We are waiting, O God, for the day of peace. Give us the will to
bring that day through our own simple goodness and hope. Fill us with patient
desire, that our work may be holy, and our holiness bright, through the Christ
for whose coming we long, and the Spirit in whose presence we live. Amen.
Family on a Mission
Each day take one of these and as a family complete the task.
Some days are easy and some days are a bit more challenging. Check them off and
try and only do them once.
1. Write an “I
Love You” note to someone and leave it for them to find
2. Offer to do
something for a stranger
3. Hold the
door open for someone
4. Bake some
cookies and give them to a neighbor
5. Write an
encouragement note to a police officer
6. Take dinner
to another family
7. Help pick
up litter
8. Give out
free hugs
9. Let someone
skip ahead of you in line
10. Leave some
change in a vending machine
11. Introduce yourself to someone new
12.
Help an
elderly person put up their Christmas decorations
13. Give your waiter a little extra tip
14. Write a
letter to a military personnel
15. Donate
money to the Salvation Army red kettle
16. Volunteer
to ring the bell for Salvation Army red kettle
17. Deliver
homemade cards, children’s books or puzzles to patients on the children’s ward
of a hospital
18. Clean up a
playground
19. Put together some type of care package for
your school bus driver
20. Call a
local nursing home and find out who doesn’t have family and is celebrating
their birthday that month. Take them a
cake, balloons and a card.
21. Ask a local
nursing home if you can help decorate their bulletin boards
22. Make
activity bags for children who are in the hospital or their parents are in the
hospital
23. Make pen
flowers for the nurses station at the local hospitals
24. Put
together a late night care package for fire fighters working the night shift
25. Get gifts
for a child off the angel tree
26. Volunteer at a food bank
27. Host a
craft night at a nursing home
28. Send our
college students cards
29. Put
together a shoebox for operation Christmas child
30. Donate
diapers and wipes to local women’s shelter
31. Write a
thank you note to the janitor at the local schools
32. Give the cashier at the store a thank you note
33. Babysit
for a family while they go shopping
34. Donate
food to the local pet shelter
35. Write
notes of encouragement in chalk on a friends sidewalk or driveway
36. Take
coffee to a homeless shelter
37. Send a
phone card to a person in the military
38. Take school
supplies to a local school to restock their resource closet
39. Find a need in the neighborhood and fill it
40. Donate
books to a doctors office or hospital waiting room
