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Rose of York	Tuesday, 30. June 2009, 15:16
Administrator Posts: 14,540 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: September 25, 2006	Penfold Tuesday, 30. June 2009, 14:10 Lead by example and let your younger children help when you are doing the cleaning in the church or arranging the flowers, the odd bunch of daisies and leaves at the feet of the 'Infant of Prague' may not please the judges at Chelsea but I used to take quite satisfaction knowing that the youngster who had 'arranged them' was now a quiet and responsive member the congregation, full of pride but quiet and happy, in time perhaps he may be an altar server and who knows one day I may live long enough to kiss his episcopal ring. Vocations start at the moment of baptism and from that moment on it is a collective responsibility of all of us to encourage and cultivate them. Good point, Penfold, and if I may add, we should work at including the teenagers and younger adults in all aspects of parish life, including using their organising abilities, not being treated as little helpers. That may help keep more of them in our communities. If they leave, when they begin to mature and feel excluded, rhey are unlikely to become priests, deacons or religious. As you said, some people should have to step down from their roles after serving for a specified period.
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