additional resources Give someone a hug. Play a game together. Kick Share a toy. someone. Call a person a mean name. Help make dinner. Hit someone.

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1 additional resources SESSION 2 (available online at Game cards Copy and cut apart the cards and place them in a bowl for use during Peace notes. Play a game together. Help make dinner. Paint a picture. Kick someone. Hit someone. Give food to a neighbor. Give someone a hug. Share a toy. Call a person a mean name. Read a book to a younger child. 84 / Additional resources

2 SESSIONS 1 5 Advent path instructions is session begins the season of Advent. For the next five weeks, the spiritual practice will be connected to the lighting of an Advent path. Find a place to put the Advent path where it is visible for the children, but not in the way of other activities. You will need five candles; one should be larger than the others. If your church has a tradition of using specific colors for Advent candles, you may wish to follow that tradition. Battery-operated candles may be used if traditional candles are not an option. Place the candles in a curving path in the shape of an S, ending with the larger candle. Greenery can also be placed between the candles to shape the path. SESSION 4 (available online at Word list Copy and cut apart these prompts for each child to use during Explore (Glow). Directions: Write down an example of each of these types of words. en use the words to complete page 12 in Glow. A name: Town #1: Town #2: Verb: Building: Noun (plural): Object: Animal (plural): Feeling: Verb + -ing: Movement + -ed: Feeling: Place: Directions: Write down an example of each of these types of words. en use the words to complete page 12 in Glow. A name: Town #1: Town #2: Verb: Building: Noun (plural): Object: Animal (plural): Feeling: Verb + -ing: Movement + -ed: Feeling: Place: Additional resources / 85

3 SESSION 3 (available online at Ornament template Copy and cut out the template to use for making ornaments in Explore (Create). Cut around the outside of the circle and cut out the white section on the inside of the circle. Trace the template onto pieces of black card stock, making one per person. Sample 86 / Additional resources

4 SESSION 1 Building prompts Read the phrases one at a time for the activity in Explore (Move). ey can be read in any order. SESSION 5 Primary leaflet solution, page 2 S I M E O N I will keep my promise. God shows us what is right. My enemies laugh at me. e people of Jerusalem will be safe. People insult me. A leader will come who will set things right. I am lonely and sad. All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love. I have done wrong. e friendship of the Lord is for those who follow. SESSION 5 (available online at Bible memory strips Copy and cut apart the strips for use during Bible memory. My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; R X P J Q L L A N N A B I F W U M L G C Z B K E H L H D E S T J E S U S for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. Luke 1: Additional resources / 87

5 SESSION 7 (available online at Location signs Copy, cut apart, and post these signs in the four corners of the room for a game during Explore (Move). Passover festival Road Nazareth 90 / Additional resources Jerusalem

6 SESSION 11 (available online at Share the story cards Copy and cut apart these cards for use during Share the story. Person 1 Sorry, I can t come. I bought some land and I have to go see it. Person 3 Sorry, I ve just gotten married. I can t come. SESSION 12 Story prompts Follow these instructions for use during Share the story. All kinds of people came to listen to Jesus. Some were people who were not following the laws of Moses or were causing harm to other people. Some religious leaders did not like this. ey grumbled and said, is man Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them. Jesus answered the leaders with two stories: Imagine a shepherd who has one hundred sheep (place a large pile of dried beans in front of you). What if one of them gets lost? (Move one bean away from the pile.) e shepherd will leave the other sheep and hunt until the lost sheep is found. When the shepherd finds the sheep, he will carry it home, rejoicing (carefully pick up the one bean and place it back on the pile). When he gets home, he will call out to friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost. It s like that when someone turns from wrong (pick up one of the beans). ere is more joy in heaven because of one person who is sorry for the mistakes he or she has done, than over ninety-nine people who are sure they haven t done anything wrong. (Remove the beans. Place nine coins in front of you, hiding the tenth nearby.) Person 2 I bought five pairs of oxen. I ll have to go try them. Sorry, I won t be able to come. Stranger 1 Stranger 2 Stranger 3 Or, think about a woman who has ten precious coins (place a finger on each coin as you count them, but stop and look worried when you only reach nine). If she loses one of them, she will light her lamp and sweep the whole house (sweep your hand over the floor or table searching for the coin). She will search carefully in every corner until she finds the coin (hold up the lost coin). en she will call to her friends and neighbors, Celebrate with me, for I have found the coin that I lost. is is the way God s angels celebrate when someone turns from doing wrong to following God s ways (turn the lost coin over as you place it back down with the other coins). 92 / Additional resources

7 SESSION (available online at Bible memory cards Copy and cut apart these cards for use in Bible memory, sessions You may wish to copy these onto card stock since they will be used multiple times. What is the kingdom of God like? It is like a mustard seed it grew and became a tree, He said therefore, And to what should I compare it? that someone took and sowed in the garden; and the birds of the air made nests in its branches. Additional resources / 93

8 SESSION (available online at Bible memory cards (continued) To what should I compare the kingdom of God? that a woman took until all of it was leavened. And again he said, It is like yeast and mixed in with three measures of flour Luke 13: / Additional resources

9 SESSION 11 (available online at Coloring page Make copies of this page for use during Spiritual practice. Additional resources / 95