Sidewalk Sunday School

Since I've been here for awhile -- and made a few friends -- I guess it is safe to REALLY introduce myself. I am a teacher, a writer and a children's evangelist. Supported by a team of truly awesome people I teach Sunday School every Saturday in one of Vegas's poorest, most transient inner city neighborhoods. This is our church. It is on wheels. October through May we take it to a local elementary school on Saturdays for worship. Each week we have a few new kids. Each week a few kids move away -- the neighborhood is highly transient -- however, some kids have been attending Sidewalk services for our entire five years. These are our "pews" -- two squares of carpet rolled out onto the asphalt. The children sit here for the lessons. Where we roll out the carpet is always dictated by the weather -- in the sun when its cold, in the shade when its hot, and not at all when it rains. The school has an outdoor lunch shelter we use when it rains, but unfortunately it is quite small and sometimes the kids really have to cuddle to fit eveyone in. During the summer months when it is too hot to gather the children together and sit them on the ground, we have "splash" events where we all get together once every few weeks and try to drown each other in fun. "The camera isn't wategublpt!" If you have now been inspired to start a Sidewalk Sunday School [patented] program in your church, please contact our Director, Billie Fidlin. Her email is: billie@desertsw.org Be sure to put Sidewalk Sunday School (SSS) in the header, and tell her Charlene sent you. Sidewalk Sunday School God Rocks religion