Materials List:
Session 1 Materials:
Various tunes for the song “I Know That My Redeemer Lives.”
Lyrics for “Awake My Soul and With the Sun” (Doxology)
Various used maps and sticky dots
Ingredients and cooking time for Panczki
For Experiential Options:
Modeling clay
Paper and pens
Paper and art materials
Session 1 Children’s Session Materials
Copies of the hymn “Morning Has Broken”
“Doxology”
Session 2 Materials:
Hymnals or copies of the hymn “You Are Salt for the Earth, O People”
Hymnals or copies of the hymn “For We Are Strangers No More” or of “To Us A Child of Hope Is Born”
Roll or sheets of newsprint and markers.
Ingredients and cooking time for Albondigas (or make them ahead of time)
For Experiential Options:
A week’s worth of newspaper front pages
Hymnals
Laptop with internet connection
Session 2 Children’s Session Materials
Newsprint
Drawing/painting/art supplies
Session 3 Materials:
Hymnals or copies of the hymn “Dona Nobis Pacem”
Hymnals or copies of the hymn: “When Peace, Like a River” (“It Is Well With My Soul”)
Bible dictionaries, concordances, or computer Bible-search engines
Paper and pens for recorder
For Experiential Options:
Journals or paper
Pens/pencils
Session 3 Children’s Session Materials
Meditation from The Upper Room for February 15: “The Master Artist.”
Large sheet of newsprint; crayons and markers.
Ingredients for Amish Pancakes (See session for recipe.)
Session 4 Materials:
Hymnals or a copy of the hymn “Tis a Gift to Be Simple”
Hymnals or a copy of the hymn “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”
Pads and papers
Journals or paper and pens
Concordance or laptop with Bible-search engine
Session 4 Children’s Session Materials
Boxed jigsaw puzzle(s) of difficulty appropriate to the children’s age(s)
Paper and crayons
Refreshments
Session 5 Materials:
Hymnals or copies of the hymn “My Hope Is Built”
Newsprint and markers
For Experiential Options:
Bible dictionary or commentary
Journals or paper
Pens/pencils
Session 5 Children’s Session Materials
Magazines
Scissors
Glue
A large sheet of newsprint
Session 6 Materials:
Hymnals or copies of the hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Hymnals or copies of the hymn “For the Healing of the Nations”
Olive oil for anointing
Copies of the anointing service plan
For Experiential Options:
Laptops with internet connections
Olive dip with crackers
Session 6 Children’s Session Materials
Olives, olive oil, croutons, bread cubes, oregano and basil.
Bibles
Session 7 Materials:
Hymnals or copies of the hymn “Were You There?”
Hymnals or copies of the hymn “The Old Rugged Cross”
A cross and three candles
Unleavened bread – Matzo (available in ethnic foods section of grocery store) or similar flat crackers
Simple meat or cheese spread
Prepared horseradish (found in cooler section of grocery store)
Copies of Ambrose’s prayer for group members (see link to downloadable pdf file below)
For Experiential Options:
Hymnals
Wood for those who wish to make crosses
Session 7 Children’s Session Materials
Palm fronds
Recipe and materials for communion shortbread (see session 7).
Session 8 Materials:
A recording of the "Hallelujah" Chorus from Handel’s Messiah
Hymn: “You Are Salt for The Earth”
Materials for Experiential Options:
Items for making greeting cards, such as stamping equipment, paper, scrapbooking templates, paper and pens.
Session 8 Children’s Session Materials
Snap-together colored building blocks.
Bibles
Hymnals