The Pentecost Offering (www.pcusa.org/pentecost) is dedicated to helping children at risk.
“And how are the children?”
This traditional Kenyan greeting acknowledges the high value the Masai tribe places on the well-being of children. Tribe members answer with the traditional response… “All the children are well.”
So let us ask ourselves, “How are the children?”
- Do all the children have adequate health care?
- Are all the children succeeding in school?
- Are all the children safe from sexual exploitation, dangerous work and warfare?
- Are all the children shielded from media violence and aggressive marketing?
- Do all the children have access to clean water, healthy food, the time to play and the resources for normal growth and development?
Sixty percent of the Pentecost collection goes to the youth ministries of the General Assembly and to child advocacy at the national level. The remaining forty percent is designated by Woodforest Presbyterian Church to support Presbyterian Children’s Homes & Services.
So… How are the children? Are all the children well?
