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love your neighbour: a lesson in giving

October 24, 2011 by Wendy S

For the month of October, our church is focusing on Stewardship, both in our church and in our community.

For the children in our congregation, we want them to understand what stewardship is all about: they have been given gifts from God in the form of time, talent and treasures.


Also, they are learning that with each of these gifts they need to

    • thank God for what they have been given,
    • use each gift wisely
    • and to share the gifts with others.

The first two weeks we talked about time and talent.  This week we talked about our treasures.


“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”~ Matthew 22:36-40 ~


The kids were each given a $5 bill.  They were so excited!  With that money, they were asked to thank God for their treasure, use it wisely and to share it with others.

The lightbulb went off in my head.  Our plan for Sunday afternoon was to go to Indulge Ice Cream in Cambridge for their Waffle Stacks Grand Opening.  They were offering a special — Buy one waffle stack and get one waffle stack free…if…you brought in a food donation for the Cambridge Shelter.

After church we headed to the grocery store where we picked out some items that the shelter needed — cereal, coffee and sugar.

The girls used their treasures to pay for some of the food.  BigDaddy and I bought the coffee and sugar.  I’m always happy to give people coffee!!

They were very proud to bring a big box of food to help the people at the shelter.

And if you’ve never been to Indulge Ice Cream, you have to!  It’s in a train caboose!!

Win-win-win!

Win for the Cambridge Shelter!
Win for us — Waffle Stacks are awesome!
Win for an amazing day of friends, learning and giving!

Filed Under: charity, faith hope love, friends, Life, munchkin, peanut Tagged With: bigdaddykreativ, church, photo

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About Wendy S

+Wendy S (also known as @mapsgirl) is a mom to two daughters. They are the inspiration of this blog.Passionate about child passenger safety, Wendy has been a certified Car Seat Technician in Ontario, Canada since 2008.

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