Heavenly Parent's Day - FFWPU USA Children's Ministry — Jaga Gavin

RANDING CHILDRN’ HOP

F CALNDAR

CURRICULUM MINITRY

HAVNLY PARNT’ DAY

JANUARY 17, 2020

CLRATION DAT: ATURDAY JANUARY 25, 2020

“God’ Da” wa founded on Januar 1, 1968 a one of the major Unificationit Hol Da.

On Feruar 10th, 2013, it wa renamed a “True Heavenl Parent’ Da”

Putting God at the center of New Year.

Here ou will find everal reource ou can ue in our local Church, unda chool or Home celeration:

What i “Heavenl Parent’ Da”? TARTING TH NW YAR WITH GOD, OUR HAVNLY PARNT, A OUR CNTR Y RDDICATING OURLV TO GOD.

CLRATD ON TH 1T DAY OF TH NW YAR, ACCORDING TO TH LUNAR CALNDAR.

“God’ Da give Him the opportunit to how Hi love to Hi children.”

”What kind of da i God’ Da? For God, it i a joful da and a good da. He want to encounter good people on thi da. He want to le ou and celerate thi da with ou, ut actuall, He ha no one qualified to receive that leing. All around the world people are celerating thi firt da of the ear, ut onl memer of the Unification Church celerate it a God’ Da. Therefore, God want to e with ou thi da.”

”Long in advance, ou mut egin to prepare for each new God’ Da, planning what to offer from the depth of our heart… An offering i not limited to the time in which it i made. It ecome the gift of all thing of creation, the gift of the children, and the gift of one’ elf. efore ou come to God’ Da, repent of all our ungodline and weep it awa.”

”On official holida we mut hare everthing with one another and live jofull while God rejoice.”” — R  V .  U N M Y U N G M O O N

IGNIFICANC: GOD GAV ADAM & V TH “THR GRAT LING” AT TH TIM OF CRATION. HOWVR, THY FLL AWAY FROM GOD AND WR NOT AL TO FULFILL THM. THROUGH TH WORK OF JU AND TRU PARNT, TH THR GRAT LING HAV N RTORD AND ROUGHT U ACK INTO A TRU RLATIONHIP WITH GOD, OUR HAVNLY PARNT, THU TALIHING TRU HAVNLY PARNT’ DAY.

“God leed Adam and ve and hoped that the would complete the Three Great leing (1: to reach individual perfection, 2: to marr, ecome huand and wife and then uild a famil  conceiving children, 3: to e the owner of creation and to govern it with love.)

On the da that Adam and ve got married, it would have een a da of jo not onl for the perfection of two children of God, ut alo for Adam and ve to tand a a huand and a

wife to each other, and for all creation to welcome their owner of true love. In other word, ‘Parent’ Da’, ‘Children’ Da’, ‘Da of All Thing’, and ‘God’ Da’ were uppoed to e on the ame da. However, when Adam and ve fell, all of God’ ideal of Creation wa lot.

True Parent walked the path to retore God’ ideal of creation that wa lot. Overcoming variou hardhip, on April 11th, 1960, True Parent were wed through a Hol Wedding Ceremon. Due to their victor over the even-ear coure of retoration, ‘God’ Da’ wa declared on Januar 1t, 1968.”

CRIPTUR IL VR:

“And God aid, “Let there e light in the vault of the k to eparate the da from the night, and let them erve a ign to mark acred time, and da and ear.” -Genei 1:14

“o God created man in hi own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” -Genei 1:27

“God leed them and aid to them, “e fruitful and increae in numer; fill the earth and udue it. Rule over the fih in the ea and the ird in the k and over ever living creature that move on the ground.” - Genei 1:28

“ee what kind of love the Father ha given to u, that we hould e called children of God; and o we are.” -1 John 3:1

“I will e our Father, and ou will e m on and daughter,” declare the Lord Almight.” -2 Corinthian 6:18

“…God i love. Whoever live in love live in God, and God in them.”-1 John 4:16

And ou hall love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our oul and with all our mind and with all our trength. -Mark 12:30

WORD OF RV. UN MYUNG MOON:

“God’ love i the onl unchanging and unique love.”

“A we receive thi gloriou New Year, we tart a new da and at the ame time, tart a New Year. I ferventl ak and deire Your permiion that everone can leave the eed which can connect 365 da to the Father’ gloriou da.”

“All around the world people are celerating thi firt da of the ear, ut onl memer of the Unification Church celerate it a God’ Da. Therefore, God want to e with ou thi

“When God give u love, how much would He want to give? God’ love doe not have a et limit. He want to give infinitel. ven after giving everthing, God till a, ‘ecaue of ou, I want to live in ou.’”

FAMILY DICUION QUTION: • How i God our Heavenl Parent? How do ou feel God’ love?

• What doe it mean to tart the new ear with God at the center?

• How can we make goal and dream centered on God? What doe that mean to ou?

• What kind of internal goal and external goal do ou have for the new ear?

• What doe “Heavenl Parent’ Da” mean to ou?

• What were the firt word God gave to hi children? (The Three Great leing) And what do the mean? How can we fulfill them?

• Take the quiz & dicu how ou each peronall connect to God:God Language- piritual tle Quiz

FOR PARNT & GRANDPARNT:

• hare aout the firt God’ Da celeration ou attended! Or favorite memorie from pat celeration.

• What i pecial to ou aout Heavenl Parent’ Da?

• How do ou prepare ourelf efore celerating a hol da?

• What doe the famil pledge mean to ou?

• What i the ignificance of the fruit and eautiful food on the offering tale?

• Reflect on the tradition ou want to create in our own famil. How can ou celerate thi hol da in our home, church, communit?

FAMILY TRADITION: • Offering Tale: Create a offering tale together and hold a imple Famil Pledge ervice in our home- or attend a local ceremon

• Cake: hare a cake or favorite treat together a a famil. ing “Happ Heavenl Parent’ Da to ou!”

