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The Future Vision of The Joyful Child Atrium

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     Over many years, a plan has been developing.  It is of an oasis, a place to get away for a moment.  It is a place of community, a place of rest, it is time with the Lord. For the children, it is the Atrium experience, nature study, and hand work.  For the adults, it is a comfortable couch and a cup of tea, a chance to meet with friends, or an afternoon outside in the sunshine.  For all, it is quiet, it is solitude, it is time with the Lord.
     Materially, it looks like a monastery.  It has an inner courtyard where children can be outside on their own, but safe inside the walls.  It has Atria of all levels around the courtyard.  There will be a sidewalk surrounding the inner courtyard, which will make for a rosary walk or a place to post the stations of the cross. There is a wonderful parent lounge where parents can rest while their children are in classes.  A large multipurpose room for parent meetings,  Catechist training, and other classes such as nature study and art will be located on one end , and there must be a chapel.
     It will be situated in the country with beautiful views all around, with a creek or pond to enhance the nature study lessons.
     It will be not just a place of wonder, but a place to wonder.  How beautiful it is to ponder the Lord’s work in one’s life in such a setting, with His creation all around as witness to His glory!
Where to go from here? It is planting time, and many hands make small work.  Our Atrium has always been a community project, and this is no different.  We need people who:
  • can raise money
  • know how to work the zoning office
  • can lead the project
  • are architects and builders
  • deal with land development
  • can sell this vision to the greater community
  • will donate money or land
  • will pray for this to come into fruition
  • can apply for grants
Please pray about this along with us.  Is there a role for you here?  Ask the Lord, and let us know when He tells you what that role may be.  May God be praised!

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