1. God, Our Creator and Father
Finding God, Grade 2, Session 1
God creates everything out of love for us.
God’s creation is good and we must care for it.
God, Our Creator and Father

2. Arrival Activity Welcome. We are so glad you are here.
Please go to your assigned seat. Today’s activity is waiting for you.
Please answer the questions and draw the pictures.
Greet the children as they arrive. Sometimes arrival can be hectic, so post the arrival instructions.
Before beginning with the opening prayer, review the answers the children have written as a group.

3. Opening prayer
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
God, help me know that you make all things so that I can see how good and wonderful you are.
Remember our parish intentions for this month: Our global intention: For Freedom, Peace and Security for Our Nation Our local intention: Our local intention: Our local intention: Our local intention: For Our Newly Ordained Priests
Let’s take a moment to feel calm and quietly at peace. Let’s pray together and ask God to help us learn about what he makes.
Close your eyes and fold your hands.

4. Opening prayer
Let’s pray for our own intentions for those who are ill or have died or are in need of special prayers and for things for which we are grateful.
Children and catechists are invited to speak their intentions.
We thank you God for this opportunity to be together. We ask the Holy Spirit to guide us as we listen to today’s lesson.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Following opening prayer, distribute Session 1 pages from student text.

5. Vocabulary
Eucharist: The sacrament in which we give thanks to God for giving us Jesus Christ.
Holy: Showing the kind of life we life when we cooperate with the grace of God.
Sacrament of Reconciliation and Penance: The sacrament in which we celebrate God’s forgiveness of our sins when we say to the priest that we are sorry for them.
These are the new words we will learn about today.

6. Our loving God
Everything that God makes is good. We are thankful for all God has given us.

7. God’s blessings
God wants all people to love and care for one another and for the creation he has created.

8. Prayer

9. Thanking god for creation

10. summary
Because God loves us, he made many things. All of them are good.
New Words: Eucharist; holy, Sacrament of Reconciliation and Penance
Thank you, God, for all you have made. Help me love you by taking care of your creation.

11. Break

12. Activity Centers Center 1: Review Center 2: What Did God Make? game
Center 3: Trinity Triangle

13. Closing Prayer

14. Sign of the Cross
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit Amen.

15. Our Father
Our Father,
Who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen.

16. Blessed are you among women,
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with you;
Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now, and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

17. Act of Contrition O my God,
I am heartily sorry for having offended you.
And I detest all my sins because of your just punishment.
But most of all because they offend you my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of your grace, to sin no more and avoid the near occasion of sin.
Amen

18. Sign of the Cross
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit Amen.