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=**ARIZONA 2013**=

= = = = =** 1st Grade Lesson Plans **=


 * Lesson Plan # 1 Date: Monday, June 10 Grade: 1**

Meet the class- each student will receive a name tag with a picture of a flower, tree, sun, ect. and another student will have the identical match. The two students will find each other and decorate their name tags with their names. While decorating the two students will introduce themselves and learn an interesting fact and then share it with the class.
 * Teacher:**
 * Objective:** Celebrate Creation, Getting to know each other
 * Warm-Up:**
 * Activities:**
 * Meet the class
 * Read Genesis 1 to the class
 * the Creation story
 * discuss which creation was their favorite and why
 * Create the cover to their journal that will already be set up
 * the cover will be their reflection for the day of the creation story
 * their name
 * a drawn picture of what their impression of the creation story was
 * Closing:**
 * Reflect on the creation story by decorating the cover of their journal
 * Song
 * "The Whole World is in God's Hands"
 * Materials Needed:**
 * Name tags
 * crayons
 * yarn
 * hole punch
 * Journal
 * 4 pieces of plain white paper with one piece of construction paper for the cover
 * stapled together


 * Lesson Plan # 2 Tuesday, June 11, 2013**

Listen and sing along to "The Whole World is in God's Hands" Loving God, You made so many beautiful and loving things in your creation. We praise you for everyone of them and promise to care and respect all things created by you. Thank you for making us and bringing us together today. Refresh memories on the bible passage from yesterday, Genesis 1. Color creation story cards sheet In our journals, each student will write about why we should respect our friends and classmate and all of God's creation.
 * Objective:** Celebrate Creation Continued
 * Warm Up:**
 * Pray:**
 * Activities:**
 * each student will be given a random picture from the worksheet and will color it. When everyone is finished we will sit in a circle and each student will describe his or her picture and the class will guess which part of creation it is.
 * Closing:**
 * Materials Needed**
 * iPod- The Whole World Is in God's Hands
 * **crayons**
 * creation story cards word


 * Lesson Plan #3 Wednesday, June 12, 2013**

Dear God, Help us to open our hearts and let in your spirit as we join together again as a community to learn and pray. Help us to learn from our experiences and go out and share what we learn today with our family and friends. Amen. In journals the students will draw a picture of a story or parable that they know. Tomorrow we will continue with the same discussion. We will sing a song to the tune of "If Your Happy and You Know it" If someone has a problem, stop and help. If someone has a problem, stop and help. Don't pass by the needy one, Even though it's not much fun. If someone has a problem, stop and help. Journals, crayons, pencils
 * Objective: Exploring Parables**
 * Warm up:**
 * Prayer:**
 * Activities:**
 * Read the story of the 3 little pigs to introduce parables
 * I will discuss with the student how this story relates to parable and then ask what parables they know.
 * Closing:**
 * Materials Needed:**


 * Lesson Plan #4**
 * Thursday, June 13, 2013**

If someone has a problem, stop and help. If someone has a problem, stop and help. Don't pass by the needy one, Even though it's not much fun. If someone has a problem, stop and help. Read the Parable of the Good Samaritan Discuss why we should stop and help and not act like the first two people Gospel Puppets: Each student will decorate one of the pictures and then I will collect the pictures and randomly tape to a students head. The class will describe the character and the student will guess which character from the story he or she is. ___
 * Objective:** Parables
 * Warm up:** Sing the same song as yesterday to refresh memory
 * to the tune of "If Your Happy and You Know it"**
 * Activities:**
 * Closing:**
 * In journals the students will discuss which character from the parable they would like to be like.**
 * Lesson Plan #5**
 * Friday, June 14, 2013**

Alleluia! Alleluia! Is our song. Is our song. We are Easter people. We are Easter people. Sing along. Sing along. Tell the Bible story of the Coming of the Holy Spirit DO the We Celebrate Jesus worksheet and distribute the worksheets and color them in. While the students are journaling, I will cut them out and tape them to the straws and let the students take them home. The students will journal about why the Holy Spirit is with us everyday. After we will pray the following prayer. LEADER: Jesus, you came to live with us and teach us how to be God’s friends. CHILDREN: Thank you, Jesus. LEADER: You died on the cross because you love us so much. CHILDREN: Thank you, Jesus. LEADER: Your Father raised you from the dead and took you up to heaven. You sent the Holy Spirit to be with us. You give us families and friends and teachers. We love you and thank you for all your goodness to us. AMEN.
 * Objective:** Celebrating Pentecost
 * Warm up: Sing the song**
 * Activities:**
 * Closing:**
 * Materials**:
 * Tape
 * scissors
 * crayons
 * worksheet
 * straws

=** 2nd Grade Lesson Plans **=


 * Lesson Plans for Second Grade**
 * Teacher**:

Date: June 10 //"Take the flock to the wheat field," Joseph's father told him. "I am finished harvesting there. The sheep and goats can eat the grain that fell to the ground."// //Joseph walked to the pen where the sheep and goats were. Esther, the lead sheep of the flock, was waiting for him. "Come on, Esther. Come on, goats," Joseph called. "We're going to find some wheat today."// //Joseph opened the gate to the pen and let Esther through. The sheep and goats crowded through the small gate after her. Joseph led the flock along a sandy road to the wheat field. The sun felt warm. The sheep and goats trotted to keep up with him. The wheat field did not have a fence around it, but Joseph knew if he got the sheep to the far end of the field, they would be safe from traffic on the road. The sheep and goats kept their noses to the ground, searching for grass and wheat kernels left behind by the harvesters.// //By noon, the flock was at the far end of the field. Joseph's house was only 15 minutes away if he walked fast. Joseph checked to make sure all the sheep and goats were accounted for, and then set off for home and lunch.// //After lunch Joseph went back to the flock to begin slowly leading them home. He walked around them again and again until he had them in a tight circle. But something was wrong. Esther was missing!// //"Esther, where are you? Esther!" Joseph shouted. He walked around the flock again. No Esther. He shouted for Esther over and over. Finally he heard a bleat. He walked toward a small gully by some scrawny trees. Esther was in the gully, caught in a bush.// //Joseph told Esther to stand still. He used his pocket knife to cut the thorny branches our of her woolly back. The thorns scratched is arms. Joseph hugged Esther when he got her free. Together they led the flock home.// Lord God, creator of all things, we thank you for giving us life, for the beauty of the world, for the love we live, and we thank you especially for Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
 * Lesson Plan #1**
 * Objective:** To make children recognize that God's love for us in creation is a holy activity
 * Opening Prayer**: Loving God, you made so many beautiful and wonderful things in your creation. We praise you for every one of them. Thank you for making us, too, and for bringing us together today. Amen.
 * Warm-Up:** As a general icebreaker, sit in a circle on the floor, and go around the room, having each child introduce himself or herself and say what their favorite activity is and what they're favorite animal is. Then, take strips of paper (preparation: cut strips of paper and get crayons) and have each child write his or her name on it. After this, staple the pieces of paper together to create one chain. Explain how this chain symbolizes our class as one main chain that has many different parts.
 * Activities:** Read the following story from "Good News for Children"
 * Ask the following questions:**
 * How did Joseph care for his family's flock?
 * Do you think Joseph likes his job? Why or why not?
 * What animals do you care for?
 * How do you like showing care for them
 * Craft:** Give each child a sheep template (Preparation: copy and prepare sheep template, bring cotton balls). Have each child write something that they care for very deeply. Have them color the sheep and glue cotton balls onto it. After everyone is done, have everyone share what they found important enough to write in the sheep.
 * Video**: Show the video "The Little Lost Lamb"
 * Closing:** Stand together in a circle and sing "Arky, Arky" then pray:
 * Needs of the day:** paper (cut into strips), crayons, stapler, sheep template, cotton balls, glue, scissors

