taurusingemini posted: " How a book made a child's life different, and helped her/him get into the habits of reading, and loving it, translated… It was, about the fifth grade, when my happy, carefree childhood became, overshadowed with the upsets, I either envied how my class"
How a book made a child's life different, and helped her/him get into the habits of reading, and loving it, translated…
It was, about the fifth grade, when my happy, carefree childhood became, overshadowed with the upsets, I either envied how my classmates could take up piano lessons, or that I'd bugged my parents to give me dolls with the clothes I can change them into, to have a dog, but, all of these wishes, all fell out, I'd felt, that nothing was going my way, that I was so unhappy.
One day, as I arrived home from school, there was, a "dog", exactly the breed I'd wanted, a white spitz, it was printed on the cover of a book: "Missing You————the Memoirs of a Dog". From when I was young, my father would bring home the reading materials, the story books to me, and I'd, this book very quickly. As I found free time later on, I'd, often read, reread this books, felt, that I actually, had a dog of my own. He, chased my annoying wants, and, brought me that sense of happiness I hadn't realized I could have for a long, long time.
instilling the love of reading in children starting at a young age...photo from online
One day, I'd picked up this book, and, saw on the preface, that I'd, always skipped on the passage stated, "there are so many children who can't have dogs, and I feel bad for them, so, I am giving these young readers a gift, so they can have, a 'Snow' of their own after they read, becoming 'Snow's' best friend." As I read through the passage, I'd felt, that sense of moving I'd never felt before, like receiving a present for Christmas, with the handwritten letters from Santa too!
I'm truly grateful for the writer, Lin, to allow me to feel the joys of having a dog n my childhood years, to feel the warmth of the love of the writer, to know how amazing it is, in a world of books. For me, Mr. Lin became that sunshine, that warmed my heart up.
And so, this, is the influence of books to children, which showed how important it is, the parents need to tell their children stories, to instill that love of reading in them, and, reading is a good spare time activity, compared to gluing the eyes onto that cell phone screen, T.V. screen, or computer screen, and this habit of reading should start off at a young age.
Adrianna posted: "This is Part 3 of Conversations with God Click here for Part 1 It's too late to do set but the snow is gone. I guess God was just cleaning the earth. * * * I stare in shock at the newly washed earth reprimanding my disbelief. "Because thous has seen"
Keith Holeman posted: " On Sunday, March 20 All Saints Church observes the Third Sunday in Lent with in-person and online worship at 7:30, 9:00 and 11:30 a.m. Mark Chase preaches at 7:30 and Mike Kinman will preach at the 9:00 & 11:30 services. Music will be offered by"
On Sunday, March 20 All Saints Church observes the Third Sunday in Lent with in-person and online worship at 7:30, 9:00 and 11:30 a.m. Mark Chase preaches at 7:30 and Mike Kinman will preach at the 9:00 & 11:30 services. Music will be offered by Coventry Choir with soloist Kyla McCarrel.
And then at 10:15 a.m. we will gather in the Forum to welcome back the inimitable Ken Turan for his annual pre-Academy Awards look at what's hot and what's not in recent film festivals and in the Oscar race. Before his April 2020 retirement, Ken was film critic for the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio's Morning Edition as well as the director of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been a staff writer for the Washington Post as well as The Times' book review editor. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, he teaches film reviewing and non-fiction writing at USC – and we are so grateful to have him back with us to "talk movies" on Oscar Sunday.
Following the 11:30 service, join us for an Online Coffee Hour-- hosted by this week by Greeter Jenn McGaw.
As we return to in-person worship, our guiding principle will remain to follow common sense risk reduction guidance for as long as we remain in a declared public health pandemic, so to keep our community safe and well, our in-person worship guidelines include:
Medical-grade Masks are required at all times indoors on the All Saints campus.
UPDATE: Masks are optional outdoors.
Both outdoor and indoor seating is available for services and communion will be served in both locations.
Our expectation is that those entering the church will be vaccinated (if vaccination is available to them) and we require that masks be worn by all to protect the most vulnerable.
Those who choose to be unvaccinated are requested to participate online.
Those seated indoors are asked to maintain social distance between individuals/households.
If we reach seating capacity in the church, ushers will guide you to alternative seating areas.
We ask you not enter if you are experiencing any of the following symptoms: fever over 100.4°F or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, or if you have had contact in the last 14 days with someone diagnosed with or suspected to have COVID-19.
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