b'PRINT COPIES FOR CLASS: SMP.ORG/ASPIREVOL16 Lead the participants through the followingSchedule this activity for the first week in Lent. process: Then hang the students crosses on a small tree Write the word Act on the left side of theor branch displayed in the classroom. Each week horizontal crossbeam. Write the word Walkduring Lent, ask the participants to write on on the right side. a strip of paper an example of how they have practiced one of the justice disciplines. Invite B them to glue their strip on their cross next to the On the top part of the vertical beam, write the word Love. On the bottom part, write thecorresponding command.word justly.Help students make one large justice cross and Turn the cross over.C hang it in the classroom. Provide blank strips of D paper and tacks. Each week during Lent, invite On the left side of the horizontal beam, writestudents to write on the paper strips ways they the word Fast. Write the word Pray on thehave lived out one of the commands and to attach right side. the strips to the cross.On the top part of the vertical beam, write Ethe word Give. On the bottom part, writeScriptural Connectionsthe word away." Isaiah 57:15 (God is a high and holy God who 7 Conclude the activity by inviting volunteers tolives with people who are humble and repentant.)choose one of the words on the cross and tell the group how they will make a commitment in thatMatthew 6:57,1618 (Jesus teaches about prayer area to do justice to God and others during Lent. and fasting.)Luke 9:23 (Take up your cross every day and Alternative Approaches follow Jesus.)The six commands of the justice cross can be used1 Corinthians 13:3 (If you give away everything as themes for the six weeks of Lent. Create thebut have no love, it does you no good.)cross throughout the Lenten season. Each week have the young people add a different command to the cross and challenge them to find one way of doing justice in their world by living that command.This activity is adapted from Justice and Service Ideas for Ministry with Young Teens, a manual in the HELP series, by Joseph Grant (Winona, MN: Saint Mary\'s Press, 2000). Copyright2000 Saint Marys Press. All rights reserved. CLASSROOM IDEA 33'