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Transitions

My 7 year old grandson just learned how to snorkel!  He has been playing around with the snorkel in the swimming pool for about a year but the other day he burst to the surface and yelled, “I did it!” … Continue reading

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Children and Stewardship

As part of the beginning of Sunday school each year I put up a bulletin board addressing the theme we’ve chosen for the year.  This year’s theme is Stewardship.   Once I started putting up all the ways the children of … Continue reading

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Wrestling Alligators

“Most of our problems can be solved.  Some of them will take brains, some of them will take patience, and all of them will have to be wrestled with like an alligator in a swamp.”  When we were at the … Continue reading

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On a Parent’s Lap

We are spending a few days in Chicago and have been walking our feet off taking architectural tours.  The city is absolutely fabulous!  One of the great buildings here is the country’s largest public library.  It’s not just its size that … Continue reading

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Child-Initiated Unstructured Play

It’s summertime and we’ve been seeing a lot more of our grandchildren.  I was a bit concerned that they would get bored with us since, in accordance with my daughter’s wishes,  we don’t let them have any screen time–no computer, … Continue reading

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Dog Time-Share

What do you do when you want a pet but you like to travel?  Well, what I did first was to complain and moan and groan to my children about how unfair it was that I couldn’t have everything I … Continue reading

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Tradition

Every year on Palm Sunday it is a Tradition for the Sunday School children of LCH to put on a modified Seder for the congregation between services.  For the last month we’ve been preparing invitations and decorations, practicing the music, telling the … Continue reading

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Indian Superheros

We have just returned from a trip to India and as gifts for our grandchildren we brought Indian comic books.  These are not normal American superhero stories, but rather tales from the spiritual heritage of India presented in a graphic novel … Continue reading

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A Hero’s Journey

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The Children’s Annual “Fill the Ark” Concert

On March 12th at 4:00 the Sunday school children of LCH will put on a benefit concert. This is an annual event where our young use their talents to energize the congregation to give money towards buying an Ark through Heifer International … Continue reading

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