Little Quakes

Quaker fun for Jenna and Julia yesterday! Jenna has been to the Quaker Church in Houston for a year but Julia had never been there. We went to the one on Hill Street in Ann Arbor yesterday. And a full crowd there too-80 people!

The gist of it is: there’s no minister, no music, no hymnal, no books. It’s like the silent prayer at a regular church but it lasts the whole hour. The kids sit in church in silence for the first twenty minutes then leave and go to their Sunday School. There are little pouches with small stuffed animals and quiet toys for the smaller kids to play with so that they can keep still so we got one for Julia.

Well, since it was Julia’s first time I thought we’d practice and sit in the lobby for the first twenty minutes to see how she did.

Julia did great! Not a peep out of her and she sat still the whole time. Jenna however made it eight minutes and then she was about bouncing off the walls. Maybe she needs the pouch of quiet toys too. Although she did have Hoppy (Thor) with her.

But when it came time for going to Sunday School Julia was suddenly stricken with shyness. She finally went in and sat down after a lot of coaxing.

When I went to pick up Julia after church the door was closed to her Sunday School so I stood outside and listened for a minute. I heard the teacher say ‘Julia would you like to tell us about yourself yet?’. Nothing. Then, the other kids talked about a picture they drew and the teacher said ‘Julia would you like to tell us about your picture?’. Nothing. I guess she didn’t speak the entire time, but when I finally got her she said ‘Oh boy can I come back next week?’