Youth Curriculum, 5-10-26

Announcements:

Youth & Family will be hosting a booth at the Lacey Spring Fun Fair on May 16–17, featuring a fun, interactive activity for kids—come enjoy free rides, games, STEAM exhibits, and more for all ages! If you’d like to spend a few hours helping us play, connect, and share the spirit of CSL with the community, please reach out to Adrienne to sign up.

Find a special Mother’s Day gift created with love by our teens this Sunday! Beautiful flowerpot gifts will be available outside CSL after service, along with note cards you can personalize with your own message of love.

Every purchase supports our teens on their journey to Summer Teen Camp—thank you for being part of their experience!

May Theme: Foundations of Spirit: Discovering the Divine Within
Week 2 Value: The Law
Affirmation: What I think and feel creates my experience.

Curriculum Overview:

In Week 2, youth and teens build on their understanding of Oneness by exploring The Law—the principle that our thoughts, beliefs, and feelings help shape our experiences.

Youth begin to notice how their inner world influences what shows up in their outer world. They will explore how patterns of thinking—both positive and negative—can impact their mood, relationships, and outcomes.

This week empowers youth to recognize that they are not passive observers of life. Instead, they are active participants who can shift their experiences by becoming more aware of what they think and feel.

Spiritual Lesson:

What we consistently think and feel helps create what we experience.

Youth explore the idea that Universal Law is always responding—not to what we want, but to what we believe and focus on. Just like planting seeds in soil, our thoughts take root and grow into experiences over time.

They begin to understand that awareness is key. When they notice their thinking, they gain the ability to choose thoughts that support kindness, confidence, and possibility.

This lesson emphasizes personal responsibility in an empowering way: by shifting their inner dialogue, youth can begin to shift their lives.

Spiritual Practice: Thought Seeds & Mindset Shift Experience

Youth participate in a hands-on activity where they are given different “thought seeds” (written on paper). They sort these into categories and explore how each type of thought might grow into different experiences.

They then practice a “mindset shift,” transforming limiting thoughts into supportive ones. This practice helps youth understand The Law in a tangible and empowering way.

Active Listening: Book / Music / Video

Younger Children (Ages 4–7)

• Book: What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada
  Shows how perspective and thinking can change experiences.
• Music: This Is Me by Keala Settle
  Encourages self-acceptance and empowering beliefs.
• Video: The Dot (Animated Story)
  Demonstrates how one small shift in thinking can unlock creativity and confidence.

Children & Preteens (Ages 7–12)

• Book: Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak
  Explains how thinking patterns can change and grow.
• Music: Unstoppable by Sia
  Highlights resilience and powerful self-belief.
• Video: Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
  Shows how beliefs about ability influence success and experience.

Teens (Ages 13–16)

• Reading: Excerpts from This Thing Called You by Ernest Holmes
  Focus on how thought shapes reality and personal experience.
• Music: Scars to Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara
  Encourages redefining self-image and internal dialogue.
• Video: The Science of Positivity (based on positive psychology research)
  Explores how mindset influences outcomes, happiness, and perception.

Creative Expression: Mother’s Day Project — “Planting Thoughts of Love”

In honor of Mother’s Day, youth will create a flowerpot gift that represents how thoughts, like seeds, grow into meaningful experiences. Youth will connect the idea that just like seeds planted in soil grow into flowers, the thoughts we plant grow into experiences. Loving thoughts nurture loving relationships.

Additional flowerpots will be created and made available for purchase, with proceeds supporting the Teen Camp Fund. This allows youth to extend their creativity into service, giving back while reinforcing the principle that what we give and create has impact.

Connecting: Oneness Circle

Youth complete the sentence: “One thought I want to grow is…”

Group Response: “And I choose it now.”