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I have been going to every Nova Cane project since 6th grade and I enjoy every minute of it. The second activity is participating in the Mass, which is when teachers elect students to either bring up the gifts to the altar or read the readings during a school Mass. Similarly, I have also participated in the Saints in Motion, Rosary Bead, Stations of the Cross, and the Heritage Mass. Saints in Motion is when students dress-up as their assigned saint and tell a summed biography of the saint. Rosary Bead is when Student Council Officers, Representatives, and some selected students form a rosary bead and pray as a school to Mary.

I spent two months talking to my parents via international calls every midnight, prayed for them, and wanted to let them know how much love they have been receiving from Jesus Christ. I help my younger sister find her mission from God by sharing our devotion from the Bible, praying for signs God shows to her every day. Sometimes

The True Meaning of Dedication For as long as I can remember, I have been attending the Immanuel Lutheran Church. As I was growing up, my mom was big on attending church every Sunday. If we would miss a service or we would be gone, she would make up for it! My mom would grab the children’s Bible and activity book and we would have our own Sunday school lesson. I loved listening to my mom read my favorite Bible stories.

In the beginning of my junior year of high school, one of my close friends told me she was getting confirmed at church next Sunday, completely clueless I only nodded in agreement and said that was great! When we arrived home I asked my mom what confirmation was, and she explained to me that it was the next step, or Sacrament, in a Catholic’s life where you confirm the relationship you have and want with God. In the Catholic religion, you are baptized at a young age, most of the time, before you can walk. Later, you enroll and attend Sunday school for a certain period of time to prepare for what is called your First Communion, which is the third of seven sacraments received. When a person receives their first communion they are most of the

The backbone is everything to a family. They are the mediator, comforter, teacher, and the one who keep the family together. My family hasn’t been the same since my grandmother died in 2009. When my grandmother was alive, every year we had a family reunion at her house. On Sundays she made sure all her children and her grandchildren were in church every morning, before Sunday school started.

() Here family were very religious and attended the church many times a week, her father was extremely involved in the local church as well as in city politics as a vocal proponent of Albanian independence. (Agnes) Mother Teresa went to a convent-run school for young children, as well as going on to attend a state-run school for teens between the age of 11 and 16 or 18. As a young girl, Mother Teresa sang in the local Sacred Heart choir. She even made a pilgrimage to the chapel of the Madonna of Letnice atop Black Mountain in Skopje, during such trip (Agnes) Mother Teresa only at the tender age of 12 felt a passion for religious life. It is here that I believe she knew her destiny s, a destiny of dedicating her life to the church and God and people destitute.

We are going to be helping them work on their English, and I will get to use my Spanish. I have also had the opportunity to work in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer nursery which was my first paying job. Every Sunday morning I am in the nursery from 9 until 12, or later if needed, watching peoples children up to four years of age while they attend church.

One month and two days later on April 25, 1954, and one week after Easter, one hundred forty five people attended the first worship service and Sunday school above the old Township Hall and fire station on the northeast corner of Haslett and Okemos Roads. For the first year or so, guest ministers provided most of the sermons. Occasionally there would be a fire call and the siren would blow, interrupting the service. This always delighted the young children. At an October 1954 meeting in the Haslett elementary school, the Congregational Christian Church was selected as the denomination with which Haslett Community Church would be affiliated.

But, we want to help you to be as comfortable as possible when and if you join us”. The people gather in the church weekly to glorify God in joyful worship. The expressions of worship on CCML take many forms a prayer, a hymn of reverent awe, a guitar ringing with a chorus of praise, or a warm handshake and a welcoming smile. Their weekly services begin at 9:30 each Sunday at church. Also, they have weekly podcast if anyone wants to listen online.

I sometimes reminisce back to when my father would sing Amazing Grace with me and my mother would teach me Bible stories. Together, my parents were my Sunday School teachers from third to sixth grade. I loved going to church as a family: my sister, my parents, and myself included. My sister, two cousins, and I even formed a singing group at my church in honor of my grandmother, Minnie (we were called “The Minnie Maberrys”) Needless to say, my family has been an integral part of my faith. I have sought encouragement from them and the wisdom they have instilled in me will remain with me for a lifetime.