Tithing Family Faith Event Lesson

Tithing Lesson Family Faith Event

applicable for 4th grade and up

Opening Act:  Give youth 3 minutes to work with their parents on completing a short quiz on tithing.  Then go over the answers as a class. The group(s) with the most answers correct receive a CRUNCH candy bar wrapped with paper that says “Tithe first so you don’t get into a money CRUNCH.”

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Object Lesson: Ask for 7 parent volunteer adults to sit on chairs across the front. Give each a poster to keep face down until told to hold up. Posters read: Rent $275, Groceries $55, Gas $40, Insurance $30, Car payment $70, Doctor visit and test for Strep Throat $65 and Tithe $55.

Divide youth into groups of 2. They will represent a “family” and will receive $550 in play money for their monthly salary.  They need to work together to pay the bills once the parents hold the signs up. They are to keep track on a piece of paper what they spend, for what, and in what order. (One option for this activity is to give one group only $400 while another group $600.  The object of this is to see what the group with extra decides to do with their unexpected blessing, while the group with less needs to decide how they will react to an unexpected loss in pay due to unpaid sick leave.)

Once the students have completed this task, have them share what they did and how it worked. Why did they make the choices they did? (*Note they won’t be able to cover all their costs with their $550.)

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What do the Scriptures Say:  Ask various families to read a few of the scriptures below aloud and summarize as a group what they mean. Scriptures may be printed on a handout or posted on a board.

Genesis 14:20;

Deuteronomy 14:22-28 and Deuteronomy 26: 12-15

Numbers 18:8-32

Leviticus 27:30-34

Malachi 3:8-11

Amos 4:4

1 Corinthians 16:2-3 

 2 Corinthians 9:6-7

(You could ask families to read the rest of scriptures together at home.)

Take It Home Tithing Bank: Students can decorate a vegetable can with duct tape to create a Tithing Bank. As students work on their cans, talk about how they can put 10% of any money they receive in the bank to give as an offering the next time they to church.

                                         Students walk along and decide how they will spend
                                        their money that they received.