I-kids Taking Initiative
Initiative: Seeing what needs to be done and doing it.
Throughout the month of October our i-kids have been looking at taking initiative with the needs that they see around them. In our Discovery Land classes (k-6th grades) we have been going through the book of Nehemiah.
God worked through Nehemiah in taking care of the needs of His people. Nehemiah was given a compassionate heart that broke for those who suffered and needed help. We live in a wold that is full of suffering and needs just as Nehemiah did. Just like He did with Nehemiah, God uses His people to care for and help those who are in need and suffering. God desires us to see the needs of others and take initiative in doing something about it. So often we get caught up in our own lives that we become blind to the pain and suffering of others around us. Our goal throughout the month is to teach our children in i-kids to be able to see the needs around them and to take initiative in doing something about it. To have the same heart that God has. A heart for others, a heart that would drive us to think about those around us and not always about ourselves.
We have discussed many ways and opportunities that our kids could help others, and many of our kids have given examples of how they have or could take initiative in helping out others. There were many examples of how they could help out in their homes, in their neighborhoods, or at school, but one thing that hit the children has been the homeless. God has laid on the hearts of our kids those who have lost their homes, especially families with kids. Their heart for kids without homes has helped us put together a way that they can take initiative with a solution to the needs that kids without homes may have.
The Orange team that put’s together the curriculum we use in our i-kids, has offered an opportunity to take part in helping with a need of many children. That need is a coat to keep them warm during the winter months. Through the month of November our i-kids will take part in Coats 4 kids, a coat drive to provide winter coats to children. Check out the details below and I pray that you as a parent will encourage and pray with your child about helping out children in need with a coat to keep them warm this winter.
As we head into the month of November, we are going to be talking to the children of i-kids about how God takes care of him/her. God also asks us to take care of others. This year, we are going to ask our i-kids to bring in a brand new, or gently-used clean coat. Starting November 7th through the 21st we will be collecting coats. We will then give the coats to the ACTS shelter in Dumfries to give to a child in need.
