be kind to everyone. still find ways to be kind. Together, make a new list of ways that you could be kind to the people on the first list, whether it’s a smile, an encouraging word, or stepping up God to help you treat others with justice and mercy in to help. ASK order to be kind to everyone. DAY 3 HEY PARENTS Read Ephesians 4:32 SIGN HERE! parent CUE: Forgiveness can be hard. When someone hurts you, it’s easy to get angry and want to hurt them back. Have a parent sign your /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// BUT God doesn’t treat us this way. completed GodTime.

When we sin, it separates us from God. But God Want to know what your child is loves us so much that He did not want to be apart learning at church? Download a free from us. He sent Jesus, His only Son, so that we app called Parent Cue. This app is put could be forgiven for every wrong thing we’ve done Parent signature now and in the future. Jesus gave His life for everyone out by The reThink Group who writes the as the ultimate act of kindness. curriculum we use in Uptown as a guide to We should choose kindness and forgiveness because what our kids learn. we’ve been shown kindness and forgiveness, too. Date God shows us that every day! Parent Cue has parenting articles, blogs, Fill in all the missing words from the verse. and ways you can live out your faith at home. Week by week you will be given “Be ______and ______to one another. cues so you can make the most of your ______one another, just as God Return for 5 Bible Bucks! ______you because of what Christ has time with your kids for God. done.” Ephesians 4:32, NIrV

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DAY 4 Read Proverbs 11:17 at a GLANCE How is your kindness challenge going? Have you completed all 5 yet? Which one was the most difficult to complete? How did it make you feel to show kindness to others? Bibles N Bucks Shopping: Kindergarten: August 3 & 4 Grab your jar of random acts of kindness. and toss those pieces of paper around like confetti. When you choose to be kind, it touches everyone 1st grade: August 10 & 11 around you. Think about spreading kindness like confetti. Because kindness is 3rd grade: August 17 & 18 contagious. * Closed in July * Just because you’ve completed this challenge doesn’t mean the kindness has to stop. After all, as today’s verse reminds us, kindness doesn’t just benefit the person on the other side. It benefits you too! So, let’s spread kindness to everyone and watch how your simple acts change the world around you.

KNOW that patience is always better than fighting.