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Thanks for all your feedback! Please contact us, and tell us your stories – email action@heartlines.org.za Our Youth here have increased their 'outreach' in the community. Each week they visit the local Government hospital and take practical gifts like face-towels, and 'treats'; like bananas, biscuits, drinks... and they have 'adopted' three orphans from a local centre / school for children with learning difficulties. They collect to pay school fees and provide them with food each month. We've been going through the series of values and this Sunday will come to the last in the series. I printed small tags of all the suggestions in the book, asked the congregation to do something to "live Christ's values" (which is the theme for our church this year). So thank you for all the suggestions. I asked each one to take one or two or however many they could promise to keep… One little boy in primary school said that he was going to offer to help at their school library to cover books for the teachers. Thank you so much for all your hard word, but especially for the different ways that we can serve others by Living Christ's Values. Incidently, God clearly showed me that the vision and mission of our church for this year is also based on Matthew 5:16 and I'm sure that your material was an inspiration. Our church is situated on a hill in Kensington, and I believe it's clearly God ordained for us to be a lighthouse to our community through acts of service and kindness. It is good to know about what the body of Christ is busy doing good for change. We have been busy for a while in our community with after school programes for primary school kids where we offer bible study and prayer; lifeskills in 2 close by primary schools sports; homebase care; food parcels and perfoming arts. We challenged our kids to do something good for change and they decided to visit a close by childrens home and serve the kids there, cleaning and playing with them and also clean the garden of the next door day care center. My group at the Seniors Home here in Thornton (Kendrick House) have started a project in the home for outreach, comfort and visiting the residents, especially those in the Frail Care section. The group has 12 members and I look forward to some wonderful results. In our church we have a Men's Fellowship were we empower young, unmarried men to be responsible citizen for tomorrow, and to lead successful lives in their homes, work, church and the society at large… Watch this space for more of these development. We trust that such interventions will assist other men in their churches to empower their youth, and may you continue to pray with us for successful implementation. 
HEARTLINES offered VALUES IN ACTION RESOURCE PACKS to Christian leaders in the lead up to 6 weeks of Values in Action. You can now purchase this from our resource centre for R30 per book. Organise a group, and let this study guide you through some practical steps (based on Biblical principles from Nehemiah) to serve your community. The 6 week study can be done during the 6 weeks of Values in Action and beyond. Click here for more information about this free resource for small group leaders... 
A number of church leaders, coordinated by Dr Chris Jones of the NGK, have put together a sermon series on Nehemiah (Peter Langerman) as well as sermon sketches on values available in both English and Afrikaans. http://www.communitas.co.za/preke/ Church leaders speak at this crucial time in the country Click the links below to download the articles |
