Our painting mission- which we chose to accept was to get into groups of 2 or 3, and paint one panel of nine. The nine panels in total made up the "one" symbol from the One campaign. We had free reign to paint (which every group seemed to take full advantage of), 'cept for painting black in a certain area, the outline of the circle around "one" and the actual letters of "one". I was surprised to see all the talent the group had. Lady bugs, flowers, Cross's, scriptural verses, campaign slogans, and fluorescent colors made "one" very piece of modern art (hehe couldn't resist o.O)
After everyone had cleaned up, we gathered round for worship down stairs, with rock star Juliet leading. I read tonight's prayer, which was pretty fun, and tonight was Eric's turn to preach. After you got over the just-to-cute, coo-ing noise baby Cade (Dave's son for those who don't know) was making in the background, concentrating on Eric's message was simple. We are learning about some of the social justice programs, and how they are affecting the AIDS/HIV problem in Africa, raising so much money for the $140 yearly treatments. Breaking up into discussion groups, Sr. High talked about ways we could raise both awareness and money to the issues of poverty, sickness and how to help.
We wrapped up and went upstairs to play games, after playing with hair and watching the popular Guitar hero, I had to leave. I can't wait till next week, because it's messy night!!! I'm breaking out my old cloths and wondering what we might be doing!!
This was Libby, class of '10, Senior High, reporting on tonight's activities! Have fun and be safe! Hope to see you next week!
Over and Out - O:-)
Libby McCormick, 10th Grade
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Sunday night had an overwhelming affect on me. I realized that while I am going to bed well fed, others all over the world are not. After watching a music video showing poverty and suffering and listening to sobering facts about poverty during the lesson, I came to this conclusion -- we cannot just sit and talk about poverty. We have to do something about it.
Our lesson on Sunday was focused on the organization ONE, which is rallying support to stomp out poverty. People who join One make a pledge – one person, one voice, one vote at a time – to make a better, safer world for all. Our activity for the night was painting a canvas with the word "ONE" outlined on it. We were given separate sections of canvas, and we painted parts of the word "ONE" in black. On the rest of the canvas, we were permitted to paint anything we wanted. People painted oceans, flowers, clouds, and a lot more. Later, all the pieces of canvas will be attached and hung in the
During worship, Juliet B. led us in song on her guitar. The lesson during worship included some eye-opening facts about poverty, including the fact that 2/3 of the world's population is underfed, and that over 1 billion people don't have access to clean water. We learned that God hates sin, and we discussed how sin is based on selfishness.
After the lesson, the mid-high and the senior highs separated for discussions. The mid-highs were asked what surprised us the most about poverty and what we thought God hated. People had lots of interesting and thoughtful ideas.
The night was really fun and it motivated me to join ONE in its pledge. Thank you Dave, Damaris, Courtney, Rob, and Catherine for such a great night!!
2 comments:
Hello there, I work for the ONE campaign and couldn’t help but notice that you threw us a mention in this post. I was wondering if you’d like to be added to our list of supporting blogs. If so, throw me (pshadzik@one.org) or Virginia Simmons (Virginia@one.org) an E-mail sometime, and we can add you to the list.
Good for people to know.
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