RELATIONAL VIRTUE GROUP

Because I value others as those whom Christ created and redeemed, I choose to treat them as I would like to be treated.

 

How To Treat People

Service

Jesus lived to bless others. He found ways to help people who didn't deserve it or who were neglected. Rather than having people serve Him, He served them.

 

I choose to serve others.

 

Definition

Service related virtues: ministry

Service means: serving in a church office, conducting seminars, helping others who may need something done for them that they cannot do for themselves for one reason or another.

 
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Side by Side, HIOS, 123
He has shown Thee, HIOS, 125
Make me a Servant, HIOS, 126
Pass it On, HIOS, 130
We are an Offering, HIOS, 136

Student Life Applications

Because Jesus lived to bless others and I want to be like Him, I will:

Choose a life work or career where I can best serve others.
Look for ways to help my teacher at school.
Help around the house to make things easier for my mom and dad.
Notice students in my class that are having a hard time with their work and see if the teacher will let me help them.
Help the Sabbath School teacher clean up after class.
Join in school activities to help with projects to serve your community.
 

Bible, E.G. White

Numbers 4:4 And this shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle.......
Acts 20:19 Serving the Lord with all humility
Luke 22.26 And he that is chief, as he that doth serve
Galatians 5:13 by love serve one another

Reinforcing Stories

"Trick or Treat", Book Three, Great Stories for Kids, by Jerry D. Thomas
" Window-Washing Spies", "Wait a Minute!", Book Five, Great Stories for Kids, by Jerry D. Thomas
"What I Did This Summer", Book One, The Children's Hour by Arthur Maxwell
"God's Call to Service", "You Must Pass It On", "Moses and His Family", "How Much?", "Little Things", "I wonder if they mean it", "April Fooling Grandfather", Treasury of Devotional Aids for home and school
March 23, August 9, November 4, Sure as the Dawn by Mansell and Mansell

Student Activities

1. Help out on the playground with younger kids.
2. Sing for Sabbath School.
3. Help put away things after a church activity.
4. Make pretty things for a children's hospital.
5. Help an elderly person do something he needs to do.
6. Run an errand for the teacher.
7. Make a bulletin board for "service."
 

Links to the Curriculum
Art: Make posters for a church service.
Music: Group sing for a shut-in.
Language Arts: Make get-well cards for sick people.
English: Write a thank you note to your teacher for her kindness.
Social Studies: Tell the mission story for Sabbath School.
Science: Help out in a nature class for pathfinders.
Math: Help out in a mission fund raising project. Take up the offering at Sabbath School. Collect the money for some program at school.
 

Resources


Great Stories for Kids, by Jerry D. Thomas, PPPA, 1999.
The Children's Hour by Arthur S. Maxwell, R&H, 1945
Treasury of Devotional Aids for Home and School by Department of Education of General Conference of SDA. 1951
Sure as the Dawn by Mansell and Mansell. R&H. 1993

Evaluation

Primary:
Tell or write about a time when you saw someone being of service.
How do you think God feels when He sees people who are serving?
How do you feel when you are serivng?
Tell two ways that you can serve.
What makes you want to serve?
What is the opposite of service? Who makes us act that way?
Finish the sentence: We can be of service when we..........

Middle:
Why does God care if I serve others?
What difference does it make whether I serve others or not?
What effect would it have on my future if I did not choose to be of service?
How would people treat me differently if I did or didn’t choose to be of service?
How would I feel about myself if I did or did not choose to be of service?
Give some reasons why you think it is best to serve others. Why would someone do differently?
What makes choosing to be of service better than the opposite?
List some ways that a person might be of service without anyone noticing?
List 3 situations where a person could be of service in his work, home, or at the shopping mall.
Is it possible for a person to get better at being of service? Explain.
Can you think of someone who seems good at serving ? What makes them better at it?
How could you learn to be better at serving others ?
How often do you service others? Think of the last three times and tell me.
Do you like to join in when people are serving others ? How have you joined in?

High school:
Would you practice serving others if no one was checking on you? Your parents, school, or the law?
What is the alternative to service and what do you see as the results of that choice?
Would you recognize it if someone was not fully serving others? How?
Would you keep quiet if someone paid you a lot of money not to be of service?
Are you proud to be of service and willing to tell others how you feel?
If someone in a group spoke out against serving others would you speak up to give the other side?
Can you say that serving others has become a habit? How often are you that way?
What effect do you think serving others will have on your future life?
Do you see your family practicing service to others? How about your church, city, or nation?
What do you think should be done to promote serving others in your family, friends, church, city, nation?
Does it make much difference if they serve or not?