{"id":31,"date":"2006-07-22T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-22T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quilldancer.com\/meditations\/2006\/07\/22\/sidewalk-sunday-school\/"},"modified":"2006-07-22T07:14:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-22T17:14:00","slug":"sidewalk-sunday-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quilldancer.com\/meditations\/2006\/07\/22\/sidewalk-sunday-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidewalk Sunday School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/331\/3096\/1600\/me.1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/331\/3096\/200\/me.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since I&#8217;ve been here for awhile &#8212; and made a few friends &#8212; I guess it is safe to REALLY introduce myself.  I am a teacher, a writer and a children&#8217;s evangelist.  Supported by a team of truly awesome people I teach Sunday School every Saturday in one of Vegas&#8217;s poorest, most transient inner city neighborhoods.<br \/><a href=http:\/\/www.glitter-graphics.com title='Myspace Graphics'><img src=http:\/\/dl3.glitter-graphics.net\/pub\/6\/6057m99xsufmia.gif width=455 height=22 alt='myspace layouts, myspace codes, glitter graphics' border=0><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/331\/3096\/1600\/the%20truck.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/331\/3096\/320\/the%20truck.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>  This is our church.  It is on wheels.  October through May we take it to a local elementary school on Saturdays for worship.  Each week we have a few new kids.  Each week a few kids move away &#8212; the neighborhood is highly transient &#8212; however, some kids have been attending Sidewalk services for our entire five years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.glitter-graphics.com title='Myspace Graphics'><img src=http:\/\/dl3.glitter-graphics.net\/pub\/6\/6057m99xsufmia.gif width=455 height=22 alt='myspace layouts, myspace codes, glitter graphics' border=0><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/331\/3096\/1600\/the%20pews.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/331\/3096\/320\/the%20pews.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>  These are our &#8220;pews&#8221; &#8212; two squares of carpet rolled out onto the asphalt.  The children sit here for the lessons.  <\/p>\n<p>Where we roll out the carpet is always dictated by the weather &#8212; in the sun when its cold, in the shade when its hot, and not at all when it rains.  The school has an outdoor lunch shelter we use when it rains, but unfortunately it is quite small and sometimes the kids really have to cuddle to fit eveyone in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.glitter-graphics.com title='Myspace Graphics'><img src=http:\/\/dl3.glitter-graphics.net\/pub\/6\/6057m99xsufmia.gif width=455 height=22 alt='myspace layouts, myspace codes, glitter graphics' border=0><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/331\/3096\/1600\/not%20waterproof.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/331\/3096\/320\/not%20waterproof.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> During the summer months when it is too hot to gather the children together and sit them on the ground, we have &#8220;splash&#8221; events where we all get together once every few weeks and try to drown each other in fun. <class=\"module-list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/quilldancer.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/meddling-murphy.html#links\">&#8220;The camera isn&#8217;t wategublpt!&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.glitter-graphics.com title='Myspace Graphics'><img src=http:\/\/dl3.glitter-graphics.net\/pub\/6\/6057m99xsufmia.gif width=455 height=22 alt='myspace layouts, myspace codes, glitter graphics' border=0><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have now been inspired to start a Sidewalk Sunday School [patented] program in your church, please contact our Director, Billie Fidlin.  Her email is: billie@desertsw.org   <\/p>\n<p>Be sure to put Sidewalk Sunday School (SSS) in the header, and tell her Charlene sent you.<br \/><a href=http:\/\/www.glitter-graphics.com title='Myspace Graphics'><img src=http:\/\/dl3.glitter-graphics.net\/pub\/6\/6057m99xsufmia.gif width=477 height=22 alt='myspace layouts, myspace codes, glitter graphics' border=0><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Sidewalk Sunday School\" rel=\"tag\">Sidewalk Sunday School,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/God Rocks\" rel=\"tag\">God Rocks,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/religion\" rel=\"tag\">religion,<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I&#8217;ve been here for awhile &#8212; and made a few friends &#8212; I guess it is safe to REALLY introduce myself. I am a teacher, a writer and a children&#8217;s evangelist. 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