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Stewardship Nuggets for Families and Children
"Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me; to those who go the right way I will show the salvation of God."
Create a thanksgiving box with your family during the first few days of November. Ask your children to decorate the outside of a shoebox with typical Thanksgiving symbols: turkeys, pilgrims, and so on. Keep this box in a conspicuous place, such as your kitchen table or the coffee table in the den. Each day during family time, ask family members to reflect on their day by recalling one aspect of the day for which they are thankful. Family members may write this one recollection on a slip of paper. Family members then share what they have written with the family and place the slips of paper in the thanksgiving box. Close your time together with a family prayer, and thank God specifically for those recollections. On Thanksgiving Day, open the box with your family and review these slips of paper. Count your blessings!
Questions for Discussion
— Linda Holland is from Helena, Alabama.
Copyright © 2003 The General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church. All rights reserved. Any local church or United Methodist agency may reprint any or all of this document as long as the author is cited and the following copyright notice appears:
Posted 11-04-03
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Most of us consider Thanksgiving Day as an opportunity to visit with family, watch parades and football games, and eat a traditional meal that includes turkey and pumpkin pie. We tend to have fond memories of this holiday. As Christians, we must remember that each day is a thanksgiving day. We are blessed with God's abundant love every day.