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Lessons and Resources for Lent

Lent is the 40 days (not including Sundays) from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday before Easter. Lent is often described as a time of preparation and an opportunity to go deeper with God. It is a time for personal reflection and spiritual disciplines that prepare people’s hearts and minds for Good Friday and Easter. During that time, many churches offer special programs or at-home resources to assist families with their spiritual practices. Sunday school lessons also often focus on spiritual disciplines, particularly on prayer. We have a variety of resources to help you plan.

AMY: Sunday school lessons with Bible stories and themes for Lent - if your Sunday school follows the Common Lectionary (and even if it doesn't), we have creative Sunday school lessons (also useful for Wednesday night programs) that incorporate Lenten themes and Bible stories traditionally studied this time of year. This includes materials to help you disciple children in the practice of prayer. And be sure to take a look at the Writing Team's Lord's Prayer lesson set, which includes fun, easy-to-follow prayer lesson pdfs that you can give to parents to help them disciple their children in the practice of prayer.

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ROBIN: A "Weighty" Prayer Pretzel Workshop - at first consideration, making pretzels seems like nothing new or innovative. But when you look closer, you will find that this cooking workshop from our Writing Team's Jesus in Gethsemane lesson set is rich and deep and at the same time accessible for any group. The pretzel making is preceded by a physical demonstration showing that when you try to bear problems and issues by yourself (symbolized by stretching your hands to the side), you will fail. We all need help. But when you fold your hands together in prayer (like a pretzel), and share your burdens with God, you can handle more weight.  To help students remember this point and take time for prayer, make Prayer Pretzels.

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NEIL: Temptation of Jesus Science (or Magic) Workshop - I love the pin-through-the-balloon demonstration (or magic trick) from the Writing Team's Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness lesson set. This is easy to do as a lesson or adaptable as a children's sermon. This object lesson is also is something kids can show family at home. "How does a good person 'resist' being popped/deflated by temptations?"

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ROBIN: 40 day countdown to Easter Lenten Calendar - here is a tool you can give to parents to help them disciple their children in the traditional spiritual practices of Lent (prayer, fasting, giving/service, and study) with fun and easy to keep up with daily activities. We included a doc file so that you can edit the calendar to fit your community's needs and schedule.

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  Don't miss the other Lenten lessons and resources at our site.

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