Hope Lives

 This weekend, some of us on the KidzMatter team went to the Spark Children’s Ministry Conference in Milwaukee.  We had a really  great time, and the Spark team were super people.  In my downtime in the resource center, I got to browsing around at what the other  providers had to offer.  Group Publishing was right next to us, so they were a logical place to start.  They had one product that really  caught my eye that I wanted to share.

 It’s called Hope Lives.  Hope Lives is a book by Amber Van Schooneveld about compassion and poverty.  I’ve just flipped through it,  but it looks great.  In conjunction with the book, Group has released  curriculum to go along with the book.  They have a  children’s ministry kit, youth kit, pastors kit, and small group kit.   They’re cheap too: your whole church could get involved with Hope Lives for less than $150 for a 5 week series.  

The whole purpose is to help you encourage your children to develop a compassionate response to poverty.  It reminds them that hope lives.  It helps them put it into action.  If you’ve been looking for a way to get your kids involved in poverty outreach, Hope Lives is a great way to start.  You can check it out at group.com/hopelives.