Description:
A curriculum that builds God's beloved community.
Rooted in faith, this five-session formation curriculum is designed to help children in grades K-5 understand their own belovedness and the belovedness of their neighbors. Living God's Dream is a curriculum for children built from activities designed to cultivate the practice of seeing the image of God in everyone. Encouraging children to action, service, and relationships, the curriculum helps children resist ideas that treat others as outsiders.
The leader guide includes full lesson plans with rich content and experiential learning, as well as ideas for games, skits, crafts, and snacks. It also includes suggestions for storybooks that can frame each lesson.
Developed in conjunction with the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing and field-tested in churches, Living God's Dream is designed for use in a variety of settings, including Sunday school, schools, and Vacation Bible School.
Brief description: Katie McRee served as Youth Minister at St. David's Episcopal Church in Roswell, Georgia for over a decade, and has been a consultant for Ministry Architects. She has also written curricular material for the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. Katie was first inspired by youth ministry through her own youth minister in Central Florida, who mentored and encouraged her to seek out ministry as a career. She attended the University of Florida where she earned a degree in family, youth, and community sciences. She lives in Woodstock, Georgia.
Review Quotes: "Children are highly attuned to justice and fairness, yet very few mainline Protestant resources directly address racism in a way developmentally appropriate for children as young as preschool. Living God's Dream offers a much-needed resource for this work."