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The youth director wanted to teach his class of high schools the Bible lesson about Jesus washing His disciples’ feet. He gathered them together one Saturday morning and told them the story from John 13. Then he sent them out in small teams to discover practical ways they could be servants to others. “If Jesus were here for just two hours, what would He do?” was what he told them to think about.

The young people agreed to meet back at the church in two hours to compare notes.

One team did two hours of yard work for an elderly man. Another group delivered ice cream treats to several widows in the church. A third team visited a church member who was hospitalized. Another visited the local nursing home and sang for the residents.

The last team surprised the group. They went to their rival church, the church with the youth group they always tried to defeat when they played softball. They asked the pastor if there was anyone in his church who needed help. He sent them to an elderly woman. The kids mowed her grass, raked her yard and trimmed hedges.

As they left, the woman called, “You kids from my church are the best!”

As they gave their report, the youth director said, “You did tell her which church you were from, didn’t you?”

“No,” the team leader replied. “We didn’t think it mattered.”





.....The Timothy Report (www.timothyreport.com) by way of 'Christian Voices' ([e-mail])