“When will we hear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s call to end poverty in America?” is the focus of this year’s Children’s Sabbath - October 17-19. 

I pondered this question for a while, realizing that maybe we have heard, but have not heeded the call.  I imagine that your life, like mine, is busy and full and not able to tackle one more thing.  But, what does it mean that nearly 13 million children in America live in poverty when our tables are full?  What does it mean when there are more children living in poverty than adults when our beds are warm?  What does it mean that the call to end poverty in America came over forty years ago, yet children still go to school with empty bellies?

In Matthew 25, we are reminded that Jesus invites us to receive the kingdom prepared for us by God.  He qualifies this with those times that we see the unclothed and clothe them, we see the sick and care for them, and we see the hungry and feed them.  It is in those times that we not only show love for our neighbor, but also love for God! 

Children’s Sabbath is a time for us to find ways to help our children and our community extend our hands outward to serve others.  I invite you to visit the Children’s Sabbath website, and find ways or extend how you “feed the hungry” and “clothe the poor”.  Long before Dr. King challenged America to end poverty, Jesus invited us to love our neighbor.

Please share with me:
What are you doing to show love to your neighbor?  How are you and your church planning to observe Children’s Sabbath? 

Resources:

WEB:
Children’s Defense Fund
National Center for Children in Poverty
 

BOOKS: 
Growing Compassionate Kids by Jan Johnson
Let the Children Giveby Delia Halverson

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