Sunday School

Good morning ,yesterdays Saturday mornings as a youngster ,reminded me of the  Sundays that followed ,the day would start with breakfast ,My Dad often cooked Sunday breakfast,and though my Mum was a good cook ,Dads breakfasts were some how very special ,he had probably been up hours before hand ,going for a walk to collect mushrooms to add to our delicious meal .After this ,all dressed in our best clothes we went to Sunday school,which was held in one of the classrooms at our school .Our teacher for Sunday school was Miss Robins ,we would start with a hymn ,then prayers more hymns then the bible story ...This was lovely ,and I can remember them still ,whether they were parables or first or second testament,storys ,Miss Robins always told them in her own word ......thus making it all so real !and indeed understandable when we heard the real thing later as we grew older .After the morning session was over ,off we went home for our Sunday lunch roast beef and yorkshire pudding ,whilst listening to the Billy Cotton band show ,Then off we would go again to the afternoon session .Miss Robins  would discuss current events and teach us to pray for our fellow man in trouble .She told us about Grace Darling and Florence Nightingale ,Nurse Edith Cavell ,Dr Barnardo,(we all had our own collecting box) sing more childrens hymns ,and then ....the high light of the week,She would read to us all the adventures of the 'Famous five 'by Enid Blyton ,Idont know how many books were serialised this way ,but it certainly covered alot,reading a few chapters each week.Miss Robins never married she looked after her ageing parents untill they died ,and carried on until she became too frail herself ,she was the organist at church ,I joined the church choir when I was older,but thats another story .Miss Robins taught maybe two or even three generations of children ...But Sunday school for me was wonderful ,taught by a very simple but clever Lady ,whose chistian name ,was Grace

Have a very Blessed Sunday Everyone ,with love Jan xx