1. Giving Selflessly Actively Serving
Potomac Children's Leadership Retreat

2. Giving Selflessly
Pray
Give Go

3. Giving Selflessly Pray
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6
Prayer moves us from self, to God and others

4. Giving Selflessly Pray
What are ways you instill prayer into your kids?
Do you have kids practice praying?
Do you allow time in your service for prayer?

5. Giving Selflessly
PRAY
When do you provide times for kids to pray?

6. Giving Selflessly PRAY Open the service When needs present themselves
When do you provide times for kids to pray?
Open the service
When needs present themselves
Offering
Altar call
Small groups
Pray for Missionaries
Prayer requests

7. Giving Selflessly Give
8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

8. Giving Selflessly Give
“Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.” Deuteronomy 16:17

9. Giving Selflessly Give
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? James 2:15-16

10. Giving Selflessly Give
What are ways you help kids become generous and give?

11. Giving Selflessly Give Donate toys Donate hygiene products
Missions Offering
Missions Challenge

12. Giving Selflessly Go
“He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” Mark 16:15

13. Giving Selflessly Go
The skill of communication and witnessing through speaking is disappearing.
“Eighty-two percent of the unchurched are at least somewhat likely to attend church if invited.”
–Dr. Thom Rainer, The Unchurched Next Door

14. Giving Selflessly Go Kids don’t have to wait to GO
What opportunities are you giving for kids
to go and give selflessly?

15. Giving Selflessly Go Kids don’t have to wait to GO
Local Missions Trips
Feed Homeless
Work with local shelters
Random Acts of Kindness in community

16. Giving Selflessly Go
Kids don’t have to wait to GO
I Like PB&J

17. Giving Selflessly Pray Give Go
Check out BGMC Missions curriculum for more*

18. Actively serving
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45
“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” 1 Peter 4:10

19. Actively serving
“What areas can kids serve in?

20. Actively serving Offering Helper Sound & Media Buddy to Visitors
“What areas can kids serve in?
Offering
Helper
Sound & Media
Buddy to Visitors
Worship Team
Greeting
Clean Room

21. Actively serving Process to Serve Orientation Schedule
Volunteer Application
Hands-on Training Coaching and Feedback
Parent Involvement