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A special Family Worship Service will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Music Center at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church.
This service is called a "Comfy-Space" service because although it is a worship service, it is set up in a less-formal space, with activities, lessons and songs that are more informal and designed to hold the interest of younger worshipers.
This enables parents or grandparents to feel more relaxed as they worship with their young ones.
"For the first time, I can actually worship while I am with my family because I don't have to be so concerned about how my kids are behaving," one parent said after a family service.
Worshipers of all ages are welcome.
This service will celebrate the end of the Season after Epiphany. Participants will get shiny stickers on their faces to commemorate the Transfiguration of Jesus. The story of the Transfiguration is that Jesus went on a mountaintop with three disciples to pray, and while there his face became radiant, he spoke with Moses and Elijah and God called him "Son."
Also, "alleluias" will be metaphorically packed away in a basket, where they will stay throughout the season of Lent. In Episcopalian tradition, "alleluia" is not said from Ash Wednesday until Easter Sunday.
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http://www.azstarnet.com/news/local/foothills/article_528f3b61-9d73-510b-b1af-8d91c527b790.html
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