• anner: Create a anner together a a famil aing “Happ Heavenl Parent’ Da!”

• Gift: To celerate God & True Parent’ love for our child: Give them a pecialgift.

FAMILY ACTIVITI: Click on the link for ample!

• Group irthda Cake for God craft

• Paperag crown or Paper plate part hat craft

• New Year’ ve Game game

• New Year’ enor in enor activit

• New Year’ haker craft

• alloon Drop activit

• New Year’ Minute to Win It game

• New Year Part activit

• Letter to God: Write a letter to God on our determination for the New Year.

• Nature Walk: Go on a nature walk together omewhere eautiful and oerve God’ eautiful Creation he made for u. Take a famil photo together.

ACTIVITY PRINTAL

UNDAY CHOOL LON:

PARNTAL LOV

GOD IN OUR HART

RACH FOR TH TAR (GOAL TTING)

GOD MAD POPL

CHOOL OF LOV LON: (VARIOU LON FOR AG 2-18)

GOD IN MY HART

PINTRT OARD: ACTIVITI, CRAFT, GAM, VIDO, ONG:

GOD IN OUR HART

RACH FOR TH TAR

GOD LOV M

VIDO FOR WATCHING TOGTHR:

I Am a … Centere… “God Gav…

ING ALONG WORHIP:

Follow You | Element… Amen Aju - Origi…

Looking At My Heart | … God is for Me | Maker F…

When I Look | Presch… GOD IS SO GOOD Sing …

rought to ou  Famil Federation National Children’ Minitr

PRVIOU NXT

TRU PARNT’ irthda True CHILDRN’ Da!

“God created human eing to e Hi children, partner in Hi true love.” -MM DONATION | PRIVACY POLICY | AOUT U | CONTACT U

Heavenly Parent’s Day ACTIVITIES! Celebrated on January 25, 2020- What kind of day is God’s Day? For God, it is a joyful day and a good day. He wants to encounter good people on this day. He wants to bless you and celebrate this day with you, but actually, He has no one qualified to receive that blessing. All around the world people are celebrating this first day of the year, but only members of the Unification Church celebrate it as God’s Day. Therefore, God wants to be with you this day.

NEW YEARS Pinterest Board

KIDS: - Group Birthday Cake for God craft - Paperbag crowns or Paper plate party hats craft - New Year’s Eve Games games - New Year’s Sensory bin sensory - New Year’s shaker craft - Balloon Drop

YOUTH: - New Year’s Minute to Win It minute to win it - New Year Party - Write a letter to God, determination

AS A COMMUNITY: - Make your own gimbap (make 3 rolls for someone else first) - Charades/Fishbowl - Entertainment

Lesson/Internal Guidance Theme Ideas: ● Starting the new (heavenly calendar) year with God, my Heavenly Parent! Centered on God Animation ● My Commitment- Goal setting: Internal & External goals - God Languages- Spiritual Styles Quiz - “God in our hearts” Pinterest / Lesson - “God Loves Me” Pinterest / Lesson - “Reach for the Stars” Pinterest New Year’s Goal setting Lesson - “Parental Love” Pinterest / Lesson

GIFT SHOP: - 2020 Calendar - Table Talk Principle Card Game

True Parent’s Birthday ACTIVITIES: Celebrated on January 30, 2020- This is a day to celebrate the Holy Birth of The True Parents, Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon who have paved the way to transform humankind from Satan’s lineage to God’s lineage.

KOREAN CULTURE Pinterest Board

KIDS: - Rice sensory bin sensory - Group Birthday Cake for True Parents craft - Paperbag crowns or Paper plate party hats craft - Korean drums craft - Korean fan craft - Korean Birthday Table offering table! - True Parents’ Birthday Party! - Birthday Cards for TP!

YOUTH: - Make Gimbap sensory- making food - DIY Yut Game craft + game - DIY Ddakji Game craft + game - Yut game - Korean rock game game - Minute to Win It chopsticks minute to win it

AS A COMMUNITY: - Make your own gimpab (make 3 rolls for someone else first) - Charades/Fishbowl - Entertainment - True Parents’ Birthday Celebration

GIFT SHOP: - Look & Tell - Light of Glory - TP Coloring Book

Lesson/Internal Guidance Theme Ideas: ● Who are True Parents to me? My Roots, Inheritance ● True Parents’ Life - Lesson on True Mother - Lesson on True Father - YM True Parents Stockroom

CONNCT AOUT

RANDING CHILDRN’ HOP

F CALNDAR

CURRICULUM MINITRY

PARNTAL LOV

FRUARY 1, 2019

A leon celerating Parental Love- unconditional love that we receive from our parent and ultimatel from God our Heavenl Parent. Thi leon alo celerate Heavenl Parent’ Da & True Parent’ irthda! We’re o grateful to True Parent who teach u aout the 4 Realm of Heart.

FRUARY PINTRT OARD

“Parental Love” Unit: 4 Realm of Heart LON PURPO: LARNING AOUT OUR PARNT’ HART A WLL A GOD, OUR HAVNLY PARNT, AND TRU PARNT’ LOV FOR U.

MATRIAL: Picture ook, learning to, craft upplie

OOK: God Gave U You / Kiing Hand / Love You Forever / I Love You tink Face / Gue How Much I Love You

ONG IDA: God Love Me Veggie Tale / I Love You (arne Theme ong) / What a Wonderful World

A CHILDRN ARRIV: Chooe 1 enor Activit:

• Doll: a dollie, diaper, ottle, lanket, tuffed animal.

• Momm Dadd pla center: kitchen pla food, uilding tool, gardening, car garage

• Pladough: pladough & heart cookie cutter.

• irthda enor in: filled with treamer, pom pom, part hat, candle, alloon

• Offering Tale: have children tack clementine, apple, wrapped cookie, etc. Children can hol alt, then tack and pra over it thanking God. And hare the nack later in the leon.

CRIPTUR: Dipla the weekl cripture reading, have an older child read it or ue it in the leon a ou like.

