The children of the Church School met for the first time on the evening of Wednesday, November 16th.  After an opening prayer, the children engaged in a lesson about bread - how it is used in Church services, why we ask for our daily bread in the Lord's Prayer, and the Lord's statement that "I am the bread of life."  After that, they moved to the kitchen where they learned how to bake prosphora.  When the bread was baking, they returned to the library/classroom to talk about namesdays, since one of the students was celebrating his own.  Then it was time for everybody's favorite time of the week, Stump the Priest - where the children can ask any question of Fr James about the Church or Scriptures and try to stump him!  There were many enthusiastic players, though Fr was not stumped this time around.  At that time, the bread was ready to be taken out of the oven.  It was beautiful, and will make a perfect offering for this Sunday's Divine Liturgy. 
       This was the first of many classes for the youth of this parish.  The next meeting will be on Wednesday, November 23rd when we will come together as a parish family to sing the Akathist "Glory to God for all Things," in preparation for Thanksgiving.  See you there!