It doesnâ??t show up on the Morehouse Altar Guild calendar, of course, but â??Sunday School Rally Dayâ? â?? here in Western Pennsylvania most often the Sunday after the Labor Day weekend â?? is nearly always one of the highest festivals of the Church Year. Preceded by weeks of room reorganization, the purchase of curriculum, the training of teachers, and numerous e-mail announcements and Sunday leaflet promotions, Rally Day is then marked by special prayers in the Sunday worship service, commissionings and blessings â?? and then, when possible â?? with picnics in the churchyard and all kinds of fun activities intended to launch our children and youth off into a great new year.
Itâ??s all good, and Iâ??m especially delighted to have had the privilege of serving for three decades in congregations that have wanted to make the ministries of Christian Education and formation for children and youth a very high priority.
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