Legacy Giving
A Child with Generous Faith by Paul Boeker
Legacy giving usually concerns wills and major giſts as people think of the legacy they want to leave behind. But godly gener- osity should not be an end-of-life decision. In Christian families, generosity should be a childhood practice. How are you training your children to be generous toward God?
Can you enlist their help to choose and pack groceries —
then secretly deliver them to an unemployed family? Can you let them contribute to a family money box that will be used to help a family with a medical emergency pay for meals or travel expenses? Do you point out generous people to your children and hold them up as models?
And missions — do you involve your children? Our extended
family once took on a Tanksgiving project to help pastors in Mali. Each family member was encouraged to contribute something to
help one pastor purchase a bicycle, and another a hand cultivator. Even the child who could only give a few coins felt a part of the project. Many mission agencies now have a “wish list” on their websites in the fall to encourage families to fund a project.
A favorite character of the Gospels is the little unnamed
“lad” who brought a lunch to the “Jesus-on-the-Shore” event. When Jesus prepared to feed the huge crowd, only one person had a lunch. Tis boy with generous faith gave his five little loaves and two small fish to Jesus. And Jesus multiplied it to satisfy the crowd. Will you help your child develop generous faith?
Darrell Derksen at Connect 19 registration desk.
Rob Quiring recruits English speakers for Spotlight.
Missionary Janice Peters is honored for 41 years of ministry in Malawi and Mozambique.
David and Lorene Wilson (Avant Ministries) help churches develop missionaries.
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