And yet, God intended for us to be a community sharing our resources. Poor parents need a job that pays a living wage. We can participate, through our church, in the Back to School Ministry to provide clothing for children as they return to school in the fall. This ministry provides not only clothing, but an opportunity for each child to return to school feeling good about themselves. Use God's power to serve, share, and give life to others.
Guns kill a child every two hours.
Violence knows no bounds of race, or neighborhood, or economic status. Our Church and Society Committee has focused this fall on raising our awareness about the dangers of our violent society and ways we can respond. Use God's power to serve, share, and give life to others. Each child must develop a core system of values, so as to grow into a person who serves using God's power to serve, share, and give life to others. It will not be easy, but children contain an enthusiasm, a yearning for self-giving, an openness to others, that partnered with God's grace, can mature a child into the image of Christ.