A Day at Church

When my dad was here, he took pictures of many of the Sunday activities.  Thanks to him, I can put together this blog to give you a glimpse into what a normal Sunday is like here.

First of all, the following is the schedule for a typical Sunday:

First and third quarters of the year

9:30-11:00 -- Morning church service

11:00-12:15 -- Sunday School for youngest kids

11:30-12:30 -- Catechism for ages 6-12 (Older classes meet on Saturday afternoons.)

                   -- Some type of classes for the young people

                   -- Ladies' Bible Study twice a month

                   -- Men's Bible Study twice a month

                   -- During the weeks off from Bible study, there are sometimes other 

                     activities, such as Shepherding a Child's Heart videos and discussion.

12:30-2:00 -- Lunch

                 -- Library is open

                 -- Time for visiting

                 -- Practice for any upcoming events; for example, a group sang at Paul & 

                    Anthea's wedding in February, and right now a group is practicing an 

                    instrumental number for the church anniversary in September.

2:00-3:00 -- Second church service

Second and fourth quarters of the year

9:30-11:00 -- Morning church service

11:00-12:15 -- Sunday School for ages 1-12

11:30-12:30 -- Canons class for adults -- This consists of a 45-minute speech by my 

                      husband on one article of the Canons, followed by a question and answer

                      period.

                   -- Classes for the young people

12:30-2:00 -- Same as first and third quarters

2:00-3:00 -- Second church service

Here are pictures of some of these groups/activities:

Youngest Sunday School class

Youngest catechism class, minus our Emily

Older catechism class with Elder Chan --  Elder Chan does written work with these kids while my husband teaches the younger ones for half an hour; then a young adult leads the younger kids in singing while my husband teaches the older ones for half an hour.

One of the young people's classes

Another class for the youth

Men's Bible Study

Ladies' Bible Study (with my mom and Erin Braaksma from Georgetown PRC)

Lunch

Library

As you can see, Sundays are very busy days and much different than Sundays in the States. The reason for this is that some people take public transportation to church, and it takes some of them a long time to get there.  And even those who drive can have difficulty due to the traffic here.  So rather than spending hours each Sunday in getting to and from church, once we are at church we stay there! :-)  But it is a blessed time of fellowship with each other.  After a week of living and working among the world, Sunday is truly a wonderful day of rest and fellowship with like-minded brothers and sisters in Christ.