On October 25, we’ll celebrate the Children’s Sabbath, which is an annual worship in the UCC, across many faiths, and across the country, that gives special focus to the welfare of children in our care as families, the Church, our community, and the nation. The Rev. Traci Blackmon, the Executive Minister of Justice & Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ, has often mentioned that a traditional greeting among the Masai people, who live in parts of Kenya and Tanzania, asks, “How are the children?” Rev. Blackmon says that because they believe the welfare of their children is an indication of the health of their nation, even Masai warriors with no children of their own would always give the traditional answer, "All the children are well.” This means life is good, peace and safety prevail, the priorities of protecting the young and the powerless are in place. Can we say the same?
Join us on October 25th when we’ll invite some of our youth to help lead us in worship and to remind us of our responsibility to create a world in which our answer will be “All the children are well: well fed, well housed, well cared for in mind and body and spirit, well educated, well and safe in a society that believes in justice and compassion, and well loved.”
