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Orthodox Family Life
As a
Church School Director for eight years, a catechist for 30, and now traveling
throughout the country, my belief that there is a need for a "parish ministry
to families" has been confirmed over and over again. I believe that our
parishes need
- to reach out to parents before their
children are of Church School age
- to assist the parents of mixed faith
families
- to assist families where one or both spouses
have not grown up in an Orthodox Christian home
In an attempt to fill that need, I co-founded
ORTHODOX FAMILY LIFE in 1995. I edited OFL
for four years and relinquished the task to the other co-founder who edited for
another year. During its five years many parishes across the country subscribed
to OFL. The last issue was Winter 2000-2001. The archives for
ORTHODOX FAMILY LIFE are available on http://www.theologic.com/oflweb/.
The following articles are mine and may be reproduced with my permission. All
files are in PDF. You may contact me at: Phyllis Meshel Onest, Director of
Religious Education, 174 St. Clair Dr, Akron, OH 44307, or by e-mail at:
pmonest@neo.rr.com The following
articles may be reproduced for personal use. If they are to be used in another
publication, please ask my permission.
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