Birthday Party for the Animal Shelter

Story★★★★

For their birthday, the speaker’s children invited friends to bring gifts not for themselves but for an animal shelter. They toured the shelter and played with animals.

Austin, Amy, “01 The Generous Life” (AudioVerse teaching 41403).

The point

A story about a birthday celebration where children bring gifts for an animal shelter instead of receiving presents.

Scripture

Philippians 2:4Proverbs 11:25

Audience

ChildrenSmall Group

Occasions

Birthday

Tone

Uplifting

To tell aloud

about 2 min · 27 words

Subjects

Service Animals Community Service Compassion Children's Giving Selflessness Children Community Generosity

▶ Heard on AudioVerse: Austin, Amy — “01 The Generous Life” ↗

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