Faith Center Schedule 2009-10

	Bible Improv Bethlehem	Creation Station Jerusalem	Bible Bake Shoppe Galilee	Moved by the Spirit Egypt	Puppetry Nazareth
How the Bible Came to Be 9/20 - 10/18 (4 weeks - no workshop 9/27)	From oral history through the printing to electronic Bibles, experience the various media of Bible publication.	After viewing examples of illuminated manuscripts (Book of Kells, St. John’s Bible) create an illuminated verse.	Become familiar with books of the Bible by associating them with various foods.	Become a team of Bible librarians who race to organize all of the books of the Bible. Play Bible baseball.	An encounter with an alien allows puppets to explain the origins of, stories in, and daily use of the Bible.
Workshop Leader				Deb Huscher

	Mary and Martha’s Bed and Breakfast Bethlehem	Creation Station Jerusalem	Bible Bake Shoppe Galilee	Moved by the Spirit Egypt	Puppetry Nazareth
Ezekiel 10/25 - 11/15 (4 weeks)	Hear Ezekiel’s story from an Israelite in exile and compare with the Hmong people of Laos. Create a Hmong story cloth.	Create pictures of Ezekiel’s visions using pastels.	Hear about Ezekiel’s call as a prophet. Make crepes as a reminder of the story, and multi-grain bread to remember the hardship of exile.	Mazes, wall-building, rhyming, jump rope are among the options to actively explore Ezekiel’s story. Dance to the song “Dry Bones.”	Create a black-light puppet show. Sing the African American spiritual “Dry Bones” featuring glow-in-the-dark life-sized skeletons.
Workshop Leader			Janice Keeman & Patti Holden	Elizabeth Azevedo

	Creation Station November 22 Jerusalem	Puppetry November 22 Nazareth	Creation Station November 22 Galilee	Puppetry November 22 Egypt	Mary and Martha’s Bed and Breakfast December 27
Christmas 1 week only 11/22 OR 12/27	Review how the nativity stories from the 4 Gospels are rendered on Christmas cards. Create ornaments.	Create ornaments that symbolize different parts of the nativity story and then participate in a puppet show.	Review how the nativity stories from the 4 Gospels are rendered on Christmas cards. Create ornaments.	Create ornaments that symbolize different parts of the nativity story and then participate in a puppet show.	Play “Name that Tune” to Christmas carols that reveal the biblical nativity story. This workshop will combine all grades.
Workshop Leader			Val Faiella		Jen Fowler

	Bedouin Encampment Bethlehem	Creation Station Jerusalem	Bible Bake Shoppe Galilee	Moved by the Spirit Egypt	Puppetry Nazareth
The Great Commandment 1/3 – 1/24 (4 weeks)	Hear from a man who heard Jesus teaching and experiment with different physical attitudes of prayer. Do an activity to encourage prayer life at home.	After playing a Jeopardy game to understand how the Pharisees tested Jesus, paint a plaster cast of the Great Commandment.	Just as scripture nurtures our soul, so does soul food. Learn the history of soul food and make peach cobbler.	Activities explore the sections of the Great Commandment: heart, strength, soul. Balloons help experience the power of neighbors supporting each other.	The joy of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is compared to the Great Commandment. A puppet show uses “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee.”
Workshop Leader			Val Faiella & Dina D’Amato

	Faith Today Bethlehem	Mary and Martha’s Bed and Breakfast Jerusalem	Bible Bake Shoppe Galilee	Bedouin Encampment Egypt	Bible Improv Nazareth
The Beatitudes 2/7 - 2/28 (4 weeks)	Congregation members share what they do to make the world a better place. Learn about young poet Mattie Stepanek. Create a poem or poster about heroes.	Learn about Jesus encounter with Jairus and the woman who touched his robe. Make sympathy cards for congregation members.	Experience the Beatitudes through taste. Make a bean soup or chili (fresh, frozen or dried) to be used as a fundraiser and/or for a local charity.	The author of the book of Matthew discusses the Beatitudes. A large board game relates the Beatitudes to everyday life.	Play memorization games. Act out encounters between Jesus and the Woman at the Well, Zacchaeus, Matthew, and the Rich Young Man.
Workshop Leader			Kelly Kalber & Jen Fowler	Elizabeth Azevedo

	Faith Today Bethlehem	Creation Station Jerusalem	Bible Bake Shoppe Galilee	Moved by the Spirit Egypt	Bible Improv Nazareth
Holy Week – Gospel Comparison 3/14 - 4/11 (4 weeks - no workshop 4/4)	Using static electricity experiments, learn about the events of Holy Week.	Explore the stories of the angels at the resurrection and make angels using either mock stained glass panels or flowerpots.	Explore the story of the Last Supper and the words of institution. Make unleavened bread and ponder how broken things can be useful.	Express the emotions throughout Holy Week while journeying through the Stations of the Cross.	Enact the different events from Jesus’ trial through the resurrection in a melodramatic style.
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	Bedouin Encampment Bethlehem	Creation Station Jerusalem	Bible Improv Galilee	Faith Today Egypt	Mary and Martha’s Bed and Breakfast Nazareth
Acts of the Apostles 4/25 - 5/9 (3 weeks)	One of Cornelius’ servants discusses Peter’s visit. Use fruit to discuss diversity and how your congregation welcomes visitors. Create a welcome wreath	Learn about Paul’s visit to Antioch. Create a light project: either an oil lamp, switch plate cover or candleholder.	Compare the Tower of Babel with Pentecost. Create a Rebus and play Concentration. Share red foods.	Learn about the Holy Spirit using skits and imagery. Create pennants OR use scrapbooking to proclaim an experience with the Holy Spirit.	Hear the story of Silas and Paul, and create a paper prayer chain to understand how God’s grace releases chains. Plus an AMAZING story of a prayer chain.
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	Faith Today Bethlehem	Where in the World Jerusalem	Bible Bake Shoppe Galilee	Moved by the Spirit Egypt	WMFC Nazareth
The Epistles – On Location 5/23 – 6/6 (3 weeks)	Learn about Paul’s letters from prison to the churches he helped establish. Learn about Jesus’ teaching to care for those in prison.	Become travel agents for Damascus Road Travels Where a life can change in a flash! - to encourage others to follow in Paul’s footsteps.	Experience how the early church shared meals. Create a space that makes a connection between a communal meal, the body of Christ, and communion.	Learn about the church in Corinth. Play Isthmian games and win crowns. Discuss the difference between those and the eternal crown we wear in God’s kingdom.	Use the Dr. Suess book Gertrude McFuzz to discuss the gifts of the spirit. Reveal the many gifts we all have. Create and videotape a show about the gifts of the Spirit.
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