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Take Back Your Time

Take Back Your Time is a broad and non-partisan coalition for change sponsored by the Massachusetts Council of Churches. The aim of Take Back Your Time is to draw attention to imbalances in work and leisure in American cultural life. Father Luke Veronis, Pastor of the Greek Orthodox Church in Webster, became concerned about Sunday morning sports when it hit home. He told his son that he couldn't play football because the games were held on Sunday morning. “Why don’t you do something about it?” challenged the ten year old. Father Veronis did. He began a letter writing campaign and coordinated a public statement “Reclaiming the Sabbath: Sunday Morning Youth Activities and a time of Rest” which was signed by seventeen clergy in the Webster area. This campaign received area media coverage. The results have been a greater awareness of the need for Sabbath observance as both an occasion of worship and rest.

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