Date: June 11
 * Lesson Plan #2**

Warm-Up: Sit in a circle. Discuss the following question with the children: What are some things God gives us? Have them list them (going around the circle) and then ask the whole group: How can we show God that we are thankful for what God gives us? //Jesus asked all his friends to come to supper with him. After they finished eating, Jesus told them something very important. "I want you to know that God loves you and I love you," Jesus said. "You are not my servants. You are my friends. I have told you everything about God and about why I came to be with you. There is only one thing I want from you. Here is that one thing: Love one another."// Loving God, thank you for creating so many beautiful things for us to enjoy. We promise we will care for creation.
 * Objective:** To help the children to recognize God's love for them through creation and the many gifts he has given.
 * Opening Prayer:** Loving God, you made so many beautiful and wonderful things in your creation. We praise you for every one of them. Thank you for making us, too, and for bringing us together today. Amen.
 * Activities:** Read the following Gospel:
 * Ask the following questions:**
 * What important thing did Jesus say to friends?
 * How do we carry out what Jesus wants of us?
 * Craft:** Give out each child a piece of paper and a crayon. Have them fold the piece of paper in half "hamburger" style. With the crayon, have each child trace their hand on the paper, making sure that their thumb and forefinger stick off of the fold just a little. Have them cut it out (it should work out that the thumb and forefinger have stuck together while the middle has a little heart in the middle). Have the children write or draw ten different things that they love on each finger.
 * Handouts:** "I Will Care for Creation" (if needed, the "We are Thankful" connect the dots sheet)
 * Closing:** Stand together in a circle. Sing "If I Were a Butterfly"
 * Needs of the day:** paper, crayons, scissors

Date: June 12
 * Lesson Plan #3**

//Once a man stood up to test Jesus with this question, "Master, what shall I do to receive eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? How does it read?" He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength and with all your mind; also your neighbor as yourself." Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this and you will live." // //But wishing to justify himself he said to Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?" Jesus answered, "A certain man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho fell in with robbers who after stripping and beating him went away, leaving him half dead. Now it happened that a certain priest was going by the same road, but when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. // //"In the same way a Levite, when he came to the place, looked at the man and passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, travelling along, came near to where the man was, and when he saw him he was filled with pity. He came to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. Then he set him on his own beast, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two pieces of money and gave them to the inn-keeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend I will pay you when I return.' // //"Which of these three do you think proved neighbor to the man who fell in with robbers?" He said, "The man who took pity on him." Jesus said to him, "Then go and do likewise." // God of love, give us a deep love for you, so that we can see the world as you see it, feel the compassion you feel, and be a people whose lives mediate your love to others.
 * Objective**: To guide the children in realizing that no matter where they go in life, God's eyes will always be watching over them and helping them, and he will always love them.
 * Warm Up:** Match up each child by giving them each a piece of paper with a word on it that relates to today's story (samaritan, priest, rabbi, etc.) and making them find the person they match up with. That person is their "neighbor". Let them talk, then tell the group something exciting they learned about the person.
 * Activities:** Read the following parable
 * Ask the following questions:**
 * According to the story, who is our neighbor?
 * What can you do to help your neighbor?
 * How do you help your neighbor every day?
 * Craft:** friendship bracelets! Give out yarn and beads (on paper plates) to the children and make friendship bracelets to symbolize their friendship with their neighbors and with God. (If there is time, have each child make another friendship bracelet for the neighbors they met in the beginning of the day.)
 * Closing:** Stand in a circle and sing "Jesus' Love Is A-Bubbling Over" and pray:
 * Needs for the day**: slips of paper, crayons, jar, yarn, beads, paper plate for beads

Date: June 13
 * Lesson Plan #4**

//Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. // //“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. // //“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father. // //“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. // //“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ // //“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate. // //“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ // //“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ // //“ ‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ ” // Father, we thank you for your loving kindness. We thank you that we can come to you whenever we have a problem and that you will always be there for us. We know that you are quick to forgive us when mess up and will always welcome us back when we return to you. Amen.
 * Objective:** To teach the children that no matter how far away God seems, he is always watching and loving you
 * Opening Prayer and Warm Up:** Gather in a circle. Give out little slips of paper and have each child write down who they want to pray for today. Collect in a jar and put it in the middle of the circle. All hold hands and say an "Our Father" for all of the slips in the jar.
 * Activities:** Read the following parable
 * Ask the following questions:**
 * Why was the father so happy when his son came back?
 * How does this story relate to our relationships with God?
 * Craft:** Make a God's Eye. Using yarn and popsicle sticks, weave to create an "eye". Give each child two popsicle sticks and three strands of yarn. Have them weave the yarn around the popsicle sticks.
 * Closing:** Stand together in a circle and sing "Cast Your Burdens" and pray:
 * Needs for the day:** slips of paper with the themes of the day pre-written on them, yarn, popsicle sticks

Date: June 14
 * Lesson Plan #5**
 * LITURGY AT 10:30 AM** - You may not have enough time to do everything.

//On the Day of Pentecost, as they were all together, suddenly, there came from heaven a sound like the rushing blast of a mighty wind which filled the whole house where they were seated. And they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in a strange way and to cry aloud and shout. // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When this was reported a crowd gathered, astonished and perplexed, and asked one another, "What can it mean?" Others with a sneer said, "This cannot be true!" // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But Peter, together with the eleven apostles, stood up and addressed them: "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, understand this and listen to what I say: this is what was foretold by the prophet Joel: // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"'In the last days,' God declared, // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">'I will pour out my Spirit on all mankind; // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Your young men shall see visions. // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"'And your old men shall dream dreams, // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Even upon my slaves and slave-girls // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In those days I will pour out my Spirit, // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And they shall prophesy.'" // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Men of Israel, hear these words: By the help of lawless men you nailed to the cross and murdered Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was proved to be from God through the deeds of healing and the wonderful acts which God performed by him among you, as you yourselves know. But God released him from the bonds of death and raised him to life, for death could not hold him. Lifted on high at God's right hand and having received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, he has poured it upon us as you now see and hear. Let the whole nation of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When they heard this, their conscience troubled them, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what are we to do?" Peter answered, "Say that you are sorry for your sins, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, that your sins may be forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, for it is promised to you, and to your children, and to all in distant lands, to any and to all whom the Lord our God shall call." // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With many other words he warned and urged them to save themselves from this wicked time. So those who believed what he taught were baptized; and on that day about three thousand were added to the brotherhood. // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Closing**: Gather in a circle and pray <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Leader: We now how to forgive and share. We make friends and care for each other. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Children: We have the Spirit of Jesus. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Leader: We make peace. We respect each other. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Children: We have the Spirit of Jesus. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Leader: We will go from this class to spread the good news about Jesus to our friends and families. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Children: We have the Spirit of Jesus. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Song "This Little Light of Mine" ___ =** 3rd Grade Lesson Plans **=
 * Objective**: to teach the children that Pentecost celebrates the day when Jesus' first followers received the gift of his Spirit and were filled with courage and understanding
 * Warm Up:** Review what the children have learned about in the past few days. Test their knowledge of Jesus. Ask the following questions about Jesus:
 * How did he react when he met someone who was suffering?
 * How did he react when many of his friends didn't stick with him during his passion?
 * How did Jesus feel about his Father?
 * What did Jesus do after he rose from the dead?
 * Activities:** Read the following Gospel passage
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ask the following questions: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What made the apostles so confident?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What happened because they had this new-found confidence?
 * Craft:** A lantern to share your light with the world: each child should take a piece of construction paper and fold it in half "hamburger" style (make a template?). With scissors, cut perpendicular to the center fold. After cutting, open up the paper and staple it together ina cylinder shape. Staple on a handle (Tape can be substituted for staples depending on our supplies)
 * Needs for the day:** construction paper, scissors, tape or staples

