pray for the world-candles

This prayer space encourages one to look at the world map and think of family and friends living away and pray for them and their countries.

Equipment: Large world map, battery tea light candle, Optional to decorate: Newspapers, photographs from magazines, inflatable globes.

Ages
  • Early Years
  • Primary Years
  • Middle Years
  • Secondary Years
  • Post-Secondary Years
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pray for the world-candles


 

Instructions

Look at the world map.

Do you have any family members, relatives or friends living abroad? Have you heard any news about these countries?

  • Take a battery tea light candle and as you switch it on, say a thought or prayer for a country or someone you know living in another country.
  • Place the candle onto the map of the country you offered your prayer for.

 



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