CatholicMom.com Gospel Activity Celebrating Our Catholic Faith Religious Education Lesson Plan Helpers by Laura Grace

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1 Please note: Some of our lesson plans contain links to Christian, non-catholic resources. When preparing your lessons, we urge you to inform yourself on the teachings of the Catholic Church with respect to the Sunday gospel and readings. If you find links in any of the lesson plans that may be counter to the teachings of the Church, please notify These lessons plan helpers are designed to assist you in pulling together creative ideas and activities to supplement your lesson plan, but are not designed to be catechetical in nature. Thank you for your continued prayerful support. Activities May 17, 2009 Sixth Sunday of Easter Gospel - John 15:9-17 new.catholicmom.com Scroll down to Coloring Page, Mass Worksheet, Crossword Puzzle, Word Search webelieveweb.com e=eng&book=0 Scroll down to Gospel Reflection, Discussion Questions for the Gospel, and Proclaiming Faith Activities msssbible.com The Greatest Commandment (Love) with tons of resources for illustrating the story, coloring pages/activity sheets, crafts, and songs. ecusa.anglican.org Lesson Plans for Small Congregations As I Have Loved You object lesson Love One Another object lesson grassroots.com Love One Another lesson sundayschoollessons.com A Basket of Summer Fruit lesson sundayschoollessons.com

2 Jesus Calls His Friends textweek.com Scripture Study and Worship Links and Resources Coloring Love one another as I have loved you. childrenschapel.org As the Father hath loved me, so I have loved you. (John 15a) kidsheart.com Love one another. John 15:17 Crafts msssbible.com Beginner Memory Verse craft John 15:12 akidsheart.com Easy John 15: 17 verse craft akidsheart.com Printable resource msssbible.com Memory Verse craft John 15:14 dltk-holidays.com John 15:13 mobile Introduce craft: Who should we be kind to? Everyone. Let s make a craft to remind us to Love Others familycorner.com

3 Love Bug Lady Bug- Paint the paper plates or use red and white paper plates to make this craft. On the back of the lady bug where the wings open up write Love Others. dltk-kids.com Or make the lady bug with poster board or card stock. On the back of the lady bug where the wings open up write Love Others. Introduce craft: How can we help others? Here is a craft to help to remind us to help others. mssscrafts.com Sharing Hands craft associatedcontent.com html?cat=4 Chain of Kindness associatedcontent.com html?cat=25 Cups of Kindness thebestkidsbooksite.com Loving Thoughts Group Project thebestkidsbooksite.com Send A Hug Love Notes- Cute magnet craft to put on your refrigerator to leave loving messages to the people in your family. (Christian Crafts for Christmastime by Kathy Ross, pages 54 & 55). grassroots.com Loving Others IOU cards familyfun.go.com IOU a Great Gift Loving others demands respect, consideration, cooperation, care, etc. Love is about giving. Fill these chore charts out or have the students come up with their own chores to do and color. These can be given to parents or friends/family etc. to show they are serious about their respect for them, care, etc. They are to bring the chore charts back signed next week and receive a small gift as a reward for their good deeds.

4 christianpreschoolprintables.com Custom Chore Chart Generator alennkasprintables.com Editable Chore Charts dltk-cards.com Custom Chore Chart successfulfamilychores.com Several chore charts to choose from for all ages. Games Introduce game: How does Jesus want us to behave? Discuss. Well, here are some questions and let s see how well you can. Win or Lose by How You Choose Need: Book- Win or Lose by How You Choose by Judge Judy Sheindlin Directions- Divide the class into teams and do questions out of Win or Lose by How You Choose! What Do I Do? The teacher can read the situations and ask the children what they can do to show the special love Jesus says we should have. "How to Love" Ball Toss- A fun game for all ages on how to show love to others. (Super Bible Game Book by Linda Standke, page 120). Random Acts of Kindness File Folder Game Back Talk Game (Honor Your Father & Mother) Gospel John 14:15-21: If you love me you will keep my commandments. John 14:15. One of the ways you show that you love God is to obey your parents and honor them with respect. Movies Veggie Tales: Accepting and Helping- Are You My Neighbor?

5 The Story of Flibber-o-loo or The Tale of Two Cities (15 min.) and ask questions: 1. What does loving your neighbor really mean? Help others when ever they need help even when you don t feel like it. 2. Why wouldn t the mayor and the doctor stop and help Larry? They said that they were too busy. 3. What should the mayor and doctor do? Help Larry. 4. Who helped Larry? A fellow from the other town. 5. Should we help people in need? Yes. 6. How can we help others? The Gourds Must Be Crazy (14 min.) and ask questions: 1. Why wouldn t Jr. invite Fernando to his party? Because he was different. 2. What did Jr. learn about people that are different? Being different can be good. It s the inside that counts. 3. Should we make fun of people who are different? No. 4. How should we treat others? We should treat everyone how you would like to be treated. Puzzles Word Search christiancoloring.com Word Search Decoder Jumble christiancoloring.com Crossword Crossword

6 Snacks CatholicMom.com Gospel Activity Celebrating Our Catholic Faith Introduce snack- How can we say I love you to others? Have the children bake cookies and give to someone they love. pillsbury.com Chocolate Dipped Heart Cookies pillsbury.com Sweetheart Cookie Bouquet pillsbury.com Thumbprint Sugar Cookies For additional coloring and word activities related to the Catholic faith, visit Feel free to share this activity with your family or students, but please consider a donation to support CatholicMom.com and our mission of celebrating our Catholic Faith. For more information contact Lisa@catholicmom.com Shop online at to help support our site.