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Rev. Fr. Gary Kyriacou 2018 St. Demetrios Parish Council Joanne Mirras Knauss - President Ted Sidiropoulos - Vice President Patrice Wheeler - Secretary Nick Mirras - Co-Treasurer Chris Pulos - Co-Treasurer Bo Halamandaris Cally Pantages Jenny Nelson Linda Peters Lynn Mikelatos Mandee Sanderson |
St. Demetrios Philoptochos Irini Chapter Board Members Pam Gonzalez - President Susan Valle - 1st Vice Pres Nancy Jassak - 2nd Vice Pres Deb Greanias - Recording Secretary Nathalie Habbash - Corresponding Secretary Cally Pantages - Assistant Corresponding Secretary Monique Joannou - Treasurer Mary Freeth - Asst Treasurer Martha Poulos - Advisor Jody Brown - Member Lisa Hartley - Member Danka Schmidt - Member |
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Agape Building Campaign Committee George Joannou - Chairman Sandra Arline Minos Athanasiades Mary Freeth |
Office Staff Candice Schaefer - Administrative Ingrid Poehler - Parish Bookkeeper |
Message from Fr Gary
I’m Your Buckaroo, I Wanna Be Like You
Country singer Rodney Atkins has a song called, “Watching You.” He talks about going through the McDonald’s drive thru and riding around town with his four-year-old. He says he stops quickly to avoid a red light and as he screeched to a stop the little boy’s fries and drink go flying all over the car. The four-year-old yells a four-letter word. Atkins says, "Son, now where did you learn to talk like that?" The boy said, "I've been watching you, dad, ain't that cool? I'm your buckaroo, I wanna be like you.”
I want to be like you. Flattering words, but some of our actions don’t need to be repeated. As parents we all have instances where our kids, when they are young, imitate our behavior. Whether it is trying to shave with soap bubbles, make cookies with play-doh, put on our shoes, or use a toy lawnmower as we push the real thing: they want to be like us. Our example is an important one. They learn so much from what we do, what we say, and how we behave. Are we giving them the best version of ourselves?
Making the lives of our children easier is a goal of every parent. We do what we can to help them advance in life, teaching them lessons along the way. These lessons can be well structured and thought out, or the child can learn, like in the song mentioned, just by watching. What is it we display?
