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margin-left:5px; text-align: justify;"> <p><u><b>PURPOSE</b></u></p> <p >The purpose of our Sunday School is to:</p> <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font> Interest and inspire children to seek and to love God above all else.</p> <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font> Teach them that security and inward peace can be found only when one knows God, and never in the things of this world. </p> <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font> Teach them at an early age how to live happy balanced lives, how to bring God into their daily lives, and to develop a personal relationship with Him through the practice of regular meditation.<br> </p> <br> <p><b><u>CLASS FORMAT</u></b> </p> <p >The class format includes: </p> <p > <font color="#ce65ff">* </font>pre-class activity<br> <font color="#ce65ff">* </font>prayer<br> <font color="#ce65ff">* </font>energization exercises<br> <font color="#ce65ff">* </font>chanting<br> <font color="#ce65ff">* </font>meditation<br> <font color="#ce65ff">* </font>class lesson<br> <font color="#ce65ff">* </font>closing prayer </p> <p>Children, from the ages of 3-18, who are familiar with the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda and socially are able to participate in group activities, are welcome to attend. Class is held during the Sunday Readings Service from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. </p> <p>Our primary Sunday School provides education on the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda for children ages 3-10 and our Youth Group is for ages 11 and up. The Sunday School and Youth Group activities are available from September through May each year. The Youth Group provides an opportunity to establish bonds of divine friendship and service with other young adults who have the same spiritual ideals. Sunday School and Youth Group children present a Christmas program each year. They also sponsor a project to help underprivileged children in the Twin Cities feel the joy of Christmas. </p> <div></div> <p align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><b><font size="+3"><font size="+1">PHOTO GALLERY</font></font></b></font></p> <div> <p><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>We have our own <a href="images/Sunday%20school/sundayschool4.jpg" target="_blank"> altar</a> in Sunday school where we pray and meditate.<br> <font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Here is a small display with <a href="images/Sunday%20school/sundayschool11.jpg" target="_blank"> pictures of Paramahansa Yogananda's siblings</a>. <br> <font color="#ce65ff">*</font>A <a href="images/Sunday%20school/sundayschool2.jpg" target="_blank"> spiritual family tree</a> with pictures of all the Sunday school students. <br> <br> </p> </div> <p><u><font size="4"><b>Sunday School Activities</b></font></u> <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>We learn how to <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Dsc00102.jpg" target="_blank"> meditate</a> in Sunday school.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>We learn <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Dsc00103.jpg" target="_blank"> how to sit properly when we meditate</a>. We're not all at the same level yet.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>We don't meditate very long, but <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Dsc00101.jpg" target="_blank"> sometimes it seems like it</a>.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Ahhhh....... <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Dsc00104.jpg" target="_blank"> silence</a>.... peace.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Yum, yum...<a href="images/Sunday%20school/Dsc00111.jpg" target="_blank">time for treats</a>. Always a favorite. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/sundayschool3.jpg" target="_blank">Cupcakes</a> are my personal favorite treat. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font> <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Dsc00099.jpg" target="_blank"> Frosting!</a>&nbsp; Now we're talking about some good stuff!&nbsp;&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Lets put some <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Dsc00100.jpg" target="_blank"> sprinkles</a> on it. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>A <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20023.jpg" target="_blank"> happy Sunday School student</a> picking out a book to read. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20055.jpg" target="_blank">Christmas</a> is a wonderful time of the year. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>We like to prepare for Christmas by doing <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20018.jpg" target="_blank" > arts and crafts</a>.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20047.jpg" target="_blank">Crafts</a> are a favorite activity at any time of the year.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>One Sunday a month we <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20022.jpg" target="_blank">play games</a>, cards, ping pong, or learn Hatha Yoga.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Would ya <a href="images/Sunday%20school/hats.jpg" target="_blank"> look at these hats</a>! Mama mia!&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20048.jpg" target="_blank">What</a> are they making anyway? <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Let's make a <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20049.jpg" target="_blank"> gingerbread house</a>. Putting on the <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20051.jpg" target="_blank"> final touches</a>. <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20052.jpg" target="_blank"> Many hands</a> make light work.&nbsp;&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>A <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20026.jpg" target="_blank"> smile</a> is a wonderful gift from God! <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>At Christmas time the Sunday school children, teens (and some adults) sometimes give a <a href="images/Sunday%20school/musical%2012-17-00.jpg" target="_blank"> musical performance</a>.