Session 3: An Individual's Response
Overview:
Kim Hawkins shares her story about trying to be a servant when helping a homeless couple and the frustrations that arose while trying to help. Studio actors role-play how compassionately to acknowledge people begging for money and help without giving them any money. Also addressed is how to handle an aggressive panhandler as well as the ABCs of helping: Acknowledge the person has a problem. Do not Believe everything you hear. Compassion is not judged by giving people what they want.
Bible Reference:
Jesus answered, “The first [commandment] is, „Hear, O Israel: the Sovereign our God, the Sovereign is one; and you shall love the Sovereign your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.? The second is this, „You shall love your neighbor as yourself.? There is no other commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:29-31, An Inclusive-Language Lectionary)
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