Posted in 10 Reserve St, Penrith South Primary, tagged Assembly, religion, School Captain, school scripture, Sunday School, The Lord's Prayer on March 31, 2012| 2 Comments »
Monday morning, school assemblies.
Boy School Captain traditionally recites:
The Lord’s Prayer.
My religious education thusfar:
– Single visit to Sunday School
– Inattentive attendance at school scripture.
Nervous admission:
“Ahem, aagh. Mr Smith. Ummm!
I don’t know this prayer.”
Horrified! (him)
“Learn it!”
Horrified! (me), then,
Prayer answered:
“Until you do, … read it!“
Amen.
Posted in 1 Guildford Rd, Penrith Primary, tagged Gershwin, It Ain't Necessarily So, Normie Rowe, religion, Sunday School on February 21, 2012| 3 Comments »
“Hey Mum, I think I might go to Sunday School this Sunday.”
“OK. I’ll take you.” surprise tinged her tone.
Grateful surprise.
I probably struggled keeping the colouring pencil inside the lines … but they could have at least told me the stories.
Sunday.
Mum drops me at the Hall*.
Finished. Mum’s there.
“Mum!”
“I’m not going again.”
“I didn’t learn anything! All we did was colour in pictures of Jesus.”
Note & extra.
* Cambridge Park Community Hall.
Around the same time: It Ain’t Necessarily So was a hit in Australia for Normie Rowe. Maybe my sudden impulse to seek out Sunday School was related to the stories mentioned in this song … they may not be necessarily so but they sound like great tales.
Here is a version of the song from Cab Calloway.
365 Short Memories 