FAMILY PLUS Children's - July 22

Hey Everyone!

We just got back in town yesterday afternoon from the high school mission trip to New Orleans. Our high schoolers ran a KidzDays Camp in St. Bernard Parish, LA. It went great! We tripled our attendance from last year, and saw God bring 4 more children into his kingdom! I was blown away by what God did this past week in the Parish. 

Here is what they are learning today:

Scripture: Acts 10 (Peter and Cornelius)

Life Application: I can respect and value all people.

Memory Verse: Acts 22:15 “...for you will be a witness for him to everyone of what you have seen and heard.”

Prayer for the Nations: South Korea 

When it comes to respecting and valuing all people, all humans have a hard time with this. I know this because of the way we act. We make fun of people. We view ourselves more highly than others. We lack compassion for individuals in tough situations. So this brings me to the question of "How can parents make sure their children do their best to respect and value all people?" Here are a few ideas, and maybe you have some ideas about this too. I'd love to hear them. 

5 practical ways to help our kids respect and value others:

1) Expose our children to all kinds and types of people - I specifically am referring to people of different social status, race, etc. We live in a metropolitan area; therefore, this one should be easy. 

2) Eat food from different places - This sounds silly, but to experience something as basic to life as food from another place does help our kids appreciate the people who create that food. 

3) Take your kids to see other places and meet the people there - You can do this several ways. Obviously, you can go to the actual place. The easiest way to do this is via the Internet. Go to Youtube and watch videos of other places. My recommendation is you screen the videos before you show them to your child. 

4) Serve different types and kinds of people - Do something for people from other places. Again, you don't have to go somewhere to serve someone. You can do it from your home and mail it there, or just go into the metro area to find all types of people to serve.

5) Pray for different types and kinds of people - If your child can understand that God wants to help everyone no matter what they look like, smell like, act like, etc, then your child will be will on their way to respecting and valuing all people.

Jared Norris
Children's Minister
The Glade Church