A message from Mrs. Betty at Good Shepard Parish

Jesus Shows His Love! And a Wonderful Gift!

As the children prepare to receive Jesus in their first Holy Communion, we encourage them to try to live and love like Jesus.

Jesus gave the gift of himself. We can give the gift of ourselves to others too. Throughout our preparation for First Communion, we will be using Jesus' Tree of Good Deed Certificate Booklet to give the gift of ourselves to others.

Good Deed Certificate Booklet: This week, your child is brought home a booklet for them to give certificates to friends and family members. On each certificate they write something they have done for someone- giving the gift of themselves to others. Their booklet has 4 certificates. Jesus Tree of Good Deeds: each week, have your child bring back their Certificate booklet and tell us what they did. For every certificate (Good Deed) done, your child receives a leaf, on the leaf they will write what they have done then tape the leaf to the tree. As we fill the  tree with leaves for acts of love that we have done (forgiving, healing, & feeding), we will watch our Jesus tree grow!