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">To teach the children about all the unique and beautiful things in creation <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Make name tags <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Introduce ourselves and talk about the things in nature that we think are beautiful, what do those things have in common <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Read the creation story - children's version > (adaptation from <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://www.dltk-bible.com/genesis/chapter1-cv.htm ) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Talk about the creation story - name animals, talk about uniqueness but God loves them <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> What's unique about each of us - every person is unique, but God made us and loves us <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> **Activity**: Draw a picture of something God created that we think is beautiful (plant, animal, person, etc) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Share picture / why they drew it <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Prayer about creation <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Dear God, thank you for this beautiful planet. Thank you for giving us all your unique and beautiful creatures. Bless them and keep them safe from harm. We pray that we may care for all you have made. Help us to love the Earth as you do. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Paper and crayons for coloring, name tags, stickers
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Lesson plans - Arizona **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Day 1 **
 * Teacher**: Christine C.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Objective: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Warm up **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Activities **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">In the beginning there was no earth or sky or sea or animals. And then God spoke in the darkness: “Let there be light!” And right away there was light, scattering the darkness and showing the infinite space. “That’s good!” said God. “From now on, when it’s dark it will be ‘night” and when it’s light, it will be ‘day’.” The evening came and the night passed and then the light returned. That was the first day. On the second day, God made the earth and over it He carefully hung a vast blue sky. He stood back and admired His creation. “That’s good too!” said God and the second day was over. The next morning God looked around and thought, “the earth needs to be a bit more organized.” So, He put all the water in one place and all the dry land in another. When He had finished that, God made plants to cover the land. Dandelions and daffodils appeared. All sorts of trees and grasses began to grow. “It’s looking great”, said God and that was the end of the third day. On the fourth day, God looked around and though, “the daylight still needs a bit more work and the night is just too dark.” So, He made the sun to light the sky during the day and the moon and stars to add a bit of sparkle to the night. He hung them in the sky and stepped back to look at his work. “This is coming along very well,” said God. The next day, God turned his attention to the water he had collected in the oceans. “I want these waters teeming with life!” As soon as He said it, it was so. In no time, there were millions of small fish darting through the shallow water and huge fish swimming in the ocean. God made birds, too. He sent them soaring through the air. “Ahh, that IS good!, “said God. The dusk fell over the water and the sky grew dark and that was the end of the fifth day. On the sixth day, God added creatures to the land. He made lions and tigers and bears. He made rabbits and sheep and cows. He added everything from ants to zebras to the land. But He still felt something was missing. So God added Mankind to enjoy and take care of all that He had created. God looked around and was happy with all He had made. After six days, the whole universe was completed. On the seventh day God had a nice long rest and enjoyed looking at all He had made.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Closing **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Materials needed **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Day 2 **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Learn about taking care of God's creation and the people in it <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Refer back to Monday and talk about how we can take care of all of God's creations including all that were discussed and people <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Read The Giving Tree <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Talk about how the boy didn't take care of her, but how she took care of him and how he could have taken care of her <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Talk about St Francis and how he took care of God's creatures <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Talk about how we can take care of God's creatures and creation <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Go over worksheet "I will care for creation" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Think of our own ideas that we can add <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Prayer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> where there is hatred, let me sow love; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> where there is injury, pardon; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> where there is doubt, faith; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> where there is despair, hope; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> where there is darkness, light; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> where there is sadness, joy. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> to be consoled as to console, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> to be understood as to understand, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> to be loved as to love. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> For it is in giving that we receive, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Amen. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Copies of worksheets, paper, crayons
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Objective **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Warm up **
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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Closing **
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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Day 3 **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">What is a parable? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> What are other stories that teach a lesson? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Read parable of the prodigal son. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> After reading the parable, do worksheets that go with the parable. > So he just left. He left a big farm with many hired men with everything he needed, he left his family, and more importantly he left his father who trusted him enough to give him the money. While the son was gone he spent all the money he had right away. He didn't think to save any of it. He ate out every meal every day, he bought fancy cars, he threw wild parties and spent money on many other things that God wouldn't be happy with. After he had spent all his money, the country he was living in became very poor and they hardly had enough food for everyone. It was even worse for people who had no money because food became even more expensive, so it was very hard for poor people to get any food. The son was in trouble. He had no money, no place to live, he had nothing to eat, so he had to get a job. The only job he could find was feeding pigs. He was so hungry he tried to eat the food that the pigs were eating but his boss caught him and told him if he ever saw him doing that again he would lose his job. That night as the son was walking home his stomach wouldn't stop growling, he was so hungry. He saw some people walking towards him and he asked them if they could give him any money for food, but no one would give him anything. Everyone was so poor it was hard to share with anyone. The son went to bed hungry and when he woke up he realized something. When he lived with his father even the hired men had more food than they needed, and now he was starving to death. At that moment he made a plan. He would go back to his father's house and say to him, 'I have sinned against God and against you. I don't deserve to be called your son, so hire me and I will work for you." He knew that if he became like a hired man on his father's farm he would still be better off than he was right now. He would always have a warm place to stay and food to eat. So he headed for home. It took the son a long time to get home, he was just hoping that his dad would let him work at the farm and let him be a hired man. The son was walking up the to farm but while he was still a long way off and he could see someone notice him and start to run towards him. He was sure that they must have been expecting someone else, no one would be excited to see him. As the person got closer he realized it was his father and he was yelling, "My son! My son! You are finally home!" He couldn't believe it. His father threw his arms around him and kissed him. But the son quickly said, "Father, I have sinned against God and against you. I don't deserve to be called your son..." The son wanted to continue but the father said to one of his servants, "Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the biggest calf and kill it. Let's have a party and celebrate because my son was lost and is found!" A little while later, the older son was working in the field and heard music and dancing. So he called to one of the servants and asked what was going on. "Your brother has come home and your father is having a party for his return." This upset the older brother and he refused to go join the party. The father heard that he was upset, so he went to talk to him and invited him to join the party. But the son refused saying, "Look! I have been working for you all these years and I've never disobeyed you. Yet you never had a big party for me to celebrate with my friends. But now my younger brother has come home, spent all the money you gave him, and you kill the biggest calf for him!" "But, my son," the father said, "you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. We had to celebrate and be glad because this brother of yours was lost and now he is found." > ( adaptation from <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://www.dltk-bible.com/cv/lost_son.htm ) Read the parable of the talents. After reading the parable, do worksheet that goes with the parable. > The man decided to give one servant five talents of money, to another he gave two talents and to the last servant he gave one talent. He gave each servant a large amount he thought they could handle or according to their ability. Back to the story, the man left on his trip and the servants each did something with the money that they received. The man with the five talents went right away and used his money and got five more! The man with the two talents also used his money wisely and gained two more talents. But the man with one talent took his talent and buried it in the ground to keep the money safe. He didn't even try to do something with it. After a nice long trip the master came back and wanted to know what his servants did with his money. The first man with the five talents said, "You trusted me with five talents and I made five more!" His master smiled and replied, "Great job, good and faithful servant!" You are trustworthy with a few things so I will put you in charge of lots of things. Come celebrate with me! Then the man with the two talents came and said, "You trusted me with two talents and I made two more!" His master smiled and replied, "Great job, good and faithful servant!" You are trustworthy with a few things so I will put you in charge of lots of things. Come celebrate with me! Then the man who received the one talent came and told his master, "I know you work hard for your money, so I was afraid to lose any of it. I decided to bury it and keep it safe. Here is your one talent back." The master was not impressed and said, You lazy servant! At the very least you could've taken the money to the bank and you would've at least collected some interest from it." He immediately took the talent away from the man and gave it to the first man who used his money to make more. > (adaptation from <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">@http://www.dltk-bible.com/cv/parable-talents.htm ) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**Activity:** Word search <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Talk about talents, draw our talents <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Lord, help us to use the things we have learned and the talents we have to help other people. Amen. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Crayons, copies of worksheets, paper for coloring
 * Objective :** Introduce parables in a general sense
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Warm up **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Activities **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">There once was a father that had two sons. One day the younger son said to his father, "Father, could you give me my inheritance?" So the father thought about it and decided his sons could have the money now, and he split it evenly between them. Very soon after the younger son received the money, he decided that since he had so much money he would move to a different country and have some fun with it. When he left, he left for good. He took every last thing he had and didn't plan on returning. He wanted to be grown up and spend all his money how he wanted with no one to tell him what to do.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">A man decided to go on a long trip, so he called his servants and asked them to take care of his house, his stuff and his money.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Closing Prayer **
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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Day 4 **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Talk about parables from yesterday <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Introduce parable of Good Samaritan <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Act out the parable of the Good Samaritan <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Helping hands <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Trace hand on construction paper, cut out, write a way to help others on it <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Take hand home <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Read Horton Hears a Who <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Connect it to the parable <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Make 'clovers' like the ones from Horton Hears a Who using pipe cleaners and pom-poms <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Closing <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Lord, help me to notice people who need my help, children who are alone without friends, my family or teachers when they need a hand. Amen. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Construction paper, scissors, crayons/markers, pipe cleaners, pom-poms, glue
 * Objective:** Teach the children more about parables, and introduce the parable of the Good Samaritan.
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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Day 5 **

**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Closing **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Prayer
====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Holy Spirit, come into our hearts. Bring the brightness of your light, the warmth of your love, and the fullness of your truth so that our lives may be pleasing to you in every way. Amen. ====

