Compassion Sunday is “an annual event for churches across the U.S. It’s an opportunity for members of your church family to personally sponsor children who live in extreme poverty, and help them find new life in Jesus.” (www.compassionsunday.com)
September 2012 I presented Compassion Sunday at my church, and had one child sponsored, and got another family setup as a Correspondent Sponsor. They were both so happy to be able to encourage the children.
This past February I was able to visit my Compassionchildren, and was so happy to talk about my experience with anyone, and everyone at church. I had brought back several packets of Honduras Children from the trip, and was so excited that three of these children were sponsored by members of my church. (Check-out my Honduras trip blog.)
So, when it was time for Compassion Sunday to be advertised, I was asked by a member, who has sponsored with Compassion for years, if we were going to have a Compassion Sunday. We talked to our vacancy Pastor, and he said we could. So, we set the date, and of course it was our new Pastor Stinnett’s first Sunday as our pastor.
May 4, 2014 was Compassion Sundayat St. Peter Lutheran Church. Christi (a new sponsor) and I gave a presentation to the Adult Bible Study class about Compassion International. I am not a person who likes to get up in front of a group of people, so I was so nervous. Christi was my encouragement beside me. I talked along about my experience with Compassion International and child Sponsorship. Christi talked about her sponsor child “Karla” and Emily talked about Katy and her sponsor child “Helen” and Anna talked about her new correspondent child “Aileen”. It was great to have such a group of wonderful sponsors.
Well, I am happy to say that as of writing this post, we have had five children sponsored out of twelve children! This a 500% increase from last Compassion Sunday, and I am so excited, as I believe God has used me and my trip to Honduras to reach out to the hearts and minds of the members of my congregation! There are several other children who members are praying over. Please pray that they decide to sponsor them!
I am happy to say that there are at least 16 children who are being encouraged by members of St. Peter Lutheran Church!!
Letter Writing
Now, that we have so many sponsored children, we are working on getting a Letter Writing meeting setup, so we can all get together once a month and write our children. If you have any ideas for letter writing, I am always looking for ideas. I am sad to say that “Ourcompassion.com” is being discontinued as of the end of June 2014, and there has always been such great ideas of paper crafts, and website information to help me with writing.
Thank you to everyone who said “I am here for you”
Lisa’s Compassion
Lisa's Quilting Passion 