The characterizing distinctive of a follower of Jesus is that they love others. So, let’s make sure those around us know the Lord loves them. We will focus on God’s love Sunday. Love Your Neighbor Sunday. Let’s practice this so we do it well. Consider trying to do one of the following each day this week.

  • Help someone shovel snow.
  • Smile kindly and wave to someone that you see often.
  • Learn someone’s name.
  • Donate clothes to the Bowery Mission.
  • Express thanks to someone that does well in a service industry (compliment them to their manger)
  • Give away five things for free on craigslist.
  • Keep an extra umbrella at work to share with someone who may needs one.
  • Bake goods for a police or fire station
  • Take stuffed animals to the hospital’s children’s wing
  • Take coloring books to a doctor’s office
  • Take dog or cat treats to a veterinary hospital
  • Take dog food or cat food to an animal shelter
  • Take a pie to an elderly neighbor
  • Ask an elderly neighbor if the need any help around the house
  • Mow someone’s lawn
  • Rake someone’s leaves
  • Take up a neighbor’s trash cans
  • Sweep a neighbor’s patio
  • Host a free car wash
  • Clean bathrooms at a local business
  • Volunteer at a nursing home
  • Volunteer to be a tutor in a public school
  • Offer to babysit for free
  • Paint nails or do makeup for ladies at a nursing home
  • Musicians – give a brief recital at a retirement community or in a public place, such as a park
  • Bake goods for someone down your street
  • Pay for the person behind you at a drive-through, leave tract with attendant to give to person
  • Take baked goods to the office
  • Fill a coworker’s candy dish
  • Buy a coworker coffee, a snack, or lunch unexpectedly
  • Place a tissue box on a coworker’s desk
  • Take hot chocolate mix and marshmallows to the break room
  • Take flowers to work and share them
  • Treat a coworker to fresh fruit
  • Leave an extra big tip for the server
  • Serve refreshments to customers at a retail center
  • Offer to return a shopping cart for someone loading a car
  • Let the person behind you in the grocery line go first
  • Slip some money to someone who you know is having financial difficulty
  • Leave money in the vending machine for the next person to get a treat
  • While standing in line at a fast food place, volunteer to pay for someone’s meal
  • Business owners – donate a percentage of revenue for the week to a special cause
  • Visit the elderly in a retirement community

Take a bag of groceries to a needy family