Today’s Act of Kindness: Wrap up cookies for mail carriers, teachers, baby sitters, sanitation workers, custodians, librarians, newspaper carriers, etc.
Today’s Bible Reading: Luke 1:57-66
Today’s Family Activities: Make sandwiches for lunch. Cut into star shapes. Talk about the Christmas star. Read Matthew 2:1-2.
Today’s Act of Kindness: Bring up a neighbors garbage cans for them.
Today’s Bible Reading: Luke 1:46-56
Today’s Family Activity: Gather around the Christmas tree and read Christmas books by flashlight and tree light.
Today’s Act of Kindness: Give a compliment.
Today’s Bible Reading: Luke 1:39-45
Today’s Family Activity: Go to library tocheck out some Christmas themed books.
Today’s Act of Kindness: Â Let someone go ahead of you in line.
Today’s Bible Reading: Â Matthew 1:18-25
Today’s Family Activity: Â Have a Christmas movie night. Make Christmas popcorn. (popcorn, butter, mini marshmallows, red and green M & Ms, Christmas confetti sprinkles.)
Today’s Act of Kindness – Participate in Toys for Tots or Operation Santa Claus or Operation Christmas Child or The Angel Tree.
Today’s Bible Reading – Â Luke 1:26-38
Today’s Family Activity – Gather around the Christmas tree. Talk about the symbolism of the evergreen and everlasting life. Read John 10:28.
Today’s Act of Kindness: Fill Bags with necessities and give to the homeless. (socks, tooth brush, tooth paste, bottled water, Christmas cookies, a fast food gift card, gloves, hat, scarf, mittens, etc)Â
Today’s Bible Reading: Luke 1:18-25
Today’s Family Activity: Set out the nativity as you read the Christmas story.
Something extra: Listen to Pastor Dodge’s teaching on Luke 1:5-25.
Today’s Act of Kindness: Invite someone to Christmas dinner.
Today’s Bible Reading: Luke 1:11-17
Today’s Family Activity: Play Christmas music and sing-a-long.
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We hope these daily suggestions for simple acts of kindness, Bible readings and family activities for the month of December are helpful for helping you and yours focus on the REAL Reason for the Season! Â Share your stories with us!
Today’s Act of Kindness: Bring cookies to someone who is lonely! (Store-bought is just fine!)
Today’s Bible Reading: Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:2-7
Today’s Family Activity: Clean out toy boxes and donate usable toys.

Our website is full of great FREE resources. Â Check this one out Great Bible Verses: Who I Am In Christ. – http://www.awakeusnow.com/assets/-flash-cards1_who-am-i2.pdf
Everyday is a great day for Acts of Kindness, but Christmas is an especially good time for sharing Jesus’ love with others. At a time when people are more stressed and anxious than usual, it’s a true kindness to bless them through your actions of love.
Today’s Act of Kindness: Buy a coffee or a hot cocoa for a stranger.Â
Today’s Bible Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
Today’s Family Activity: Make sock puppets and tell the Christmas story.
Check out our inspirational Christmas messages hereÂ
Each day from December 1 – 25 we will post an Act of Kindness along with Readings and Family Activities.
Today’s Act of Kindness: Write a note of appreciation, thanks, or love to someone special. Be specific in your note. Share why they are appreciated, or share the reason you’re thanking them, or why it is that you love them so much.
Mail it, or put in their lunch box, under their pillow, or any other place that they could “find” it!Â
Today’s Bible Reading: Micah 5:2-5a
Today’s Family Activity: Write a letter to Jesus thanking Him for coming to earth to save us from our sin.
THESE IDEAS are prepared for you and won’t place a time or financial burden on you, but will help you place your focus on the Real Reason for the Season.
Listen to Pastor Kevin’s Christmas Music Playlist of favorite Christmas songs.
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