Talking To God
Greeting: Welcome each child as they come in the door. Make sure they have name tags, and the parent has signed them in on the sheet.
Opening: Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Sing song “I am Special”
Development:
Scripture: God is Lord as well as Father. God is loving Mother as well as Father. (Cf. CCC 239)
Saint: St. Rose of Lima. Rose is an American saint. She was born in Lima, Peru less than one hundred years after Columbus discovered America. Her birth name was Isabel, but because she was so beautiful people called her Rose.
As she became older she was scared of her beauty. She thought her own beauty would lead her into doing evil. She cut off all her hair, and worked hard every day until her hands became rough. She also wore clothing that was unbecoming. Nothing could make her ugly. Her beauty was deeper than her radiant skin, and her beauty shone through more and more each day.
All around her people were leading lives that were full and anger. She thought she would show Jesus how much h she loved her fellow people by praying for them. She lived in a hut with dirt floors, and she slept on that floor. Everyday she got up and prayed. She prayed for her people, and for all their sins.
Rose became a Dominican nun, and was known for her power of prayer. The people loved her, and to this day the people of Peru claim that it was she that drove away an enemy fleet that was attacking Peru.
Story: Daniel in the Lions Den (90-91)
Activity: See booklet
Song: Away in a Manger (sign language optional)
Exercise: Head shoulders, knees, and toes (foreign language optional)
Prayer: Our hands we fold, Our head we bow, for food and drink we thank the now Amen
Bible Verse: A Friend loves at all times. (sign language optional)
Blessing: May the Lord bless you and your family each and everyday. May you seek time in your day to pray, and may the love of the Lord be in your thoughts as you play.
Dismissal:
Thanksgiving
Greeting: Greet each child as they come in the door. Make sure they have nametags, and the parent ahs signed them on the sheet.
Opening: Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Sing song “I am Special”
Development:
Scripture: Say prayers of thanks and praise to God. Tell every one of the wonderful things God has done. Sing songs of thanks and praise to God. Tell every one of the wonderful things God has made. Psalm 105:
Saint: Kateri Tekakwitha was from the Mohawk Indian tribe. She walked the plains and mountains of North America long before Christopher Columbus reached the New World.
Kateri did not hear of Christ until Christian’s missionaries came from New York and Canada. Kateri listened to the missionaries and felt a call to be baptized as a Christian. She helped support and encourage the missionaries, and they called her “Lily of the Mohawks”.
Story: Miracles in the Desert/ Peter’s Thanksgiving
Activity: Activity sheets/ Bring paper plates, and add a prayer on the paper plate. Poke holes at the top of the plate, so they can display the plate for Thanksgiving.
Song: This little light of mine, Away in a manger, Jesus loves me (sign language optional)
Exercise: Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. (Foreign language optional)
Prayer: For this new morning and its light,
For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love, family, and friends, For every gift Your goodness sends, We thank You, gracious Lord.
Bible Verse: Trust in the Lord (psalm 37:3) Sign language optional
Blessing May God bless you and your families on Thanksgiving Day. May your families show love and happiness together when you say a prayer of praise and thank you for all the wonderful things God has provided. Amen.
Dismissal: Please remember to help the children gather all their belongs, and make sure their parent signs them out.
A Time for Waiting
Greeting: Welcome each child as they come in the door. Make sure they have name tags, and the parent has signed them in on the sheet.
Opening: Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Sing song “I am Special”
Development:
Scripture: For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins... (Lk 1:76-77)
Saint: Joseph was a quiet and hardworking carpenter who kept God's commandments. He loved Mary and wanted to marry her. She agreed, but when Joseph saw that Mary was going to have a baby and it was not his, he became very upset.
In a dream, God's angel told Joseph it was all right to marry Mary. The angel explained how the baby was conceived, and Joseph was being given the sacred task of protecting and supporting Mary and the child.
Joseph listened to his dream
Story: The Visitation (97)
Activity: See booklet
Song: This little light of Mine (sign language optional)_
Exercise: Head, Shoulders, knees, and toes. (foreign languages optional)
Prayer: Hurt no living thing; Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing, Nor cricket chirping cheerily, Nor grasshopper so light of leap, Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat, Nor harmless worms that creep. By Christina Rossetti
Bible Verse:A friend loves at all times (sign language optional)
Blessing: May the Lord bless you and your family each and everyday. May you seek time in your day to pray, and may the love of the Lord be in your thoughts as you play.
Dismissal:
Advent/Preparing for Jesus
Greeting: Welcome each child as they come in the door. Make sure they have name tags, and the parent has signed them in on the sheet.
Opening: Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Sing song “I am Special”
Development:
Scripture: For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins... (Lk 1:76-77)
Saint: Gabriel the Archangel It was the Archangel who appeared to Zachary “standing on the right side of the alter of incense” as St Luke says, to make known the future birth of John the Baptist. Gabriel had the horor of being the angel to go to Mary at Nazareth are to announce to her that she was to be the Mother of God. Upon her consent, “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.”
Gabriel's name means the “strength of God.” He is used as a messenger in the work that shows the power and glory of God. It was Gabriel that left us the first words of the “Hail Mary,” ask him to help you to say the rosary with true devotion.
Story: The Visitation (97)
Activity: See booklet
Song: Away in a Manger (sign language optional)_
Exercise: Head, Shoulders, knees, and toes. (foreign languages optional)
Prayer: Our hands we fold, our heads we bow, for food and drink we thank thee now. Amen.
Bible Verse:A friend loves at all times (sign language optional)
Blessing: May the Lord bless you and your family each and everyday. May you seek time in your day to pray, and may the love of the Lord be in your thoughts as you play.
Dismissal: