Session 7: One Person Makes a Difference

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Part of Love Connects Us, Grades 4-5

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Introduction
From Love Connects Us

Children cannot eat rhetoric, and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don’t want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them. — Marion Wright Edelman in Brian Lanker, I Dream A World Each of us, at any age, can serve as well as inspire others to act in…
Session-at-a-Glance
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Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 10 Activity 1: Story — Craig Keilburger and Free the Children 10 Activity 2: Find the Leader Game 10 Activity 3: Make Fringed Fabric Rugs 25 Faith in Action: Hold Benefit for Free the Children Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: “I Made a Difference”…
Spiritual Preparation
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Find a place where you can be quiet with your thoughts. Close your eyes and breathe deeply for about five minutes, perhaps repeating a word or phrase to separate yourself from the activities of the day. When you feel settled and relaxed, consider: In what ways are you of service to the world? In…
Welcoming and Entering
From Love Connects Us

Materials for Activity Card stock in various colors Scissors, including left-handed scissors Hole punch String or yarn Pencils or markers Preparation for Activity Create a sample hand ornament: Trace your own hand on card stock, cut out the shape, punch a hole in the top, pass a piece of yarn…
Opening
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and matches or LED/battery-operated candle Newsprint, markers, and tape Hand ornaments cut from card stock (see Welcoming and Entering) Pens, pencils, or markers Preparation for Activity Set up chalice….
Activity 1: Story - Craig Keilburger and Free the Children
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, “Craig Keilburger and Free the Children” Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group. Review the discussion questions and choose those you think will best help the children share their…
Activity 2: Find the Leader Game
From Love Connects Us

Activity time: 10 minutes Preparation for Activity Make sure you have an open space large enough for the group to sit in a circle in chairs or on the floor. Learn the rules of the game so you can easily and smoothly explain it to the group. Description of Activity Craig Keilburger is just one…
Activity 3: Make Fringed Fabric Rugs
From Love Connects Us

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity A piece of light-colored fabric, approximately 2x3 feet, for each participant Pencils for all participants Colorful permanent markers and scissors (including left-handed scissors) to share Yarn, fine hemp cord, or embroidery floss; and sewing needl…
Closing
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Taking It Home Optional: A rug made by a participant in Activity 3 Preparation for Activity Download and adapt the Taking It Home section and copy as a handout for all participants (or, email to parents). Description of Activity Explain that the…
Leader Reflection and Planning
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Reflect on and discuss with your co-leader(s): How did the timing go today? What might we do to make it work better? What worked well? What didn’t? What connections did we make with the children? What connections did the children make with each other? How was this evident? How could we improve a…
Faith In Action: Hold Benefit for Free the Children
From Love Connects Us

Description of Activity Fundraising with a talent show or benefit concert can give children a fun and empowering way to join the tens of thousands of children and adults worldwide supporting Free the Children….
Alternate Activity 1: "I Made a Difference" Mural
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Large roll of plain paper Pencils and color markers Masking tape or painter’s tape String and scissors Preparation for Activity Determine a hallway or meeting room in your congregation that gets significant traffic and get permission to place the…
Alternate Activity 2: Sharing Joys and Concerns
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Ball of yarn Optional: Scissors, including left-handed scissors Description of Activity In addition to building community through sharing information about important events in participants’ lives, this version of sharing joys and concerns uses a…
Taking It Home: One Person Makes a Difference
From Love Connects Us

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of [humanity]. — Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet and (1913) Nobel Prize winner Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and…
Craig Keilburger and Free the Children
From Love Connects Us

Adapted by Lynn Ungar from a story by Jerrilyn Jacobs on the My Hero project website and information on the Free the Children website. You could say it all started with a little thing. Craig Keilburger watched his older brother Marc get excited about a science project when Marc was 12 years old.
Find Out More
From Love Connects Us

Learn about Free the Children and how you can get involved. Read more about Craig Keilburger on the Peace Heroes website. The online Awesome Library of the Evaluation and Development Institute gives links to a http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Social_Studies/World_Peace/Hero… variety of…

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