{"id":1361,"date":"2007-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/children-conduct-unique-service\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:48:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:48:39","slug":"children-conduct-unique-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/children-conduct-unique-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Children conduct unique service"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/image001.jpg\" alt=\"Children conduct unique service\" \/><figcaption>Children conduct unique service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anisa Samimi reads a prayer at the 2006 Universal Children&#8217;s Day service at the Baha&#8217;i House of Worship<\/p>\n<p>A unique service conducted entirely by children was held at the Baha\u2019i House of Worship in Sydney on Sunday 28 October to celebrate Universal Children\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>The House of Worship, which crowns a bushclad hilltop near the northern beachside suburb of Mona Vale, is a Sydney landmark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren\u2019s Day has become one of our biggest days of the year and the House of Worship was filled to capacity with more than 800 people attending,\u201d said Natalie Mobini, spokesperson for the Australian Baha\u2019i Community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Children\u2019s Day service is unique because it is conducted entirely by children,\u201d Dr Mobini said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren give all of the readings and sing in a special children\u2019s choir,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year we are amazed by the capacity of the children. This service had a particular vibrancy and warmth as a result of their involvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the service, families enjoyed refreshments and free children&#8217;s activities including face painting, crafts and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the Children\u2019s Day service this year was \u201cThe attributes of world citizens.\u201d This reflected the Baha\u2019i belief that \u201cthe earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Banners illustrating the theme, made by children attending Baha\u2019i education classes throughout Sydney, festooned the Temple grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the children in the classes are members of Baha\u2019i families and some are not,\u201d Dr Mobini said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all love to be involved in conducting the service and decorating the grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A unique service conducted entirely by children was held at the 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-1361","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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