It never stops. For the past seven years our youth have participated in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine. The numbers are in and the total collection for 2013 was $7,108, bringing our all-time total giving to $50,002 to fight world hunger. I want to sincerely thank all of you who financially and prayerfully support our youth each year during this event. Trust me you made a real difference to someone. You are an answer to prayer. Somewhere in the world a mother is thanking God that you gave support to a Mt. Auburn youth. Because of your faithfulness she and her child will have the resources to survive another day.
The only problem is hunger is not a one-time-event. It is a chronic emptiness that affects lives of at least 925 million people every day. And I’m not just talking about homelessness in the United States. Honestly most homeless people in the US have access to at least three meals a day. I’m talking about people without the basic resources to survive.
Each year our youth participate we take the time to learn about poverty in other parts of the world. It’s not kid-stuff. We force ourselves to look at the faces and listen to the stories of children who never seem to have enough. It’s not a pretty scene, nor is it an entertaining story. Hunger and extreme poverty are a difficult and heart wrenching reality and one we must force ourselves to remember as we increasingly become a global community.
What I mean to say is this: Although The 30 Hour Famine is an annual reminder for Mt. Auburn we must continue to personally take steps to incorporate the reality of hunger and poverty into our daily lives, lest we forget until next September.
Our commitment to Christ and to feeding His people both spiritually and physically never stops. Following Christ is a 365 day-a-year commitment. Would you begin asking God to reveal to Mt. Auburn new and better ways we can make feeding His people a life-style adjustment and not just an annual event?
May God richly bless you as you faithfully bless others!
Travis Taylor-Director of Youth Ministries.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
That's a Wrap... not really
It never stops. For the past seven years our youth have participated in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine. The numbers are in and the total collection for 2013 was $7,108, bringing our all-time total giving to $50,002 to fight world hunger. I want to sincerely thank all of you who financially and prayerfully support our youth each year during this event. Trust me you made a real difference to someone. You are an answer to prayer. Somewhere in the world a mother is thanking God that you gave support to a Mt. Auburn youth. Because of your faithfulness she and her child will have the resources to survive another day.
The only problem is hunger is not a one-time-event. It is a chronic emptiness that affects lives of at least 925 million people every day. And I’m not just talking about homelessness in the United States. Honestly most homeless people in the US have access to at least three meals a day. I’m talking about people without the basic resources to survive.
Each year our youth participate we take the time to learn about poverty in other parts of the world. It’s not kid-stuff. We force ourselves to look at the faces and listen to the stories of children who never seem to have enough. It’s not a pretty scene, nor is it an entertaining story. Hunger and extreme poverty are a difficult and heart wrenching reality and one we must force ourselves to remember as we increasingly become a global community.
What I mean to say is this: Although The 30 Hour Famine is an annual reminder for Mt. Auburn we must continue to personally take steps to incorporate the reality of hunger and poverty into our daily lives, lest we forget until next September.
Our commitment to Christ and to feeding His people both spiritually and physically never stops. Following Christ is a 365 day-a-year commitment. Would you begin asking God to reveal to Mt. Auburn new and better ways we can make feeding His people a life-style adjustment and not just an annual event?
May God richly bless you as you faithfully bless others!
Travis Taylor-Director of Youth Ministries.
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