Welcoming the Stranger: A Youth Study on Migration by Cindy Klick Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Session 1. ................................................................................................................................................2 Immigration: What Does it Mean and How Does it Affect Me? Session 2. ..............................................................................................................................................12 The Bible: From Forty Years in the Wilderness to the Journeys of Paul Session 3. ..............................................................................................................................................22 My Family Tree: Roots and Wings Welcoming the Stranger: A Youth Study on Migration by Cindy Klick, © 2013 United Methodist Women. All rights reserved. Session 4. ..............................................................................................................................................33 No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, elec- Searching for Home: Historic Perspective on the Migration of the Roma People tronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to: Session 5. ..............................................................................................................................................39 Director of Mission Education and Enrichment Migration Today: Understanding, Living in and Making a Difference in the Current Climate United Methodist Women 475 Riverside Drive, Room 1504 New York, NY 10115 Endnotes ...............................................................................................................................................50 Fax: (212) 870-3695 Phone: (212) 870-3745 Additional Resources ............................................................................................................................51 All biblical quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Appendix A ...........................................................................................................................................52 Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Appendix B ...........................................................................................................................................55 All rights reserved. Appendix C ...........................................................................................................................................56 ISBN 978-0-9848177-9-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2012956472 Appendix D ..........................................................................................................................................57 Design: Stephanie Bart-Horvath Photos: Paul Jeffrey Printed in the United States of America About the Author .................................................................................................................................58 Table of Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Session 1. ................................................................................................................................................2 Immigration: What Does it Mean and How Does it Affect Me? Session 2. ..............................................................................................................................................12 The Bible: From Forty Years in the Wilderness to the Journeys of Paul Session 3. ..............................................................................................................................................22 My Family Tree: Roots and Wings Welcoming the Stranger: A Youth Study on Migration by Cindy Klick, © 2013 United Methodist Women. All rights reserved. Session 4. ..............................................................................................................................................33 No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, elec- Searching for Home: Historic Perspective on the Migration of the Roma People tronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by means of any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed in writing to: Session 5. ..............................................................................................................................................39 Director of Mission Education and Enrichment Migration Today: Understanding, Living in and Making a Difference in the Current Climate United Methodist Women 475 Riverside Drive, Room 1504 New York, NY 10115 Endnotes ...............................................................................................................................................50 Fax: (212) 870-3695 Phone: (212) 870-3745 Additional Resources ............................................................................................................................51 All biblical quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Appendix A ...........................................................................................................................................52 Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. Appendix B ...........................................................................................................................................55 All rights reserved. Appendix C ...........................................................................................................................................56 ISBN 978-0-9848177-9-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2012956472 Appendix D ..........................................................................................................................................57 Design: Stephanie Bart-Horvath Photos: Paul Jeffrey Printed in the United States of America About the Author .................................................................................................................................58 About the Author CINDY KLICK has worked in youth ministry at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Highlands Ranch, CO, since 1998. She has participated with St. Andrew youth in many local, national and international mission trips and is the accompanist for the church’s Holy Pretzels youth choir. The youth ministry is active with Meals on Wheels, Extreme Community Make- over and several other service organizations. Cindy and her husband Don feel blessed to have lots of friends in their church community and to live near their two sons and daughters-in-law and two grandchildren. Introduction The goal of Welcoming the Stranger: A Youth Study shifted to accommodate varying time frames, learn- on Migration is to offer youth ages 12 through 19 a ing styles and student needs. This study will help Christian perspective on migration, emigration and youth look beneath the political surface, and learn immigration and our faithful responsibility to treat all to consider open-minded and compassionate re- people well. This study, written for leaders, will engage sponses to those who seek a new home for reasons youth in the movement of people to new locations of religious, ethnic or cultural persecution, economic throughout history. Contexts of the study of migra- hardship or the hope of a better life. tion, emigration and immigration include the Bible, ancient and modern history and the present. Most Welcoming the Stranger: A Youth Study on Migration, students have either moved or have been affected by touches upon sensitive issues. Leaders are encouraged someone else’s relocation; most can trace their family to approach young people who may not have traceable tree to ancestors who were immigrants from another family histories of immigration such as Native Ameri- country to the United States. Youth today live in an cans, African Americans and even those who are not information-saturated world in which conflict and raised in their birth families, with special care. hostility arise over the immigration status of people in their schools, neighborhoods and cities. They will learn to listen, study and develop their own perspec- tives rather than simply adopt the views of others. The leader’s guides, located toward the end of each session, provide plans for five sessions of approxi- mately two hours each, with programming designed specifically for middle school and high school youth. Activities can be contracted, expanded or 1 Immigration: What Does it Mean and How Does it Affect Me? Session 1 Immigration: What Does it Mean and How Does it Affect Me? Misinformation, strongly expressed political views detains Benjamin by planting