&nbsp; At other times we put on a <a href="images/Sunday%20school/skit2001a.jpg" target="_blank"> skit</a>, complete with <a href="images/Sunday%20school/skit2001.jpg" target="_blank"> costumes</a>. A good time is had by all. <p>&nbsp; <p><u><font size="4"><b>SRF Summer &quot;How-To-Live&quot; Youth Camps</b></font></u> <p>Self-Realization Fellowship holds Girls&#8217; and Boys&#8217; &#8220;How-To-Live&#8221; Youth Programs each summer at Camp Arbolado in the San Bernadino mountains of California.&nbsp; Children ages 10-16 from our group are invited to participate in these camps which include a balanced schedule of meditation, classes, activities, crafts, and sports in a wonderful mountain setting. If you have any questions about the sending your children to the SRF Youth Camps, feel free to contact us through our <a href="Contact-Us.html">Contact Us</a> web page.&nbsp; <p>A number of children from the Minneapolis Meditation Group have attended the How-To-Live Youth Camps the past several summers. Following are some pictures from their experiences in 2002 and 2003. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p> </b></span> <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20girls%20youth%20program%20-%20group%20.jpg" target="_blank">Girls group picture</a> from the 2002 camp.&nbsp;Can you find the girls from the Minneapolis Group? <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20boys%20youth%20program%20-%20group%20.jpg" target="_blank">Boys group picture</a> from the 2002 camp.&nbsp;Can you find the boys from the Minneapolis Group? <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Here several &quot;campers&quot; from our group, and a parent chaperone, are <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20boys%20youth%20-%20boys.jpg" target="_blank"> about to board the airplane</a> for California.&nbsp;There were many <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20boys%20youth%20-%20helpers.jpg" target="_blank"> adult chaperones</a> and teachers that helped out at the camps.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20boys%20youth%20-%20Br.%20Dominic.jpg" target="_blank">Br. Dominic</a> was one of the instructors at the Boys 2002 camp. Before entering the ashram he was a member of the Minneapolis Meditation Group.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>It was great living in a cabin up in the mountains. Here some of us are <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20boys%20youth%20-%20James%207%20friends.jpg" target="_blank"> gathered outside our cabin</a>.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20girls%20youth%20-%20canoeing.jpg" target="_blank">Canoeing</a> was one of the many fun activities at both the boys and girls camps. Of course, <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20girls%20youth%20-%20swim.jpg" target="_blank"> swimming</a> is always a favorite as well as <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20girls%20youth%20-%20tree%20climb.jpg" target="_blank"> climbing trees</a>. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>We also liked to <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20girls%20youth%20-%20Ropes%202.jpg" target="_blank"> climb ropes</a> and had to watch out so that we didn't <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20girls%20youth%20-%20Ropes.jpg" target="_blank"> fall</a>!&nbsp; We were always safe though.&nbsp;It's a lesson in <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2003%20ropes.jpg" target="_blank"> trust</a> because someone on the ground is helping to hold you up. Here's how the you get the <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2003%20rope%20strap.jpg" target="_blank"> straps around your body</a> that hold you up in the air.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Doing a <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20girls%20youth%20-%20skit.jpg" target="_blank"> skit</a> was a lot of fun at the camps because you could wear <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20girls%20youth%20-%20skit%202.jpg" target="_blank"> funky costumes</a>.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>All in all, we had a <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002-girls-youth-Alyssa-Rosie.jpg" target="_blank"> wonderful time</a>. I guess you could say we were <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002-girls-youth-Alyssa-Rosie2.jpg"> &quot;happy campers</a>.&quot; Even without all of the great activities it was fun just to<a href="images/Sunday%20school/2002%20girls%20youth%20-%20Rosie%20&%20friends.jpg"> hang out </a>together with other devotees of God!&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/Swimming2003%20Rosie.jpg" target="_blank">Swimming</a> in the <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Swimming2003%20pool.jpg" target="_blank"> large pool</a> is great! Really refreshing.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Wow!!&nbsp; Look at that <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Hiking2003%20mtns.jpg" target="_blank">view</a> from the mountains when we were hiking! It was a little tiring, but we had <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2003Hike%20rest.jpg" target="_blank"> fun</a> just the same.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>What do you think we're making in this <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2003%20crafts.jpg" target="_blank"> craft</a> session? Are they beginning to <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2003%20basket.jpg" target="_blank"> look like baskets</a> here?&nbsp; It was fun! <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Here we're testing our <a href="images/Sunday%20school/2003%20rock%20climb.jpg" target="_blank">rock climbing</a> skills on a wall.&nbsp;&nbsp; <p>We have established a fund to assist families who are not financially able to send their children to the SRF summer youth camps. If you would like to contribute to this fund please put a note in the memo section of your donation check saying &#8220;<i>Youth Fund.