Open a World of Possibilties

Produced in partnership
with Lutheran World Relief
  About this curriculum
  Sample session plan
  How to use this curriculum
  Introduction:
We light the world
  Session 1: We are called to the Journey
  Session 2:
We journey in community
  Session 3:
We walk humbly
  Session 4:
We work for justice
  Session 5:
We serve with joy
  Session 6: We journey in faith and hope
 
 
 
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  In this session
  Title: We journey in community
  Bible connection: I Corinthians 12:12-13
  Theme
  Learning outcomes
  Teacher background
  Preparing for the session
  Session at a glance
  Introductory Activity: Imagining Disaster
Video Segment and Follow-up: Watch out! Nicaragua's disastrous past and brighter future
  Content Activity: Home, sweet home
  Connection Activities
 
  This is a disaster!
  Can you live on $2 a day?
  Travel journals
  Concluding devotions: Posture prayers
  Other activities



Watch out! Nicaragua's disastrous past and brighter future
(15 minutes)
When time has elapsed, and with the lights still low, show the video segment for this session, which outlines the varieties of disasters – including forest fires and soil depletion – that Nicaragua experiences and how LWR projects help people diminish the effects of these calamities.
 
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Preview
Watch out!

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When the video has finished, direct participants to talk with each other in table groups about any of these matters:

  • What did the video show that is one of the worst things you could imagine happening to anyone?
  • What in the video is a sign of God’s people working together?  (Hint: Sometimes “signs” are small and easy-to-miss.)
  • How does someone “prevent a disaster?”
  • Who in the video would you like to talk to?  What would you talk about?
  • What amazed you in the video?
  • What truth does this video segment prove?

 

Next: Content Activity: Home, sweet home
 

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Stories about Nicaraguan Lutherans as they encounter the challenges and opportunities of their lives. [Read stories]

 
  For use in personal and group settings.
[Read devotions]

 
  Large scale and ongoing activities to do in a group setting.
[Explore activities]

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Chicago, IL 60631 Co-produced by Lutheran World Relief, Baltimore, MD