Tithing

I found a true story in "The Friend" about tithing. There are many stories you could find or just make up your own. This one happened to be about a little boy that had shoes that were worn out. His mother had enough money to either pay tithing or buy him new shoes. She decided she better walk the money down to the Bishop's house right then to pay him the tithing. On her way home a neighbor came to the fence and said that she had been meaning to give some shoes to this woman for a long time and handed her a a pair of shoes that were just the right size for her son.

I told this story to the kids and then had them watch as I filled out our tithing slip and count out the cash to put in the envelope. I also had money that week for Fast Offering so I quickly explained what that was to them.

We then each went and found a pair of shoes from the closet (just to remember the story) and put them in the center of the room in a pile. We turned off all the lights (this was in our bedroom with our black out blind so it worked really well), and we had them try and find their own pair of shoes with the light out. Kids love this kind of stuff, and we got a big kick out of it when we realized Ava had picked her shoes that have lights on the soles. Ryan and I each had one of each other's shoes. This was a good chance for us to laugh and just have a simple activity to somehow go along with the lesson on the "Tithing Shoes."