Those of us who attended had an eye opening experience. We were able to think about the definition of generational Poverty, situation poverty, hidden rules of class, and the most moving part of the evening for me was the last video we were shown. It was from the true life experience of someone in Adams county. It depicted just how difficult it really is to get out of poverty, and how long it would take a person to make a high enough wage to accomplish this.
If anyone of you were not able to make it to last Thursdays meeting and would like to attend this workshop, two are being held in the near future and here are the dates and times:
Sat. 10 01-11
Thur. 10-20-11 both from 9:00 - 3:00 You may contact Lynne to ask where it is being held. (lleopoldsharp@luthernscp.org)
Thank you Lynne for a very informative evening and for helping us to see poverty in a more informative way. Thanks again to Linda Meanor and Asbury UMC for accommodating this event.
May God's peace rest upon you,
Judy Bupp
The Biblical mandate is clear; both the Old Testament and the New Testament have literally hundreds of admonitions to respond in love to the needs of the poor. May our responses to need around and among us flow out of the compassion of Jesus himself.
--Bill Ehlig
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