Youth Curriculum, 7-9-23
Announcements:
Save the date July 23rd after service from 12:45-2:30 pm for a Youth & Family parent circle. This gathering will be the first of ongoing quarterly parent circles where we will share our intentions for our family’s spiritual growth and support one another with resources for growing our youth into powerful and joy-filled humans.
Curriculum Overview
Youth practice choosing to be the observer of thoughts and feelings, recognizing the ones in the way of embracing their truth by making skillful responses rather than reactive ones.
2023 Theme: Living Out Loud!
June Monthly Theme: Speaking Truth to Circumstance
Week 2 Value: Got Me Hypnotized
Affirmation: My word is my power, my power is my word.
Spiritual Lesson: Got Me Hypnotized
Youth practice choosing to be the observer of thoughts and feelings, recognizing the ones in the way of embracing their truth by making skillful responses rather than reactive ones.
Active Listening: Book/Music/Video
Book: Words for Sale by Jacintha Mondesir is about a boy’s journey to being understood.
Book: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz – This week, we will question whether what we hear or what we say to ourselves is true.
Creative Expression – Changing My Response
Youth will practice using their word to express an intention to participate in a game where a variety of circumstances will be presented to them. Throughout their actions, they will focus on their original intention to accomplish their goal and win the game of Think Feel Act.
Connecting/Spiritual Practice: Second Agreement – Game
We have fun seeing with “new eyes” as we play a game of “Is This True” while we examine the second of The Four Agreements.