Children & Youth
Consider together what you have explored, what that means for each of you and how it might influence your daily lives. (10 mins)
Activities marked with an asterisk 
next to the activity title are in addition to the resources in the Ready to go sessions. Suggested timings for these activities are also shown. NB The inclusion of additional activities varies from week to week.
FOR CHILDREN
- Give each child a template of a house.
- Around the outside of the house, ask the children to write/draw some of the things that make them feel lost or far away from God. Inside the house, ask them to write/draw how knowing they can be forgiven makes them feel. And then on the path, ask them to write/draw ways they can show others that God wants to welcome everyone into his family.
Go with God 24/7
Encourage the children to put their faith into action
Try to be forgiving by being quick to accept apologies from anyone who annoys you this week.
E A
Before you finish, give out the ROOTS at home resource to encourage faith at home.
Sing
To the tune: Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Farewell friends, as we depart,
keep these stories in our hearts.
Through these days of Lent we know,
that our faith in God may grow.
Through temptations in our days,
be like Jesus through our ways.
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
- Ask the young people to write the different ways the younger and older brother in the story were lost.
- Once everyone has written these down, ask them to think if they connect more with the younger or older son in the story, and to circle any words that relate to their own feelings.
- Ask the young people to reflect on the forgiveness that the father showed to both sons and imagine that being offered to them.
Go with God 24/7
Show a welcoming spirit to people every day this week, perhaps by
being generous with your time and smiling.
E A
Before you finish, give out the ROOTS at home resource to encourage faith at home.
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