Light In the Darkness - Second Home

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In this new podcast series for the season after Epiphany before Lent begins in early March, we're exploring the theme of Christ who is and reveals the light in the darkness.  Each week in worship at Muhlenberg we'll be lifting up one local and one global way we're as the body of Christ shining light in the darkness of the many challenges we face in our world - poverty, inequality, hunger, strife, illness, et cetera.  
Each week's podcast will feature a discussion with someone from or related to one of these organizations, and together we'll be honest about the darkness - the challenges we face - and proclaim the light - the ways in which through love and serving our neighbors, this darkness is overcome.

This week, we're lifting up Second Home, an outreach ministry of Muhlenberg, and talking to Second Home director, Patty Sensabaugh.  Push play above to listen!

Many families in our community struggle to make ends meet, working long shift hours that literally involve the darkness - leaving before the sun is up in the morning, and returning after dark in the evening. Second Home was formed in 2007 as an outreach ministry of Muhlenberg in response to the need for quality care that families could truly afford.  

Second Home is based in our own MAC building each morning and afternoon during the week! Since Second Home's beginning, families have seen improvement in grades and attendance, decreased truancy rates and enthusiasm is high! What a light for families in our community!  You can click here for the website, or here for their Facebook page for more information!


This week in worship, we'll also be lifting up a global way we're connected and serve, the Rwamagana Lutheran School.  The Rwanda School Project is a light in the darkness, a part of a future of hope being built in a country torn by so much disaster. 

In agreement with the Lutheran Church of Rwanda, the Rwanda School Project started a Junior-Senior High School in eastern Rwanda in 2010 with a curriculum that focuses on sustainability. 

Muhlenberg's own Robin Strickler, an ELCA missionary, is the founder of the school and currently serves there as head of staff.  If you explore their Facebook page, you might even see some other familiar faces of Muhlenbergers, like Jean!  
Read more about the school on their website or Facebook page and see and read the story of one of the students we support in the Gathering Area this Sunday!

Next week we'll be back to explore other ways we're shining light.  Where are you seeing light in the darkness of the challenges of life this week?