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But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 19:14)

Dear beloved congregation

The church will run a "Baby Sitting" service on Palm Sunday and Good Friday.

This service is to help kids to live the feeling of happiness and respect of being in church, children should enjoy being at church but because of their young age they can't stay quiet for long time "which is normal". Here comes this service which will be run by all interested parents and servants who share the same goal of having the kids raised inside our beloved church. The same service was provided last year and was appreciated by most participating families.
 
We are sure lots of parents will be interested in this service this year as well. The parents will serve in turns for 30 mns taking care of all kids and then will have the rest of the time praying quietly in church while other parents will take care of the kids.

All interested people to contribute to this service, please contact Nermeen Refaat @ 587-892-3023 or nermeenrefaat@yahoo.com for arrangement.

Food for children will be the parents' responsibility. The church will not serve food for kids during prayers time. Please make sure as parents to bring food for your children, according to your plan with them (type of food, how long they will be fasting, etc...).  Food shall only be served in the cafeteria.

NB: Aghapy will be served by church only after service completion and not during prayers time.

Timings for this service:
Palm Sunday: 
Will start after reading the 4 gospels until communion. Children will be attending the mass but in the cafeteria, so they can have a chance to make some craft with "za3af"while they are listening to the mass.

Good Friday:
Ages from 4 to 7 in the Multi Purpose Room (MPR) and ages 2 to 4 in the small room next to the kitchen.
From 3pm until one hour before the end as we all want our kids to attend the last hour in the church. There will be some activities which are related to the day (story, a short movie, song or hymn, coloring, ...)

Please spread the word around and make sure your friends know about this service. We would like all to come with your beloved families and enjoy being in church as one big family.

May our Lord bless you all

 

 

 

 

 

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