Veterans+Day+Letters

VETERANS DAY LETTERS ACTIVITY! Freedom is not free. This lesson will be teaching this concept to children to help them understand that there are many people who have served and are serving in our armed forces so that we can live in a country where we are free. Especially, free to worship Jesus - our Savior! We are using Blackline 4-B from the CPH Voyages first grade curriculum. It depicts an American Flag and a Christian Flag as well as the following sentence starters, if you are creating it from scratch. Dear, _____ I prayed for you today. I asked God to... Sincerely, ___ Our plan is to color the flags and fill in the lines with a message of thanks and asking for God's blessings on our veterans. The children will have the opportunity to hand deliver these letters and personal messages of thanks, at our Active Seniors luncheon, which is the week of Veterans Day. Their program is focusing on Veterans and their family members and sharing memories of service and life during service. I am also asking our congregation to compile a database of names of our Veterans so that in the future, these types of letters or recognition could be mailed as well.