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Paper plates, markers, scissors, tape, red paper, orange or yellow paper
___ =** 4th grade lesson plans **= 4th Grade Teacher - Marissa =Day 1= **Objective**-to get the children to be aware of the uniqueness of God's created beings and the greatness of God. -after story, ask why they think the young men praised God for all creations as well as for the care God was taking of them -introduce and do the web activity with papers Read the closing prayer and response with webs sitting in circle on Venture paper Colored pencils, copies of the web activity page
 * Warm up ** - begin with the song about being "God's works of art" then read prayer on Venture paper
 * Activities ** --read The Three Young Men in the Fiery Furnace after brief explanation of the story/book of Daniel
 * Closing ** -
 * Materials needed ** -

**Day 2** **Objective**-To challenge the children to find a way to help others. -Have children offer petitions, then say prayer on paper. Thank God for members of the class and ask Him to bless or time together. Close by singing "the whole world is in God's hands" -introduce A.A. Milne's stores and what a parable is, why it is told. -introduce Samaritan parable by discussing Samaritans, Levites, and priests-read story (Luke 10. 25-37) -discuss questions on Venture paper with students -assign parts for play and actors (8) -discuss play questions on venture page
 * Warm up **
 * Activities ** -
 * Closing ** - Ask children to remember someone who helped them and talk turns saying "thank you God for ___". Then read the quote from the Gospel on paper to close.
 * Materials ** - Copies of "a Good Samaritan dilemma" worksheet, Bible

**Day 3** **Objective-** Encourage the children to be aware of the Spirit's work within them and joyfully respond**Warm up-** take turns saying something they remember that they wanted to thank and praise God for, then group responds with Alleluia -explain word -read and introduce Paul's letter to the (Galatians 5.22-23),- distribute the activity pages with the fruit pictures,-read the situations and names of the fruit out loud-let volunteers tell how the fruit of the Spirit is acting in them in this instance-divide the class into pairs after this; discussion and allow them to complete the remaining two scenarios with colored pencils or crayons **Closing-** -gather in circle with activity pages -read and repeat the prayer on paper and add a fruit of the Spirit each time
 * Activities - ** assign parts and read story as a class, then ask the questions on the paper. Summarize discussion by saying that the Holy Spirit is with us today in class and that he is with us to help us be good followers of Jesus

** Materials- ** -copies of the prayer, activity sheets, and crayons/colored pencils
**Day 4** ** Objective **** - T ** o get the children to be comfortable with asking god's forgiveness, recognize their sins, and live in joy as God's forgiven children - Ask "have you ever noticed someone who was stuck on himself?"-explain more and discuss with class -Talk about and explain the word "righteous"-Ask the children to think about something they would like to be forgiven for and have a meditative moment-explain what a Pharisee was, and illustrate on board (pictures on paper) **-****-**read The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14)-note where Jesus describes the audience as righteous-when finished, ask why they thought Jesus told this story, and what lesson in being forgiven and humble did it contain?-ask what the tax collector did to receive God's forgiveness (nothing) and explain why-give students a copy of "the Hare and the tortoise" fable and point out that the hare was an arrogant boastful character while to tortoise was humble, he was a kinder racer-have students each take a piece of string and 3 beads, tell them to add a bead and each time silently say something they wish to be forgiven for and what they can do to be more humble **Closing-** _ _ __ ** Day 5 ** __ **Objective**- that the children are aware that Pentecost celebrates the day when Jesus’ first followers received the gift of his Spirit and were filled with courage and understanding. Have them be filled with courage and understanding and contentment as they close off their days at this camp. **Warm-up**- Begin with reading prayer (in circle) from sheet, going around the room with each line of prayer **Activities**- Write points on board for children to answer on papers -What was your favorite activity this week? -When did you have a feeling of courage from God during our classes this week? Maybe they were encouraged to volunteer for an activity or share their thoughts. -When did you really understand something, (a concept or message maybe) that you were struggling with? Ask for volunteers to share, and pick a few **Closing**- Gather in circle and close with prayer from paper Tell them that God’s love is all around them, will follow them out, and ask that he bless them with an understanding of the concepts covered and an effort to be courageous in their future endeavors living out the messages we talked about. ***Closing liturgy** ___ =** 5th Grade Lesson Plans **=
 * Warm up- **** - **
 * Activities **
 * - ** gather in circle and have students hold their bead strings out as we say prayer on paper
 * Materials- ** beads, string, copies of stories and prayers, Bible
 * Lesson Plan #:1 **
 * Date: ** Monday June 10 **Grade:** 5
 * Teacher(s): ** Sam


 * // Objective: //** Celebrate creation
 * // Warm-up: //**
 * Prayer
 * Ice breaker
 * o Handout animal cut outs (2 of each animal)
 * o Find your match, learn 3 things about them, then present to the class
 * // Activities: //**
 * Pass out activity folders
 * Each child can decorate their folder as they wish
 * This will be used to hold activity and journal pages
 * Read story of “The Three Young Men in the Fiery Furnace” (found in binder)
 * How can we praise God and bless God as members of his creation?
 * Flower coloring page
 * In the center of the flower write God’s name (He is our maker- the center of our world)
 * What parts of God’s creation are you most thankful for? (decorate petals accordingly)
 * Closing: **
 * Closing prayer/reflection
 * Tell the kids to bring in an empty plastic water bottle for tomorrow
 * Materials Needed: **
 * Animal cut outs (2 of each)
 * Activity folders
 * Markers

Caring for creation continued
 * Lesson Plan #:2 **
 * Date: **__ Tuesday June 11 **Grade:** __ 5
 * Teacher(s): ** Sam
 * // Objective: //**
 * // Warm-up: //**
 * Prayer
 * Journal about how YOU were made in God’s image as part of creation- what makes you unique? (share with class)
 * // Activities: //**
 * 10 men with Leprosy story
 * o Luke 17: 11-19
 * o The importance of thanking God for making you who you are
 * Plastic bottle activity
 * o Explain to children how recycling is a way that we can care for the earth as members of creation and that this activity is a way of recycling
 * o Each child has a plastic bottle, which they fill with colored water and other materials (glitter, beads, etc.)
 * o They choose material that reflect their personality (their favorite color, what first catches their eye, etc.)
 * Closing: **
 * Closing prayer/reflection
 * Materials Needed: **
 * Plastic bottles
 * Colored water
 * Glitter, beads, etc.

W**// arm-up: //**
 * Lesson Plan #:3 **
 * Date: **__ Wednesday June 12 **Grade:** __ 5
 * Teacher(s): ** Sam
 * // Objective: //** Parables
 * Opening prayer
 * Journal: a parable is a story told by Jesus that teaches a lesson- what is your favorite parable and why?
 * // Activities: //**
 * Reading the Good Samaritan (discussion questions)
 * o Luke 10: 25-37
 * “A Good Samaritan Dilemma” act out (multiple times if necessary to give everyone a turn to play a part)
 * Answer discussion questions (in binder) in journal then share
 * Closing: **
 * Prayer/reflection
 * Materials Needed: **
 * Copies of “A Good Samaritan Dilemma”


 * Lesson Plan #:4 **
 * Date: ** Thursday June 13 **Grade: 5**
 * Teacher(s): ** Sam

Parables **// Warm-up: //**
 * // Objective: //**
 * Opening prayer
 * Refresh on parables
 * // Activities: //**
 * Read parable of the talents and discuss
 * o Matthew 25: 14-30
 * o Read aloud and take turns with each section of the story
 * Talent activity
 * o Divide into groups
 * o Give each group a different object (i.e. packet of seeds, dollar bill, etc.)
 * o Each group has to come up with a way to build up God’s Kingdom using their object and then present to the class
 * Closing: **
 * Closing prayer
 * Materials Needed: **
 * Copies of the parable for each child
 * An object for each group (depends on number of kids)

