Last Sunday (again) my not so young youngest asked to be picked up during church. Then he fidgeted between positions involving limbs, me and pews.
How much does being at a distance from the altar effects one's ability to engage? What about all the shoulders & heads blocking a child's view?
I remember taking one of my kids to the zoo when very little. While I I tried to point out animals she was fixated on things much closer like plants or rocks.
Where would you like to sit for a concert or baseball game, a meeting at work, dinner out, a bus ride?
St Gregory's of Nyssa notes they have a "children's space, next to the presider's chair, so they can have a better view of the action of the liturgy."
How does proximity effect you in church? Children you've observed? What approaches has your church taken?
What if we all could moved in closer?
Monday, October 05, 2009
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