St. Pauls' Church, Kandy. Parish Quarterly Magazine - December2023

(BRE) of the Diocese of Kurunegala. All teachers from the
Diocese of Kurunegala were present, including 11 teachers from
our church, who attended the program.
The Independence Day celebration was organized by the church
on 4th February. The Sunday School students played a major role
in the celebration, showing their patriotism for their country.
The Sunday School A.G.M of the Diocese of Kurunegala was held
on the 25th of February amidst a large gathering of teachers in
Kurunegala.
A tree planting campaign was held in the church on the 4th of June
to celebrate the ‘Environment Day’. On this day the children were
given six fruit trees to be planted in the church compound. They
were also taught how they should take care of God’s creation. All
Sunday School children took part in art and essay competition
conducted by the Environment Committee in collaboration with
the Board of Religious Education of the Diocese on 11 th June 2023.
10 students took part in the “Sermon competition”, held on 2 nd
July, organized by the Y.M.C.A Kandy. Thilina Amarasinghe from
age 13 – 15 category was placed 3 rd and Dewmi Jayasinghe from
age 16 – 19 category was placed 2 nd .
29 th of July 2023 – 20 students took part in ‘Bible Quiz’
competition organized by the Bible Quiz Ministries and the Bible
Society under two different age categories.
1 st October 2023 – Annual “Singithi Pola”, was organized to
celebrate ‘Children’s Day’ and to raise funds for the upkeeping of
the Sunday School and its activities. Teachers, students, and
parents played a major role in organizing this sale.
9 th October 2023 - “Bible Quiz” organized by the Board of
Religious Education (BRE), Diocese of Kurunagala was held at
Trinity College Kandy. Two teams took part as ‘A’ and ‘B’ in
under 16 age category. Team ‘A’ won the championship out of 32
teams and team ‘B’ were the 3rd runners up. The team members
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