There
are different Churches & ministries working to spread the word of
God among Pakistani Christians. (JKP)
realized the need of the people and has studied some of the areas in
the city of Toba Tek Singh and its adjoining areas. It has been seen
that illiterate, even then large numbers of Christians
are strong in their faith despite the day to day discrimination and hate
based attitude they proclaim their faith among the vast Muslim majority
in the country which has so many clauses in the state constitution
& laws. But the draw back of the situation is that poor people are
forced to spend their most of the time in earning their livelihood and
they cannot pay their attention towards faith based basic education.
Most of the people are tenant, daily wage workers with no basic human
rights, women work in the fields and they are paid less than men and
their working hours are longer than men. JKP
has a call to respond in this situation. JKP has developed relationship
with Christians in the areas where the there is much need to share the
word of God. Ten areas have been identified where DI can start work with
children (age 5-15) through Sunday Schools. Proposed Program In
ten identified areas Sunday school shall be started involving local
community. The community shall be responsible to give place for the
Sunday Schools. It could be a room where 35 to 40 children can be
adjusted for few hours every Sunday. They shall be taught basics of
their faith through Child Friendly Methods, games, songs, simulations,
picture stories, role play etc. Who shall be helping children in Sunday
Schools?
It
has been observed in each area there are poor young boys and girls who
have completed their schooling but do not have enough resources to get
college or any other professional education. The committed and
envisioned volunteers shall be invited to help the children. They shall
be given opportunity to get training to work in Sunday Schools. JKP
shall make a commitment to work in Sunday Schools and JKP shall help
them in their college education. There are two kinds of college
education one regular and the other one is distance learning. Regular
education is expensive.
JKP
would be more interested in taking people prefer distance learning as
the second phase of Sunday Schools would be having classes twice a week
later thrice a week and then at least 5 days a week followed by
targeting families and the whole community. The community's involvement
shall be ensured in Sunday Schools. Each Sunday prayer service and Bible
reflection shall be conducted with the different groups.