“ee what kind of love the Father ha given to u, that we hould e called children of God; and o we are.” -1 John 3:1

“Grandparent handed down love to parent, the parent handed down love to a huand and a wife, and the couple handed down love to children… You were orn of our parent, o our parent were the firt one to whom ou could peak. Your firt ound wa “dadd and momm.” What are parent orn for? The are orn for their children!” -True Father

INTRODUC the Leon: WLCOM: ONG, PRAYR, TP Greeting

ONG IDA: God Love Me Veggie Tale / I Love You (arne Theme ong) / What a Wonderful World

RVIW & TRANITION:

We’ve een learning aout the 4 Realm of Heart! Lat week, we celerated Valentine’ da and how to e a good rother, iter/friendto other  learning to give and live for other, not jut ourelve. A we celerate Heavenl Parent’ Da & True Parent irthda thi month- we are going tolearn aout the heart of a Parent!

ATTNTION GRAR:

• Pregnant Mom or a- how & Tell! If ou have a pregnant Momma or a little a in our congregation- invite them to join ou for 5 min! (Or ue a photo). Dicu with the pregnant mom or parent of the a aout how God leed Momm & Dadd with a child to love! Talk aout the a growing inide momm’ ell and how the momm & Dadd do different thing to prepare for a! What did our parent prepare for ou when ou were a little a? Nurer, diaper, ottle, ook, to etc! Your parent have loved watching ou grow in to ig o & girl ince then! (Optional: allow children to dre & hold a a doll or tuffed animal during the leon)

• True Parent Famil Photo- hare a photo of True Parent with all of their children and grandchildren! Ak children who the ig famil i? Talk aout True Parent, their ig famil and parental love.

Your parent want the world for ou! Your parent loved ou efore ou were even orn! Parental love i the highet form of love- it i unconditional(love no matter what!) like God’ love! God, our Heavenl Parent, ha a parental heart of love for all of hi children! In the ame wa a True Parent and our own parent do.

CHOO 1 OR 2: RAD A TORY, ING A ONG OR POM, WATCH A VIDO:

• VIDO: click on the link for educational, ing along or dance video

○ God Gave U You tortime

○ Part of M Heart Read Aloud

○ Famil Finger ong Fingerpla ing along

• RAD ALOUD TORY:

○ God Gave U You / Kiing Hand / Love You Forever / I Love You tink Face / Gue How Much I Love You

ONG OR POM:

• Love I A Circle Love i a circle, Round and round (make a circling motion with arm) Love goe up, (raie arm up) And Love come down, (lower arm) Love i on the inide, (pull hand inward toward chet) Tring to get out, (pull hand awa from chet) Love i whirling and twirling aout! (move hand in a pinning motion)

• Famil Finger ong Dadd finger, dadd finger, (thum) where are ou? Here I am, here I am How do ou do? Momm finger… (pointer finger) rother finger… (middle finger) iter finger… (ring finger) a finger… (pink)

*TACH the Leon: TACHING POINT 1: PARNTAL LOV

TACHING WITH DICUION: (Can write anwer on a white oard, draw picture of the dicuion or it in a circle taking turn with a talking tick.)

• Read or Watch a tor- hare & dicu an main point from the tor.

• DICU: Optional: Viual Famil Printale

• What do our Momm & Dadd do for ou ecaue the love ou?

○ Cook for me! Make me lunch. Tuck me in, edtime torie. Dadd pla outide with me. Momm doe craft with me. Drive the car, grocer hop, go to work, etc…

• How did our parent prepare for ou when ou were in our Mama’ ell?

○ The ang to our ell, Mama ate health & litened to our heart at the doctor, prepared a nurer, ought ottle, diaper, a ook…

• Do ou rememer eing a a? How did our parent love ou then?

○ The rocked me, held me, fed me milk, changed tink diaper, ang lullaie, read torie, plaed with me…

• What i our favorite wa to feel love from Momm and Dadd now? Grandparent? Auntie & Uncle? How do ou know the love ou?

○ Hug, kie, “I Love You”, plaing together…

• How doe Parental love feel? How doe God’ love feel?

○ Warm, afe, loving, emracing, weet, nurturing

T  A C H I N G P O I N T 2 : U N C O N D I T I O N A L L O V * O P T I O N A L XTNION

INTRACTIV LARNING

• Movement Activit- Have children reach out their arm a wide a the can, tretch a high a the can! Hold hand all together and reach a far a the can. xplain that “unconditional” mean our parent love ou igger and further and longer than that!

○ Ue a meauring tape to meaure different length and talk aout how our parent, TP and God, our Heavenl Parent’ love can not e meaured- it goe on forever!

• Your parent love ou o much! The love ou when ou’re happ, excited, tr omething new, when ou’re feeling ad, even when ou’re upet.Your parent will alwa forgive ou for mitake and love ou no matter what. You can alwa go to our parent for anthing. Your parent are o proud of ou when ou learn new thing and receive the greatet jo from watching ou grow!

A we celerate Heavenl Parent Da & True Parent irthda, we rememer God’ love for u a a parent! Jut like our parent prepared o much for our arrival a a a, God prepared thi eautiful world for u! In the ame wa that our parent love ou- God love ou! o toda we are grateful for our Parent’ heart. We give our parent ig hug & low kie of gratitude to God, our Heavenl Parent, & True Parent a we thank them for their love on thee pecial church hol da.

TITHING & PRAYR:

Dear Heavenl Parent. Thank ou for our Momm & Dadd who love u o much! Thank ou for True Parent and for our love God! We are o grateful. We want to receive all of that warmth, cozine and love to help u grow in to our wonderful children!

APPLY the Leon: GROUP ACTIVITI: chooe 1 :

• TP irthda Part! Hold a mini irthda Part hol da celeration. ing Happ irthda to God (to celerate Heavenl Parent’ Da) and to True Parent! (to celerate their irthda). ome idea: make & wear part hat, throw confetti, hare a weet, decorate a cupcake, pla a game with alloon. Have children help et up a mini offering tale or make a ig card or giant cardoard irthda cake together for True Parent. Leftover Valentine’ decor & part game work great!

