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UNWRAPPING LITTLE GIFTS *E-BOOK*
Making the Gospel Come Alive for Children Mary Budden and Nancy Baize PDF, $19.95 208 pages, 8½” x 11” ISBN 0-89390-705-7 View Table of Contents 
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Involve children in worship and learning. Unwrapping Little Gifts gives you some basic principles, a few tools, and 30 short dramas useful in Children’s Liturgy of the Word, children’s liturgies or catechesis. The skits are divided into sections based on themes: love, thanks, justice, (w)holiness, sharing, Advent/Christmas, Lent/Easter and Hispanic culture. Each skit lists its own particular themes, Scripture references, setting, props, characters, songs and handouts. The handouts — most of which come ready to photocopy and cut out — reinforce each skit’s Gospel message.
About the Authors
Mary Budden has a long history of ministry in her home parish, St. Brigid’s in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to co-creating the scripts and ideas in this book, she shares her talents in teaching liturgical dance to local youth groups.
Nancy Baize has spent much time helping young people claim ownership of their faith expressions. Attending Oblate School of Theology, she received her lay ministry program certificate and is currently completing her degree in religious studies.
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Contents
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Preface: A Little Parable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Why Us? Why This Little Book?
A Little Background: How We Began Our Puppet Ministry
Scriptwriting Worksheet: Breaking Open the Good News
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Puppet Ministry
Story Time
Skits for Special Programs
A Little Word about Handouts
A Little Encouragement
A Little Blessing
Part One: A Little Love
1. The Gift of Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2. Happy Heartburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. Little Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4. The Little Lost Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5. Love Forever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Part Two: A Little Thanks
6. A Little Giving, A Little Thanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
7. Sharing Brings True Riches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Part Three: A Little Justice
8. Heart to Change the World. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
9. It Starts with a Heart Full of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
10. Rainbow Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
11. Sharing Our Silver Spoons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Part Four: A Little Wholiness
12.TheBest ICanDo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
13. Fingerprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
14. Not Quite Finished Yet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Part Five: A Little Sharing
15. Body Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
16. Pass the Peace, Please!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
17. Share a Smile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
18. Share Your Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
19. Specially Made. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Part Six: A Little Preparation and a Little Rejoicing— Advent & Christmas
20. Clean Up Your Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
21. Gettin’ Ready. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
22. A Little Quiet Whisper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
23. Just a Little More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Part Seven: A Little Repenting and a Little Alleluia—Lent & Easter
24. Seeing Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
25. What’s Your Excuse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
26. Empty Surprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
27. Sunshine and Her Seven Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Part Eight: Un Piloncito—A Little Gift of Hispanic Culture
28. Our Lady of Guadalupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
29. Pan Bendito (Blessed Bread) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
30. Los Posadas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Epilogue: A Little Parable (revised, with a lovely little change) . . . . 145
Appendixes: Children’s Liturgies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Appendix A: Developing Children’s Liturgy . . . . . . . . . . 155
Checklist: Little Steps Along the Way
Children’s Liturgy Questionnaire
Appendix B: Little Ministry Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Appendix C: Let the Little Children Come . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Parish Survey
Appendix D: Planning the Children’s Liturgy. . . . . . . . . . 173
Children’s Liturgy Planner
Appendix E: A Model Children’s Liturgy . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Index of Scripture References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189