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    Grades 5 To 7 Lenten Activity

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    This document provides suggestions for Lenten activities for grades 5-6 and grades 7-8. For grades 5-6, the activities include having students illustrate Jesus overcoming temptation, creating a Lenten to-do list of ways to grow closer to God, and learning about the significance of Ash Wednesday and the number 40 in the Bible. For grades 7-8, the activities are having students write strategies for avoiding common temptations using prayer, assigning commitment buddies to check in weekly, discussing ways for students to support their family's Lenten commitments, and encouraging an attitude of prayer at all times during Lent.

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    Grades 5 To 7 Lenten Activity

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    This document provides suggestions for Lenten activities for grades 5-6 and grades 7-8. For grades 5-6, the activities include having students illustrate Jesus overcoming temptation, creating a Lenten to-do list of ways to grow closer to God, and learning about the significance of Ash Wednesday and the number 40 in the Bible. For grades 7-8, the activities are having students write strategies for avoiding common temptations using prayer, assigning commitment buddies to check in weekly, discussing ways for students to support their family's Lenten commitments, and encouraging an attitude of prayer at all times during Lent.

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    This document provides suggestions for Lenten activities for grades 5-6 and grades 7-8. For grades 5-6, the activities include having students illustrate Jesus overcoming temptation, creating a Lenten to-do list of ways to grow closer to God, and learning about the significance of Ash Wednesday and the number 40 in the Bible. For grades 7-8, the activities are having students write strategies for avoiding common temptations using prayer, assigning commitment buddies to check in weekly, discussing ways for students to support their family's Lenten commitments, and encouraging an attitude of prayer at all times during Lent.

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    Grades 5 To 7 Lenten Activity

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    This document provides suggestions for Lenten activities for grades 5-6 and grades 7-8. For grades 5-6, the activities include having students illustrate Jesus overcoming temptation, creating a Lenten to-do list of ways to grow closer to God, and learning about the significance of Ash Wednesday and the number 40 in the Bible. For grades 7-8, the activities are having students write strategies for avoiding common temptations using prayer, assigning commitment buddies to check in weekly, discussing ways for students to support their family's Lenten commitments, and encouraging an attitude of prayer at all times during Lent.

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    Grades 56 Lenten Activities

    Illustrating Jesus Journey


    Distribute art supplies. Instruct children to make their own illustration of Jesus overcoming
    temptation in the desert. When children have finished, invite volunteers to share their
    drawing with the class. Display childrens work around the classroom.
    Lenten To-Do List
    Tell children that planning out their steps to grow closer to God will make them more
    achievable. Instruct children to write their plans for growing closer to God during Lent in a
    bulleted list. Remind children to focus on different ways they can pray, fast, and give alms.
    Encourage children to share their plans with their families. Tell children to hang their list in a
    place where they can review it daily during Lent.
    Ideas to Share: Ash Wednesday
    Explain that the ashes we receive on Ash Wednesday come from burning the palms we
    received on Palm Sunday of the previous year. This is why we are asked to bring our palms
    from the last year to church.
    The Number 40
    Say: Biblical authors used numbers to emphasize the symbolic significance of an event. For
    example, the number 40 is used to symbolize a period during which people were tested.
    Have children find examples of the number 40 in the Bible. Invite volunteers to write
    examples on the board. (Noah endured 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the Israelites
    wandered in the desert for 40 years; Moses spent 40 days and nights on the mountaintop
    before descending with the Ten Commandments; Jesus remained in the desert for 40 days
    without eating.)
    Coaching Children to Pray
    Assure children that the Holy Spirit is always present with them in their Lenten prayers,
    fasting, and good works to strengthen their resolve and guide their decisions. They can call
    on the Holy Spirit for help and guidance anywhere, anytime.

    Grades 78 Lenten Activities

    Take 10 Minutes
    Have young people recall temptations that they have experienced. Say: Silently think about
    two or three temptations that tend to recur in your life. Ask young people to write a personal
    strategy they might use to help them avoid these temptations in the future. Encourage
    young people to begin each strategy with First, take 10 minutes and talk to God. Then . . .
    Encourage young people to use these strategies the next time they encounter the
    temptations they often face.
    Commitment Buddies
    Assign each young person a partner and have partners agree to check in with each other at
    least once a week, at a preestablished time, to see how their Lenten commitments are
    going. Encourage young people to be honest in their reports and invite them to support one
    another with notes of encouragement throughout the week.
    Family Effort
    Engage young people in a discussion about how they can support their family members
    Lenten commitments. Begin by providing a suggestion such as offering to cook a meat-free
    meal on one of the Fridays of Lent. Write on the board a list of young peoples suggestions.
    Encourage young people to select a few of the items they have listed and to include the
    actions as part of their own Lenten commitments.
    Coaching Young People to Pray
    Encourage young people to adopt a prayerful attitude at all times this Lent. Discuss with
    young people what this might mean in terms of speech, attitude, recreation time, and social
    behavior.

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