• Valentine’ Minute to Win It Game- Pla fun love, heart themed game together!

CRAFT: chooe 1

• Paper Plate Part Hat: pre cut out triangle in the paper plate. Children can paint with watercolor, decorate with glitter, ticker, pom pom, tiue paper!

• Cardoard irthda Cake: thi i a whole group craft- have children all paint & decorate a giant cake together. Preent it in the anctuar after ervice or at our hol da celeration & take a photo of all the children with it! (Pre aemle wrapped oxe)

• Inviile Meage from God- Write “God Love _____.” on each child’ paper with a white craon ahead of time. Have children paint with watercolor- to reveal God’ pecial meage! A reall cool wa to explain god love. We can’t alwa ee it ut it’ there.

• Kiing Hand: Have children put their hand print on a paper and put a heart ticker in the middle. xplain to parent that the can place a ki in their child’ hand that will go with them everwhere the go and help them feel afe and loved. It never wahe off! Kiing Hand Coloring Page

• Thank You Card: Have children draw a picture of their famil and write (or teacher write) what the love aout their parent on the card. Card can e in the hape of a heart. Children can color & decorate.

PCIAL: optional

• *AY PHOTO: Fun idea for next unda! For next unda’ leon of “Children’ Love” ak parent to ring in a photo of their child a a a!Then we’ll pla a a photo gueing game with all the children. :) Teacher can alo participate!

NACK IDA:

• Valentine themed health nack!

njo the leon! Feel free to umit photo to lgavin@unification.org Love eeing leon come to life and each communit

HOM CONNCTION- coming hortl! PDF PRINTAL HR

ave the image to hare with parent!

PRVIOU NXT

iling Love Children’ Love

CONNCT AOUT

RANDING CHILDRN’ HOP

F CALNDAR

MINITRY CURRICULUM

GOD IN OUR HART

JANUARY 1, 2019

Let’ tart the New Year with God in our heart!  inviting our Heavenl Parent to live inide of our heart we can make poitive deciion and choice centered on God. Children will learn aout 3 thing the can do to invite God into their heart: Talking to God, Learning aout God & xperiencing God. (In the optional extenion, children will learn aout phical & piritual ee and that we want to open the ee of our heart to the light of God and True Parent.) A fun filled leon with lot of heart activitie.

LON PINTRT OARD

“God in Our Heart” Unit: Child of God LON PURPO: CARRYING GOD IN OUR HART THROUGH OPNING TH Y OF MY HART!

MATRIAL: heart cut out, googl ee or ee ticker

OOK: “God’ Love In M Heart” / “Come In to M Heart Lord Jeu” / “ver Which Wa to Pra”

ONG IDA: Open the e of M Heart / God Love Me / I’ve Got the Jo Jo Jo / God’ Love i o Wonderful / ee Through Children’ e

A CHILDRN ARRIV: Chooe 1 enor Activit:

• Winter enor in: cotton all, white & lue pom pom, rice, nowflake…

• Find the Heart enor in: Hide mall heart in a in of rice.

• Pladough heart: Have children ue cookie cutter heart and pladough.

CRIPTUR: Dipla the weekl cripture reading, have an older child read it or ue it in the leon a ou like.

“…God i love. Whoever live in love live in God, and God in them.”-1 John 4:16

“We mut open our ee again and look at God in whom we elieve…”- True Father

INTRODUC the Leon: WLCOM: ONG, PRAYR, TP Greeting

ONG IDA: Open the e of M Heart / God Love Me / I’ve Got the Jo Jo Jo / God’ Love i o Wonderful / ee Through Children’ e

For older kid: Give Me Your e

RVIW & TRANITION:

Lat week we learned that we are perfect together! God made u each unique and when we work together we can create omething ver eautiful that ring jo to God &

other! Doe anone know what holida i coming up oon?Valentine’ Da! That’ right. :) efore we learn all aout Valentine’ da and love- we want to talk aouthow to have God’ love in our heart firt!

ATTNTION GRAR: chooe 1:

• Have children put ee on heart! (drawing ee on heart on a oard, googl ee on heart cut out, ee ticker on their own heart, pin the tail on the donke tpe game…etc) What do ee do? The help ee! (Optional: ing “I Ue M e To ee” from previou leon) We want the ee of our heart & oul to ee God and ee good thing.

Let’ lide in to the New Year with God in our heart! ut how? Through “Opening the e of our Heart”. (Can how children a heart with googl ee on it!)

CHOO 1 OR 2: RAD A TORY, ING A ONG OR POM, WATCH A VIDO:

• VIDO: click on the link for educational, ing along or dance video

○ “Open The e of M heart” worhip dance ong

○ “Love the Lord” worhip dance ong

• RAD ALOUD TORY:

○ “God’ Love In M Heart” / “Come In to M Heart Lord Jeu” / “ver Which Wa to Pra”

• ONG OR POM:

○ “Hold m hand, God, lead the wa. Help me e good ever da. Let me know what’ wrong and right. Keep me afe all through the night. Let me know what ou have planned. Lead the wa God, hold m hand.”

*TACH the Leon: TACHING POINT 1: OPN TH Y OF MY HART

God want to live inide our heart- He want to e a part of our life, love u and help u make good choice. In order to open our heart for God our Heavenl Parent, to dwell and live in u. We can do 3 thing! Dicu the following. (Can write or draw picture on a oard a ou talk. Ue the ullet point elow or create our own together).

TALK to God: You can talk to God aout anthing! He liten.

• Praer- Praer i the language of the heart! We can pra in the morning, efore meal, at edtime. We can even talk to God all da long and invite Him in to all we

• ong- Worhip God through inging or dance! Liten for hi voice in the ong lric.

LARN aout God:

• Church- going to unda chool to learn aout how to live a godl life!

