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[Ep 12] Caring for Hurting Kids at Your Church: 3 Powerful But Simple Things You Can Do

Author
Kari Bartkus - Love Does That
Published
Tue 01 Jun 2021
Episode Link
http://lovedoesthat.org/12

How many of you serve with the kids at your church in some way? How many of you at least smile and wave to the kids when you see them on Sunday?

What you may not realize is how many of those kids are coming with some type of hurt or struggle, whether physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual. How can those of us in the church care for them during this time?

Here are three very powerful, but very simple things you can do to care for kids in your life who are hurting--especially as a Sunday school teacher, children's ministries volunteer, or youth leader.

Let’s encourage one another…

Kari

 

QUOTES + RESOURCES:

  • “Studies show that an hour or two a week with a safe adult in a safe place can make a huge difference in the life of a vulnerable child.” (Julie Cooper, Trauma Free World, TBRI Practitioner)
  • “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” (Fred Rogers)
  • Parent Cue Live: 6 Gifts Every Kid Needs

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