{"id":20960,"date":"2025-06-06T14:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T18:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/?p=20960"},"modified":"2025-06-07T09:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T13:18:31","slug":"childrens-liturgy-lesson-plan-25-06-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/2025\/06\/06\/childrens-liturgy-lesson-plan-25-06-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Liturgy Lesson Plan \u2013 June 8, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5578 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ChildrensLiturgy-Header.jpg?resize=584%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Decorative Image\" width=\"584\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ChildrensLiturgy-Header.jpg?w=853&amp;ssl=1 853w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ChildrensLiturgy-Header.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ChildrensLiturgy-Header.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ChildrensLiturgy-Header.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/ChildrensLiturgy-Header.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Theme<\/h1>\n<p>Pentecost Sunday \u2013 Gift of the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-weight: bold;\">Gospel Theme Summary<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit to guide his disciples after he is gone.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>Opening Prayer<\/h1>\n<p>Loving God, out of love you sent your Son, Jesus Christ to save us, and out of love he sent the Holy Spirit \u2013 that we might never be alone. Amen.<\/p>\n<h1>Gospel Reading<\/h1>\n<p>John 14:15-16, 23-26<\/p>\n<h1>Discussion Questions<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>What did Jesus promise to send to his disciples?<\/li>\n<li>What can you do to welcome God into your life?<\/li>\n<li>How will you show love for others this week?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Activity<\/h1>\n<p>Draw or build a home and decorate it with symbols of God&#8217;s love and how you can show love for others in each room.<\/p>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterstoronto.ca\/childrens-liturgy\/CL-25-06-08-colouring.pdf\">Coloring page.<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Closing Prayer<\/h1>\n<p>Ever-loving God, send us your Spirit, give us your courage, so that we may follow you and love you all the days of our lives. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme Pentecost Sunday \u2013 Gift of the Holy Spirit Gospel Theme Summary Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit to guide his disciples after he is gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-liturgy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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