We have a week left before the month-long kindness challenge begins.  I'll go ahead and post the schedule of kind gestures today, so you can begin planning a week in advance.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, during thirty days of October, my friends and I will be sharing deliberate acts of kindness.  We're trying to bring back the habit of kind gestures, especially amongst fellow Christians.  We're also trying to show that Christians aren't stuck-up.  We are loving.  We're like our Father.  We're like our Savior.

If you're a blogger like me, I invite you to share this thirty-day challenge, posting a little something about your kind gesture each day.  If you do, I would love it if you linked back to this original site.  I'll also be sharing the links to blogs that participate in this challenge on this site.  If you love to take photos, then document your daily act of kindness and send your pictures to me at emilytheperson@yahoo.com or post a link below.  I'll feature them on this blog!  Make YouTube videos and send me the links.  Share your stories in the comments below.  I would love for anyone to participate in this, Christian or not. 

Here is the planned schedule so far.  It is still subject to changes at this point:
October 1: Smile at a stranger
October 2: Say hi to a stranger
October 3: Compliment a stranger
October 4: Give a stranger a hug
October 5: Leave a dollar somewhere for someone to find
October 6: Leave an encouraging note on a mirror
October 7: Donate five dollars to a charity or to someone who needs the money
October 8: Leave an encouraging Bible verse somewhere
October 9: Donate clothes to a shelter or to a needy person
October 10: Hug ten people
October 11: Make a snack for your friends
October 12: Leave an encouraging note for a friend
October 13: Compliment ten people
October 14: Personally encourage a friend
October 15: Take someone out for coffee/ice cream
October 16: Offer to do an odd job for the elderly
October 17: Give food to a homeless person (if you can't find one, leave food for someone who needs it)
October 18: Offer to help out around the house
October 19: Pay for someone's lunch
October 20: Volunteer your time
October 21: Leave an anonymous letter of encouragement on the windshield of a stranger's car
October 22: Leave a Bible somewhere (or give one away)
October 23: Give away a pair of shoes
October 24: Write a letter to someone you admire and give it to them
October 25: Leave ten encouraging notes/quotes/Bible verses
October 26: Write an encouraging note to a service worker
October 27: Pray for someone you know
October 28: Pray for someone you don't know
October 29: Leave five dollar bills in different places (or give them away)
October 30: Buy someone a thoughtful gift
October 31: Your idea

I would like to go ahead and post this challenge two weeks in advance.  During thirty days of October, my friends and I have decided to be shining examples for Jesus Christ by deliberately giving a gesture of kindness during each of those days.  I want as many people as possible to participate in this, especially if you are a Christian who struggles with the apathy, timidity, and shyness that so many Christians have today... and I think we all struggle with those things. 

We can be united as one, sharing God's love everywhere we turn. 

If you would like to participate in this challenge, then please comment below.  If you're a fellow blogger, then feel free to take on this thirty day challenge as part of your blog!  If you like to take pictures, send them to me at emilytheperson@yahoo.com or give me a photobucket link in the comments below, and I will feature them on my blog. 

October can be a month for expressing kindness and sharing the love of Jesus.  And perhaps after we have deliberately shared acts of kindness for thirty days straight, kindness will become a habit that will be a natural part of our lives.

I'm rallying supporters here.

Who's with me?