Would your Kids Help the Homeless or Eat Ice Cream?
A group staged a social experiment where kids 4-6 years old had the opportunity to eat ice cream or give it to a homeless man sitting nearby. The parents get to watch their kids chose between compassion and dessert. Have fun seeing how they will react!
After they set up hidden cameras, they gave each kid a dollar and observed how they went about spending it. The kids’ parents watch on to see how they’ll react. You’ll have to watch the full video to see the outcome, but it’s full of surprises!
Christian Entrepreneurs
Living out your faith in the workplace can be easy or challenging depending on where you work. Romans 12:1 says that we should make our lives living sacrifices, meaning every aspect of our life should be affected by our faith–including our work. What does it mean to be Christian entrepreneur? To run a business as a Christian?
I (Jeff) came across this article in Inc and thought you might be interested.
How This Entrepreneur Works Christianity Into His Craft
Colorado’s Walker Manufacturing builds lawn mowers and operates as a Christian enterprise. What does faith have to do with riding mowers? Depends on how you cut it. READ MORE
Hope for Dover
As many of you know, we provide food, hygiene products and clothing (primarily for men) for the homeless year round. If you’d like to get involved, here are some ways:
Pickup or Heat Sandwiches: We have volunteers pick up food during the day Monday thru Friday from WaWa and bring it to the church building. On Sundays, we heat sandwiches after church and pass them out at a place downtown. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we currently heat sandwiches in the morning and deliver them to The Interfaith Day Resource Center (where homeless people can shower, do laundry, get help getting an ID, get help finding jobs, etc.). We need a volunteer for Monday’s pickup and a volunteer to substitute when someone can’t do their normal pickup. We also need help heating sandwiches.
Hygiene Products: We maintain a supply of toothpaste, deodorant, soap, etc. that helps those living on the streets to maintain a level of hygiene that helps them find employment, etc. We currently have a need for deodorant.
Donate Clothes: We need used men’s clothing, jeans, t-shirts, baseball hats, socks and sneakers (most popular are size 10 thru 11/12). As you clean out, think of us and we’ll pass things along.
To get involved or fund on, contact us, comment below or talk to me (Jeff) on Sunday.
Connect with our Community on Facebook
While you may already “like” us on Facebook (and if not, please do here!), some things are better posted and responded to in a group rather than a fan page. For those things, we have a Facebook group meant to be a place for people connected to Deep Water Church to share prayer requests, swap baby/kids clothes, ask about good apartments, places to buy used cars, suggestions for contractors, recommendations for doctors, etc.–all those things people do when they are in community.
While we prefer to do everything openly and without secrets, we have chosen to make the Facebook Group private so people feel comfortable sharing prayer requests, etc. If you want to be a part of the community, please ask to join!
So, click here, connect and make new friends!
Dover’s National Night Out
While not a Deep Water Church event, we always encourage people to get involved in our community:
Dover’s National Night Out is a FREE event open to the public, held on Tuesday August 4th from 6-8pm at the Dover Target. It is an opportunity for communities nationwide to promote police-community partnerships, crime prevention and neighborhood camaraderie. The event allows the community to meet local emergency staff from the Dover Police Department and numerous other agencies in the area and features several free activities for children and adults. This year there will also be a free document shredding event sponsored by WSFS bank, beginning at 4pm! So bring your sensitive documents to be safely destroyed and stick around for a great family event!
To keep up to date, check out the Facebook event here.