Leader Guide

Activity

Give a pencil and activity sheet to each child.

Ruth has worked hard all day gleaning grain in Boaz’s fields. The workday is over and it is time for Ruth to return home. There are many paths in the grain fields, but only two will take Ruth home. Use your pencil to find and trace the two paths that lead to Naomi’s house.

As children work, lead them in a discussion.  

Read Ruth 2:23:

So Ruth worked alongside the women in Boaz’s fields and gathered grain with them until the end of the barley harvest. Then she continued working with them through the wheat harvest in early summer. And all the while she lived with her mother-in-law.

Ruth was kind and faithful to Naomi. She offered to find a field where she could work so she and Naomi could eat. She did this faithfully for many months as she worked through the barley and the wheat harvest.

• Why do you think Ruth chose to be faithful and kind to Naomi?
• What do you think you would have chosen to do?
• Can you share a time that you chose to be faithful?
• Can you share a time that you chose to be kind?      

Conclusion: Ruth is a wonderful example of being faithful and kind. Yet, God is the best example. He is kind and faithful to us every day!