I hope you find this to be a great faith activity for the whole family of all ages. This week’s theme is based on Reverend Christian Briones’ sermon and the scripture from the service.
Readings
Jeremiah 32: https://www.mayflowermpls.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Jeremiah-32-Spark.pdf
Here We Are By, Oliver Jeffers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PVkCm8qOvlHg5GPjLrEPjh_64iASkQdB/view?usp=sharing
Questions and Family Wonderings Based on Above Readings
- Jeremiah
o Who is Jeremiah?
o Where is he?
o Why is he there?
o Jeremiah bought something. What did he buy?
o Why is what he bought important to the story?
o Where is God in this story?
· Here We Are
o Have you ever thought about how big the world is?
o Have you ever thought about how big the universe is?!?
o I wonder if you’ve ever thought about what the land that your home is on looked like 100 years ago. Or, 500 years ago. Or, 1000 years ago!
§ Do you think it looked the same? Different? If different, how so?
o Have you ever been to another country? Would you like to go to another country someday? If so, which one?
§ Do you think that country will be like this country that we live in?
Thoughts from the Director of Faith Formation
Land is such an important thing! It is in the Bible and it is in our lives today. In the scripture, Jeremiah buys land and gives it away. And that, along with his thoughts, causes a problem! In the children’s book, we learn that there is so much land and to be careful because, there is a lot of it, it can’t be replaced! Land is special, sacred, limited, and deserves respect. And, if you own land or occupy land, that comes with power and responsibility.
The land we inhabit today wasn’t always just like it is right now. The choices we make effects the land we live on. Knowing about the land we inhabit is also super important. Our lands’ history can help us understand how we can better respect that land today.
Land Learning — A Family Activity
We have a really cool resource I’d like to share with you. It’s a project called “Mapping Prejudice.” It is a map and collections of stories that explains our land, Minneapolis, and surrounding land in relation to racial injustice and a chronology of who’s land this was and when. You are invited to look at the website as a family, and then I’ve picked out a story for you to read together, but please feel free to pick your own stories to read too.
· Mapping Prejudice Website: https://www.mappingprejudice.org/index.html
· Story: https://www.mappingprejudice.org/stories/burkes-nfa/index.html
· Things to wonder about and investigate this week:
o I wonder what the history of the land that my home is on, is.
o Do I live in a neighborhood that has a racial covenant?
o What is a project me and my family can do this week to take care of our land?
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