It hasnt been that long since I was blogging about world disasters and how much we share with our children, but also being able to share with them ways that they can help others in need. I thought I would repost this article from last month in light of all of the tornado disasters in the midwest.
http://postingsbypickens.blogspot.com/2011/03/thoughts-on-world-news.html
Please remember those who have been affected both in your giving, and your prayers. Not just those with damage to homes and lives are affected but also those who are related, friends, workers, etc... it is such a trickle effect.
Showing posts with label Children in Need. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Children in Need. Show all posts
Friday, April 29, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Thoughts on World News
Thinking about the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan as well as the rising crises in our own country with fuel costs and rising food prices and health care. Families are needing to choose between fuel and bills. These issues/discussions about them can be alarming for our children, as well as the images of the current state of Japan, Libya, and its people.
I am not an alarmist of the end times, but these issues are there and the end is coming (as it has been since Christ assended, and will remain until he returns. Rememeber even He doesnt know the day or hour).
I think we need to teach our children to be compassionate and concerned about others in needs without dwelling on the images too much, and that they are worried about adult topics. Fred Rodgers has several articles on his website on how to teach children about things in the media or scary topics. If you go to the PBS website, you can find lots of information on many topics, but here are the links to dealing with scary news and war and violence.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/rogers/special/scarynews.html
http://www.pbs.org/parents/rogers/special/war.html
Some ways to work on teaching compassion to children are to:
1. Have a toy give away, clean your child's room with them and any toys in good condition give to either a children's hospital (they dont usually take stuffed things) or to a local charity
2. Find items to pack shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child with Samaritans Purse http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/
3. Have a birthday party for the Peter Pan Project which benefits Children's Hospitals (you have a birthday party and instead of your child getting the gifts they are collected to be donated to a local children's hospital).
4. Food Drives (collecting food for your local food bank)
5. Donate $$ - giving some of your allowance to church or missions
6. ... Does anyone else have ideas, these are the few I came up with
I am not an alarmist of the end times, but these issues are there and the end is coming (as it has been since Christ assended, and will remain until he returns. Rememeber even He doesnt know the day or hour).
I think we need to teach our children to be compassionate and concerned about others in needs without dwelling on the images too much, and that they are worried about adult topics. Fred Rodgers has several articles on his website on how to teach children about things in the media or scary topics. If you go to the PBS website, you can find lots of information on many topics, but here are the links to dealing with scary news and war and violence.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/rogers/special/scarynews.html
http://www.pbs.org/parents/rogers/special/war.html
Some ways to work on teaching compassion to children are to:
1. Have a toy give away, clean your child's room with them and any toys in good condition give to either a children's hospital (they dont usually take stuffed things) or to a local charity
2. Find items to pack shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child with Samaritans Purse http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/
3. Have a birthday party for the Peter Pan Project which benefits Children's Hospitals (you have a birthday party and instead of your child getting the gifts they are collected to be donated to a local children's hospital).
4. Food Drives (collecting food for your local food bank)
5. Donate $$ - giving some of your allowance to church or missions
6. ... Does anyone else have ideas, these are the few I came up with
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Children in Need...Be a World Changer
Be a World Changer - that was the topic of Sunday School on February 27, when a missionary from Uganda was sharing about the issues affecting the children there. So many of them are heartbreaking and gutwrenching.
For me it is also a reminder taht children everywhere in the world are in need (Uganda, Japan, USA, etc..). They suffer and need people to care for them and to have a desire to help change their worlds.
Look around you and you will see many ways you can help the children. Be it support the missionaries, caseworkers, foster parents, pastors, teachers, doctors, judges, and the list goes on. Ask and people will tell you what they need and how you can help.
In the words of the missionary from that morning, REACT to what is happening in the world around you. Be a world changer - one life at a time.
Changing and helping children one life at a time has been my motto even in my own life and work. I live by the story of the old man and the starfish. (Google that story, it is awesome). That story is my energy daily in my work, help kids one starfish at a time.
For me it is also a reminder taht children everywhere in the world are in need (Uganda, Japan, USA, etc..). They suffer and need people to care for them and to have a desire to help change their worlds.
Look around you and you will see many ways you can help the children. Be it support the missionaries, caseworkers, foster parents, pastors, teachers, doctors, judges, and the list goes on. Ask and people will tell you what they need and how you can help.
In the words of the missionary from that morning, REACT to what is happening in the world around you. Be a world changer - one life at a time.
Changing and helping children one life at a time has been my motto even in my own life and work. I live by the story of the old man and the starfish. (Google that story, it is awesome). That story is my energy daily in my work, help kids one starfish at a time.
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