Inside the classroom: "Daily Bread"--1/2nd Grade

This Sunday, three individual classes lead the church school in worship and we hope to give you a peak into both the final product and some of the thought that went into the kid's creation.

The 1/2nd grade class lead the group in a prayer that they had created based on their study of the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)throughout the year. When talking about the phrase "give us this day our daily bread," Kate lead the class in a discussion of what is our "daily bread?" The children came up with a wide list, of everything from shelter to love to special people in your life.

In a follow-up class, they discussed the story of Jesus inviting disciples to be "fishers of people" (Luke 5: 1-11). Since Jesus didn't really intend for the disciples to cast rods to catch people, the class talked about these needs--our daily bread--as "how we fish for people" with acts of kindness and love. The class then worked very hard to write and practice over the next few weeks, and last Sunday they lead the church school in this wonderful prayer:

We pray to God for Everyone to

Be Safe

Have Food

Have Clothes

Have Shelter

Have Fun and Laughter

Have a Helping Hand

Have Friendship

Have Love

Take Care of Nature

Have Faith

Love Jesus

Amen

And all the people say "Amen!"

 Thank you so much to Kate, Sarah, Danielle, and Ann for your thoughtful and creative teaching in our 1/2nd grade class.

Discussion for Families: What are the things that make up our "daily bread"? What are the needs (physical, spiritual and emotional) that we need filled every day? How can we help to be "daily bread" for those around us?