This is the third and final year of A Joyful Path Children’s Curriculum. Year 3 is designed for ages nine through twelve. The Year 3 theme is All Life is Sacred. 

This is the third and final year of A Joyful Path Children’s Curriculum. Year 3 is designed for ages nine through twelve. The Year 3 theme is All Life is Sacred. 

This is the third and final year of A Joyful Path Children’s Curriculum. Year 3 is designed for ages nine through twelve. The Year 3 theme is All Life is Sacred. 

Spiritual Curriculum for Young Hearts and Minds

I give my thanks to Creation and Creation showers me with goodness.

Spiritual Curriculum for Young Hearts and Minds

Nature Craft and Ritual Preparation 1: Autumnal Equinox

Giving Thanks for What Is and What Has Been; Celebrating Earth (land, trees, plants) and Autumn’s Abundance; Welcoming the Coming Darkness.

When we commune with life and creation in all Her forms, it is an act of prayer.

The importance of this lesson is to continue to relate to all beings — human and more-than- human, animate and inanimate – as our relatives and teachers.

Lesson 4: Protecting Earth & Right Relationship. We do not own this land, we are here to care for Earth.

I share Earth’s abundance and make my community a better place

I trust the natural cycle of life

I listen for and honor my ancestors.

Week 10: Autumn Lesson 8: Each Creature is a Book Full of God I learn about God from every creature. Getting to the Heart of the Lesson Meister Eckhart, a 12th-century mystic proclaimed, “Apprehend God in all …

I can connect directly to God within.

The prophet inside me speaks truth to power!

I have a unique gift to offer this world. undeniably true.

My dreams are a way for me to connect with Spirit.

This session happens approximately one class before the Winter Solstice.

Gathering Date That Falls Closest to the Solstice.

My dreams are a way for me to connect with Spirit.

I am part of Deep Time.

I honor and care for my body

I see no stranger; I see no enemy.

I fight for what is right.

I care about others and find ways to be kind.

I belong to this land: Earth loves me and I love Earth back.

I express my anger in healthy ways.

I celebrate and honor black lives.

I grieve because I love.

This session happens approximately one class before the Vernal Equinox.

I have an infinite well of love within me.

Gathering date that falls closest to the Spring Equinox.

I know who I am in this Earth

I take only what I need and give back in return.