This February, we have the opportunity to be generous for the students of the New Mercy Care Academy in Mathare Valley, Nairobi, Kenya and for our students at RCPC Preschool.

 

Joy Sylvester-Johnson, former executive director of the Rescue Mission, has written a beautiful children’s book, The Seed and The Song, an imaginative take on the parable of the mustard seed in which three children go in search of a missing song only to be given a seed. This playful book was written in such a way to invite people of all faiths and no faiths to be able to engage with this story.

 

The Seed and The Song has been published in such a way that 100% of the proceeds raised from selling the book go to support the students of New Mercy Care Academy in Mathare Valley, Nairobi, Kenya. Each book costs $24.00 covering almost entirely the cost of feeding the student body for one day.

 

Our hope is that our generosity will allow us to purchase 70 books with one book going to each family within our preschool as an Easter Gift. This will cost $1,680. Any additional funds raised will enable this book to be donated in the Roanoke area to those in need while still supporting New Mercy Care Academy.

 

You can also purchase The Seed and The Song for a child in your life (of any age). Books will be available for purchase on Sunday, February 12th after worship with a book signing by the author Joy Sylvester-Johnson and illustrator Marian McConnell during the Chili Luncheon.