Session 11: Bless This Meal Part of Creating Home In This Section Introduction From Creating Home Once the guest has eaten and drunk at your table, the guest becomes kin...... Session-at-a-Glance From Creating Home ACTIVITY MINUTES Opening 5 Activity 1: Making Table Tents 15 Activity 2: Story — The Best Meal 10 Activity 3: Graces and Blessings 10 Activity 4:... Spiritual Preparation From Creating Home If you could share a meal with anyone you chose, who would you invite? What would you serve? Would the occasion be quiet and reflective, or joyous and... Opening From Creating Home Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Labyrinth Basket of n... Activity 1: Making Table Tents From Creating Home Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity... Activity 2: Story - The Best Meal From Creating Home Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of story, "The Best Meal" Optional: “The Best Meal” coloring sheet, and crayons Preparation for... Activity 3: Graces And Blessings From Creating Home Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of Leader Resource 2, Four Graces Four table tents, each with different grace words, from the ta... Activity 4: Breaking Bread Together From Creating Home Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity A large loaf of bread Water or juice for all participants Tablecloth(s), paper plates, paper cups, and... Closing From Creating Home Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice candle or LED/battery-operated candle Lighter and extinguisher, if needed Labyrinth, with... Leader Reflection and Planning From Creating Home Remember that saying grace will now become a regular spiritual practice for the group.... Faith In Action: Families Help at a Food Bank - Long-term From Creating Home Activity time: 10 minutes Preparation for Activity Identify a food bank, the kitchen of a homeless shelter, a food recovery program, or another... Alternate Activity 1: Family Time From Creating Home Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Star stickers Preparation for Activity Post a sheet of newsprint and draw ... Taking It Home From Creating Home Once the guest has eaten and drunk at your table, the guest becomes kin…beggar or enemy, friend or chief, if they knock on your door, it will open; if... The Best Meal From Creating Home Inspired by a story in Tales for the Seventh Day: A Collection of Sabbath Stories by Nina Jaffe (New York: Scholastic Press, 2000). Once a there was a... Leader Resource 1: Snack Recipes From Creating Home If you have time, you may like to extend Activity 4: Breaking Bread Together by engaging the children in preparing a more complicated snack together, by... Leader Resource 2: Four Graces From Creating Home Grace #1 For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything your goodness... Find Out More From Creating Home Graces and Blessings There are many resources for graces and blessings online, and here are two books to peruse: Rejoice Together: Prayers, Meditations ... PREVIOUS: Find Out More UP: Creating Home NEXT: Introduction Download all of Creating Home (Word) (PDF) to edit or print.