• cripture- reading God’ Word (hdh, ile, DP, TP word…) help ou learn how to guard and protect our heart- to let in goodne and keep out the ad.

XPRINC God:

• Loving Other- hare with our famil & friend, erve and help other! Live like Jeu and True Parent do and our heart can grow. Litening to and repecting our parent. The love ou like God doe!

• Nature- experience God’ love through all of hi Creation. pend time outide admiring all the different nature & animal!

T  A C H I N G P O I N T 2 :  P I R I T U A L  Y  * O P T I O N A L  X T  N  I O N F O R OLDR CHILDRN

Inviting God to live in our heart help u to e a good on or daughter of God. It help u make poitive choice! We have our phical ee that ee the phical eautiful world. The ee of our heart are our piritual ee.We make important deciion with our heart. Our heart ha ee that can e open or cloed. We want toopen the ee of our heart to the light of God- o that we can make good choice and live the wa God and TP want u to live!

• What are the ee of our heart called? “piritual e”

• What can help u make good choice? Opening up the ee of our heart to God, inviting God to live in our heart and e a part of our deciion making. (vertical alignment)

• How can we help open the ee of our heart? Through talking to God, learning aout God and experiencing God!

We want to open our heart and invite God, our Heavenl Parent, to live inide u! We can open the ee of our heart  Talking to God, Learning aout God and xperiencing God. Let’ invite God to live in our heart and center ourelve on God and True Parent. When our heart i centered- we can live a godl life and ecome

eautiful children of God our Heavenl Parent.

TITHING & PRAYR:

pheian 1:18- “I pra that the ee of our heart ma e enlightened…” Dear Heavenl Parent, pleae open the ee of our heart o that we ma ee ou!We invite ou to live inide our heart and dwell within u. Thank ou for our love. Amen. Aju.

APPLY the Leon: GROUP ACTIVITI: chooe 1 Team uilding Activit:

• Heart Hunt: Hide contruction paper heart around the room eforehand. Have children ue their ee to find all the heart!

• Pin the Heart: Pla pin the heart on a large nowman cut out.

CRAFT: chooe 1

• Open the e of M Heart- Have children make contruction paper heart with googl ee & decorate with glitter, equin, ticker etc!

• Who Rule Your Heart- Cut a heart in half the horizontal wa. Glue each part of the heart on to a clothepin. When the clothepin i cloed- it’ like a normal heart. When ou open it- the heart open and inide i a little heart that a “God”.

• nowman heart- Have children make nowmen out of paper doilie, cotton all or paper & add a heart a we “lide into the new ear with God in our heart!”

• Penguin heart- Have children make penguin out of contruction paper & add a heart on the penguin a we “lide into the new ear with God in our heart!”

• Heart Moile- Write 1 John 4:16 on a cloud. Have children write their name or decorate little heart to hang a a moile with tring from the giant cloud or heart.

• Heart Hand- trace & cut out hand print or ue paint to make hand print. Touch thum & pointer finger together to make a heart hape in the middle. God live in our heart!

NACK IDA:

• Heart haped nack!

njo the leon! Feel free to umit photo to lgavin@unification.org Love eeing leon come to life and each communit

HOM CONNCTION

CONNCT AOUT

RANDING CHILDRN’ HOP

F CALNDAR

CURRICULUM MINITRY

RACH FOR TH TAR

JANUARY 1, 2019

A leon encouraging children to “Reach for the tar” in the New Year! Let’ e a “Can Do Kid  etting goal of the heart! Children will hare aout their tar (accomplihment) and Wihe (goal). Did ou know there are 2 tpe of goal? Goal that help our od learn and grow- external and goal of the heart that help our pirit grow- internal!?

LON PINTRT OARD

“Reach for the tar- Goal of the Heart!” Unit: Child of God LON PURPO: KICKING OFF TH YAR Y LIVING IN OURLV & TTING GOAL! (INTRNAL & XTRNAL)

MATRIAL: tar, treamer, tick, tape, white oard or large paper

OOK: I’m a Can Do Kid / Cheter the rave / The Little ngine That Could Or a tor aout reaching for the tar, accomplihing a goal or New Year!

ONG IDA: Thi Little Light of Mine / Twinkle Twinkle / I’m a Can Do Kid

A CHILDRN ARRIV: Chooe 1 enor Activit:

• 2019: Have a large “2019” out for children to color & decorate together.

• Trace Children’ Hand: Have them color them in to add to a “Reach for the tar” ulletin oard. tar can alo e painted with watercolor.

• New Year enor in: Children pla with treamer, alloon, numer, rion, ow

CRIPTUR: Dipla the weekl cripture reading, have an older child read it or ue it in the leon a ou like.

“ut a for ou, e trong and do not give up, for our work will e rewarded.” - 1 Chronicle 15:7

“Our ultimate goal i to e linked with God’ lineage and ecome Hi true children.” - MM

INTRODUC the Leon: WLCOM: ONG, PRAYR, TP Greeting

ONG IDA: Thi Little Light of Mine / Twinkle Twinkle / I’m a Can Do Kid

RVIW & TRANITION:

Happ New Year! Lat time we had unda chool wa lat ear! We learned all aout “eing a Light for the world to ee!” Now it i the New Year of ____! (how a large “2019”!) Toda we will learn aout “goal” that can help u make our light hine right!

ATTNTION GRAR: chooe 1:

• Let’ ing: Tune of “Happ irthda to You” Happ New Year to ou! Happ New Year to ou! Happ New Year dear friend! Happ New Year to ou! Optional: You wear a hat & pop a confetti popper!

• Jump for the tar: Hang tar, looel tied with treamer from the ceiling or from a long tick. One at a time let children jump & “Reach for the tar!” ach child will

get to gra one. Optional: Let children hold them in their lap quietl during the leon.

Who know what kind of light there are in the k? That’ right, tar! O ( ptional: ing Twinkle Twinkle) Did ou know that in our life, we want to reach high?We want to reach to the tar! That mean we want to e the et we can e, eing a “CAN DO Kid!”

