economist suntribune faith saturday june 29 2002 15 summer camps attract people outside parish from page 14 really good outreach to spread the gospel in a different way to children in the community she said often it works well for some kids who cant come to sunday school dur ing the year in todays society it seems often that families find it easier to block off a cer tain set of time versus a regular weekly commitment to church vishnu mandir in richmond hill opens its twoweek summer camp to nonhindus as well as the children of regular attendees said bhano rajkumar vicepresident of the temples womens organization as well as arts and crafts and music on a hindu theme the children pray to hindu gods and god in general ms rajkumar said its very important for children to embrace whomever they interact with they must embrace other peoples religions and beliefs too because you make really good friends by under standing she said although the program is not running this summer due to construction for the past 10 years the camp has attracted approximately 100 children each year and plans to resume next year forty volunteers many of them young adults help with the program parents desperately want this ms rajkumar said they want their children to be close to their culture if its very difficult for them to come to the temple every sunday at least they look forward to the summer camp where they can bring their children and learn about their cul ture patti seto a parishioner at centennial community church in markham and volunteer with its vacation bible school said her church offers its oneweek halfday program so children can have an opportunity to hear the gospel and like many of the other religious day camps children from outside the sponsoring institution attend only 20 per cent of those at the vacation bible school at st james presbyterian church in stouffville are from the parish school coordinator heather vanderveen said others come from the community and from different denominations it gives kids something to do during the day ms vanderveen said it gives them a break parents want their kids to have some kind of biblical background as preparations continued at bethel christian reformed churchs treehouse pastor lubbers said im looking for ward to spending time with the kids having great times with them and teaching them something of the bible boatndock hewitt lift rolladock life jackets fenders safety equipment ladders steps dock edging dock bumpers flag poles cleats line cleaning supplies more boat dock marine equipment sales inc 461 alden rd unit 34a markham on l3r 3l4 monfri 1000600 sat 1100400 phone 9054152770 fax 9054753223 sec vertical lift pwclift rolladbck check us out on the web boatridockcom floor model clearance choose from a large selection of handcrafted solid wood entertainment units tables and chairs computer armoires and much more the barn workshop showroom mississauga whitby markham rd steeles ave 370 denison st e markham 2185 dundasstw 1 1 1 dunlop st w at brock st 416 2932279 open sunday 905 4752488 905 6072247 open sunday 905 6682770 open sunday fei ma r k h a m economist 8c sun carrier of the week emmm isfy richard wilson mcdonalds i wamted we are currently looking for carriers to deliver the economist sun and stouffville tribune and sun in many areas for carrier inquiries please call our distribution office at 9052948244 25 bfgoodrich plus allseason passenger tires 100000 km tread wearout warranty 836000 series sale from 4499 each p15580r13 other sizes sale 51748399 each s order r2884ne071a 21 bfgoodrich from each with tradein diehard gold and international batteries 899910999 each with tradein 850000 ser there is a 5 deposit when you buy a new battery at sears refundable with the return of your old battery for recycling est order r2884 ne071a 3 1 complete warranty details at sears auto care sale prices end sat july 13 2002 unless otherwise stated while quantities last auto centre direct line 9058826194 hours monfri 730am900rm saturday 800am600pm sunday 1100am600pm 50 ontarios drive clean motorist 11 assurance program standards for auyomotivc paltf accredited test repair facility ne07ia202 copyright 2002 sears canada inc