She had begun a movement which eventually led to Ohio and participation by members of other denominations. One person made a difference by her example. One person asking questions or expressing a concern frees others to share their values and concerns. The two pennies teach another lesson about the need for both charity and justice when facing the question of poverty. A common charitable response to hunger is to provide food for a food pantry or to fix a peanut butter sandwich for someone at your door who is hungry.
Charity is of immediate importance.
But if something doesn t change in that person s life, chances are he or she will be back again tomorrow. Helping that change occur is a justice response. This is why, after the pennies pile up and are collected in church, the church uses the first penny for its own hunger ministry, the charitable response, and sends the second penny to Hunger Network in Ohio to support its work, a justice response. Parents have found that Two Cents is of value to them as they try to pass on their values to their children . Using Two Cents as a teaching tool to describe why they are doing this and for whom provides a visual, concrete teaching moment.