{"id":257,"date":"2020-06-29T23:27:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T23:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/?page_id=257"},"modified":"2020-08-19T03:50:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T03:50:49","slug":"earthkeepers-week-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/earthkeepers-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"EARTH KEEPERS, Week&nbsp;1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Our Good, Beautiful, Amazing, Holy World : a Gift from our God of Love<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suggested supplies:\u00a0 journal, art materials, pen, pencil, creation pictures (photos or pictures, words from magazines)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Material for craft activity:\u00a0 &#8220;Terrific Trees&#8221;\u00a0 :\u00a0 one piece of brown and one light-colored piece per child, 1 sheet of copy paper on which to draw, color, and cut out leaves.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome Earthkeepers!\u00a0 <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today we&#8217;ll focus on how God made creation and how God wants us to help.\u00a0 Our special word for understanding this story is WOW!\u00a0 That&#8217;s a word we use when something is amazing or cool or really special.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Scriptural Focus, Genesis 1:31<\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-319 alignright\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/07BF70F3-7944-48FB-BA17-94E2ECF689A4-225x300.jpg?resize=312%2C365\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ALL<\/strong>: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God saw everything that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOW!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>The Story of Creation<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>(Try to picture each created gift as it is named.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>READER\/ADULT: <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the beginning, there was God.\u00a0 There was only darkness and water and wind.\u00a0 There was no sun, no trees, no flowers, no animals, and no people.\u00a0 And then God began to create!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God created the light and the sky. God put the brilliant sun, the pearly moon, and the sparkly stars into the sky.\u00a0 God divided the waters so now there was land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God covered the land by creating tiny plants.\u00a0 Sweet purple violets grew close to the ground.\u00a0 The gigantic baobab tree grew tall and wide.\u00a0 And the sunflowers grew up and turned their faces to the sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then God created animals, some for the water, some for the air and some for the land.\u00a0 Off streaked the sleek cheetah to the desert land.\u00a0 Lipperty, slipperty, the rabbit hopped to peek out from a bus.\u00a0 &#8220;Caw, caw!&#8221;\u00a0 shouted the crow from the tree tops.\u00a0 Splash! went the dolphin in the sea.\u00a0 And slowly and quietly, the earthworm tunneled down into the soil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then God created people. Tall and short, women and men, black and brown and yellow and sandy and peach colored skin.\u00a0 God made them all in God&#8217;s image.\u00a0 They spread out to the north, the south, east, and west.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God looked at everything he had made, and indeed, it was very good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ALL:\u00a0<\/strong> WOW!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Journal Activity<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talk about some of the other things God has made&#8230;.what are some of your favorite things?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CHILDREN:<\/strong> Open your journal to the first page\u00a0 Write down some of the things in creation you especially enjoy.\u00a0 Draw pictures of them.\u00a0 At the bottom of the page print:\u00a0 WOW!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;OR&#8230;\u00a0 Cut pictures and words out of a magazine and make a collage with what you find.\u00a0 At the bottom of the page print:\u00a0 &#8220;God saw that it was good!\u00a0 WOW!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ADULTS:\u00a0<\/strong> Read the story of creation in Genesis 1-2, then journal on the topic, &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For what part of creation do you especially thank God today.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Song: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0(Children and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adults<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) <\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen to the song, <em><strong>Can You See?<\/strong><\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><audio style=\"width: 300px;\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"http:\/\/products.pastoral.center\/pc\/pc143\/1\/download-ry72\/Jesse%20Manibusan%20-%20Can%20You%20See.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/>Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/products.pastoral.center\/pc\/pc143\/1\/download-ry72\/VBS%20Music%20-%20Can%20You%20See%20-%20Chords.pdf\">Guitar Chords are here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Reflection <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Pope Francis&#8217; Encyclical:\u00a0 <em>Laudato Si\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-322 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/do908-20laudato-20si-1-210x300.jpg?resize=162%2C215\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"215\" \/>CHILDREN:<\/strong> This encyclical is called &#8220;Care for our Common Home&#8221;.\u00a0 Pope Francis wrote this letter to all people on earth.\u00a0 An encyclical (letter) is one way a pope teaches people about Jesus and the Church.\u00a0 In this letter Pope Francis asks us to take care of creation and share with others who do not have enough.\u00a0 He reminds us that our home is in trouble.\u00a0 Some things are hurting nature and people.