While listening to a TED talk by Jessica Jackley called Poverty, Money....and Love, I was struck by one of the things she said. "God needs our help". Now I know it's not a very new or revolutionary idea, but for me it was a new way to look at poverty, and a fun spin to put on Matthew 25:31-46, the sheep and goat parable.
- Read Matthew 25:31-46
- Discuss the parable, what does it mean?
- Discuss how helping others helps God, and that God, as all powerful as He is, does need our help
- Discuss things we could do to help God
- Stop discussing and make an action plan, depending on the age group encourage kids to work on their own or in small groups to make their own action plans.
- Pick one idea, or a couple, and actually do it.
By picking an action plan and following through it will show the kids that while talking about helping people is good, actually helping is better. Try not to prompt by suggesting ideas, it is fun to let kids dream and be creative. By using one of their ideas it will help them understand that even though they are young, they have good ideas, and those ideas can make a difference.
Here is the link to the TED talk, which is totally worth a listen!
http://www.ted.com/talks/jessica_jackley_poverty_money_and_love.html
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