“With unshakable confidence, I participate
fully and freely in the adventure of Life!”
Theresa Fieberts
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EVERYDAY IS AN ADVENTURE! |
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What does adventure mean? An adventure is an unusual, exciting, and sometimes challenging experience or activity like exploring some unknown place or thing.
We experience adventure in our everyday lives whenever we go to a new place, a new school, or move to a new neighborhood. An adventure can also be our journey to learn or do something new like how to read, ride a bicycle or learn to swim.
Look at your life and see where adventure shows up. What were these adventures? What kind of experience did you have? What were the challenges? What were the gifts you received from the adventure. How did you change or grow? Who came along on the journey with you and who did you meet along the way?
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BE THE POND
Cosmic Kids Zen Den - Mindfulness for kids
Sometimes something happens unexpectedly during our everyday adventures and this creates unsettled feelings like being afraid, nervous, anxious, sad, worried, angry or overly excited. This mindfulness video shows us how we are separate from our feelings. They come and go - and we can observe them - without getting swept up by them. There's a really clever way of remembering this - our mind is like a pond full of fish. The fish are our feelings. If we remember to Be The Pond, we'll let those feelings just keep swimming by.
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WHERE WILL YOUR ADVENTURE TAKE YOU?
Life adventures can be challenging sometimes but they are meant to help us grow. Once we have an adventure there is no turning back from the experience. What we learn will stay with us forever and become a part of who we are. This is what makes adventures so important and why it's good to challenge yourself with new life adventures.
What are some things you would like to learn or experience? Think about an adventure you would like to have. It could be something you can experience now or something in the future. What does the adventure of your life look like? What will you do? Who will you be? Today, everyday and tomorrow? Where will your adventure take you?
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CREATE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE LOGO |
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Decide on having an adventure to learn or do something new. Create a logo using pictures or symbols and an affirmation that will help support you on your adventure.
What qualities will help you with your adventure? If you want to learn to ride a bike some of the qualities needed are, perseverance, balance, strong leg muscles and courage. Add these to your image to remind you of the things we can practice in order to help us on our journey.
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PROCESS
- Gather some materials like paper, markers, pencils, crayons, paints. you could look for stickers or stamps that match your adventure.
- Take a moment to sketch some ideas, images and symbols, as well as words that you would like to use for your logo
- Most logo are created in a circle. Use a cup or bowl to trace a circle with a pencil
- Decide where your words will go.
- Use a pencil and add pictures and symbols to your logo
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"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide
what kind of difference you want to make."
Jane Goodall
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GO ON AN ADVENTURE AND MAP IT!
Take a walk one day this week and pack a few supplies:
- a large piece of paper or a few smaller pieces
- crayons and/or markers
For this project we will stop at certain points on our walk and make a mark on our paper to represent that spot. We can make our mark in any way we choose. We could draw a picture or a symbol, write something about it, or even take a picture. Create your map in whatever way you are inspired.
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LET'S GET STARTED!
- Decide where your adventure will begin.
- Sit there for a moment and decide on how you can represent that point on your map. Are you in your house? Is there a tree close by or are sitting on a bench?
- Draw, write, take a picture or make a texture rubbing on your paper.
- Now take your walk and as you come across certain points that inspire and interest you, stop and take a moment to put that place on your map. It could be the place where you see beautiful scenery like flowers, trees or a waterfall, or where you see animals or run into a friend. It could also be a store or playground.
- When your adventure is over, you can give it a name, like the title of a story.
- Sit down with your adventure map and see if you can use your pictures or words and retell the story of your adventure walk.
- Share your adventure story with a friend!
Remember, everyday is an adventure! Find ways to map all your daily adventures like keeping a journal of your days events and challenges, or using a sketchbook to draw pictures or symbols representing important events in your life.
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"Do the best you can until you know better.
Then when you know better, do better." Maya Angelou
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DOUG UNPLUGGED
by Dan Yaccarino
This is the story of a robot who is plugged in everyday and filled with lots of information and facts about the world around them but realizes the best way to learn about the world is to go out and be in it.
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“Only those who will risk going too far
can possibly find out how far one can go.”
T. S. Eliot
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INTO THE UNKNOWN
by Idina Menzel, AURORA
A perfect song to demonstrate the adventure that we take when we choose to follow our inner calling to be who we are meant to be.
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MY WAY FORWARD IS PAVED
WITH THE STRENGTH OF A OPEN HEART
AND THE POWER OF AN OPEN MUND.
Practice using this affirmation everyday this week.
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Send in your artwork, ideas and thoughts about this week’s lesson and it will be added to next week’s newsletter!! I’m looking forward to seeing what you send to share with your Youth Community and families!
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Artwork by Ja'Lynn
This is an image of Ja'Lynn celebrating her success with trying something new! In this picture she is saying "I did It!!" because she is learning to play the guitar.
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MONTHLY YOUTH FELLOWSHIP
Sunday, May 23rd, 9:00am
This is our monthly online Zoom Program on the Fourth Sunday of the Month. We look forward to this opportunity to build on the month’s lesson and to share projects & activities. ALL are invited!! Children will participate in new lessons and activities as well as sharing our weekly activities.
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Meeting ID: 850 8501 9460 Passcode: 261116
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2021 Youth Newsletter Links |
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Use the links below to revisit the
2021 Youth Newsletters
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