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Our class has agreed to adopt the nurse at West Mastin Lake Elementary School as our mission project for this year. The nurse does not receive funding from the city school system to buy supplies to support the clinic at her school. The school is also located in a poor district, so fundraising by the PTA is limited. That is where our class comes in to help provide some of the things that she needs. Just recently, the missions committee at MZ purchased the items that she was in desperate need of and our class has agreed to resupply those items as needed. We are also looking at purchasing an oximeter to use with the asthma kids. This will enable the nurse to tell if a child is getting enough oxygen in their system while in distress due to asthma. A few additional things she needs are 2 wash cloths, 2 towels, 2 throw blankets and a nosebudd ice pack for stopping nosebleeds. If you can supply any of these items, please contact me.
As a Christmas gift to the nurse, we are collecting items just for her to place in a gift basket. These items can be coffees, teas, lotions, body wash, special candy… anything that would make her feel special. Turn your donations in to me by Sunday, December 16th, so we can deliver the basket before the holiday break.
Our church’s gifts to the nurse have already had an impact on her making her, as a believer, aware that God has her serving in her school for a reason. By giving to the nurse, God will use us and her to make an impact for Christ in our community through the children at West Mastin Lake Elementary School.
Kenya Jernigan
Given the following scenario, what would you do? You are at a fertility clinic when a fire breaks out. You can either save a petri disk with 100 fertilized eggs or a single infant child. Which do you save?
This is a scenario given by those who call themselves pro-choice and who consider fertilized eggs only potential humans. Their choice is an easy one. They would save the infant child. This is consistent with their world view that a fertilized egg is only a potential human and therefore an infant is more valuable. This scenario places the pro-life individual in a dilemma. If they say they will save the fertilized eggs in the petri dish, they appear cold and cruel in the eyes of the world. If they say they will save the infant child, they can be accused of valuing a single life over 100 others and therefore being inconsistent; in essence, hypocrites.
It is like the question posed by Groucho Marx; “Have you stopped beating your wife? Answer yes or no.” There is no way to answer this in the context given without looking bad. It is a clever question, but it tells us nothing about either person’s view of domestic abuse.
This type of approach is commonly used by both sides of the issue, whether pro-life or pro-choice. The emphasis is placed on emotions and each side attempts to make the other look bad. Very little effort is actually spent discussing the actual issue. In these cases, nothing is accomplished but a lot of loud noise and hurt feelings.
So, how should we answer this question? I would say that we are not under any obligation to provide an answer.
(2 Timothy 2:23) Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.
Paul’s advice is as good today as it was when he wrote Timothy. We should continue to engage others on issues that they wish to discuss, but we must be aware that the way we do it should bring glory to God.
Steve J.
