VITALS
A Punching the Clock
According to a new poll by USA Today, men who have children at home tend to work more than those who don’t. Forty-two percent of dads with kids at home work an average of 50 or more hours per week while those without children work the traditional 40 hour week. In addition, 75% of these hard-working dads also have a spouse who works at least part-time outside the home. Consider how your church can minister to working parents in your community.
Source: USA Today, June 29, 2011
Give hope. End hunger.
In many ways, the United States is a land of plenty. But for 49 million Americans, hunger is a daily reality. At least 1 in 6 Americans, including 1 in 4 children, don’t have enough food. Many families are forced to choose between buying food or paying their mortgage each month. Your gifts to the Domestic Hunger Fund allow missionaries and ministries in North America to meet the most basic needs of those around them in an effort to meet their ultimate need for Jesus Christ. Visit
www.namb.net/hunger to find out how you can help.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Parenthood & Church
A recent survey by the Barna Group shows that well over one-third of parents say that having children has influenced them to reconnect or become more involved in church.
Not Sure - 2%
Less Active became less involved in church - 4%
New Commitment active in church for the first time - 5%
Reconnected began attending church again - 17%
More Active increased already active involvement - 20%
No Influence having kids did not change involvement - 50%
Source: The Barna Group, 2010
A Children in Need
At the end of 2010, 424,000 children in the U.S. lived in the foster care system. Of that amount, 23% have been in foster care for more than three years while 11% have been in the system more than five years. How can your church reach out to serve and minister to the children in need here in the U.S.?
Source: World magazine, May 21, 2011
8 Fall 2011 •
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