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Children’s Enrichment Center NEWS: It is so much fun at CEC with our March themes of Oh, The Places You’ll Go, Egg Shells and Cotton Tails, and Green Giggles! We began with a birthday celebration for Dr. Seuss and everyone dressed in wacky, tacky, freaky clothes and had silly hairdos. We read favorite Dr. Seuss books, wrote funny stories, and played with green goop. Then children wore their favorite hats for the annual Hat Parades, hunted eggs in the small courtyard and enjoyed Easter parties. Thanks to all the parents and OHPC family for supporting these events. The feeling of spring is definitely in the air; next month’s themes are Leaping Lizards and Ladybug Laughter, Roots and Wings, and Fiesta! And we’ll be planting, examining bugs and critters, and having our own MIOSA celebration (Morning in Old San Antonio) with a float parade. I want to invite you, your families and friends to Jubilee on May 3rd. This is our major fundraising event of the year and chairpersons Monica Dase, Suzanne Holland, and Sharon Ward, together with CEC parents, are planning wonderful booths, activities, and auctions. It’s a day of great fun and support for our little much-loved school. And last week we bid a fond farewell to Bev Stevens, our Spanish teacher, who is returning to New York. We thank Senora Bev for volunteering her time and expertise to help our children learn Spanish. Adios, Senora Bev, muchas gracias y vaya con Dios. Carol Waltner Interim Director |
"For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under the sun: a time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck what is planted." (Eccl.: 3:1-2) It's been a long time, it seems since we celebrated Advent, the Birth of Jesus, the visit of the Magi, and the new Life that came with Him into the world. Annually, we continue to recall His Life--to remember His work, His word, His disciples and the changes He brought into the world. For these we are truly grateful. We can not help but to also recall the troubles and the agonies He must have gone through those last days before the crucifixion. But Easter brought the Resurrection and the time, like new blossoms, to burst into new glories, new understandings and the new promise of "New Life" for all who believe. And thus we begin our new "Liturgical Year". Celebrations (and study) about a couple more Christian celebrations are just ahead: Ascension Day, Pentecost (I'm still seeking to find the connection between events of the Old Testament Pentecost and the New Testament Pentecost.) Current Church calendars also note there is a Trinity Sunday (May 25) and also Presbyterian Heritage Day (May 25)--and I always believed that Presbyterian Heritage Day was in the Fall! A couple of years ago, The Presbyterian Women's yearly study was on the liturgy of the church. It was an interesting study and we learned a great deal from how and why these regularly scheduled time remembrances were instituted. The study gave us a deeper understanding of the development of Christian Theology, but for some of us, it also left points to ponder and questions to ask. Therefore, for this month's suggestions for extended reading about why the Church does as it does there are several books on the liturgy of the church to be placed in the RACK at the beginning of April. And now for messages for the users of the other side of the RACK! The "special interest" books of the month will have some Easter and resurrection stories. Also books on new sights --pictures and stories of planting new plants, watching leaves pop out from branches and seeing birds as they build new nests and begin new families of birds shortly after their arrival from farther south. Spring is for NEW things! Maybe your parents will help you plant a new "mini-garden" to grow a favorite vegetable or flower. Ask them! Alita Cooper, Librarian |
From our Church Librarian: Book Nook |
