tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401398614291278602.post1685777466103927569..comments2023-07-16T00:51:07.101-07:00Comments on Alien Nation: So far so good on church...Barbara Clementshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14464706793258510546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401398614291278602.post-49692935153296637122007-12-26T14:03:00.000-08:002007-12-26T14:03:00.000-08:00OK, here's our Christmas Eve church and kids story...OK, here's our Christmas Eve church and kids story... We've made a tradition of going to the 5:30 p.m. children's service, looking longingly at the gorgeous sanctuary as they prepare with the string quartet for the grown-up service two hours later, but knowing it's a few years off before the boys would even think of letting us sit through it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, this year we have a new pastor and he's great with the kids. But he got a theological boxing lesson from them Christmas Eve. He made the mistake of having them help tell the story of Christmas through a nativity set he'd hidden. Tangents abounded. Did you know Joseph has to have a beard, but no glasses? Why weren't there penguins at the nativity? Yes, I know you said it was Magi from Iran, very smart guys etc., but where are the kings? There have to be kings -- three of them. It was worse (and funnier) in person.<BR/><BR/>At 4, the lure of church is crafts in Sunday School. As I read this blog I realize, I'm going to have to get a bit more creative as they age...MommyCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558174520863388944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401398614291278602.post-77037742812163861162007-12-24T15:42:00.000-08:002007-12-24T15:42:00.000-08:00Actually, I'm taking a page from the early church ...Actually, I'm taking a page from the early church fathers -work with what's already there to get folks to church.<BR/><BR/>They borrowed heavily from Druid and Roman traditions (saturanelia) with the trees, evergreens, candles, et al.<BR/><BR/>So why not? We have a advent wreath (not this year, but that's another story) and we light the candles and I read to her, her choice of a book.<BR/><BR/>She just said she might go with me tonight, so who knows? Tide might be turning.<BR/><BR/>BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com