by Lindsay Moss
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by Lindsay Moss
Hear from Saint Luke’s member Laura Singley about Maji Mazuri:
I was familiar with name Maji Mazuri from being a Saint Luke’s member for many years, but to be honest I really didn’t know much about it at all until the fall of 2019 when I learned that there was an outreach opportunity to go to Nairobi and help with projects at the school in Mathare.
My greatest joy is remembering the beautiful smiling faces of the children attending the Headstart School in Mathare. While driving into Mathare I was preparing myself for a place that was hard to acknowledge people could live with so little when we have so much. I was expecting a place with despair and hardship. What I found was a place of incredible hope and people with a belief in themselves and faith in God’s love. There was no despair, no pity for their current situation, only joy and gratitude for what little they had and the opportunity provided to them by Maji Mazuri.
I want others to know that Maji Mazuri is at its core not an emergency relief charity to help those in need of food or clothing. It is a way for young people of the Mathare area to work their way out of poverty and into a profession. Every year young people born in one of the poorest places in Kenya graduate from the Headstart school and take full time employment in professions they were trained in by Maji Mazuri staff. Maji Mazuri offers a helping hand, not a handout. I also want others to know that things which may not mean very much to us or feel significant in our lives can have a huge impact on others in an entirely different situation. The improvements that we were able to contribute at the Headstart School were very minor in cost and effort, but these changes made a significant difference to the school. Mainly showing other people that we care to help them is a huge emotional and motivational boost to the students.
We met several amazing people on this trip but one in particular that made a big impact on me was Griffins. He serves as a role model and leader to the kids at the Headstart School and leads them in dramatic arts. He has such a positive outlook and instilled confidence in every student that they could be anything they wanted to be if they worked hard enough for it. When I think of why I will continue to support Maji Mazuri and hope that Saint Luke’s continues to support them it is because of people like Griffins who I have seen spreading God’s love with his own gifts and talents.
by Lindsay Moss
Our younger learners will also begin a new “Frolic” unit – the New Testament! We’ll start with the Wise Men and move on the call of the disciples and Jesus’ ministry as we make our way toward Easter. This class uses simple stories, posters, and other ways of remembering God’s message of love. 3’s, PreK, and Kindergarten friends meet in Room 119 of Sheppard Hall from 9:30 until 10:15.
by Lindsay Moss
Starting this week (Sunday, Jan. 16) our Sunday Connect children in first through fifth grades will experience “Remote Control”, the latest series from 252 Kids. We’ll be talking about what we should try and control in this world of ours – and the ways in which Jesus taught us to do it. As always, we’ll get started in the loft at 9:30, divide into groups at 9:45, and end at 10:15.
by Lindsay Moss
Saint Luke’s is getting back in the refugee resettlement mission and we have already been assigned a family (Mother, Father and two young boys, ages two and five) to welcome next Wednesday!
We are partnering with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and five other Presbyterian churches in our area to support an Afghan family who was forced to leave their country. These families are already here in our country and many are still housed in temporary housing or on military bases. Our current housing crunch is making the task of resettling these families very difficult, which makes our work even more vital.
Our first step in preparing to support a family is to collect the various household items which will help make their apartment a comfortable home. To facilitate the donation process among the churches, we have developed a Sign-Up Genius with all of the required items listed. Please look through the list of items and see if there are things that you can provide. You can supply new items or used items that you may have that you no longer need or that you have replaced. With all of us working together, we hope that this will go smoothly!
Click on the link here to access the Sign-Up Genius:
www.signupgenius.com/tabs/13574DE0FA4CDEAC5A09-ircinatlanta
Note that the sign-up form has multiple tabs at the top of the page for the various groups of household items. Please check them all to see how you might contribute! Also note that for now we are assuming a family size of four persons; that may change once we know more about the specific family assigned to us. We’ll handle that if necessary when the time comes.
We will be in touch with you about how these items will be collected. Dave Huffman (former Saint Luke’s member) will be the apartment setup coordinator. If you have any questions you can contact Ellen Womack at 770-595-7057 [email protected] or Dave Huffman of Pleasant Hill Presbyterian, at 770-378-4226 or email him at [email protected] .
Thank you for your prayerful consideration in this mission as we work to help these vulnerable children of God.
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