God and Me Sample
Retreat, Grades 1-3
A God and Me retreat
can be a one-day event with required parental attendance. To keep things
simple, participants can be asked to bring their own sack lunches as
well as a pencil case with scissors, glue, and markers or crayons.
When choosing a
site, keep in mind that it would be helpful if the church had stained
glass windows. One of the options in Lesson 2 suggests looking at
stained-glass windows and then designing your own. This translates into
a nice craft for the retreat.
The God and Me
curriculum has four sections. Each section has two Bible lessons, a game
that the children make and play, and a family project. The lessons will
run 1 hour and 15 minutes. Even though the fourth lesson includes a
summary game of the whole program, a “round robin” format works well
with this program.