Opening Story
- "Are You Jesus", from Matthew Kelly's "Rediscover Jesus" book.
Catechism Reading: Paragraph2447
Opening Song: My Own LittleWorld by Matthew West
- How often do we miss opportunities to help others because we are so focused on ourselves?
- How often do we miss opportunities to be Jesus (like in our opening story) for someone around us?
Opening Prayer
Lesson
- Works of Mercy
- Spiritual Works of Mercy
- Corporal Works of Mercy
- Stewardship
- Stewardship is us reflecting God's love for us to those around us so they can come to see and know God through us.
- Video: Show Jesus by Jamie Grace
- Who can we serve through our stewardship?
- Those we are in contact with in our everyday activities
- Family
- Small Group Exercise
- Start to fill in Works of Mercy worksheet with ideas for daily contacts and family members.
- Community - Church, School, City
- Small Group Exercise
- Add ideas to the Works of Mercy worksheet for community
- Country
- World
- Introduce Catholic Relief Service (CRS)
- Turn Words and Ideas into Actions
- Video: Matthew West, "Do Something"
- Class Project
- Small Group Exercise
- Brain Storm Ideas for class projects
- Each group presents favorite
- Family Project
- Small Group Exercise
- Brain Storm Ideas for family projects
- Stewardship/Service expectations for confirmation candidates
- Participate in planning and execution of a class project
- Participate in planning and execution of a family project
- Learn to be more open to stewardship/service opportunities by regularly stepping up to help people and organizations.
- Write up two reflections using the form provided and give to Mrs. Metzger or Mr. Lauderbaugh.
- Present one of your reflections to the class.
- Just for Fun (optional) with your parents approval:
- Search Twitter for: #mercyinmotion to read and hear about how others put "Mercy into Motion".
- You and/or your parents can tweet about how you and your family put "Mercy in Motion" using #mercyinmotion and #mphmshelby
- When you tweet to not use a person’s names. Use "a friend", "a family member", etc in place of names.
- Search twitter for: #mphmshelby to read about others in your CCD class putting "Mercy into Motion".
Closing Song: We are Called
Closing Prayer
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