Print one heart template per every two students. Template found here contains four hearts; cut printout in half, so you can give two hearts to each student. (If your class is meeting online, you can email the template for families to print ahead of time. Invite students to bring printouts and other supplies to class.)

Now that we know we need to use our God-given talents to serve God and others, we can make a commitment to help us follow through with that. Even if we are unsure of how to use our abilities, we can commit to offering them to God’s service. Through prayer and conversations with those who may know of opportunities, we can determine what we should do with what we have been given.

• What might hold you back from using your abilities to serve God and others? (Answers will vary; fear, being shy, uncertainty of having abilities, not knowing where or when to use them, not feeling that the abilities are all that great, etc.)
• Who can you turn to, to find out how, when, or where to use your gifts or abilities? (Answers will vary; God, parents, teachers, pastor, friends.)

Distribute supplies (or invite students to have supplies ready at home).

To show our love to God, we will use hearts to represent our commitment to serve God with the abilities He has given us. Begin by cutting out the two hearts. After they are cut out, write on the back of one heart an ability you have that you would like to use to serve God and others. You may not know the how, when, or where to use this ability. That is okay. You may feel shy about using your ability. That is okay, too. Write your name beneath the ability and offer a silent prayer asking God to help you know what to do and to give you the strength to do it. Fold the heart in half, with your words on the inside. Make another heart with the same words.

As we listen to this song of commitment, and if and when you feel ready, come place one of your hearts in the offering plate to make your commitment to God. Make sure your students do not feel forced to participate. (If your class is meeting online, you can invite students to set one heart aside as a symbolic offering to God.)

As the students make their commitments, play the following video [3:03]:
I Surrender All

This week, use the remaining heart as a reminder and as a prayer guide, asking God to show you how to follow through on your commitment to use what He gave you for His service.

Close in prayer thanking God for giving us interests, talents, and abilities. Ask God to reveal to your students any opportunities to use them.

After class, use the hearts from the offering plate as a guide to continue to pray for your students. Also consider opportunities for service in the church that correspond to their commitments. Make them aware of opportunities as they come up.