</i>&#8221; Thank you for helping out the children!&nbsp; If you would like to apply for financial assistance from this fund to send your child to an SRF Youth Camp, please contact us through information on our <a href="Contact-Us.html"> Contact Us</a> web page.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><u><font size="4"><b>Sunday School Christmas Giving Project</b></font></u> <p>For the past several years our Sunday School has organized a Christmas giving project through the Catholic Charities Foundation to help children from underprivileged families feel the joy of the Christmas season. The project is based on a similar very successful project conducted by the Lake Shrine Temple congregation. Here&#8217;s how the project works: The Catholic Charities Foundation selects a group of about 25 children to participate in our project. A &#8220;Gift Tree&#8221; was placed in our foyer and decorated with ornaments and tags, hand made by our Sunday School children, with the name and gift &quot;wish&quot; list for each of the children. Members of the Minneapolis Meditation Group then selected a card from the tree and purchased one of the gifts off a wish list and brought the gift back. The teen group and Sunday school then delivered them to The Catholic Charities Foundation for distribution prior to Christmas. Following are some pictures from the 2002 project. </P> <p><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Here the Sunday School children are <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20040.jpg" target="_blank"> making Christmas cards</a>.&nbsp; We made <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20061.jpg" target="_blank"> many, many cards</a>! We even put <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20068.jpg" target="_blank"> candy cane</a> in some of the cards. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>It takes a lot of <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20041.jpg" target="_blank"> concentration</a> hard work to make the cards. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Here's the <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20043.jpg" target="_blank"> Christmas &quot;Gift Tree&quot;</a> in our foyer.&nbsp; You can see the hand-made ornaments and tags containing the &quot;wish&quot; list for each child. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Here the Sunday School teens are <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20045.jpg" target="_blank"> registering group members</a> as they sign up for helping out a child in need.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Some of the <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20059.jpg" target="_blank"> Christmas presents were wrapped</a> by the Sunday School children.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Then the presents were placed <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20054.jpg" target="_blank"> under the Christmas tree</a>.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>After all the presents were purchased and wrapped by the group the Sunday School took them over to the Catholic Charities Foundation. Here we are <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20081.jpg" target="_blank"> distributing presents</a> to the children.&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Here are a couple of wide-eyed, <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20074.jpg" target="_blank"> happy kids</a> seem anxious to get their gifts from the Minneapolis Meditation Group &quot;Santa's.&quot;&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>&quot;<a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20079.jpg" target="_blank">These presents</a> are mine!&quot;&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>&quot;I can barely see over my present <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20080.jpg" target="_blank"> it's so large</a>.&quot;&nbsp; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>&quot;Oh my, <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20083.jpg" target="_blank"> I can hardly wait</a> to open it!&quot; <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>Three of &quot;<a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20084.jpg" target="_blank">Santa's Helpers</a>&quot; and the of their recipients. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>It sure is <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20086.jpg" target="_blank"> heart warming</a> and gratifying to help other people. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font>It's <a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20088.jpg" target="_blank"> a wonderful experience</a> to help others at Christmas or any time of the year! <p ><u><font size="4"><b>Sunday School Instructors</b></font></u> </p> <p>Many adult volunteers make our Sunday School a tremendous success each year. Here are pictures of just a few of them that we recently caught on film.&nbsp; Thank you all so much!! <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20015.jpg" target="_blank">Adult volunteer 1</a>. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20016.jpg" target="_blank">Adult volunteer 2</a>. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20025.jpg" target="_blank">Adult volunteer 3</a>. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20044.jpg" target="_blank">Adult volunteer 4</a>. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20017.jpg" target="_blank">Adult volunteer 5</a>. <p ><font color="#ce65ff">*</font><a href="images/Sunday%20school/Pictures%201%20046.jpg" target="_blank">Adult volunteer 6</a>. <BR> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="Index.html">Home</a> | <a href="Sitemap.html"> Site Map</a> </p> <BR> <div align="center"><img src="images/goldleaf-trans.gif" width="152" height="49"><BR> <font color="#FF6600" size="2"><b>Copyright © 2010 Minneapolis Meditation Group of Self-Realization Fellowship, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 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