October 13th Family Faith Packet

Topic: What Goes Around, Comes Around MEMORY VERSES: The Memory Verses are a means of reinforcing the topic of the month by memorizing a verse from the Bible that speaks to the topic of the month. Encourage your kids to return to the next Family Faith Session knowing their memory verses and they will receive a little treat (non-food) from their Catechist. The CD included in the first month has both the memory verses for the year and the Books of the Bible to help with memorization. Good Idea: Try posting the Memory Verses somewhere where the kids will see it often for example on the refrigerator

Hey Dad! Dont forget to read the Hey Dad section on the Opening Page (lower left margin) of each weeks topic, which calls out to Dad to play a special part each week!! Good Idea: Start each Family Faith Session off by lighting a candle and saying a family prayer. This helps everyone center themselves and quiet down.

Week 1: October 13th Topic: Stewardship Focus: Developing an attitude of gratitude and generosity. Please read the opening page carefully and prayerfully as it is very powerful. It helps us understand what Stewardship means or should mean in our lives as Christians. One very powerful point that struck me: Do your children see you doing these things?...they will naturally see where your priorities lie. 1. Check your supply box. This week you will need: pencils, scissors, Bibles,

2. Stewardship a. An Attitude of Gratitude booklet i. Helps us all to see that everything we are all that we have comes from God ii. Our natural reaction is to want to thank God for his gifts iii. We thank God by sharing 1. Time: prayer, spending our time well, volunteering, ministry

a. Some ministries where our Parish is looking for more help: Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, Altar Servers, Ushers, Family Faith Helpers there are sign-up sheets in Our Ladys Hall after Masses this month. 2. Talents: talents you use for the good of your family, talk about each childs talents Music Ministry is always looking for people who would like to share their musical talent with our parish family! 3. Treasure: giving to those in need, supporting the Church (collection money helps pay all the bills our parish needs to pay), sharing, donating things. Activity: My Gift to the Lord Cut apart the My Gift to the Lord papers giving one to each member of the family. Each should fill out the information. This activity is meant to help us each consider our gifts and how we share them. The children can put these papers into the collection basket at Church.

3. What does the Bible Say About Stewardship? a. Several Bible verses Old and New Testament where we can read exactly where Stewardship is spoken of in the Bible i. Matthew 25:14-30 Parable of the Talents ii. Deuteronomy 14:22-23 and Genesis 28:22b Teaching on Tithing (10%) iii. Local assembly of believers or parish iv. Liturgical assembly and structure of believers v. Presence of God working among us today 4. How can we begin giving? a. How to start a giving campaign within your family b. How do we consider if we are being asked to give/do more? 5. These are difficult but important questions to consider privately among your own family How do we say Yes to the Lord? 6. TEENS: How do you share your time, talents, and treasure? a. Volunteering b. Giving c. Using your talents for GOOD