Church Family Moment for Sunday, July 14

By Director of Spiritual Formation Rebecca Guzman

Scripture: Luke 2:41-52

1. Listen to a readaloud of Ada Twist, Scientist. On the storypath website, Joshua Andrzejewski reminds us that “one of the lifelong qualities that defines Jesus is his curiosity and willingness to explore. In the gospel passage for today, we see him as a child, drawn to the Temple, where he asks questions of the teachers… Ada Twist has lots and lots of questions that help her to understand the world better. Even when things don’t go as she’s planned, she still learns something by exploring and investigating.” How can you be curious like Jesus, and like Ada?
2. Play hide and seek, sardines version. In this version of hide and seek, one person hides, and everyone else has to try and find them. Once they are found, the second person hides with them, and so on until the last person finds the group. Think about what it would have been like to be Mary and Joseph looking for Jesus! What would it have been like to be Jesus?
3. Print out and complete a crossword, word search, or decoder.
4. Act out the story with narration. This is always a fun way to think about a story!
5. Journal, considering the following:
   1. What did you like about the story?
   2. What do you know about Passover?
   3. What do you think Mary and Joseph were thinking when Jesus was lost?
   4. How do you think the people in the temple felt?