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Letters to and from the children at All Saints Cathedral in Swaziland, Africa

March 11, 2000

Here were the questions (and our answers) from the children at All Saints Cathedral

    Do you play Cricket or Tennis in Bethlehem ?  In Bethlehem we play tennis.  Can you describe
  what cricket is?

    What are you studying at School and Sunday School in Bethlehem ?  We are
  studying a lot in Sunday school.  Here's the list:  God, Pledge for Nonviolence, Lent, Jesus.  The first  Sunday of each month we have a Celebration Sunday.  The children sing and read the scriptures and present something to the congregation that they've been studying.  We also have Children's Chapel during the adult Sunday church.  The childre read the bible stories, do plays, play games, light candles and carry the cross.  Sometimes we have Send-a-Smile.  The children write cards and draw pictures to people who couldn't be at church with us- like the ederly or those who are at college. The older students- in 6th-8th grade get donuts every Sunday!

    What is the capital of Pennsylvania ?  Harrisburg

    What sort of music do you listen to ? Do you like the Back Street Boys ?  When we
      asked the children what music they liked they listed a whole bunch:
        Korn, Brittany Spears, Will Smith, 'In Sync, Five, Garth Brooks, 98 degrees, the song
       Mombo #5, LeAnn Rhymes, B*witched, Hoku, TLC, Together Eiffel 65 and Steps

    What are your E-Mail and postal addresses ?  This is the best address to get us at church.  Our
  postal address is Trinity Episcopal Church, 44 E. Market Street, Bethlehem, PA  18018  USA

  We also have a discussion board on our church wesbite if you would like to come join the youth at
  Trinity in a chat.  Here's the website for that:

  http://www.trinitybeth.org/

  then click on Web Discussions, then Youth Group and then join us in the Teenagers and Church
  discussion.

    Can't wait to hear from you.

Every once in a while we will send you a  email message as a group during Sunday School.

Salani Kahle (Bye Bye ) and God Bless you.

The children from All Saints Anglican Sunday School
 
 



March 11, 2000

Here were our questions and theanswers from the children at All Saints Cathedral

Now, we'd love to hear from you about these questions...

  What do you do in church  and in Sunday School?

  What does Swazi mean?  Swazi means someone who lives in Swaziland.

    What language do you speak?
We speak Siswati & English . We learn French at school and Portugese. We speak English although some of us  know some Spanish and French- from school classes.
 " Siyani vusela egameni lika Jesu Inkhosi inibusise" means " We greet you and God bless you " in
Siswati

  Do you have communion on Sunday?  Do you have a Children's Chapel?
We do have Communion on Sunday.  We do not have a Childrens Chapel unfortunately.

  Who teaches you at Sunday School?
Our teachers at Sunday School are Mrs & Mrs Armstrong , Mrs Mahlalela , Mrs Mnisi , Mrs George, Mr Walker , Mrs Mcneill ,  & Mrs Mavimbela

  Are there wild animals around you? Wild animals live in the game parks and forests.

  What kind of movies do you like? We like action movies & Disney movies eg Aladdin

  What do you wear to Sunday School? We wear casual clothes to Sunday school.

  Do you have a youth group that does special activities together outside of Sunday School? We have a Youth Group for older children.
 

  Take care.  We are so excited to be chatting with you.

  God bless,

  The Sunday School Students at Trinity Episcopal Church

  and Claire Smith Hornung, Director of Youth Ministries
 
 


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