The Big Idea – Boundaries Build Peace

Perimeter is the distance around a shape. In neighborhoods, perimeter can show how long it takes to walk around a block. Communities with short, safe blocks are easier to walk. Longer or unsafe blocks make walking harder. God cares about how places are built for the good of all people.

Block A: Rectangle 200 ft × 300 ft

• Perimeter = 2(200 + 300) = 1,000 ft

Block B: Rectangle 400 ft × 600 ft

• Perimeter = 2(400 + 600) = 2,000 ft

Block B is twice as long to walk around, which may limit walkability.

Scripture Connections

• Isaiah 58:12 (KJV): “And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations.”
• Micah 6:8 (KJV): “And what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”

Which word(s) stand out to you.

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