Little Things to Help Bring Change

Sanctity of Life Sunday is coming up in a few weeks. This is a time to specifically remember the millions of unborn children and to pray for post abortive healing as well as legislative change. Sanctity of Life is a time when you can join with your family and fight on your knees as well as act on behalf of those that have no voice. Consider organizing a baby bottles or Radical $hange event.

This is an easy church wide, whole family activity. Real Options, makes it easy for you to lead your family to act on behalf of the unborn. Focus on the Family also has great resources and information for you. Discussing social issues from a Biblical perspective is a family activity. It is also a way to affirm your family's commitment to pray for and defend life. Don't let feeling uncomfortable keep you from disusing truth and biblical perspective on life. We struggled as parents to young children how to discus unborn children and what Sanctity of Life is about. We asked God for wisdom, and in His faithfulness He answered.

Will you join with us at Cottonwood Creek and participate in the baby bottles or Radical $hange event on Sanctity of Life Sunday? All you do is take a baby bottle or two that Real Options will have for you at Cottonwood Creek and over the following 3 weeks you and your family fill the bottles with spare change as well as pray for the unborn and sanctity of all life. Bring back the filled bottles to Cottonwood Creek. Your donation can be of any amount, this is a little thing that your family can do to help bring BIG change. This is modeling a faith at home:)


Additional Ideas:

• donate baby diapers and wipes to a local maternity home or outreach to unwed/underprivileged mothers

• eat sandwiches at home and donate the money you planned to spend dining out to Real Options

• in lieu of birthday gifts, ask friends to purchase toys for children in foster care or donate directly to organizations like Embrace 

• watch The Dignity of Human Life short video from Focus on the Family

• vote pro-life in upcoming elections, research candidates and be sure you know where he/she stands on Sanctity of Life

• consider sponsoring a child in need (we know of many needs both local and abroad)

• consider fostering or adopting  (we know of many needs both local and abroad

Possible ways to communicate with young children about Sanctity of Life Sunday:

"We're praying for safety for children in their birthmothers' tummies."

"We're filling the baby bottles to help people that help mommies."

"We care about life, because God cares about life."

"We are moving beyond our car's bumper sticker for life."