Church Family Moment for Sunday, January 25, 2025

By Director of Spiritual FormationRebecca Guzman

1. Don’t resist the temptation to illustrate this story with some good old-fashioned kool-aid! They even make the kind now where you can just put a few drops into the bottom of an empty pitcher and then fill it with water, or you can use the powdered kind. Of course, this is not a miracle, but it is a lot of fun to imagine what it was like for the disciples to witness this miracle!
2. Illustrate this story. Make sure to include facial expressions for the people when they realized that Jesus had performed his first miracle! You can use anything you want to draw and color.
3. Listen to a readaloud of Fancy Nancy and the Wedding of the Century by Jane O’Connor. Nancy attends her uncles wedding, and it isn’t as fancy as she had hoped it would be. Still, she is able to share some of her own joy and creativity. Weddings are often occasions when lots of things can go wrong, but there is joy in the celebration. Why do you think Jesus’ first miracle is at a wedding feast? What could this tell us about who Jesus is?
4. Journal, considering the following:
   1. Why do you think Mary told Jesus to do something about the problem? What does he say? What is interesting about this interaction?
   2. Share some of your favorite wedding memories, or if you are too young to have been to many weddings, ask the grown-ups in your life to share some of their wedding memories.
   3. What would you have thought if you were a servant or guest at the wedding?