Our first Grade 6-7 Salt & Light Student Session was a resounding success!
More than 60 students gathered together with the Pastoral and Children’s Faith Formation teams, as well as our adult and high school volunteers, for reflection, discussion, and even a little competition around this month’s theme of “Jesus’ Life and Ministry.”
As Sr. Colleen Gibson SSJ, who led the session, noted in her opening remarks, “This month we are talking about Jesus’ life and ministry, and I’m going to do it in about 15 minutes, which is not enough time to do Jesus’ life and ministry. I’ve given my whole life to this, and we’re going to do in 15 minutes.”
We encourage you to watch the video of Sister’s reflection (it really is under 15 minutes!)
After the reflection, the students joined forces in teams for a scavenger hunt-type activity, working together to gain points by answering questions about Jesus’ life and ministry using the Bible and what they remembered from the reflection. Each team was also given the opportunity to earn bonus points by coming up with a team name and sharing the meaning behind it, and the students really hit it out of the park.
Teams included “Disciples 2.0” (because Jesus called the original disciples and he also calls us), “Incarnation Station” (because in the incarnation Jesus became fully human like us), and “The Long Walk” (because Jesus walked over 3,000 miles in his ministry – “and because we’re taking a long walk through these questions!”)
We’re looking forward to our next Salt & Light session for students on December 14 at 4:00pm at St. Paul – we’ll reflect on the meaning of Advent and participate in an Advent service activity with the Giving Tree project.