CHILDREN’S DAY
• Adequate food • Health care • Clothing • Protection • Education or skill training • Psychosocial support
IDEAS FOR CHURCHES TO SERVE Orphans/Vulnerable Children
• Back-to-school Drive for Orphans • Orphans and Street Children Picnic • Street Children Sunday Treat • Orphan Foster Care Awareness Week • Sermon series on Orphans Emphasis Week • Mission project for orphans and vulnerable children
Unscramble the words below to find out what the Bible says about how we should treat orphans and vulnerable children. Use the scripture passage, Isaiah 1:17 (NIV)
UNSCRAMBLE BIBLE COUNSELS
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Oppressed
Fatherless
WHAT IS GOD’S COMMAND FOR ORPHAN CARE? Read James 1:27. What does the apostle James say is pure religion? Beginning with the first letter on the left bottom row, read or otherwise connect the letters in zig-zag fashion. Write the answer on the blank line.
O I I O P A S N W D W I T E R R U L T V S T R H N A D I O S N H I T O B E
• Find an empty jar from your mom’s kitchen.
• Decorate it with your drawing or artwork.
• Label it as “GIVING JAR.”
• Fill it with a portion of your weekly allowance, birthday money, or Christmas money to help purchase gifts for orphans.
CREATING A GIVING JAR
https://www.origamiway.com/origami-heart.shtml
• Work together with several other friends to make many origami hearts.
• Ask your pastor for permission to give them out at church on World Orphans and Vulnerable Children’s Day.