Pentecost
 * __ Lesson Plan # __**** 5 **
 * __Date:__ **__ Friday June 14 __
 * __Grade: 5__ **
 * Teacher(s): ** Sam
 * // Objective: //**
 * // Warm-up: //**
 * Opening prayer
 * Journal about what they have learned this week and how they can contribute this to the world around them. What people or events have they experienced that exemplify themes that they learned?
 * // Activities: //**
 * Read aloud “Jesus Sends the Holy Spirit”
 * Tongue of fire activity
 * o Pick names out of a hat
 * Make that person their own tongue of fire using coloring sheet and tissue paper
 * § A paper plate with glue is placed on a few desks (for them to share)
 * § With a dull pencil, put a small square of tissue paper on the top and dip it into the glue
 * § Paste around the coloring page
 * Think of a gift to give that person and give them their tongue of fire
 * __ Closing __**** : **
 * Closing prayer/reflection
 * What was your favorite part of the week?
 * Favorite activity?
 * Materials Needed: **
 * Copies of reading
 * Tongue of fire coloring page
 * Red yellow and orange tissue paper squares
 * Glue
 * Paper plates
 * Un-sharpened pencils for each child

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==<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **//Objective://** **//<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Celebrating Creation (God the Father) //**==

**//Warm-up:__//** Prayer (Our father/hail Mary)
==<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">*** Explain the theme of the week** * **<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Theme for the week: The Trinity **==

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Name Tags- write name and decorate
==<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Talk about what creation is and why it is important to God and all of us, ask them to name types of creation ( Plants and flowers, trees, aquatic life, birds, sun moon stars and sky, people, animals and insects/reptiles etc.) ==

//The Three Young Men in the Fiery Furnace//
====<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">**//__Activities:__//** Use beads to make bracelets that remind us to care for creation. Use different colors to symbolize creation (example- blue for ocean, green for trees, yellow for sun, or anything they think of that can be represented by a color) ==== ====<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Before the prayer, ask them if they want to pray for any of the creation they wrote down/thought of or any other special intentions they have. Give out Paper and could be a mini journal ==== ====<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Use prayer on the packet- //Loving God, we are gathered today to celebrate your creation. Thank you for giving us a beautiful world to live in and people who love and care for us. We ask your blessing on our time together in Jesus’ name. Amen.// ====

==**<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lesson Plan #:2 Date: **<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ June 11th __Grade**:**__ **6th** ==

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">//Objective:// Continuation of Celebrating Creation **
==<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">**Lesson** asks the children to recognize their responsibility toward other parts of creation and to make a commitment based on that recognition. == ==<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;"> Summer vacation with a new awareness that they live in the Spirit, who nudges them to enjoy and share, forgive and build friendships. ==

Discuss yesterday's Scripture reading
==**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">//__Warm-up:__// **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;"> Start with prayer, then have children say this as part of the prayer (Children say Bless the Lord to these) == ==**<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bless the Lord **<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, All you works of the Lord, You heavens, **Bless the Lord** == ==<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> All you waters in the heavens, **bless the Lord**…Sun and moon, **Bless the Lord**….Fire and Heat, **Bless the Lord**….Night and Days, **Bless the Lord**….Everything growing from the Earth, **Bless the Lord**…Mountains and the hills, **Bless the Lord**….Birds and beasts, **Bless the Lord**….All who live, **Bless the Lord**….Holy and humble of the Heart, **Bless the Lord.** All say: **Amen** == ==**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">//__Activities:__// **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;"> Journal: Give out construction paper or any kind of paper. Let them decorate any way they want, but first do the journal questions: How do you try to care for creation every day? Is it easy or hard to care for creation every day? Why or why not? ==

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">How do you take care of your family? Friends? Animals?You?
==**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Closing: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;"> Use Popsicle sticks and have kids write something to pray for( something with creation) and put all the popsicle sticks in a cup. Mix them up and give out popsicle sticks to kids so they have something different to pray for. Let them choose what prayer to say.(or just say hail Mary or Our Father) ==

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==<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lesson Plan #:3 Date:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ June 12th __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Grade: __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 6 ==

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> __Teacher:__ Lizzie
==<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> //Objective:// <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Parables are one of Jesus’ favorite teaching tools. When we work to figure out an answer, we remember it more easily. == <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What stories do you know? Do you know any parable that Jesus said? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> **Closing:** Say a prayer and reflect on why we enjoy stories. Explain tomorrow we will hear a parable Jesus told and go further into parables. Also, explain that they can keep their picture frames in a spot where they will see them (in their room, kitchen, on a table) so that they can see people doing good deeds and model their choices off what they drew/wrote. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Either today or tomorrow do the worksheet "a Good Samaritan Dilemma*****- make copies for class and give out parts, and discuss afterwards what it meant.** Paper to make “frames” <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Makers/crayons/ <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Ruler? <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Bible for examples of parables *if needed*
 * //__<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Warm-up: __//**<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain what a parable is: A way Jesus taught people by telling stories. People listen to parables more because they are more interesting and people listen more to them rather than Jesus commanding people to do things.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">//__Activities:__// **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;"> Take a piece of paper, draw a square/rectangle in the middle so it looks like a picture frame. On the inside of the “frame” draw a picture of a parable/ story that you know. Or of people doing good deeds. On the outside of the picture on the frame part, write words associated with your picture. (Good, Kind, service, Prayer, parable, Jesus, sun) any words associated with the story/parables are good.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Materials Needed: **

//**<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lesson Plan #:4 Date:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ __June 13th__ __Grade:6__ **//

__Teacher:__ **Lizzie**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The poor man would have died if it were not for a Samaritan who was traveling on that road. We should say that the Jews did not like the Samaritans. They would never talk to the Samaritans, they did not even let the Samaritans into their temple to worship God. But when this Samaritan saw the wounded Jewish man, he did not want to remember the attitude of Jews towards Samaritans. He got off his donkey; he put bandages on the man's wounds. And then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. And when the man was settled, the Samaritan gave some money to the innkeeper and said, "I must hurry. Here, take this money and look after this man." "OK", the innkeeper replied. "If it were not for you, Samaritan, this man would have died." <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What do you think, who of those three characters was a neighbor to the man who was in need? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Of course, that one who helped him, the Samaritan. For only a true neighbor can help you when you are in trouble. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">That is exactly what Jesus teaches us to do, to love and help all people, treating every one of them as our neighbor. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Reflect on parable: Ask if they have any questions, then discuss: Why do you think people did not help the man who was hurt? Why does Jesus tell this parable? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Make Heart and copy them so they can write <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Pencils/crayons
 * Objective:** //<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Parables & Healing….The parable of the Good Samaritan //**//<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">: //**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A Jewish man was going on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. On his way, he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him very hurt. The poor man was lying right on the road bleeding. A priest happened to be going down the same road. When he saw the man, he thought, "It would be good to help this poor fellow. But should I spend my valuable time on him? Besides, 20 people are waiting for me in Jericho and I need to tell them about God. And this poor thing can not listen to me anyway. He is too sick. O God, help him Yourself!" And the priest left. A Levite, a priest's assistant, was going down the same road. Seeing the wounded man, he stopped and said, "Hey, fellow, are you OK?" But a painful moan was the only reply to his question. "He might have fallen into the hands of robbers," the Levite thought. "What does the Bible tell us concerning this? Never forsake the needy, but help them. It means that I should help him. But on the other hand what can I do here? I am not a doctor. I teach people God's law, but I don't cure them. Let someone else help him." And he left.
 * //__<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Warm-up: __//<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> S **<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">hare with class/Discuss: Sometimes when people are sad, we try to cheer them up by making them laugh or smile. What is something that you do to make you happy or smile? When other people are sad, what do you do to cheer them up?
 * //__Activities:__//** Reflect on the parable of the Good Samaritan. Just like the Samaritan, we want to help those who are in need. Think of those people in your life who you love or love you: Mom, dad, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandma, grandpa, cousins etc. Use the heart I give out and write the person’s name on it. Decorate it a little bit. We will say a prayer and keep the person you wrote down in your thoughts during the prayer.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Materials Needed: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Closing: **Review what we discussed today to see if they understand story. Allow time for questions and other stories that come to mind when they hear this parable.

