Play-by-Play | January 12, 2024

Pineapple farms, foster families, and PepsiCo’s pricing predicament. Read along online.Welcome to the Play-by-Play. Every other week, we’re taking three recent stories from our God’s WORLD News publications and breaking them down to help you spark conversation in the home or the classroom.Today's stories:Discover: Welcome birds to the farm. Read it at God’s Big WORLD (https://godsbigworld.gwnews.com/articles/welcome-birds-to-the-farm). (https://teen.gwnews.com/news-bytes/pepsico-gets-pulled)Explore: Foster Families Needed. Read it at WORLDkids (https://kids.gwnews.com/news-shorts/foster-families-needed).Discern: PepsiCo Gets Pulled. Read it at WORLDteen (https://teen.gwnews.com/news-bytes/pepsico-gets-pulled). (https://teen.gwnews.com/news-bytes/pepsico-gets-pulled)Today's Conversation Kickoff: If you ran your own farm, and you could grow anything at all, what crops would you grow? Why?But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just. — Luke 14:13-14Together, let’s get the conversation started. He has equipped you for the work.The Play-by-Play is produced by God’s WORLD News. We provide current events materials for kids and teens that show how God is working in the world. To learn more about God’s WORLD News and browse sample magazines, visit gwnews.com (http://gwnews.com/).

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If you’re a parent, teacher, or mentor of children in today’s world, you probably feel overwhelmed by the news. How do you help the kids and students in your lives engage with what’s going on in the world? How do you disciple them through the news with discernment instead of anxiety? I'm Kelsey Reed, News Coach for God’s WORLD News, seminary-trained educator, wife, mom of three, and most importantly, follower of Christ. I’m here to come alongside you as you have the important conversations of life, faith, and culture with your kids. We’ll answer your questions, offer ideas and resources, and hear from other parents and educators to identify the best tools and practices for establishing a non-anxious learning environment, developing news literacy, and cultivating biblical discernment. Today’s world can feel overwhelming. Let’s press pause together and learn concurrently.