\u00a0 He mentions:\u00a0 pollution, waste, endangered species,decreasing natural resources, climate change. \u00a0 Each of us can make a difference by the way we live our lives.\u00a0 We will be planning ways we can make good choices for ourselves and all people in the weeks ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ADULTS:<\/strong>\u00a0 Read or reread Chapters 1 and 2 of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Laudato Si<\/em>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 You can obtain a free copy by typing in &#8220;Laudato Si&#8221; on your browser.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Craft &amp; Activity<b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terrific Trees<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-320 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/157D9556-05E0-48A1-888F-ACF1258F0F0A-300x225.jpg?resize=411%2C283\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"283\" \/>Trees benefit us in many ways:\u00a0 paper products, oxygen, shelter, food, topsoil retention, habitat (tropical rain forests), shade, beauty, pleasure, recreation.\u00a0 We need to plant and take care of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CHILDREN:<\/strong> Draw and color a tree trunk out of brown construction paper.\u00a0 Draw and cut out leaves on a separate piece of copy paper.\u00a0 Make leaves large enough to print names of trees you discover on a nature walk. Glue tree trunk to light colored construction paper.\u00a0 Glue leaves to the tree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>CHILDREN &amp; ADULTS:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am planning on doing this activity when I go for my Portland walks. Go on a walk and take pictures of trees.\u00a0 Write the names of trees you have discovered on the leaves of the tree you created in the step above. You could download an app called &#8220;Picture This&#8221; to identify the names of the trees. The app is free for a week&#8230;after a week you get billed for a year subscription, so be sure to cancel ahead of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you do the tree Art activity, take a picture of it and send it to me at <a href=\"mailto:tfenzl@themadeleine.edu\">tfenzl@themadeleine.edu<\/a>.\u00a0 I will include the picture in my next session.\u00a0 Be sure to include your name.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Book Suggestions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>CHILDREN: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<em>Not for me, please! I choose to act green, <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Maria Godsey<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ADULTS:<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Writings on Nature:\u00a0 Thomas Merton\u00a0 <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>When the Trees Say Nothing<\/em>, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edited by Kathleen Deignan<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Closing Prayer <b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From <i>Let&#8217;s Say a Psalm:\u00a0 The Psalms in a Fresh Voice for Children, Families, and Worship<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Psalm 108<\/h5>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get up, wake up, come on everyone!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today has begun, don&#8217;t miss a thing!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The music rises in our hearts<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feel the beat, join the rhythm.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sing!\u00a0 Dance the wonder, sing the rhyme<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ll call the sun into the sky<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ll raise the roof with our praise<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ll shout our thanks for all to hear!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up, up, up, we lift you high, O God<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up through the stars and out the other side!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of space and time sings your love<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through clouds and cities your glory rings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up, up, you life, up,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">out of our troubles, out of our pain.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We call for help and you answer, again and again:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I love you, I will never leave you.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wherever you go, I will lead you.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the earth is mine,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">everywhere you go, I&#8217;m there already.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything you go through, I&#8217;m there at work.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing stands against me.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go God, you are our help and our hope,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our power and our victory!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you for being with us today.\u00a0 Next week our session will focus on God&#8217;s invitation to each of us to be a caretaker of our earth.\u00a0 In doing that we become a blessing to our earth and earth becomes a blessing to us. Peace to you!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Good, Beautiful, Amazing, Holy World : a Gift from our God of Love Suggested supplies:\u00a0 journal, art materials, pen, pencil, creation pictures (photos or pictures, words from magazines) Material for craft activity:\u00a0 &#8220;Terrific Trees&#8221;\u00a0 :\u00a0 one piece of brown and one light-colored piece per child, 1 sheet of copy paper on which to draw,<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/earthkeepers-week-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EARTH KEEPERS, Week&nbsp;1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-earthkeepers"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themadeleine.edu\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}