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Washing Feet

Jesus throughout his life here on earth walked mostly with those who needed companionship. Who are these people? The broken, the lost, those on the margins of society, the special needs, and all those who needed his help.

  • Choose a line from the Grail Prayer
  • Be still for a moment and think about this verse that struck you most.
  • Choose either a hand, feet, heart, or eyes template, and in it write ex…

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Pray for the World

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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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Please Beads

God enjoys listening to our hopes, prayers, needs, and wants. Speaking to God is like having a conversation with a friend.

  • Pick up a glass bead from the green bowl, hold it in your hands, and think quietly about your hopes and wishes.
  • Express them to God in a very simple way.
  • Now place the glass bead in the yellow bowl to ask God’ please’…

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Cardboard on the Pavement

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Christina tgħidx kemm tħobb tara wieħed mill-films klassiċi ta’ Disney, bl-isem ‘The Lion King’. Lill-iljun Simba tħobbu ħafna. Anke soft toy kbir tiegħu għandha. Fil-vaganzi tal-Milied, il-familja tagħha qalulha li ser isiefru l-Ingilterra u kif ikunu hemm ser jeħduha tara l-musical tant sabiħ ta’ ‘The Lion King’ f’wieħed mit-teatri li hemm ġewwa Londra…

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Pray for the World

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 post-it note and write or draw a thought or prayer for a country or someone you know living in another country.
  • Attach the sticky note to the map of the country you offered your prayer for…

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Jenga Prayers

Instructions

“Together we’ll stand, Divided we’ll fall!!”  When we stand together, join our thoughts, prayers and good deeds, all our thoughts, prayers and good deeds are more effective. 

  • Take a post-it note and draw or write on it your thought or prayer.
  • Stick your note onto a Jenga block and carefully stack your block with the rest of the tower…

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Prayer Wall

Instructions

Did you ever participate in a prayer celebration in a group? When we pray together, we become one big family – the Church.  It is like building a wall of faith where every brick is valuable. Our prayers connect these bricks and we become one.

  • Take a sticky note, write your prayer and paste it on the prayer wall.

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People in the World

Instructions

Watch the presentation about various people around the world who are suffering in different ways.

  • Take a post-it note and write a prayer for these people.
  • Stick the post-it note on a country of your choice in the world map.

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People Tree

People Tree

Instructions

Take some time and think about the people you know like your parents, siblings, cousins, friends, and teachers.

  • Draw one of these people you know on a photo frame or choose a card with various people who need our prayer.
  • At the back of the frame write a prayer for this person.
  • Hang the frame of card on the tree

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Weight-Lifting Worry

Instructions

 Sometimes we feel that our worries are out of control and may have impact on our lives. It helps us not to feel ashamed and talk openly about them to an adult you trust.

  • Think about something that is worrying you and write it on one of the cardboard weights.
  • Now weightlift your worry as an act of prayer, asking God to give you strength and guidance when facing your worries…

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Journey

Instructions

Life is like a long journey.  There are many stages and seasons to go through.  Look at all the images. Which one best describes your stage/season at the moment?

  • How does this image describe how you feel?  Is this where you want to be? If there’s a need to change direction, how can this be possible?
  • Take a copy of your chosen image and write your thoughts on the back…

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Jigsaw Prayers

Instructions

Seeing people fighting is sad.  Unfortunately, fighting is much easier than sorting things out again.  Have you ever witnessed a fight between two people?

  •   Find two pieces of the jigsaw that fit together and draw the two people you’re thinking of, one on each piece.
  •   While fitting the jigsaw pieces together say a prayer asking God to help everyone sort things out…

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