tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627572264129338713.post5425015076164806059..comments2014-09-07T14:38:14.170+10:00Comments on The Rector's Page: Sermon for the Last Sunday before LentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8627572264129338713.post-64795918599824319542009-03-06T09:54:00.000+11:002009-03-06T09:54:00.000+11:00An anonymous 2c worth...As a congregation we encou...An anonymous 2c worth...<BR/><BR/>As a congregation we encouraged and rewarded that very adorable little girl in her behaviour. Like adoring grandparents or aunts/uncles etc we all thought oh isn't that lovely and it says something wonderful about us that this little child is so comfortable in church. I heard comments made to the little girl's mother to this effect more than once.<BR/><BR/>Now, in a very normal way, that little girl responded to the attention and sought more of it as time goes on. Culminating in the interruptin to intercessions and running around the sanctuary during communion. That is not the little girl's fault and she is not badly behaved, it seems to me that she is seeking our affirmation and trying to learn about her world, including church in the way that toddlers do. <BR/><BR/>Can I ask what's wrong with expecting that children either stay in their seats or parents take them outside or to a creche (do we not have enough volunteers for a creche?) if they get the fidgets? Seriously, this seems like "normal" corteous behaviour to me, what am I missing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com