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Teaching the Lord’s Prayer

February 7, 2019 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 2 Comments

[Editor’s Note: Last week Grow Christians author Jerusalem Greer wrote a piece for her own blog about teaching the Lord’s Prayer to children. I was captivated from the very first photograph featuring large, colorful prayer beads for the tiniest of hands. I’m reposting the tutorial with Jerusalem’s permission because I find it to be a valuable yet concise resource for parents, godparents, grandparents, priests, children’s formation teachers and anyone else striving to deepen a young child’s faith. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Faithfully, Allison] 

A while ago I was looking for a gift to give at church for children’s baptisms or to new parents, when I stumbled upon these jumbo prayer beads, perfect for little hands. Wanting to connect the beads to a practice of prayer, I devised a little method of traveling the beads while praying The Lord’s Prayer, connecting each bead to a portion of the prayer, in the hopes that this tactile practice would help the children both memorize and internalize the prayer that Christ taught us all to pray. This simple prayer guide is now available for download for anyone who would like to use this method for guiding little hands and hearts as they learn to follow Jesus, and his way of love.

Here is an easy, tactile way to teach kids of any age how to pray The Lord’s Prayer.

All you need is: 

  • Large chunky wooden prayer beads – I recommend these,  but of course you could make your own. If you do make your own, make sure to string them according to the pattern on the card. 
  • Printed Copy of the Prayer Card – save the picture above, or download the PDF here.
  • Dedicated time to practice –Practice praying The Lord’s Prayer with children at bedtime, at the dinner table, or in the car. 

Enjoy!

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Filed Under: Prayer, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Lords Prayer, Prayer, spiritual practice

About Jerusalem Jackson Greer

Jerusalem Jackson Greer is a writer, family minister, speaker, blogger, and the author of the book At Home in this Life: Finding Peace at the Crossroads of Unraveled Dreams and Beautiful Surprises, and A Homemade Year: The Blessings of Cooking, Crafting and Coming Together. Jerusalem lives with her husband and two sons (ages 12 and 16) at the intersection of beauty and mess, on a farm-in-progress in Central Arkansas. Together they are attempting to live a slower version of modern life rooted in their faith. In-between batches of laundry Jerusalem loves to write and speak all the wonderful trouble this pursuit causes her. You can find Jerusalem online at jerusalemgreer.com or on Instagram under the same name.

Comments

  1. Joyce Stewart says

    February 7, 2019 at 11:20 pm

    Where can you get the beads? / book?

    Reply
    • Allison Sandlin Liles says

      February 8, 2019 at 9:23 am

      Hi Joyce – these are the beads Jerusalem recommends: https://www.autom.com/product/Childs-Door-Knob-Rosary-6-YC363
      And here is the link to her instructions for you to download: https://jerusalemgreer.com/product/the-lords-prayer-card/

      Reply

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