tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post8742600921812266802..comments2023-05-25T09:14:35.702+01:00Comments on The Vernacular Vicar: Suffer the Little ChildrenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-28920768060096339902010-11-12T15:22:59.741+00:002010-11-12T15:22:59.741+00:00Well said! Am going through the 'taking childr...Well said! Am going through the 'taking children to church all over again' now that we have grandchildren. The lively boys 3 and 5 brighten up everyone's service with their antics and loud whispers or I hope they do. One week they had a magnet on a telescopic stick and spent the sermon trying to reach the glasses of the elderly lady in front (she never knew). Best of all was coffee time , as he passed the biscuits around to the starchiest child critic , said that it would be 'Ok if she had another one , and that there would be no charge.'Margaret Mary Rowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04468989976417886843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-66400675406847473622010-11-03T23:15:34.392+00:002010-11-03T23:15:34.392+00:00Bravo David. I agree with all you've said abo...Bravo David. I agree with all you've said about children in church, and those who can't cope with the children being there, would do well to have their consciences pricked, by having the opportunity to read what you've said: you could publish this blog page in the diocesan newspaper [the DOOR] for a start!<br /><br />Our own children were brought to church from the time they were born, and not everyone approved, but that didn't stop us bringing them. Our worship of God in Church has always been important to us, and if we were going to be able to be there, then the children came too. <br /><br />I'm proud to say [oops, pardon me Father for I have sinned] that they've always been in church, wherever they've lived, and now, some 30 years later, they're still there, one as an ordinand, and the other showing her belongingness by taking her place on the PCC.johnbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-81518635968946897232010-11-03T12:17:00.417+00:002010-11-03T12:17:00.417+00:00Amen and Alleluia! I couldn't agree with you m...Amen and Alleluia! I couldn't agree with you more. This post has triggered one of mine in which I quote you.Nancy Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414597433860002332noreply@blogger.com