Family Pages
Golden Rule BY REV. RON BEARD
As the family sat around the dinner table, the
day’s happenings were discussed. They talked about Dad’s work, Sherwood’s school, and the afternoon lacrosse match. Dad told them one of the salesmen at work
was bragging that he had found a way to make more sales by tricking people into buying things they really did not need. Sherwood said that one of his teachers had to call down two pupils for arguing before they got others into an argument, upsetting the whole class. Sherwood’s brother shared that at practice that afternoon one of the lacrosse players said he was going to hit the op- posing team members so hard in the next match that they would be scared and couldn’t continue
to play
well...maybe hard enough to get the player out of the game. Mom said, “Oh my! All those things are really bad. They ought not to act like that and we
certainly shouldn’t. They all need a good dose of Golden Rule medicine!” Everyone asked what the Golden Rule “medicine” was. She told them that it came from the Bible. She explained it two different ways. “First, the
Golden Rule says we should do unto others as we would like for them to do unto us, but second do to us.”
Dad said that the salesman would never like being tricked into doing something. Sherwood added that the two students would not really want to argue with each other so much that the teacher had to correct them. Sherwood’s brother said that he would never want to be “high- sticked” so hard that he couldn’t play well for the rest of the match. Mom said, “You see why this is so important? Because every time we live by the Golden Rule
we make the world a better place. Matthew 7:12 is the Bible’s Golden Rule. It says, ‘So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them for this is the Law and the Prophets.”
Winter Would-You-Rather By Mary Drew Bult with Illustrations by Anna Campbell Bult
Live in a mountaintop ice palace OR an un- derground snow city?
Drink hot chocolate every day for the rest of your life OR eat s’mores?
Have your snowman come to life OR have magical ice powers? Ice skate to school every day OR ride a sled? Have a pet polar bear OR a pet penguin?
OR read all your favorite books?
Live at a ski resort OR build an ice-skating rink in your backyard?
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Grab: • Construction paper: white, brown, red, and pink
• Scissors • Glue Stick
Go: • Fold a sheet of white paper in half to form card shape. • Cut strips of brown construction paper in varying lengths and widths. Be sure the strips will be small enough white card. Be sure that one strip is longer and thicker than the rest (this will be the trunk of your tree). • Cut small heart shapes from red and pink construction paper. • Apply glue to your tree trunk and place it on the front of your blank card (in the center). Glue the small- er strips of brown paper onto the card so that they look like they are branches growing out of the trunk. Let dry. • Glue hearts all over the tree branches so that they look like leaves! Don’t be afraid to use a lot. Pile them at the bottom of the tree! Let dry. • Write a sweet message inside (see below) and give your card to some- one you love!
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Easy Valentine’s Day Cards
Ask for your parents’ permission, grab a friend or sibling, and create these fun and simple cards for the people you love.
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