Church Family Moment for Sunday, September 27, 2026

By Director of Spiritual Formation Rebecca Guzman

. Read What Is Given from the Heart: Read or watch What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack. James Otis and his mother have very little themselves, but when another family loses everything in a fire, they discover that everyone has something meaningful to give. Talk together: What did James Otis give? Why was his gift valuable even though it didn’t cost money? (Source: Ann Thomas Knox, StoryPath)

2. Make a Giving Jar: Find an empty jar or container and decorate it with the word GIVE. Decide as a family how to add money to it—perhaps part of an allowance, birthday money, or spare change. When the jar begins to fill, choose together where to give it. It could go to the church, a mission partner, or another organization that helps people. Make sharing part of the way your family thinks about money.
3. Play “Guess Who?” Think of a person, place, group, or cause that could use some help. Without saying what it is, write down five ways someone could help. Read your five ideas aloud and see if everyone else can guess who—or what—you are trying to help. Then take turns!
4. Wonder Together

• Why do you think it can be hard to share something that is important to us?
• What do you think it means to be “rich in good works”?
• How could your family use something you have to help someone else?