Group+D

=Group D=

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As you work on your social action project (committed to 12 hours of dedicated time to giving service to others) plus responding in a Wiki format with your group of three, you will answer the following question: In light of your understanding of disciple, what does it mean to be a disciple of Christ to others through your project? You will share your thoughts and observations and actions of setting up to kinds of things you did to what you observed or saw to the final pieces of your project. At the end of your project (Dec. 2 or what you have completed thus far), your group will come up with a group response to what is a disciple based on your social action journey.

Let's start answering this question    tonight.

//What does it mean to you to be a disciple? What is a disciple?//

My colleague, Erin and I have decided to put into place a "Hat, mitts and scarf Christmas Tree" at our school. We thought it would be a great idea to call on our students and teach them their role as disciples in our own communities. Our local parish collects Christmas gifts for the families in our communities that are in need and we have decided that the hats, mitts and scarves that we have donated to our Christmas Tree will then be donated to the Church to be added to these gifts. In the front foyer of the school, we will be placing a Christmas Tree that will then be decorated will all of the hat, mitts and scarves that are being donated. The tree will be up past Parent conferences so that parents may also want to donate to the tree or see what the students have been doing.

To go along with this project, we have also created an "Out of the Cold" program at our school for the grade 6 through 8 students. This program offers students the choice to learn how to knit hat, mitts and scarves over their recess times (instead of hiding in the washrooms). This group has decided that the items they will be making from now until Christmas will also be donated to the hat, mitt and scarf Christmas Tree. Once again it is through this work that we can see the role of discipleship in our students. We are hoping to gather enough items to really make a difference. We will send notes home with all the students in hope of having them bring in a few items for the tree. Maybe they can use some of their own money and go shopping at the dollar store to buy a few mitts and hats and scarves for those less fortunate. Kim Secord