Step by step
1: Identification
Identify children in need
Look from either within the church, or contact local schools or authorities for children who come from low income families
2: Determination
Determine way in which to help
Working with school or within church, create plan to provide resources or supplies to children and children’s families
3: Raising funds
Create method of raising funds
Start a special offering at your church that collects money for the project
4: Determine means
Determine means of distributing scholarship or materials to student
Can be done through an event at the school or at the church
Recommendations from Pastors:
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Frequency – Once or twice a year, or on a needs-by-case basis.
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If you seek to provide money or materials to a school, you can make donations infrequently. However, if you hope to focus on a few particular students who demonstrate particular needs, it is good to have a system in place for how you will determine needs and follow up with the students.
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Create a fund within your church that is specific for overseeing the raising and distribution of the scholarships.