Back To School Hospitality

Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality (Romans 12:13).

We are just weeks away from the start of another school year. It is one of my favorite times of the year as I stock up on school supplies at various stores and start the year fresh with new tools and new opportunities.

I have had the privilege of teaching in public and Lutheran K–8 schools. I have seen families that are able to provide for their children and I have seen families that struggle each week to provide the basic necessities. All of God’s children deserve to start each school year with a fresh outlook and fresh tools to be successful.

The LWML website has ideas to assist you in preparing kits to help teachers and college students this fall. I encourage each of you, as you are shopping in stores during the back-to-school season, to pick up supplies and put them in a teacher kit or a college student kit. Please pray for teachers and students as they head back into the classroom this fall that they may have the resources they need and that they may use their God-given talents to the best of their ability.

Amanda Hankemeier