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Preparing for Lent .

• Learning Objective
• To know what happens on Ash Wednesday.

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How many words can you make from todays title??

• In search of wholeness

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Think about a time when something in your life
went wrong.

• Was it an exam?
• Where you late for something and ended up missing
  it?
• Was it when you lost a football match?
• Was it a row you had with someone?
• Describe what went wrong.
• Whose fault was it?
• What happened as a result?

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Listen to the song

• What is this song about?
• Do you think its ever too late to apologise?
• Do you think everything should be forgiven?
• Whats the Christian view on saying sorry?
• YouTube

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Scenario

• A week ago Ciara found out that her best friend
  Aoife had been talking about her behind her back.
  This really upset Ciara and she decided to stop
  speaking to Aoife. Yesterday, Ciara received a
  text message from Aoife explaining how sorry she
  was and how much she missed her friendship. She
  promised that shed never do this again.
• Task Write a text message back to Aoife.

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Ash Wednesday

• Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. It is a
  time when we think about the things that have
  gone wrong in our lives and we try to mend them.
• For example, we say we are sorry to people we may
  have been rude to.

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• Renewal of faith- Ash Wednesday
• Easter is such an important Christian festival
  there are 40 days of preparation leading up to
  it.
• These days of preparation are known as Lent.
• They start with Ash Wednesday and end with
  Easter Sunday.

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• What happens on Ash Wednesday?
• The first day of Lent is called Ash Wednesday.
  On Ash Wednesday
• Christians attend a special service where the
  priest will make the sign of cross on the
  foreheads of worshippers while saying the words
• Turn away from sin and believe in the Gospel
• The cross is a sign that you are sorry for
  your sins. The ash comes from burning the Palm
  branches from the previous year.

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Turn away from sin and believe in the Gospel
Youve been asked to rewrite the above statement
so that year 2nd class primary pupils will
understand it. In pairs write a simple sentence
to explain what this means.
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What do Christians do during Lent?

• Pray go to Church
• Fast give up something you really like
• Give Alms give money to charity

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In pairs mind map what you can do for Lent.
Things we could do
Things we could Give up
People we could Pray for
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Match the beginning to the end..
money to charity. ..the first day in
Lent. we are sorry for our sins. 40 days and
40 nights.

• Ash Wednesday is.
• Lent lasts for
• The cross is a sign
• During Lent we give.

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Ash Wednesday..
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Reflect - What I can do during Lent?

• Describe how you can celebrate Lent..
• Who could you pray for?
• What could you give up?
• Which charity would you donate to?