CHOO 1 OR 2: RAD A TORY, ING A ONG OR POM, WATCH A VIDO:

• VIDO: click on the link for educational, ing along or dance video

○ Can Do Kid Dance Motion ong!

○ Thi Little Light- Dance Worhip ong!

• RAD ALOUD TORY:

○ Can Do Kid- Read Aloud Picture ook Video

○ Cheter the rave- Picture ook on Cheter overcoming hi fear  eing rave through “Think, Tell, Do!”

• ONG OR POM:

○ I Can. I Can. I Can. I Can. I Can. I’m a Can Do Kid. Ye I Am! I Can. I Can. I Can. I Can. I Can. I’m a Can Do Kid. Ye I Am!

*TACH the Leon: TACHING POINT 1: RACH FOR TH TAR!

To help u “Reach for the tar” & e our et let’et ome goal! Have ou ever heard of a “New Year’ Reolution?” Man people all over the world et goal- thing the want to accomplih in the New Year! For example, when ou were a a ou had a goal to learn to walk or mae a a toddler ou had a goal to go down the lide all  ourelf at the plaground or ou have a goal to learn to ride our ike without training wheel. To achieve thi goal- ou had to practice a lot and tr and tr again! When ou fell, ou got ack up! You never gave up and other cheered ou on. Wan’t that a great feeling- accomplihing a goal? Let’ look at ome “tar” and “Wihe” together…

INTRACTIV LARNING ACTIVITY: “tar & Wihe”

• TAR: Let’ reflect together aout our “tar”- write down different thing that the children are great at next to tar, accomplihment! (ex. I can ruh m teeth! I can a “Thank You”!) Clap & cheer each other on for all the amazing thing ou can alread do!

• WIH: Let’ make “wihe”- write down thing that children want to learn to e good at, their goal, wihe for the New Year.

TACHING POINT 2: GOAL OF TH HART!

You made ome reall great Wihe (goal)! Let’ look at them and ee what kind of goal we made. We can make “external” goal like “I wih to learn to tie m hoe!” The are ver important and help our od grow. And we cam make goal of the heart “internal goal” like “I wih to hare etter with m rother!” thathelp our pirit grow!

DICUION: Can ort the “Wihe” from aove into “internal & external” or dicu.

• What i an internal goal of the heart ou have to help our pirit grow?

• What i an external goal ou have to help our od learn and grow?

You’re all great at o man thing alread, our “tar”! And I can’t wait to watch ou learn and grow in thi new ear. All of the wihe we made- are GOAL! In 1 Chronicle 15:7 it a: “ut a for ou, e trong and do not give up, for our work will e rewarded.” God, our Heavenl Parent, and True Parent elieve in ou- the want ou to do great thing! Your parent, teacher and friend are all here to cheer ou on and help ou reach our goal! You can do it. Let’ e a Can Do Kid thi Year!

TITHING & PRAYR:

Dear Heavenl Parent, thank ou for all of our tar- we can do o man amazing thing! We pra for our Wihe & goal for the New Year.Pleae help u to reach to the tar, do our et & never give up! We pra for our odie and heart to grow in thi next ear. A True Father aid: “Our ultimate goal i to e linked with God’ lineage and ecome Hi true children.” Amen. Aju!

APPLY the Leon: GROUP ACTIVITI: chooe 1

• all & ucket Game

• Mini New Year ve part! treamer, alloon, noie maker, part hat, alloon drop, confetti popper, parkler, glow in the dark tick, game, photo ooth & “countdown to 12 noon!”

• Kid afe parkler- Go outide and light parkler together! Place parkler through a hole in a cup to hield the park.

CRAFT: chooe 1

• tar tamping- Dip tar cookie cutter in ellow paint to print tar onto lue contruction paper!

• Contellation enor ag- Fill andwich ag with hair gel, tar and glitter! hut with tape and let children queeze and pla.

• tar Wand- Create tar wand! Uing tick, tar, rion, equin, ticker etc. Teacher can write child’ goal on the tar.

• Happ Face Goal- paper circle face, ee, mile, part hat (can ue dot marker or ticker to decorate the hat) & rectangle paper to write on the goal.

• Printale tar & Wih Workheet- tar & Wihe or Goal wk. Children can draw picture or ound out word. Teacher can help write down the oung child’ anwer.

NACK IDA:

• tar haped cookie or tar fruit! Happ New Year treat! ;)

njo the leon! Feel free to umit photo to lgavin@unification.org Love eeing leon come to life and each communit

tar & Wihe Anchor Chart!

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POPL- ADAM & V!

PTMR 10, 2018

LON PINTRT OARD

“God Made People- Adam & ve” Unit: God’ Creation LON PURPO: GOD MAD POPL! ADAM + V.

MATRIAL: Learning & teaching to: doll, to figurine, duplo lock with animal + people. ee elow for craft upplie.

OOK: God Made You Noe to Toe / The Creation tor

ONG IDA: M God I o Great / He’ Got the Whole World / We Are the World / It’ a mall World / Creation ong

A CHILDRN ARRIV: Chooe 1 enor Activit:

• Duplo uilding- Children uild houe and uilding. Add in ome duplo people and animal.

• Pladoh People- Print pladoh mat and have children make face and deign clothe uing pladoh.

• Doll- Provide children doll, arie or other to figurine to pla with.

CRIPTUR: Dipla the weekl cripture reading, have an older child read it or ue it in the leon a ou like.

