Monday, January 8, 2018

Art One - Empty Bowls



Before we start on first projects, we will make a piece for the Empty Bowls Project.  These pieces are our "first fruits".  

Proverbs 3:9-10 tells us:  "Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will be bursting with wine."

This is fund raiser for area food ministries that FPD art students began participating in three years ago.  We have a soup dinner and sell our ceramic bowls, platters and vases.


Below is from the Empty Bowls website to further explain the project.  
Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger and was created by The Imagine Render Group. The basic premise is simple: Potters and other craftspeople, educators and others work with the community to create handcrafted bowls. Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for a cash donation, guests are asked to keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity.
It is the collective genius of all the people involved that has made Empty Bowls what it has become. Events have now taken place across the United States and in at least a dozen other countries. Many millions of dollars have been raised and donated to hunger-fighting organizations. We could never have imagined all the things people have done or all the ways the project has touched people.
Each individual or group organizing an event designs it around the needs of their own community and is responsible for their own event. We ask that all such events are called "Empty Bowls" so that the idea can continue to spread. Please make your event inclusive, insist that it maintain a high level of integrity, include an educational component to raise awareness, and give the money raised to an organization helping to feed people in need.
The largest hunger-relief organization in the United States,  Feeding America,  reports that the nation’s food banks could soon be overwhelmed by demand. Statistics show that 1 out of 8 Americans struggle with food insecurity every day. Millions of people have lost their jobs during the most recent recession and the number of food stamp recipients has increased dramatically. Your help is needed now more than ever. Please find the time, make the commitment, get involved. Your single effort can have a profound impact.
“Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year but when you volunteer, you vote everyday about the kind of community you want to live in.”  -Marjorie Moore
Why should FPD participate?
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30 comments:

  1. I think FPD should participate in empty bowls because it helps people in need and that is what God calls us to do.
    - chet thompson

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  2. FPD should participate because world hunger is bad and we should do something to stop it. If we all do our part then world hunger can be stopped little by little.
    Jackson McCart

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  4. Because as Christians we are called to care for others, and this organization provides for the "empty bowls" in the world, or those who dont have food.

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  6. World hunger is an endless problem that needs to be stopped. This is why FPD should help.


    Dallas Ward

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  7. FPD should participate because it is helping millions of hungry people.
    Olivia

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  8. FPD should participate because it is important to stand out and help the community and thats the kind of school FPD is.
    John Coleman Tidwell

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  9. It's a no brainer that FPD should participate. God wants us to use our talents to glorify him and help others--through Empty Bowls this is possible.

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  11. FPD should participate because it's good to help people who are less fortunate.

    Blake Jones

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  12. Because as Christians we are called to care for others, and this organization provides for the "empty bowls" in the world, or those who dont have food.

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  13. FPD should participate in "Empty Bowls" because it is a really good way to give back to people who need help. Truett

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  14. FPD's participation helps feed the homeless without food.

    Cory Kilburg

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  15. It is good for FPD to participate because it helps in the people of Macon.
    Tate Skipper

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  16. It is good for FPD to participate because it helps in the people of Macon.
    Tate Skipper

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  17. FPD should participate in empty bowls because it is an easy way to help serve our community in a creative way. The empty bowls will also be a happy reminder of the contribution you made.

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  18. Fpd should participate because empty bowls supports a good cause, that will benefit people in need
    -Allison Hammack

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  19. FPD should participate because we are a Christian school and we are supposed to help those in need.

    Chasity Cummings

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  20. this is a good why to help rise money
    jordan

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  21. I think fpd should participate in this because as Christians we are called to help others and this is a great way to do that.

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  22. God calls us to help those who are less fortunate than we are, and doing this and doing this service is doing what God is wanting us to do.

    - faith holliman

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  23. FPD should participate in this event because starvation and lack of nutrition is a serious issue that not only FPD, as a large organisation in our community should partake in, but more establishments should help take on this issue head on world wide.

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  24. God calls us to help those who are less fortunate than we are, and doing this and doing this service is doing what God is wanting us to do.

    - faith holliman

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  25. fpd should participate in this because it helps people in need who are less fortunate and are fighting hunger

    Hunter

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  26. I think fpd should participate in this because as Christians we are called to help others and this is a great way to do that.

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  27. I believe that we, FPD, should participate because we have so much. Why shouldn't we give to those in need?
    -Erica Fuller

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  28. Fpd should participate in Empty Bowls because we are so blessed and we should give to those in need

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  29. I think FPD should participate because it helps people in need and lets us give back to the community

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