Week 3: God’s Love Today – Communion at Our Church
Active Station: Baking Bread for World Comm. Sun.
Recipe for Thin Bread
Ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat flour
¼ tsp salt
1 tbsp butter
2 tsp oil
¼ cup water
Directions:
- Mix flour, salt, and butter (best if melted) in a bowl.
- Mix oil and water into the bowl until it leaves the side of the bowl, and forms workable dough. If the dough is too crumbly, add a small amount of water (1/2 tbsp) until pliable. If the dough is too sticky, add a small amount of flour.
- Put a small amount of flour on a bread board and knead the dough lightly.
- Flatten the dough until it’s thin, about 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch thick. Pick it up, turn it over and roll out thin again.
- Perforate with a fork and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Bake 8-10 minutes at 400 degrees until light brown.
Prep:
Gather ingredients. Also gather: one bowl, spoon and baking sheet per family; one set of measuring cups and spoons per table; one set of ingredients per family; one copy of the recipe per family. Distribute materials to tables. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Presentation
Intro to activity:
Refer back to story of Passover, reminding children that when God’s people were fleeing Egypt, they didn’t have time to let their bread rise, so they made special bread that was flat, similar to what we’ll make tonight. When people celebrate Passover, they eat a type of unleavened – or flat – bread called matzo. When Jesus and his disciples were gathered for the Last Supper, a Passover Seder, they were eating matzo as well. We’ll make some flat bread tonight for our congregation to eat this upcoming Sunday (World Communion Sunday) during Communion. Review ingredients, pointing out that there are no leavening agents in this recipe (such as yeast or baking powder/soda) that would make the bread puffy.
Invite families to make the recipe together – if you wish, have each family make 2 batches - one for Communion, one for taking home. Have some communion cups and the squeeze bottles used to fill them with available for children to use during the baking time if needed.
Another resource: The Free Internet Bread Recipe Archive- http://www.reciperascal.com/pennsylvania-altar-bread/
Info about World Communion Sunday: https://www.globalministries.o...mmunion_sunday_ideas.
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