=<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lesson Plan #:5 Date:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ __Grade:__ **<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 6 **= __ Teacher: __** Lizzie **

//Objective:// Pentecost celebrates the day when Jesus’ first followers received the gift of his Spirit and were filled with courage and understanding. //__<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Warm-up: __//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> sit in a circle and discuss what gifts we have/ what we are good at. Ask if they want to discuss, or journal. If journaling, then they can draw or write what they are good at/what gifts they have( personality traits, sports, activities, telling jokes, helping out around the house, etc etc **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">) ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> May you not forget the many possibilities that are born of faith. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> May you be content knowing that you are a child of God. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Let Jesus presence live in you, and allow yourself the freedom to sing, dance, and to smile. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> I ask this for each and every one of you. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 6786.5px; width: 1px;"> 6th Grade Lesson Plans [| Edit] [| 0][| 13][|…] =___= =**Grade 7**= <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 9850px; width: 1px;">** add to favorites  ** ** 7th Grade Lesson Plans ** ** [| Edit] [| 0][| 28][|…]** =**Lesson Plan 1**= Objective-Learn about creation Activities**- read Psalm 104 aloud** Activity: Ask these questions- **What did this bible passage mean to you** Closing- **Gather in a circle for prayer, sing a song that we sung earlier.** Materials needed **-bible, pens, paper, beads, art supplies**
 * //__Activities:__//** Journal about what you learned this week/friends you made/experiences you had we have mass so shorter activities
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Closing: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;"> Talk about what we learned this week, and anything else we want to share (summer plans, etc)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Say a final prayer: **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">May today there be peace within you.
 * Materials Needed:**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">crayons/markers/pencils **
 * <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Paper to write on **
 * Olivia**
 * Play a name game. We will go around in a circle and have each student say their name and a fun fact about them (we using from the binder a lot) Picking the first activity on there and we will cut out the pieces of paper and have them pick one thing out of a hat and they will have to try and do that good deed today or in the near future.**
 * Have a couple students read a part of it.**
 * Have them act out or say what it means to them.**
 * Journal about the bible passage.**
 * How can you relate this to your own life?**
 * What was the lesson of this story?**
 * What is Jesus trying to tell us?**

=**Lesson Plan 2**= Objective- Creation Warm up- **Split kids up into different groups and have them play charades or something that allows them to work together. We will link the charades back to the bible passage from yesterday. We will play the name game where you say your name then the next person says there name and your name etc.** Activities- **Discuss yesterdays reading Psalm 104** Closing- **say a prayer** Materials-
 * Grade 7**
 * Talk about what it means.**
 * Journal about the bible story, draw a picture of what it means to you.**
 * We will ask if any of them would like to share what they have drawn.**
 * Also have them make bracelets for one another with beads and string**
 * Play a song from earlier**
 * bible, pens, paper, beads, art supplies**

=Lesson Plan 3 - Grade 7= Objective- Parable of God the Son Warm up **- Musical chairs, make bracelets, color** Activities- **Have a student read a bible passage: the Arrival of the Son of God (Matthew 24:29-31)** Activities: Ask questions **about it:** Closing- **Prayer and song (have them pick their favorite song and we will play it) (the songs from the morning)** Materials- **art supplies, Bible, beads** _
 * Olivia**
 * Also- <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain what a parable is: A way Jesus taught people by telling stories. People listen to parables more because they are more interesting and people listen more to them rather than Jesus commanding people to do things. **
 * See who can remember everyone's names**
 * "What does this mean to you"**
 * Why do you think this is important?**
 * Journal about it**
 * We will do the next activity from the lesson plans we were given.**

=Lesson Plan Day 4 - Grade 7=
 * Maura**

Objective- Parables and Healing Warm up- **Pass out pieces of paper with one word on it- each word will have a partner (such as cat/ dog). Have students walk around classroom and match up with their partner.** Do the research - do not use any Navajo taboos Activities- **Read parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37)** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A Jewish man was going on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. On his way, he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him very hurt. The poor man was lying right on the road bleeding. A priest happened to be going down the same road. When he saw the man, he thought, "It would be good to help this poor fellow. But should I spend my valuable time on him? Besides, 20 people are waiting for me in Jericho and I need to tell them about God. And this poor thing can not listen to me anyway. He is too sick. O God, help him Yourself!" And the priest left. A Levite, a priest's assistant, was going down the same road. Seeing the wounded man, he stopped and said, "Hey, fellow, are you OK?" But a painful moan was the only reply to his question. "He might have fallen into the hands of robbers," the Levite thought. "What does the Bible tell us concerning this? Never forsake the needy, but help them. It means that I should help him. But on the other hand what can I do here? I am not a doctor. I teach people God's law, but I don't cure them. Let someone else help him." And he left. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The poor man would have died if it were not for a Samaritan who was traveling on that road. We should say that the Jews did not like the Samaritans. They would never talk to the Samaritans, they did not even let the Samaritans into their temple to worship God. But when this Samaritan saw the wounded Jewish man, he did not want to remember the attitude of Jews towards Samaritans. He got off his donkey; he put bandages on the man's wounds. And then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. And when the man was settled, the Samaritan gave some money to the innkeeper and said, "I must hurry. Here, take this money and look after this man." "OK", the innkeeper replied. "If it were not for you, Samaritan, this man would have died." <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What do you think, who of those three characters was a neighbor to the man who was in need? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Of course, that one who helped him, the Samaritan. For only a true neighbor can help you when you are in trouble. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">That is exactly what Jesus teaches us to do, to love and help all people, treating every one of them as our neighbor. Closing- **Prayer (Our Father). Play song from earlier.** Materials- **papers with a word written on them, Bible, prizes ie. stickers or pencils**
 * Students then use the partners from the warm up. Olivia and I read trivia about the Bible passage and what it means. Give out prizes such as stickers and pencils.**

=**Lesson Plan Day 5 - Grade 7**=
 * Maura**

Objective- Pentecost Warm up**- Play 7-up and/or hangman using characters from the bible passages that we have been talking about.** Activities- **The Story of Pentecost.** Closing- **Prayer and song. Allow students to reflect on their favorite bibles passages or verses that we have read.** Materials- **Bible, journals** _ <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 8936.5px; width: 1px;"> 8th Grade Lesson Plans [| Edit] [| 0][| 6][|…] =**GRADE 8**= Theme for the week: **The Trinity** Lesson Plan 1 Teacher: **Meghan R.**
 * Have students act it out to more fully understand it.**
 * Journal about this passage. **
 * _____**
 * Monday, June 10, 2013-** Celebrating Creation

//Objective:// **Appreciating the beauty of God’s creation around us.** //Bible Passage:// **explain what a psalm is. read Psalm 104 aloud.** //Warm-up**:// finding your group game Before class, cut a variety of nature shapes (animals, plants, etc.) with three identical of each. Mix the shapes together. Place one shape on each child’s head. Tell the children to find the people whose tags matches theirs by asking questions to figure out what object from nature they are. When the children have found their partners, have them answer the below questions Small groups can then share with the whole class. write first entry: What have you done in the past to celebrate God’s creation? What are some new things you can do in the future?
 * What are you looking forward to doing this week?
 * What are you most looking forward to on summer break?
 * Share something interesting about yourself.
 * //Activities://** make a journal that the children can use for the rest of the week using construction paper bound with string through 3 holes. Decorate with stickers, crayons, and markers.
 * //Closing:// __prayer:__** Loving Father and Creator of all we come to you today deeply grateful for your creation. As we look around us we are amazed at the greatness and majesty of all that you have made. Nature around us speaks of your greatness - the vast expanse of the sky, the mountains, trees, lakes and streams speak of your great design. You have given us such beauty in the colors of the rainbow, the beauty of flowers and fields. Words cannot adequately express the magnificence of all you have created. May we show our love and reverence to you, our Lord, by caring for all that you have created. We humbly give you praise and thanks. Amen
 * //Materials Needed://**
 * construction paper
 * 3 hole punch
 * markers, crayons, stickers
 * papers with nature objects
 * psalm printed out for each student

Tuesday, June 11, 2013- **Continuation of Celebrating Creation**
 * Lesson Plan 2 - Grade 8**

Share with class. Dear Lord Thank you for making this amazing world. Thank you for making it so beautiful. Thank you for loving every person you’ve made in the whole world. Please help us to look after the world. Please help us to look after each other. Please stop climate change hurting people and all your creatures. Please help us not to be greedy, and trust you to give us enough. Please help us to share what you’ve given us. Thank you because today thousands of people around the world are praying these prayers. Amen
 * //Objective://** Recognizing our responsibility to be stewards of God’s creation.
 * //Bible Passage://** remember psalm 104 from yesterday
 * //Warm-up://** Each child writes his/her own 2-3 line psalm about creation.
 * //Activities://** go outside and draw a picture of something beautiful in nature
 * //Closing://** Listen to song and write in journals reflecting on everything we have learned in the past two days about creation.
 * //Materials Needed://**
 * stickers
 * markers
 * paper

