Presentations:
- The City of Jerusalem, which outlines Jesus' final days of life, including his Passion
-Parable of the Found Sheep and Psalm 23
The City of Jerusalem will be presented to all the new students. After the presentation all will have a chance to work with this popular material. Many of the kids have been spending time with the material for the Last Supper (or Cenacle) and the Empty Tomb. My favorite response last week was from a child was this:
Me: "So Jesus wasn't in the tomb. Does he come back?"
Child: "Yes, Santa brings him back on Christmas!"
We definitely have some room for theological growth, but he was only 3 years old!
Level II (7-9 years)
Presentations:
- The Mystery of Faith will be given to this year's first communicants
- The Parables of the Lost Coin, Forgiving Father (Prodigal Son), Found Sheep, and Good Shepherd
- More detailed geography and stories about the passion narratives
Notes: The Parables taught during this time are all part of the First Eucharist process outlined by CGS, so your children are not only learning at home with the study booklet, but also learning the CGS lessons geared towards First Communion.
Level III (10-12 years)
Presentations:
- The stories of Exodus
Me: "So Jesus wasn't in the tomb. Does he come back?"
Child: "Yes, Santa brings him back on Christmas!"
We definitely have some room for theological growth, but he was only 3 years old!
Level II (7-9 years)
Presentations:
- The Mystery of Faith will be given to this year's first communicants
- The Parables of the Lost Coin, Forgiving Father (Prodigal Son), Found Sheep, and Good Shepherd
- More detailed geography and stories about the passion narratives
Notes: The Parables taught during this time are all part of the First Eucharist process outlined by CGS, so your children are not only learning at home with the study booklet, but also learning the CGS lessons geared towards First Communion.
Level III (10-12 years)
Presentations:
- The stories of Exodus
Notes: Through the first few weeks of Lent the Level III atria will be working with Exodus. The stories of the time in the desert and the forming of community are all directly related to our Lenten journey. Each child is making an accordian style booklet with images of the stories that they hear about from Exodus.
