Dan Harper is the minister of First Parish in Cohasset, Mass.
Kris Geering, one of our Sunday school teachers, has been developing a six-week Sunday school curriculum on meditation for preschoolers called “building Blocks of Meditating.” She and Carol Steinfeld taught this class in April in May, and got a positive response from the 4-8 children who showed up each week.
Kris has given us permission to publish this meditation curriculum online. To read it, click here.
A couple of weeks ago, children in our Peace Experiments program passed out cookies one Sunday morning, and asked people the following question:
“What do you think people would need a dose of for lasting world peace?”
Here are some of the answers they got:
— tolerance
— friends
— justice
— cookies
— food
— quiet
— freedom
— happiness
— family
— love
Contents:
1. April calendar
1a. Senior High and OWL calendar
2. From your Associate Minister of Religious Education
3. Teaching younger children to meditate
4. All-ages community dance
1. April calendar
Sun., Apr. 6, 9:30 a.m.: Sunday school
10:30: Baby Journey
Sun., Apr. 13, 9:30 a.m.: Sunday school
10:30 a.m.: Parent Journey
12:00 noon: Second Sunday brunch
Sun., Apr. 20, 9:30 a.m.: Easter all-ages service
10:30 a.m.: Annual Easter egg hunt in playground
Sat., Apr. 26, 5-8 p.m.: All-ages community dance
Sun., Apr. 27, 9:30 a.m.: Sunday school
10:30 a.m.: Fourth Sunday brunch
11:00 a.m.: Parent workshop, teaching kids to meditate
1a. Senior High Youth Group (SHYG) and OWL calendar:
Sat., Apr. 5, 3-8 p.m.: OWL
Sun., Apr. 6, NO OWL
Sun., Apr. 13, 6:30 p.m.: SHYG meeting
6:30 p.m.: OWL class
Sun., Apr. 20, 6:30 p.m.: OWL
Sun., Apr. 27, 6:30 p.m.: SHYG meeting
6:30 p.m.: OWL
Heather, Sarah, Emma, Ella, and Lucas made the following yummy peace treats during Peace Experiments on March 30:
Children and Youth Religious Education