Good Friday Workshop, 2005

 

Material from 2004

 

Plan for 2005

 

3 – 5 year group: Elsa, Michele, Maria M

6 – 8 year group: David, Gema

9 and over group: Catherine, Dorota

 

9:50am

Registration

Prepare registration forms

Need to have

-          Child full name

-          Child age

-          Contact phone numbers

9:50am to 10:10am

Filler activity

Songs, colouring

10:10am to 10:30am

Divide into three groups

-          3 to 5

-          6 to 8

-          9 and over

To get to know the story of the Passion as a whole

Video (Miracle maker/other?)

 

3 to 5: watch the Miracle Maker

(can someone check the TV and video?)

 

6 to 8: work in groups of 4 or so

sort picture cards of the stations into order

stick onto paper, if time allows do

some drawing of the background

 

9 and over: meditation on the passion

 

Way of the Cross powerpoint (download)

children Story of Judgement

 

10:30am to 10:40am

Break

 

Playtime

10:40am to 11:20am

Activity in age based groups

To internalise the story of the Passion through activity

 

3 to 5:

Jesus Meets the Kind Women

 

6 to 8: work in small group with picture to discuss

Jesus takes up his cross

Q1. Who gave Jesus the cross?

Q2. How heavy do you think the cross was?

Q3. Did Jesus want to carry the cross?

Q4. How did Jesus feel?

Q5. Can you describe something difficult you did for someone else?

 

Jesus falls the third time

Q1. How many times did Jesus fall?

Q2. Have you fallen before? What did it feel like? Did anyone help you?

Q3. How do you think Jesus felt? Did anyone help him?

Q4. Do you ever feel something is impossible?

Q5. How did Jesus find the strength to continue?

 

Jesus is nailed to the Cross

Q1. Where did they nail Jesus?

Q2. What do you think Jesus felt?

Q3. How do you think the person nailing Jesus felt?

Q4. Can you describe a time when you hurt someone?

Q5. Can you think of someone who may be feeling unloved or hurt?

 

If time allows, do some colouring of the stations. Word search based on feeling words and action words if I have time to prepare

 

9 and over: reflection through meditation and discussion

Jesus is Condemned to Death

Jesus Falls the Second Time

Jesus’ Clothes are Torn Off

Jesus dies on the Cross

 

11:20am to 11:30am

Snack break

We need to buy some snacks…. Is anyone going to the shops soon?

 

Juices, water, biscuits, crisps

 

11:30am to 11:50am

Activity in one group

Learn about the service of the Stations of the Cross,

Learn prayers and songs

 

Two songs for the service

One at the middle, for Jesus meets the kind women

The other at the end

11:50am to 12:00pm

Break

Prepare for the service

12:00pm to 12:20pm

Stations of the Cross

Plan of service:

Hold it upstairs, use half of the church.

 

Start: all the children and adults to be at the front, seated

Fr Perry/Javier to start with prayer?

 

We’ll have 8 stations, each to be prepared by one of the groups

 

Station

group

Led by

Jesus is condemned to death.

9+

Dorota/Catherine

Jesus is given the Cross.

6-8

Gema/David

Jesus falls (the 2nd time).

9+

Dorota/Catherine

Jesus meets the kind women

3-5

Michele/Elsa/MariaM

Jesus falls the 3rd time

6-8

Gema/David

Jesus is stripped

9+

Dorota/Catherine

Jesus is nailed to the Cross

6-8

Gema/David

Jesus dies on the Cross

9+

Dorota/Catherine

 

The format for each station should be a narration of the station, followed by a prayer and a response

Leader: We adore you, Jesus, and we praise you.

All: Because by your holy cross, you saved the world