The first week of the year in Ruach and the preschool class at Loch Meadow, the children heard an old Jewish tale of the man who had a coat that wore out. Then, he made a scarf, then made a pocket, and finally a button-all the while his friends told him, “Lookin’ good! Lookin’ good, looking’ good!”

Each person’s creativity shares life back to the world. Fill your mite box so it can share some life back this month.

I was hungry and you gave me food.

I was thirsty and you gave me drink.

I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.

I was naked, and you clothed me.

I was ill, and you comforted me.

I was in jail, and you came to see me.

In this time of economic crisis, our children will take time in chapel worship throughout February and Lent to bring home a ‘mite box’. Everything we share with others in the world today becomes more like the ‘Widow’s Mite’. Sacrificial giving involves giving something we would have for ourselves.

As we put change in the mite box, we could use it for a drink ourselves. But wouldn’t it be more exciting to build it into something bigger for someone in need?

Talk about this with your children when mite boxes come home. Intentionally, prayerfully, maybe in surprising ways, collect together. And, return your gifts to the church beginning on Palm Sunday, April 5th. Our faith can be more authentic, when it is seated in actions in our lives and not simply words.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 6th, 2009 at 7:05 am and is filed under Outreach.