Heart For Missions Month: Helping Others Halfway Around The Globe
February is upon us, and for PCA that means it is Heart For Missions Month! Each year PCA’s elementary school students come together to raise money for a chosen organization through donations.
This year students will be raising money for the Lodebar Initiative, a ministry of Global Outreach International that provides food, clothing, and medicine as well as schools for Syrian children. The name Lodebar came from the place where, “Mephilbosheth, son of Jonathan, grandson of Saul, was taken as a child when his father and grandfather were killed in battle…he was a refugee from war.”
But why this organization? Kindergarten teacher Mary Jane Watson explains, “We have been led to come alongside people who are helping those who can not help themselves. The first time we sat down to listen to the stories of the Syrian refugees we were convicted to help share the love of Christ with them.”
How can you support this wonderful cause?
Lower School students (Grades K-5) are invited to wear jeans (skinny jeans and jeans with holes/tears are NOT permitted) and a pink or red t-shirt to school on Fridays during the month of February for a minimum donation of $5 (Note: Since we are not in school on February 18, “Jeans Day” will be on Wednesday, February 16, of that week).
Participation is voluntary. Cash or checks are accepted. Checks should be made payable to PCA with “Missions” on the memo line. A donation of $5 covers all 4 jeans days.
Jeans day begins this Friday, February 4, with payment due on that day. Donations should be turned in to your child’s teacher.
“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40
