School Vacation:
This is a different week with the kids home from School all day. Vacations create a nice break from the routines. They also complicate our plans when our routines change. Lent is meant to be a break from all the routines of the year, like vacation is a break from class time. Its a good chance to talk with your children about what is best about breaks...and what is the downside of a vacation time. Remind them that Lent is a time to think about our routines and change them to remind us about spending more time with God and trying to be better people. It is a good week to ask if the kids are taking part in the complaint free braclet program. (LENT = Let's End Negative Thinking) (In church on the 17th, we talked about this during the childrens message and kids had a chance to get bracelets.) (If you are not familiar with this program see our church website for a brochure fcchanoverucc.org..see LENT)
You could also ask them if they remember the names of the Candles on our Lenten Cross (Each week we extinguish one Candle that reminds of the things we do that take away light in our lives by making others feel sad, angry, ashamed, hurt, afraid...so far we have extinguished the candle of 'whining' and the candle of 'lying')
Work with your children to create a prayer that helps them remember this season's lessons.
This is a different week with the kids home from School all day. Vacations create a nice break from the routines. They also complicate our plans when our routines change. Lent is meant to be a break from all the routines of the year, like vacation is a break from class time. Its a good chance to talk with your children about what is best about breaks...and what is the downside of a vacation time. Remind them that Lent is a time to think about our routines and change them to remind us about spending more time with God and trying to be better people. It is a good week to ask if the kids are taking part in the complaint free braclet program. (LENT = Let's End Negative Thinking) (In church on the 17th, we talked about this during the childrens message and kids had a chance to get bracelets.) (If you are not familiar with this program see our church website for a brochure fcchanoverucc.org..see LENT)
You could also ask them if they remember the names of the Candles on our Lenten Cross (Each week we extinguish one Candle that reminds of the things we do that take away light in our lives by making others feel sad, angry, ashamed, hurt, afraid...so far we have extinguished the candle of 'whining' and the candle of 'lying')
Work with your children to create a prayer that helps them remember this season's lessons.
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