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2nd
Annual Sunday School Servants Retreat
Maumee Bay Resort - Toledo, Ohio
October 29 - 31, 2004
" For as
the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body,
being many, are one body, so also is Christ" (I Corinthians 12:12)
This was the theme of the 2nd Annual
Servants Retreat held at the Maumee Bay Resort in Toledo, Ohio on October 29
-31, 2004. His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop at the
Coptic Orthodox
Church Centre in Stevenage, United Kingdom, was invited to lecture the Sunday
School Servants. Also participating were Fr. Mikhail Mikhail & Fr. Marcos Ghali
of St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Cleveland, Ohio, and Fr. Maximos Habib of
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Detroit, Michigan.
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The retreat
was held at the beautiful Maumee Bay Resort in Toledo, Ohio. |
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On Friday,
October 29, Dr. Mikhail Malek of
St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Church of San Diego, California, gave a workshop
entitled "Preparing Sunday School Lessons"
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Fr. Maximos
Habib, Fr. Mikhail Mikhail and Fr. Marcos Ghali held an open question and
answer session on Friday night, October 29. |
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On Saturday,
October 30, Fr. Mikhail, Fr. Maximos and Fr. Marcos led the retreat
participants in the Holy Divine Liturgy. |
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Maria Khalil
& Mariam Elraheb of St. George Coptic Orthodox Church of Toledo, Ohio, lead
the retreat participants in singing hymns. |
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Fr. Mikhail
introduces His Grace Bishop Angaelos. |
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His Grace
Bishop Angaelos gives the first of 3 main topic lectures which were all
centered around the theme of the retreat. |
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On Saturday,
October 30, Dr. Emad Mossad of
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Cleveland, Ohio, gave a workshop entitled
"The Sunday School Teacher - Beyond the Classroom"
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On Saturday,
October 30, Joe Mina Khalil & Matthew Massoud of St. George Coptic Orthodox
Church of Toledo, Ohio, gave a
workshop entitled "Recommended Books & Internet Resources for the Sunday
School Servant" |
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On Saturday, October 30,
Fr. Mikhail, Fr. Maximos and Fr. Marcos led the retreat participants in the
Vespers Service. |
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On Sunday,
October 31, His Grace Bishop Angaelos and Fr. Marcos led the retreat
participants in the Holy Divine Liturgy. |
On Sunday,
October 31, after the retreat, His Grace Bishop Angaelos went to Cleveland
to meet with the Youth Group at the church.
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