In the light of keeping things organized and easy to access, World Renewal Brazil has begun this blog to keep you updated on the Living Stones ministry. If this is your first time hearing about Living Stones, or you would like a quick refresh, here is a quick look at the program:
Living Stones serves at risk and street children, age 6-16.
“Street children” is a term often used to describe both market children (who work in the streets and markets of cities selling or begging, and live with their families) and homeless street children (who work, live and sleep in the streets, often lacking contact with their families)” (Casa Alianza, Worldwide Statistics, Sept. 2000).
Both spend their time on the street. Most of the children we work with are market children, who have been labeled “At risk” by the government, and so apply for help and welfare assistance. Each child is individual, as well as their story and needs, whether they are temporarily or permanently homeless. For most of these children, the meal they receive at Living Stones is the only hot meal they will have all day.
Living Stones is located in Northeast Brazil with World Renewal Brazil.
Working under the ministry of World Renewal Brazil (http://www.wribrazil.com/), Living Stones is a program individually connected with and under its respective community church to serve the children in their community.
Living Stones is a community outreach and church planting ministry.
1. A Community church identifies a location to plant a new church
2. A church planter (educated at World Renewal seminary) begins open air services and getting to know the community, and small group Bible studies.
3. A place is selected to be Living Stones/church
4. 30 of the neediest children in the community are invited to participate in the program, providing love, education, nutrition, and direction.
Through the week = Living Stones
On Sundays = A new church plant
Living Stones' primary reason for being is that we are called to go and preach the gospel—that is the objective in planting churches. How will they hear unless someone is sent? And how better to hear than while they are receiving their daily bread.
Living Stones LENDs: providing Love, Education, Nutrition, and Direction
Living Stones serves two groups per day, in conjunction with the school system. One group goes to school in the morning, 1:00-4:00pm Living Stones (lunch and classes), and the other group comes 8-11am Living Stones (classes and then lunch), and goes to school in the afternoon.
Most of these children would not be able go to school because they have to work/beg all day to receive a meal.
In areas where we cannot offer a full day program, we are beginning with half day programs for two hours in the morning or the afternoon. A nutritious snack is provided, with one hour of spiritual/emotional classes and training, and one hour of physical/mental classes and training.
You can help Living Stones LEND by giving a HAND
Have a HEART for the ministry, investing a part of yourself. ASSISTANCE by coming to Brazil yourself is always welcome and needed. Please take the NEEDS of the ministry before the Lord, who supplies abundantly, and lastly, DONATIONS are always a blessing. If you feel called to give in any of these ways, you can get more information at our website: http://www.wribrazil.com/.
The cost of the Living Stones program is approximately $1 a day per child. Please pray about supporting a child with a monthly donation of $30. Once 60 people are committed, we can begin to plant a new Living Stones program and church in a community.
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