NT 21 ROTATION THE BEATITUDES "God Bless You!"

Version 6.0

Understanding the Beatitudes is a spiritual journey that children take in this unit to assimilate Jesus? way of living into their daily lives. Each Beatitude provides children with a way to be like Jesus, a way to walk in Jesus? path, and a way to relate to others, as Jesus would want. Each workshop focuses on one to two Beatitudes and provides children with experiences to understand them. In the art workshop children create Kingdom Cups and learn that they are to be Christians who depend on God and not self. In the cooking workshop children make Comfort Jello and learn that as Christians we have a Great Comforter in times of mourning and loss. In the game workshop children learn what it means to hunger and thirst for righteousness as they initiate a shoe drive for children around the world without shoes, understanding that living in God?s right world means a call to action. In a peace walk children learn how to be peacemakers in their families, daily lives, community, and the world. In a science experiment children amazingly discover that they have room in their hearts to do right things for right reasons if they put God in first. Children are encouraged to memorize the Beatitudes.

Includes: Spiritual Journal booklets

ART WORKSHOP

Activity: Creating Clay ?Kingdom Cups?

COMPUTER WORKSHOP

Activity: Galilee Flyer CD Game

COOKING WORKSHOP

Activity: Making ?Comfort Jello?

GAME WORKSHOP

Activity: Shoe Game, Shoe Survey and Graphing, Shoe Mission Project

PEACE WALK WORKSHOP

Peace Walk

SCIENCE WORKSHOP

Activity: ?Heart Rock Jar?