Building home is a labor of love

From Ohio-

There is no greater lesson than the one Edgar Guest shared in his poem:

I'd rather see a sermon
than hear one any day;
I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. . . .

The 42 children who attended the weeklong Vacation Bible School at Akron's St. Paul Episcopal Church got an excellent lesson for life, to say nothing of the opportunity to show their faith last week.

Sheila Svoboda, St. Paul's director of family ministries, led a riveting hands-on lesson for the children — ages 4 through young teens — ''on the concept of neighborhoods and what it means to be a good neighbor.''

On Thursday, they were escorted by their parents and other instructors to an inner-city neighborhood on Seventh Avenue, where a Summit County Habitat for Humanity house is under construction.

The two-story house is being sponsored by five churches — St. Paul's, St. Luke's Anglican, St. John's Episcopal in Cuyahoga Falls, Church of Our Savior Episcopal and First Congregational Church of Akron.

Some of their parents are donating labor to the two-story house, which when completed this fall will be the home of Pam Banks and her developmentally disabled daughter, Naomi.

In their own way, the children donated labor to the house, making and delivering sandwiches to those working there.

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