Dear clergy, members of the Society and all parishioners of the Holy Resurrection Church in Vancouver!<\/p>\n
We are grateful to God for the passed year in the life of our Sunday School and all cultural activities.<\/p>\n
In March 2001, during the Spring break Sunday School children\u00a0baked Kulichi (Easter Bread) and painted\u00a0Easter eggs. All together there were approximately 30 children, including several children from St.Herman’s Church in Langley. Thank you to all the parents and grandparents involved.<\/p>\n
On may13th, the Mother’s Day Concert was prepared by the talents of the Sunday School children and also guest-performers.\u00a0Piano recital, poetry, vocal solos made the concert memorable.<\/p>\n
The Year-End Concert of the Sunday School took place on June24. We enjoyed music, poetry, songs, ballet performed by our children. The well-known Little Red Riding Hood was played on the stage, with gorgeous costumes. It was a great success not without the help of M.Alexandrova and E.Bolshakova who worked hard at preparing the fairy-tale.<\/p>\n
In October the Sunday School resumed it’s work with two new teachers on board. Matushka Mary and I.Gruntseva enthusiastically took on themselves the responsibilities of teachers.<\/p>\n
All children were divided into 2 groups according to their age.\u00a0The younger group is taught by I.Nevolsky and Matushka Mary Slipko. The second group teachers are I.Gruntseva and myself.<\/p>\n
Starting last November, all of us worked hard at preparing the Christmas\u00a0Concert, rehearsing the music and words, sewing costumes.\u00a0At this point I wish to express my sincere appreciation to everyone involved in the production, especially:Matushka Mary,I.Nevolsky, S.Zhuk, K.Bolshakov , Basim Kasseberi\u00a0and all parents who had to sew wings, make crowns and robes. I am grateful to all of you.<\/p>\n
In the fall of last year, a group of our parishioners under the leadership of M.Alexandrova started working on a show, called The Musicians of Bremen. It was a fascinating play to watch at our\u00a0Concert in January. This is a new page in the life of our cultural activities and I wish to encourage you to continue it in the future.<\/p>\n
Among\u00a0other cultural activities, I should mention 3 trips to the Bird Sanctuary last year, thanks to our guide Greg Wolyniec,\u00a0who organized the trips.<\/p>\n
Women’s group under the leadership of S.Stepaniak was a very interesting innovation,enjoyed immensely by everyone.<\/p>\n
I\u00a0wish to invite all of you for an unusual talk with I.Baukin, who is planning to\u00a0tell us about X1X century Russian landscape artists. Everybody is welcome next Sunday, March 10 ,after the service, at our hall.<\/p>\n
Our plans for this year 2002 are:<\/p>\n
–\u00a0To develop a group of Sunday School for the pre-school children,<\/p>\n
–\u00a0To organize a youth group;<\/p>\n
–\u00a0To continue Bible studies ( Orthodox Cathehism ) every 2nd and 4th Saturday;<\/p>\n
–\u00a0To fulfill a visit to a women’s monastery in Washington, with\u00a0Sunday School children.<\/p>\n
In conclusion, I wish to express my gratitude, once again to all of you who help us with the Sunday School and other activities. Your contributions are immeasurable.<\/p>\n
May God bless you all !<\/p>\n
Many parishioners give us encouragement and support, and it is very much appreciated.<\/p>\n
Children are our heritage, as the Bible says. We will continue to teach them God’s word, as our Lord Jesus Christ said \u2320Let the little children come to\u00a0Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven (Mat.19:14).<\/p>\n
Yours, in Christ<\/p>\n
m. Elena Fourik<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear clergy, members of the Society and all parishioners of the Holy Resurrection Church in Vancouver!<\/p>\n
We are grateful to God for the passed year in the life of our Sunday School and all cultural activities.<\/p>\n
In March 2001, during the Spring break Sunday School children baked Kulichi (Easter Bread) and painted Easter eggs. All <\/p>\n