It was great to see the boys from St.Mary's again, we always look forward to to their visits. During the group sessions we talked about moving into a new post-primary school and leaving old friends behind. We also discussed hopes and fears for our future. It was great to see the boys communicating and respecting each other's opinions within our smaller groups today.
Music:
We picked The Climb because we have taken a big step forward to secondary school.
We picked Reach because the stars in the song represent our friends. We have kept our old friends and are reaching out for new ones.
Focus:
The reason for making the cross is because we love Jesus. The reason we made the rings is for friendship because God is always our friend. We are setting the friendship bracelet over the heart for love.
Scripture:
We picked The Good Samaritan because it's about helping other people.
No matter how different people ar,e you should always try and help them.
Prayers:
Dear God,
Please help all the victims and families of the 9/11attack.
Help them get through it all.
Amen
Dear God,
Please help all the poor people in Africa.
Amen
Dear God,
Help my dad get better
and also all the people around the world so they don't have to go through any pain.
Amen
Dear God,
Let us pray for all the people who have recently lost a family member or a friend.
Amen
Dear God,
Please help the children in the hospice and their families cope with their fears and worries.
Amen.
We picked lots of different words to describe the day we had today, for example...
Fun - We had lots of games today.
Jesus - We were learning about Jesus while we were meditating
Friendship - We made the friendship bracelets.
Music:
Man in the Mirror - If you want to make a change to the world you have to make a change to yourself.
Hero - People dealing with poverty are like heroes because they help others and we can be heroes too by helping others. Focus:
We used the friendship cirlce to show our friendship and how much we are connected to God.
We used candles because God is the light of the world and this shows our belief in him.
We used different colours to show creativity in God's world.
The reason the we chose the story, The Prodigal Son, is because we think it is trying to tell us that God will welcome anyone back and forgive their sins
.
Dear Lord
We pray for those who have lost loved ones.
We pray to the Lord
Dear Lord
We pray for the sick and we ask you to watch over them and their families
We pray to the Lord
Dear Lord
We pray for the people who aren't safe and need help and let them live a peaceful life
Lord hear our prayer
Dear God
Help people on the battlefield, for those that have lost their lives during conflict
and give strength to those fighting
Lord hear our prayer
Dear Lord
We pray for the poor because they are in need of food and water.
Please look after them
Lord hear our prayer
Reflection:
Our group decided to make a poster on how we all felt over the day.
Each of us said something different.
Enjoyable
New
Exploring
Fun
Exciting
Relaxing
Pack up; We picked this song because it makes you relax and push your problems away, and that is what we were doing today.
Make you feel my love; We picked this song because the lyrics are as if God is there even when you're alone and times are bad.
Focus:
We made a cross because it is a symbol of our religion and we chose to use candles because we all have a light, and the chain to show friendship.
We chose the woman who touched Jesus because in this story Jesus helps the woman and we should help eachother
Reflection
 |
We wrote LOVE because we are meeting new friends and the friendship chain means we are all linked together as a class. The jig-saw means, even though we are all different we are all together
The first song we chose is Man in the Mirror because we are looking at a new us, we have changed from P7 to First year.
The second song is Reach because anything is possible if we put our mind to it.
Scripture
We picked the paralysed man because this story is based on friendship shown by how the man's friends brought him to Jesus.
Prayers
Today we were talking about friendship and about treating others how you would like to be treated. We did meditation and talked about respecting people.
Music:
We picked The man in the Mirror because we have to make changes about the bad things in our lives.
Reach, We picked this song because its about your friends being there with you.
Focus:
We made this focus because everything in it represents something. The candles represent that God is always here for us. The friendship chain represents the unique qualities that everyone has and that everyone is unique. The cross represents God and peace.
We made this focus because everything in it represents something. The candles represent that God is always here for us. The friendship chain represents the unique qualities that everyone has and that everyone is unique. The cross represents God and peace.
We chose the story, Love your enemies from the bible as it shows us that we should love everyone like Jesus loves us.
Prayers:
We picked these words because it represents what we were thinking and feeling today on our retreat.
We chose Make me feel my love because this song reminds us that Jesus will always love us.
We picked Your song by Ellie Goulding because is is about friendship in the world.
We made the flame to represent the holy spirit. The blue cloth represent our hands holding the Holy Spirit, this shows how the Holy Spirit guides us through life. The jigsaws represent how we come together as a class through our mediation. The art at the top shows our creativity which we have used today.The friendship chains represent our class friendship.
Scripture:
The Good Samaritan is a story about a man who gets beaten up and no-one wants to help him. But then a man who was different from him helps him, this shows friendship and this is why we picked it.
Prayers:
Dear God
Bless those who have passed away from us
that they will be safe in heaven.
and their souls will be healed
Amen
Dear God
We ask for forgiveness for lying, stealing etc
I ask you to help my brother pass his test to get into St.Mary's in a couple of months.
Amen
Dear God
Help those who are poor or treated wrongly
Amen.
Dear God,
Please help my nan as she has broken her hip not so long ago,
and anyone else who is ill
Amen
Reflection:
We picked Pack up because today was all about not worrying and trying to bond and getting to know God better.
We also picked Hero because Jesus is our hero and we should choose to follow in his footsteps.
The sun symbolises Jesus as the light of the world. The tree symbolises us as we grow up and the friendship chain represents us as friends.
Scripture:
We chose the story about the Road to Emmaus because no matter how scared you get Jesus is always with you.
Reflection:
Today our retreat was fun so we wrote happy words and drew happy things
No comments:
Post a Comment