Next week I will be away in Albany, New York for the NYSCATE conference. While I'm gone the CLUE students will be doing an assignment called:

"The Word on the Streets: Performing the Scriptures on the Streets"

I saw this title while doing a search on books about homelessness. The idea of "performing" the Word of God on the streets is very intriguing to me I wonder what the students will come up with. It's quite an abstract concept...too abstract for Grade Seven students (I'm wondering)? I expect a few of them will be unfamiliar with using different Bible translations. Here is the assignment that I posted on the students Blog tonight:

Students:
Today you are going to work on a new assignment called "The Word on the Streets: Performing the Scriptures on the Streets"

Have you heard the saying "Talk is Cheap"? When someone says this they really are saying that unless you put action to your words, there really is no meaning or sincerity behind your words. It is important that we don't just give lip service to the things we say about how to help homelessness.

The Bible has some very clear instructions about our responsibility towards those who are hurt and struggling in our world. For this assignment you will find five scripture verses that talk about poverty, the poor, orphans, widows or those who are not as well off as we are. You will state the verse from two different translations (New American Standard, King James, The Message), you will explain your understanding of the meaning of the verse and finally you will share ideas how you can take the verse and live it out in your world.

Consider checking your scripture verse out in several translations (New American Standard, The Message etc). The title of this assignment, "The Word on the Streets: Performing the Scriptures on the Streets"
actually means...what does it say in the "Word" (God's Word) about poverty (and the homeless) and how can we, through our actions, "perform" the meaning of that verse on the street for those who are hurt, confused and needy. Use your Bible's concordance, or the Internet links below:

Bible Gateway:
http://bible.gospelcom.net/

Crosswalk.com
http://bible.crosswalk.com/

Strong's Concordance
http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html

This assignment is due Friday, November 28th.

Mrs B. Dyck