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July 6, 2020
Yielding a Fruitful Harvest
Gather for family prayer around a small bowl of soil. Use this week’s responsorial psalm for the refrain. “The seed that falls on good ground will yield a fruitful harvest.” Ask each family member to name one action he or she has done or has seen another family member do during the week that proclaimed God’s word of love, justice, and peace.
Do yard work together as a family, or have children help water houseplants. Discuss what your family can do to help seeds of faith grow in your household.
Take a walk to look at summer lawns and gardens. Where are they growing well? Where not so well? What could be the cause of this? Have each family member reflect on his or her own life. Has the seed of faith fallen on good soil?
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What Lies Below
OBJECT SUGGESTED: A Potato
What is your favorite way to eat potatoes? There are so many choices: baked potatoes, boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, French fries, scalloped potatoes, and potato salad.
Potatoes are a root vegetable which means they grow beneath the ground. If you’ve ever had a chance to dig potatoes you know that exploring the soil below the potato plant and finding potatoes there seems magical. Digging potatoes is like discovering buried treasure!
Potatoes have a funny appearance. These little indentations on the potato are called eyes. When a potato is planted it is cut into sections with an eye in each section. If the potato has been planted in good soil, has had enough water and sun, it produces other potatoes on roots that grow beneath the soil.
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Build.
Plant.
Grow.
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Sunday Index for children ages 5-13
Using each lesson plan, directors of religious education, school teachers, and parents can:
- Use the recommended key discussion points when reading weekly messages with your children.
- Read aloud a classic picture storybook linked to the moral virtue in the weekly readings.
- Manage creative activities including arts and crafts, games, and gardening projects.
- End with a reflection activity using a case study and a prayer.
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THE WORD THIS WEEK
Generosity
SUNDAY READ ALOUD
In The Giving Tree, a little boy loved a tree, and the tree loved the little boy as well. Everyday the boy would play in the shade of the tree, eat its apples, and slide down its trunk and swing from its branches. But in time, the little boy grew into a man and the relationship changed. This is a classic book for teaching children of all ages about generosity and the self-sacrifice that often accompanies it. This is indeed a tender story, touched with sadness and then aglow with consolation. Silverstein provides a parable that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving (generosity) and a serene acceptance of another’s capacity to love in return.
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Planting God’s Word
Mrs. Dowd planned an special extra credit project for her class. She arranged to start a garden in the back of the school to grow vegetables for needy families in the community. Volunteers would tend the garden in four groups. Tod led a group, Maria led another group, Jack led the third group, and Justina led the fourth group.
All the groups worked hard the first day. They broke up the hard soil, watered it, and mixed in fertilizer. At the end of the first day, all the groups received their seeds to plant.
Tod’s group planted the seeds on the second day, water the seeds a little, and went home. They were done in 15 minutes. Maria’s group re-raked the soil to loosen up the rocks. They worked hard for 30 minutes. Then, they watered the soil, planted the seeds, and went home. Jack’s and Justina’s groups raked, loosened up the soil, and began to pull out the rocks. After an hour, these two groups went home without planting the seeds.
On the third day, Tod’s group showed up, congratulated themselves on a good job, then went home. At least, Maria’s group watered their seeds, then they, too, went home. Jack’s and Justina’s groups worked again at removing the rocks from the soil.
Day four. Tod’s group didn’t show up. Maria’s group came watered and went home. Jack and Justina’s group removed the rest of the rocks and planted the seeds after an hour”s work.
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Beatrice’s Goat
“Beatrice’s Goat” by Page McBrier, illustrated by Lori Lohstoeter.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, 2001, 32 pages, K-2.
This is a heartwarming story about a young girl achieving her dreams with the help of her family. It is extremely positive in its portraying familial love. This book could be used in both classroom situations and in shared reading in the home. Younger children will like the story and adults will enjoy its positive message. I hope you get a chance to read this fine book.
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