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Saint Nicholas of Japan, pray for us! The Children’s Word is a weekly bulletin for Orthodox Christian young people. Copyright 2016 Alexandra Houck. Email is orthodoxchildrensword (at) gmail.com. Find it each week at myocn.net. “Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for to such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Mark 10:14 Sunday, July 31, 2016 Volume 4, Issue 31 Working as a team Working as a team Working as a team Working as a team Do you watch sports? Maybe you are on a team yourself. If you watch a good team playing, you probably notice how each player is good at something different. In basketball, usually the shorter players are good at dribbling down the court and shooting from far away. Some other players are best at blocking other people from shooting, or even dunking the ball in the hoop! Each player has his own talent, doesn’t he? In the epistle reading today, we hear Saint Paul saying the same thing! But Saint Paul isn’t writing about a sports team; he talks about how we all work together in the Church. Some people are teachers. Some people help people who really need help. Some people are rich, and give money. Some people get other people to believe in Christ too! We all have different ways of serving Christ and the Church. Saint Paul calls these gifts! He writes that we should use these gifts as much as God has given us. Let’s always remember that our Church is a team. When we work as a team, everybody (yes, everybody—kids like you, priests, teachers, singers, businessmen, mothers, fathers, grandparents, everybody!) has a role to play! A Ministry of the Orthodox Christian Network A team works together! A team works together! A team works together! A team works together!

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Saint Nicholas of Japan, pray for us!

The Children’s Word is a weekly bulletin for Orthodox Christian young people. Copyright 2016 Alexandra Houck.

Email is orthodoxchildrensword (at) gmail.com. Find it each week at myocn.net.

“Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for to such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Mark 10:14

Sunday, July 31, 2016 Volume 4, Issue 31

Working as a teamWorking as a teamWorking as a teamWorking as a team Do you watch sports? Maybe you are on a

team yourself. If you watch a good team playing,

you probably notice how each player is good at

something different. In basketball, usually the

shorter players are good at dribbling down the

court and shooting from far away. Some other

players are best at blocking other people from

shooting, or even dunking the ball in the hoop!

Each player has his own talent, doesn’t he?

In the epistle reading today, we hear Saint Paul

saying the same thing! But Saint Paul isn’t writing

about a sports team; he talks about how we all

work together in the Church. Some people are

teachers. Some people help people who really need help. Some people are

rich, and give money. Some people get other people to believe in Christ

too! We all have different ways of serving Christ and the Church. Saint

Paul calls these gifts! He writes that we should use these gifts as much as

God has given us.

Let’s always remember that our Church is a team. When we work as a

team, everybody (yes, everybody—kids like you, priests, teachers, singers,

businessmen, mothers, fathers, grandparents, everybody!) has a role to

play!

A Ministry of the

Orthodox Christian Network

A team works together!A team works together!A team works together!A team works together!

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On page 3, you can see a photograph

of Saint Nicholas of Japan.

But here is an icon of him. Do they

look alike?

Remember, icons aren’t supposed to

look just like the real person.

What’s in the icon?

WORD SEARCHWORD SEARCHWORD SEARCHWORD SEARCH

Can you find these words in the jumble? CULTURE

GIFTS

JAPAN

NICHOLAS

RUSSIA

SERVING

SPY

STPAUL

TOGETHER

J G L T J O K N K L B K G Z E

A H I X D W I T U Q G V E M R

P O M T P C G A R U S S I A U

A Z E Z H Y P N W Y P V I E T

N U X O M T G Z I Y U Y Q Z L

X S L D S I O I X V L Z A L U

I A Z I A I Z J F V R L K D C

S O B H M T F Y R T F E Z I R

W F E L R O B M A N S Q S Q B

A N G S A A K L O J O R Z A J

H E I T J P N F E X S L L L I

D Y M V A F A N I N T R E F E

A N F E H H T Q C M I K F A F

R E H T E G O T N V K Q S F W

V X Q P U M M N W F S V Z V K

Have you ever learned

about a country you’ve

never visited? Some of their

customs might have seemed

strange to you!

About 150 years ago, a young man

named Nicholas left his home in

Russia. He traveled thousands of

miles through the mountains and desert to reach the country of Ja-

pan. He wanted to tell the people there about Jesus Christ, because

most of them had never even heard of Him!

But when Nicholas got to Japan, the people didn’t want to hear from

him. They thought he was a spy, who hated Japan. But Nicholas al-

ready loved the people, whom God had made. For 7 years, Nicholas

learned the Japanese language. He tried to understand their religions

and culture too. Saint Nicholas translated most of the Bible into

Japanese, and also some of our church service books too.

Many people began to listen to Nicholas. Thousands of people were

baptized as Orthodox Christians. Saint Nicholas built 219 churches

and made many men to be priests and deacons. Now there are about

30,000 Orthodox Christians in Japan. If you ever visit, you can find a

church too. And you can thank God for Saint Nicholas of Japan!

SAINT NICHOLAS OF JAPAN WHO BROUGHT ORTHODOXY TO JAPAN

We celebrate this feastday of Saint Nicholas tomorrow, August 1st.