{"id":74,"date":"2012-03-29T15:55:32","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T19:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.browniesmoke.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2012-03-29T15:55:32","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T19:55:32","slug":"the-seven-faces-of-easter-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.browniesmoke.com\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"The Seven Faces of Easter (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(See Part I here<\/a>.) I find that the Seven Faces of Easter are the most compelling stories (or set of stories) in our Godly Play “library.” More than any other story, I find the children in the circle (and the adults) are always focused and attentive. I never hear “We already know this one…” or some similar comment.<\/p>\n

And yet, this particular year, we didn’t even schedule this story to tell during Lent in our class of 3rd-5th graders. I’m not sure why, as we were all in agreement to focus on some parables of Jesus. (As it turned out, a new parishioner gave us the wonderful gift of doing a Stations of the Cross for this age group, so we did cover the stories; we just did it outside of the “Godly Play” box.)<\/p>\n

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When possible, it is ideal to set up a Godly Play classroom so that the circle of children and adults are surrounded by the stories: the sacred stories, the parables, and the liturgical stories. Although our classrooms have many odd angles, we are able to do a good job of surrounding the circle with the stories on their shelves.<\/p>\n

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It is nice, too, to surround ourselves with this story, the Seven Faces, every time they enter this classroom.<\/p>\n

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\u00c2\u00a0As in our liturgical worship, the practice of our worship should involve all the senses.<\/p>\n

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\u00c2\u00a0This year we just happened to leave out the words of this story. That, however, doesn’t mean that the story isn’t there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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