The Lesson Leaf
This morning while I was thinking about Psalm 8, which is our Sunday school lesson this morning, I was thinking that it would be easy to print it out on a single page and read it together that way. And just like that, memory took me back to my teen years in the church on Victoria Avenue where it was my job to pass out the lesson leaf to those who needed it.
We each had our own "quarterly," --a word which meant to me "study manual" and that to me was the only meaning of the word. There were always those who forgot to bring their quarterlies, and there would be guests who didn't have a quarterly, thus we had the lesson leaf, a single page with the Bible text printed to make it easier for the student to follow along when we would read the Bible text together. We haven't had a lesson leaf for over 30 years and I'd almost forgotten it altogether.
I was very happy to have a job to do in the church on Sunday morning. It nurtured my sense of belonging. I'm sorry that we don't have the lesson leaf nowadays. Someone needs that job.
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NJ
at 8/29/2004 3:21:21 PM- Twins! How neat! We have twins in our family, --twin grandsons. I was just remembering how excited we were when we first got the news that instead of one baby there would be two. It was big excitement. Our boys aren't identical and seldom wear the same clothes as each other. They are very individual. But when they were little, they were often dressed similarly.
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Leslie
at 8/29/2004 10:02:00 PM- My sisters are fraternal twins as well and couldn't be more different now that they're in their 30's. My father's nickname for them when they were toddlers was "20 Fingers"
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NJ
at 8/30/2004 7:14:36 AM- Our boys are 16. They are different in their personalities but they spend lots of time with each other and enjoy being together. Twenty fingers is an interesting comment on what they were like.
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These stream of consciousness entries you post are so cool, NJ. Just little insights into exactly what you're thinking about...it's a great way to get to know you.
I helped to teach Sunday School very briefly when we moved from a big city to a small town when I was a young girl. I used to love bringing my little sisters to church, the twins, dressed identically in their Sunday best.