The Hero Honors Others

This week in the Kids Church (1st-6th grades), we continued our Be The Hero series by learning that heroes honor others with the things they say.

The kids learned the value of being encouragers to their friends and families, and that we should use the things we say to build people up, rather than tearing them down.

We talked about Barnabas, who traveled with Paul, encouraging new believers as they began their lives as Christ-followers.  We also discussed what the Bible says about the power of our words, and that everything we say, good or bad, has a long-lasting impact on the lives of others.

Our verse for this week is 1 Thessalonians 5:11a (NIV): "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up..."

Here's what we talked about in our small groups:

• What is it like to be an encourager?
• We talked about times that we have encouraged others, and how we thought that encouragement impacted them.
• How does being an encourager make us a hero?
• A little encouragement can go a long way.  When we build people up with our words, we help them to see how special they are to God.
• As a group, we talked about some scenarios in which a person might make a difference.  We talked about how that encourage could make a difference to someone.
• How will you be an encourager this week?
• We asked the kids to think of a friend or family member that needs encouragement this week.  We talked about what they would say to build them up this week.

Next week, the kids will learn that The Hero is Selfless.