{"id":1246,"date":"2011-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/children-conduct-service-in-temple\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:48:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:48:39","slug":"children-conduct-service-in-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/children-conduct-service-in-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Children conduct service in Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/Camden%20family.jpg\" alt=\"Children conduct service in Temple\" \/><figcaption>The Jowett family of Camden attending the children&#8217;s service at the Baha&#8217;i Temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A service conducted entirely by children was held in a sun-filled Baha\u2019i House of Worship in Sydney on Sunday 28 October to celebrate Universal Children\u2019s Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eighteen children, ranging from 4 to 12 years old, read from the scriptures of the Baha&#8217;i Faith and other world religions.<\/p>\n<p>A children\u2019s choir provided music for the service, which attracted hundreds of people, with the Temple reaching its full seating capacity.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Australian Baha\u2019i Community, Venus Khalessi, said parents, children and other family members came from interstate and across New South Wales to attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the participants were from the Baha\u2019i community and many others came from schools which host Baha\u2019i education programs such as Collaroy, Northbridge, Hornsby, St Ives and Epping Heights public schools,\u201d Ms Khalessi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill others came from elsewhere in NSW, including children who participate in neighbourhood Baha\u2019i classes outside of school hours,&#8221; Ms Khalessi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe readers responded with great excitement and joy in having the chance to present readings from the scriptures and prayers of the major world religions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Pouneh Sedghi, one of the event organisers, said there was a positive reaction from parents to the service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few of the families who had come to the service for the first time told me how inspired and moved they were to see their children recite these holy words with such reverence and dignity,\u201d Ms Sedghi said.<\/p>\n<p>Among those attending was a Camden family, John and Su-Yin Jowett with their son Lachlan, 6, and Joshua,1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe felt so uplifted by the service&#8211; and the children\u2019s activities are a great opportunity for our son to engage with the Temple and to meet new friends,\u201d Mr Jowett said.<\/p>\n<p>After the service, many parents participated in the \u201cEmbrace Virtues\u201d seminar at the Visitors\u2019 Information Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar offered spiritual and practical guidance on how to use virtues in the character development of young children from their infancy, and in the enhancement of family life.<\/p>\n<p>There were also many activities especially for the children, including a virtues garden, face painting, singalongs, virtues quilt and kite making.<\/p>\n<p>The first children\u2019s service was held in the Temple in 1989 and has since become an annual event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A service conducted entirely by children was held in a sun-filled Baha\u2019i House of Worship in Sydney on Sunday 28 October to celebrate Universal Children\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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