“Then God aid, “Let U make man in Our image, according to Our likene; and let them rule over the fih of the ea and over the ird of the k and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over ever creeping thing that creep on the earth. God created man in Hi own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” - Genei 1:27

“Then the Lord God formed man of dut from the ground, and reathed into hi notril the reath of life; and man ecame a living eing. -Genei 2:7

“God leed them; and God aid to them, “e fruitful and multipl, and fill the earth, and udue it; and rule over the fih of the ea and over the ird of the k and over ever living thing that move on the earth.” Genei 1:28

INTRODUC the Leon: WLCOM: ONG, PRAYR, TP Greeting

ONG IDA: M God I o Great / He’ Got the Whole World / We Are the World / It’ a mall World / Creation ong

RVIW & TRANITION:

During the month of Octoer we’ve een learning all aout the eautiful World God Made for u! Aout da and night; the k, the land and the ea; the tree, fruit and vegetale; and the animal. ut God wan’t done creating et. The et thing i et to

come! What do ou think He created next? (U! People! You + Me!)

ATTNTION GRAR: chooe 1

• Pladoh Peron- Uing a all of pladoh, mold a peron. Ak children to gue what ou’re making along the wa. a that God handcrafted each one of u and molded u like a Potter and hi cla.

• Gloe each all- Pa around a gloe each all in a circle (dollar tree) while inging “He’ Got the Whole World in Hi Hand”

INTRO: TODAY W WILL LARN AOUT GOD’ MOT PRCIOU CRATION- HUMAN! GOD, OUR HAVNLY PARNT, MAD U!

CHOO 1 OR 2: RAD A TORY, ING A ONG OR POM, WATCH A VIDO:

• RAD ALOUD TORY: God Made You Noe to Toe / The Creation tor

• ONG OR POM:

○ He Made U! tune of London ridge- “God wanted to hare hi love, hare hi love, hare hi love. God wanted to hare hi love, o He made u! He made u in Hi image, Hi image, Hi image. He made u in Hi image, o and girl. He aked u to e caretaker, e caretaker, e caretaker. He aked u to e caretaker, of all Creation. verthing that God had made, God had made, God had made. verthing that God had made- wa ver good!”

○ Adam + ve ong- tune of Farmer in the Dell“ God made the univere. God made the univere. He aw that it wa good, Amen. God made the univere . Then God created man. Then God created man. He made Adam in Hi likene. Ye God created man. God made the woman ve. God made the woman ve. He took a ri from Adam’ ide. God made the woman ve. God placed them in den. God placed them in den. He aid all thi i our for good. God placed them in den.”

• VIDO: click on the link for educational, ing along or dance video

• **God Made People- Animation ile tor focuing on wh people are o pecial and different from all of Creation.

• *God Made People Finger Puppet- horter verion haring aout God’ love and introducing the 3 Great leing.

*TACH the Leon: TACHING POINT 1: GOD MAD ADAM + V

TACHING WITH DICUION:

After God had finihed creating the eautiful world, omething wa miing. He wanted omeone to hare Hi love with, omeone to give thi eautiful World to a a gift. God created people! God our Heavenl Parent aid: “Let u make mankind in our image”. God took ome dut from the ground and He reathed a reath of life into the dut- thi made the firt man Adam. God aw that Adam needed a friend o he caued Adam to fall into a deep leep. While he wa leeping, God made a woman out of one of Adam’ ri and called her ve. He placed them in the mot eautiful garden- the Garden of den and aid “It i ver good”. He aked Adam + ve to grow in God’ love, have a eautiful famil and to take good care of Creation.

• Wh did God make people? To hare hi love with them. To hare thi eautiful world with them.

• How did God make Adam? Out of dut.

• How did God make ve? Out of one of Adam’ ri.

• Where did God put Adam + ve? In the Garden of den

• What did He ak them to do? 3 great leing- Grow in God’ love (ecome good people), love other + create a famil and take care of Creation.

T  A C H I N G P O I N T 2 : W H A T M A K   U   P  C I A L *? O P T I O N A L  X T  N  I O N

TACHING WITH DICUION:

God made people different (from the animal). He reathed the reath of life into u. Thi mean God gave u a pirit. God dwell within u, and live in our heart. He created u in Hi image, in hi likene- male and female. verthing aout u- i a reflection of God, our Heavenl Parent. verthing aout u i perfectl crafted and unique. We each have our own od, peronalit, tle, talent and hoie. God alo made u co-creator- we can create jut like God can! Can animal paint picture, make uilding or ing ong? No- onl we can e creative jut like God! Thi make u uper pecial. We are God’ pecial children whom He love ver much.

• What make people different from animal + nature?

○ We have God’ pirit- the reath of life in u!

○ We are created in God’ image- male + female. We are a reflection of God, our Heavenl Parent.

○ We can create- like God. We can e artit, cientit, explorer, teacher, helper… (Animal can’t do that) Thi make u pecial.

○ We are God’ children.

Toda we learned that when God made the World, hi mot preciou creation wa u! God’ ver firt children were Adam + ve. God love u, hi children, o much. He gave u the reath of life, created u in Hi image and made u each unique with pecial talent.

TITHING & PRAYR:

Dear Heavenl Parent, thank ou for making Adam + ve! Thank ou for making u pecial and in our image. We are o grateful to e our children and to e loved  ou. We will do our et to grow, love other and take care of the eautiful world ou gave u. Amen. Aju!

APPLY the Leon: GROUP ACTIVITI: chooe 1

• ing a ong: We Are the World or It’ a mall World

• Pair hare: hare aout our favorite with a friend- favorite food, color, ho etc

• Meditate: Liten to eautiful muic and take a moment to cloe our ee, take deep reath- reathing in God’ reath and love, letting hi energ flow through our odie.

• When I Grow Up: God made u each unique! Take turn haring what ou want to e when ou grow up.

CRAFT: chooe 1

• poon People- Children draw face on the ack of a poon. Help children tie on a piece of faric for clothe with a mall rion and glue on rion hair.

• tick People- Help children hape a peron out of tick and pipe cleaner. Glue on a drawing of a face that the child drew.

• Little Pumpkin- Pre-cut pumpkin- have children decorate them, glue on green hand print for leave and a photo of their face. “Your little pumpkin.”

• Paper Plate Face- Have children make their face + hair on a paper plate uing ticker, utton, arn, marker. Pot them on a ulletin oard.

