ALIVE-O7 Term 3
Lesson Title / What am I trying to do? / Why? / Song / Story/ Poem / Prayertime / DVD / To be learned
1.Easter
Poster / Nourish the children's faith in new life by exploring the Resurrection stories. / So that they may live more fully as 'Easter' children. /
  • Come Christians All Rejoice
  • Easter Alleluia
  • This is the Day
/
  • The Date of Easter
  • The Great Baalschem
  • Resurrection stories
Mark 16:1-8,
John 21:1-12,
Luke 24: 13-33, / Resurrection Drama / Powerpoint / At Easter we celebrate Jesus' resurrection from the dead. We celebrate because we believe that we too will be raised to new life in Christ.
2.The Risen Jesus is Present at Mass / Help the children to come to a deeper understanding of how the Risen Lord Jesus is present at Mass.
Prepare them for the celebration of a Class Mass. / So that they may participate more fully in the celebration of Mass. /
  • Happy in the Presence
  • Christ be our Light
  • Parish Anthem
/
  • The Risen Jesus is With Us
  • The Risen Jesus is Present in the Word of God
  • The Risen Jesus is present under the appearances of bread and wine
Bible search:
Luke 23:13-35
John 21:1-14
Matthew 18: 20 / You are With Us
One Loaf, One Body / Powerpoint / The Presence of the Risen Jesus at Mass
The Risen Jesus is present at Mass in:
  • the people gathered;
  • the celebrant;
  • the Word;
  • body and blood, soul and divinity, under the appearances of bread and wine.

3. Where Do We Go From Here (1)? / Offer children, through drama, an opportunity to explore their experience of what it means to be confirmed to be a committed Christian. / So that their living as young Christians, individually and in community, may be enriched. / Been There, Done That/ Spirit Anthem /
  • The Acts of the Apostles
(Acts 1:8)
  • The Story of Eutychus
(Acts 20: 7-12) / Reasons to be Christian
Show us the Way
Prayer Movement / Powerpoint / Revise the sevenfold gift of the Holy Spirit
4. Where Do We Go From Here (2)? / Help the children, trough the medium of drama, to make a vital connection with the early Christian community. / So that as young Christians they might help to revitalise the contemporary Christian community. / The Beggar's Song /
  • Where do we go from here?
  • Peter cures the Lame Man
(Acts 3: 1-10) / The Locked Door
We Believe
If God is on our side... / Powerpoint / Revise the fruit of the Holy Spirit
5. Where Do We Go From Here (3)?
Poster / Help the children, through the medium of drama, to understand the radical nature of Christian forgiveness and care for the weak in the historical and cultural context of the early Christians.
To celebrate the sacrament of Reconciliation. / So that forgiveness might enliven their young Christian membership of the Church today. /
  • Song of the Gods
  • Gather Round
  • Gospel Acclamation
  • Spirit-Filled Day
/
  • Ancient Greece and Rome
  • Free from Slavery
/ Reconciliation
Service / Revise the fruit of the Holy Spirit
6. Where Do We Go From Here (4)? / Help the children through the medium of drama, to connect with the early Christian community and its Irish expression. / So that they might be nourished by it today. /
  • Christian Community Alive-O
  • Alleluia
  • Been There, Done That
  • Faith Song
  • Community Song
/ Alive-O! prayertime / Revise the sevenfold gift of the Holy Spirit