Wednesday, June 12, 2013- **Explore** **Parables**
 * Lesson Plan 3 - Grade 8**

What do we learn from Jesus’ parable about how to live the Gospel? Then pray together:, such as: (The young people can name examples.) //**Closing**:// quiet reflection in journal.
 * //Objective://** Parables are a way for Jesus to teach us through stories and comparisons.
 * //Warm-up://** explain what parables are. example: school is a roller coaster ride
 * //Bible Passage://** read aloud/act out the parable of the Good Samaritan
 * Prayer:** Let us pray for people today who pass by their neighbors in need. Let us ask God to bless in special ways people who are neighbors to one another

Thursday, June 13, 2013- **Explore** **Parables**
 * Lesson Plan 4 - Grade 8**

//**Warm-up**:// play 7-up game​ (Please describe game) //**Activities**:// create a skit about a modern day Good Samaritan
 * //Objective://** Parables are a way for Jesus to teach us through stories and comparisons.
 * //Bible Passage://** recall yesterday's bible story of the Good Samaritan
 * //Closing://** reflect quietly in journals

Friday, June 14, 2013- **Celebrate Pentecost**
 * Lesson Plan 5 - Grade 8**

Find the areas on the Bible map from today's story and compare them to countries today. Arabia, Egypt, and Crete identify countries by the same name Pontus, Pamphyia, Phrygia, and Cappadocia are regions in Asia Minor, Turkey today Cyrene is Libya, Elam is Jordan, Median and Parthia are Iran today. Judea is Israel. Mesopotamia is the Iraq area. Rome is in Italy. LEADER: Let us pray for the help we need to share the Spirit within us. BOY 1: When fighting seems like the way to go— ALL: Help us offer a handshake in peace. GIRL 1: When others walk away from a newcomer— ALL: Direct our feet toward friendship. BOY 2: When we don’t want to understand— ALL: Open our eyes to another’s point of view. GIRL 2: When we’d rather ignore our parents— ALL: Give us ears to hear their concerns for us. BOY 3: When put-downs seem smart— ALL: Give us tongues that encourage. GIRL 3: When we want to be tough— ALL: Give us hearts that are gentle. quiet reflection in journal ___
 * //Objective://** Jesus sent us the Holy Spirit on Pentecost (the birthday of the Church)
 * //Bible Passage://** Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church, Acts 2.1-41
 * //Warm-up://** make bracelets with beads
 * //Activities://**
 * //Closing://**
 * //Materials Needed://**
 * beads

<span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 10099.5px; width: 1px;"> Kindergarden Lesson Plans [| Edit] [| 0] [| 8] [|…] **Arizona Lesson Plans**

**Kindergarten Lesson Plan #1**
 * Teacher: Christine F.**
 * Objective:** Celebrating Creation (God the Father) Naming creation makes the child aware of the uniqueness of each created being and the greatness of God, who loves so much variety.

**Warm-up**: Introduce ourselves. If you have the Promise CD, play “And It Was Good” to begin your class. The children will quickly be able to sing along. If you do not have the CD, sing **“The Whole World Is in God’s Hands.”** If you have books with pictures of animals, open a page to one and lead the children in singing that the tall giraffe or baby lion is in God’s hands. Conclude by asking the children to stand quietly while you offer this prayer or one of your own making. Loving God, you made so many beautiful and wonderful things in your creation. We praise you for every one of them. Thank you for making us, too, and for bringing us together today. Amen.

**Activities:** Gather in a story circle. Tell the children the creation story from Genesis, chapter one. It expresses our basic belief that God created the world and us, but it is a story. REMEMBER THE CHILDREN MAY HAVE A NAVAJO VERSION OF CREATION. PLEASE RESPECT THEIR STORY**.*** We do not have to believe that creation happened in six days. The Church asks us to believe only that God is the source of all that is. Before God created the world, there was nothing at all except God. Then the Holy Spirit hovered above all that nothingness and God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light all around. God said, “That’s good,” and divided the light into night and day. Then God made the sky, and said, “That’s good, too.” God made water and dry land next, and all the plants and trees. God saw that all of that was good. Next God said, “Let there be a sun and moon and stars.” And the sky was full of light and twinkling. Then God said, “Let there be sea animals and birds,” and the water and the air were full of life. “That’s good,” God said. Then God made animals of every kind. Animals with fur and animals with tough skins. Bugs, too, and all kinds of reptiles. God saw that all the animals and bugs and reptiles were good. Then God said, “Let there be people.” God made a man and a woman and said, “This is good.” And when all of creation was finished, God rested. Gather in the work area. Distribute the activity page with the story pocket. Read the sentence, “God made all that is,” and ask how that sums up the reading about creation. Invite the children to add color to the pocket and then set it aside. Distribute the story cards page. Ask volunteers to describe each card. Direct the children to color the cards and cut them out when they are finished. While the children are coloring, go around the room and cut out the pocket shapes. Place each shape on top of a 7” paper plate (the flimsy variety) and punch holes through the pocket and plate where indicated. When the children have finished their cards, distribute pieces of yarn and demonstrate how the children can lace the pocket and plate together. When they are finished lacing, the leftover yarn can form a hanger. Have children write their names on the back of the plate. Have the children bring their pockets and cards to the story circle. Divide the children into pairs or play this activity as a whole group. They place the cards they have colored and cut out in a pile in front of them, then take turns picking up and describing a card without using a name. For instance: My picture twinkles in the sky or something on my card goes meow. The other children guess the name of this part of God’s creation.

**Closing:** Lead the children in this prayer. Loving God, thank you for the world. We are happy living in it. Thank you, God. The children repeat: “Thank you, God” after each of your petitions. You make trees to give us fruit and shade. You make rain to help trees and flowers grow. You make fish to swim in the water. You make birds to fly and sing. You make deer and dogs and lions and butterflies. You make all of us. These are our names. Children call out their names. Thank you, God. Amen.

**Materials needed:** Scissors, crayons, and markers, paper punch, yarn lengths with a knot at one end. And copies of the two sheets for the activity.

**Kindergarden Lesson #2**
 * Teacher: Christine F.**

**Warm-up:** Take a walk around the site looking at the beautiful nature that God created all around us. they can tell you what the important thing is. Jesus asked all his friends to come to supper with him. After they finished eating, Jesus told them something very important. “I want you to know that God loves you and I love you,” Jesus said. “You are not my servants. You are my friends. I have told you everything about God and about why I came to be with you. There is only one thing I want you to do after I have to go away from you. Here is that one thing: Love one another.” Ask the children what important thing Jesus told his friends. That they are his friends and that they should love one another. That is all it takes to please Jesus: to love him and to love each other. God created the world we live in and everything around us. One thing he really wants us to do is the love one another.
 * Activities:** The World Created worksheet about creation. The kids will write the things that God created and they are thankful for on leaves on the sheet. Then, the We Are Thankful worksheet. The next worksheet/craft is the mobile, We Share God’s Love for Creation. I will read Gospel: Gather the children in the area you reserve for the Gospel storytelling. Tell them that Jesus says something very important to all of us in this Sunday’s Gospel. Ask them to listen closely so
 * Closing:**
 * Materials needed:** Scissors, crayons, and markers, paper punch, yarn lengths with a knot at one end. And copies of the three sheets for the activity.

**Teacher:** Christine F.
 * Kindergarten Lesson #3 **

**Objective**: Parables (God the Son) Parables are one of Jesus’ favorite teaching tools. When we work to figure out an answer, we remember it more easily.

**Warm-up:** Dear God, Thank you for everything that you have blessed us with. Thank you for creating the world we live in. Please help us to keep your creation a safe and clean environment. Amen.

**Activities**: Tell the children Jesus was a good storyteller. His stories were called parables. Write the word on the chalkboard or newsprint. A parable is a story that teaches a lesson about people and how to behave. Ask them to listen carefully to the parable you will read or tell to them.

Read the parable of the Good Samaritan to the children and ask them what they think the story means. Then, discuss the story.

**Closing:** Sing this song to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It” If someone has a problem, stop and help. If someone has a problem, stop and help. Don’t pass by the needy one, Even though it’s not much fun. If someone has a problem, stop and help.
 * We can also color in two worksheets: one is of someone showing humility and the other is praying for others.

**Materials needed:** Copies of the two worksheets.

** Kindergarten Lesson #4 **
 * Teacher:** Christine F.


 * Warm-up**: Sing the song "If You're Happy and You Know It" and another song that they like.