• Around the World ulletin oard- Make an arth. Have each child color +

decorate a peron. Glue the people around the world.

• Children of the World- Print the coloring page.

NACK IDA:

• Orange- “Orange ou glad God made ou?” ;)

• Gingerread People- Children can decorate with froting and candie.

njo the leon! Feel free to umit photo to lgavin@unification.org Love eeing leon come to life and each communit

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A Note to Parents… AGES are recommended. You know your child and where he or she is at developmentally. Feel free to use whatever lesson you feel your child is ready for, even if it’s an age group below or above the recommended level of your child.

LESSONS are posted weekly by age group- so you have a whole month to extend the lesson with the suggested activities. Don’t feel rushed. See all parts of the lesson as optional and as a guide for you to have ongoing natural conversations with your child. :)

POSTING SCHEDULE Week 1: Sprouts / Week 2: Kids / Week 3: Youth / Week 4: Teens

VIDEOS: Make sure to check out the videos on our site as they support the lessons in a fun and engaging way! Some videos are designed to guide you as the parent and others for you + your kids to watch together and engage in discussion.

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“GOD IN MY HEART” Parent Blog Updated: Nov 6, 2019

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We know how much God loves us, and we have put PARENT BLOG • God In My Heart our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. -1 John 4:16 NLT

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fully comprehend the design for men and women in God’s concept of creation, we will understand that perfection is within our grasp. In God’s ideal of creation we were designed as temples of God, temples of the spirit of God, where God is master. “Do you not know that you are God’s temple and “GOD IN MY HE… “God As My Co… “Child of God” that God’s spirit dwells in you?” -I Corinthians 3:16

We were designed to be God’s temples. When we attain this status, we shall cease to possess a will that is corruptible. Boundaries and laws will no longer be necessary,LogforinHis will is our will. With His to leave a comment. spirit dwelling in us completely we shall move only as He guides us. We shall then be perfect because the force that is guiding and directing us is the perfect Amelia Chouchane force. When we achieve this ultimate goal we are in perfect ‘Let them knowunion how with God. We unconditionally are they no are longer loved living on and cherished by God.’ Love this. the human level alone, but on the divine level. We one time is Having one on one time to say I love you, God loves you. One on so important and I’m glad to read this to remind me of that. take on God’s qualities because the Spirit dwells in

and possesses us as a perfect temple; we reflect God’s virtue and power. Thus we can be as perfect as the Heavenly Father is perfect. This was the original pattern which God intended for humankind through Adam and Eve. - Rev. Sun Myung Moon, God’s Warning to the World- Jesus’ Standard of Goodness

Parents around the world universally desire for their children to be happy, healthy, confident and able to make good choices which lead to success in all areas of their lives. From the moment we look into the eyes of our newborn babies, we know deep down that this is our greatest responsibility, whether we feel confident to do so or not. As our children grow we do our best to keep them safe, well- nourished, stimulated and loved; physically, intellectually and emotionally.

Additionally, and possibly most importantly, parents have the privilege to guide our children to knowing who their Heavenly Parent is, to nurture a sense of belonging, secure attachment and confidence in their relationship with God, that God is theirs and that they hold a unique place in God’s heart. This will look different for every family and depends on many factors such as how much the children already innately feel a connection to God, how deep our own relationship and that of our spouse is with God, what traditions our families value and keep in our lives of faith. Wherever we feel we are currently in our journey of faith, exploring our relationships with God and each other will most likely bring up a myriad of thoughts and feelings in us. This is not surprising as what we think about God and what our relationship with our Heavenly Parent looks like informs our views on everything that is truly important in our lives; our identity, relationships with others, what we believe the purpose of life is, our understanding of morality, and where we choose to place our focus and invest our time and efforts. You could say that our family culture depends on what our relationship with God is like.

Thinking back on our own lives, we may have been raised in a family who loved and served God and yet there were challenges which caused our relationship with God to suffer. Some may be at the very beginning of getting to know God and building a relationship with our Creator, while others feel relatively uninhibited to share the love they have for God with their children. Parenting our own children bring the most important topics into focus as we navigate the ups and downs of life, needing to respond to difficult situations and tough questions every child will inevitably ask.

As our children enter adolescence, it becomes particularly important for them to see authenticity and integrity in adults around them. Our growing relationship with God serves as an inspiration to our children, to see us humbled, challenged and strengthened, loved and fulfilled by the ultimate source of unconditional love. Our children yearn to see what fulfilled human potential looks like and to see adults around them genuinely striving to be their best selves can only serve as an example to them.

How then do we guide our children in their spiritual growth, in knowing our Heavenly Parent and in giving and receiving love with God? The answer, of course, is in first investing in our own growth in this area, in nourishing our own spirituality, our connection with the Divine within us and without. As we do this we will be in a much better position to love ourselves, our spouse and children the way God does and wants us to. Our growth and development is a living testimony to the awesome love of our Creator and connects us to each other in bonds of true love. Having a living and breathing relationship with God sharpens our conscience and awareness of what is right and what is wrong, even and especially when situations are ambiguous.

In parenting our children we face making many decisions for our children, then gradually include them and finally trust them to make decisions for themselves. We model

an authentic life of faith to our children and guide them to discover their own, unique way of relating with their Heavenly Parent. As they grow, we encourage them to create healthy habits that will build their life of faith, such as talking naturally and frequently with God, studying His Word, reflecting on their life and setting goals which help them to live with more purpose.

Knowing and feeling God’s viewpoint and heart places us and our children in a stronger, more confident position to make difficult decisions, especially when those decisions are counter-cultural. No matter what the situation, with our hearts and minds in tune with God’s, we can surmount any challenge and not lose ourselves along the way. Most importantly, we fulfill the very purpose for which the entire Universe exists - so that God can hold us as his dearest creation and we find our deepest meaning and joy in sharing in a personal relationship with our Heavenly Parent.

PRAYER POINTS Thank God for being able to be a Parent, to have this awesome and growing

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