Session 4: Making Compassionate Decisions
Overview:
This session opens with poverty tours in Greenville, S.C. and New Haven, Conn. Templeton discusses the importance of empowering people to help themselves rather than taking over and doing the work. She also explains how poor planning on someone else?s part does not constitute an emergency for her. She also suggests that when someone asks for money, look at the shoes the person is wearing; nicer shoes may indicate the person is not as needy as he or she might indicate. The session closes with the acronym “LEARN” to make compassionate decisions when helping someone: Learn the available resources. Explain the reasoning behind your answer. Ask appropriate questions to check the details of the story. Make good Referrals. Never explain another agency?s policies unless you?re sure of the information.
Bible Reference:
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35, NRSV)
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