 * Activities**: Jesus used stories called parables to teach his followers lessons about important aspects of their faith. I will read the parable of the prodigal son. And then the children and I will discuss God’s forgiveness. I will ask the children if there was ever a time when they had to forgive someone but it was difficult. If there is still time in the class we can all try to act out the parable of the prodigal son.


 * Closing:** Say a prayer for all those people struggling to forgive people who have upset them in any way.


 * Materials needed**: None.

** Kindergarten Lesson #5 **
 * Teacher:** Christine F.

Pentecost celebrates the day when Jesus’ first followers received the gift of his Spirit and were filled with courage and understanding.
 * Objective:** Pentecost (God the Holy Spirit)


 * Warm-up:** Talk about everything that we have learned so far at Bible Camp. Highlight the discussions about celebrating creation and learning about parables.


 * Activities**: Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church, Acts 2.1-41. Read the story about Pentecost. Then draw a picture of our impression of the Holy Spirit.


 * Closing:** Say a prayer. **Dear God, Thank you for giving us the time to spend together this week. Help us to take everything we have learned and go out and do good in the world. Help us to follow Jesus' example and the examples of good people in his stories called parables. Amen.**

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 * Materials needed:** Paper and crayons.

**Kindergarten Lesson Plan #1**
 * Teacher: Christine F.**
 * Objective:** Celebrating Creation (God the Father) Naming creation makes the child aware of the uniqueness of each created being and the greatness of God, who loves so much variety.

**Warm-up**: Introduce ourselves. If you have the Promise CD, play “And It Was Good” to begin your class. The children will quickly be able to sing along. If you do not have the CD, sing **“The Whole World Is in God’s Hands.”** If you have books with pictures of animals, open a page to one and lead the children in singing that the tall giraffe or baby lion is in God’s hands. Conclude by asking the children to stand quietly while you offer this prayer or one of your own making. Loving God, you made so many beautiful and wonderful things in your creation. We praise you for every one of them. Thank you for making us, too, and for bringing us together today. Amen.

**Activities:** Gather in a story circle. Tell the children the creation story from Genesis, chapter one. It expresses our basic belief that God created the world and us, but it is a story. REMEMBER THE CHILDREN MAY HAVE A NAVAJO VERSION OF CREATION. PLEASE RESPECT THEIR STORY**.*** We do not have to believe that creation happened in six days. The Church asks us to believe only that God is the source of all that is. Before God created the world, there was nothing at all except God. Then the Holy Spirit hovered above all that nothingness and God said, “Let there be light.” And there was light all around. God said, “That’s good,” and divided the light into night and day. Then God made the sky, and said, “That’s good, too.” God made water and dry land next, and all the plants and trees. God saw that all of that was good. Next God said, “Let there be a sun and moon and stars.” And the sky was full of light and twinkling. Then God said, “Let there be sea animals and birds,” and the water and the air were full of life. “That’s good,” God said. Then God made animals of every kind. Animals with fur and animals with tough skins. Bugs, too, and all kinds of reptiles. God saw that all the animals and bugs and reptiles were good. Then God said, “Let there be people.” God made a man and a woman and said, “This is good.” And when all of creation was finished, God rested. Gather in the work area. Distribute the activity page with the story pocket. Read the sentence, “God made all that is,” and ask how that sums up the reading about creation. Invite the children to add color to the pocket and then set it aside. Distribute the story cards page. Ask volunteers to describe each card. Direct the children to color the cards and cut them out when they are finished. While the children are coloring, go around the room and cut out the pocket shapes. Place each shape on top of a 7” paper plate (the flimsy variety) and punch holes through the pocket and plate where indicated. When the children have finished their cards, distribute pieces of yarn and demonstrate how the children can lace the pocket and plate together. When they are finished lacing, the leftover yarn can form a hanger. Have children write their names on the back of the plate. Have the children bring their pockets and cards to the story circle. Divide the children into pairs or play this activity as a whole group. They place the cards they have colored and cut out in a pile in front of them, then take turns picking up and describing a card without using a name. For instance: My picture twinkles in the sky or something on my card goes meow. The other children guess the name of this part of God’s creation.

**Closing:** Lead the children in this prayer. Loving God, thank you for the world. We are happy living in it. Thank you, God. The children repeat: “Thank you, God” after each of your petitions. You make trees to give us fruit and shade. You make rain to help trees and flowers grow. You make fish to swim in the water. You make birds to fly and sing. You make deer and dogs and lions and butterflies. You make all of us. These are our names. Children call out their names. Thank you, God. Amen.

**Materials needed:** Scissors, crayons, and markers, paper punch, yarn lengths with a knot at one end. And copies of the two sheets for the activity.

**Kindergarden Lesson #2**
 * Teacher: Christine F.**

**Warm-up:** Take a walk around the site looking at the beautiful nature that God created all around us. they can tell you what the important thing is. Jesus asked all his friends to come to supper with him. After they finished eating, Jesus told them something very important. “I want you to know that God loves you and I love you,” Jesus said. “You are not my servants. You are my friends. I have told you everything about God and about why I came to be with you. There is only one thing I want you to do after I have to go away from you. Here is that one thing: Love one another.” Ask the children what important thing Jesus told his friends. That they are his friends and that they should love one another. That is all it takes to please Jesus: to love him and to love each other. God created the world we live in and everything around us. One thing he really wants us to do is the love one another.
 * Activities:** The World Created worksheet about creation. The kids will write the things that God created and they are thankful for on leaves on the sheet. Then, the We Are Thankful worksheet. The next worksheet/craft is the mobile, We Share God’s Love for Creation. I will read Gospel: Gather the children in the area you reserve for the Gospel storytelling. Tell them that Jesus says something very important to all of us in this Sunday’s Gospel. Ask them to listen closely so
 * Closing:**
 * Materials needed:** Scissors, crayons, and markers, paper punch, yarn lengths with a knot at one end. And copies of the three sheets for the activity.

**Teacher:** Christine F.
 * Kindergarten Lesson #3 **

**Objective**: Parables (God the Son) Parables are one of Jesus’ favorite teaching tools. When we work to figure out an answer, we remember it more easily.

**Warm-up:** Dear God, Thank you for everything that you have blessed us with. Thank you for creating the world we live in. Please help us to keep your creation a safe and clean environment. Amen.

**Activities**: Tell the children Jesus was a good storyteller. His stories were called parables. Write the word on the chalkboard or newsprint. A parable is a story that teaches a lesson about people and how to behave. Ask them to listen carefully to the parable you will read or tell to them.

Read the parable of the Good Samaritan to the children and ask them what they think the story means. Then, discuss the story.

**Closing:** Sing this song to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It” If someone has a problem, stop and help. If someone has a problem, stop and help. Don’t pass by the needy one, Even though it’s not much fun. If someone has a problem, stop and help.
 * We can also color in two worksheets: one is of someone showing humility and the other is praying for others.

**Materials needed:** Copies of the two worksheets.

** Kindergarten Lesson #4 **
 * Teacher:** Christine F.


 * Warm-up**: Sing the song "If You're Happy and You Know It" and another song that they like.


 * Activities**: Jesus used stories called parables to teach his followers lessons about important aspects of their faith. I will read the parable of the prodigal son. And then the children and I will discuss God’s forgiveness. I will ask the children if there was ever a time when they had to forgive someone but it was difficult. If there is still time in the class we can all try to act out the parable of the prodigal son.


 * Closing:** Say a prayer for all those people struggling to forgive people who have upset them in any way.


 * Materials needed**: None.

** Kindergarten Lesson #5 **
 * Teacher:** Christine F.

Pentecost celebrates the day when Jesus’ first followers received the gift of his Spirit and were filled with courage and understanding.
 * Objective:** Pentecost (God the Holy Spirit)


 * Warm-up:** Talk about everything that we have learned so far at Bible Camp. Highlight the discussions about celebrating creation and learning about parables.


 * Activities**: Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church, Acts 2.1-41. Read the story about Pentecost. Then draw a picture of our impression of the Holy Spirit.


 * Closing:** Say a prayer. **Dear God, Thank you for giving us the time to spend together this week. Help us to take everything we have learned and go out and do good in the world. Help us to follow Jesus' example and the examples of good people in his stories called parables. Amen.**

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 * Materials needed:** Paper and crayons.