Join in the “Love Like Jesus” Random Acts of Kindness Challenge this Valentine’s week! With over 30 free or low-cost ideas, there’s a way for everyone of all ages to spread love and kindness. As you put these ideas into action, we invite you to share your testimony next Sunday. Let’s shine a light together by reflecting Jesus’ love in every act!
30+ Free or Low-Cost Random Acts of Kindness
- Bake cookies/goodies and deliver them to someone
- Let someone go in front of you in line
- Give a stranger a compliment
- Make dinner for a family in need
- Serve at the clothing pantry or local charity
- Leave letters of encouragement on people’s cars
- Write letters to those serving in the military Here’s how >> https://amillionthanks.org/letter/
- Hold open the doors for people
- Walk a neighbor’s dog
- Babysit for free
- Send a letter to a good friend instead of a text or email
- Give someone a gift card that you have and don’t intend to use
- Start mentoring a tween/teen or someone new to the faith
- Spend time with your grandparents/grandchildren
- Make a family member breakfast in bed
- Do a sibling’s chores without them asking
- Do your spouse’s chores without them asking
- Do one of your kid’s chores for them before they get home from school
- Send an encouraging card to someone
- Offer to take a shopper’s cart to the cart corral for them
- Thank other volunteers at our church for serving
- Take the day not to complain to anyone but to speak encouraging words to everyone.
- Share your favorite Bible verses with someone and ask them to share theirs.
- Make hot chocolate for your family on a cold day
- Take the time to listen to someone
- Offer compliments to strangers and friends and family
- Invite someone to Church on Sunday
- Invite someone to your Family Movie Night
- Invite someone over for dinner or lunch
- Shovel a neighbor’s driveway when it snows
- Thank/compliment or share an encouraging word with your cashier or other employees at stores/restaurants you visit.
- Offer to pray for someone.
- Visit residents in the nursing home
Monetary Acts of Kindness Ideas
- Pay for someone’s meal at a restaurant
- Thank a teacher with a gift
- Help a senior with their groceries
- Bring in donuts for your co-workers
- Leave your waiter/waitress a generous tip
- Send a care package to our shut-ins / elderly friends
- Send a care package to a College Student
- Pay for someone’s morning coffee
- Pay for another student’s lunch
- Buy flowers for a neighbor or friend
- Go to the laundry mat and pay for the washers/dryers for the people there
- Go to the carwash and pay for the next person’s wash
- Take a friend out for coffee or lunch