MaryAnn Unger- Southern Region

MaryAnn Unger

I began using visual prayer 

after attending a workshop led

by Connie Denninger 
a couple of years ago.

I wanted to include this prayer practice

in my classroom.

 In the beginning I just tried
to implement the praying/journaling in color - 

but found this to be too difficult 

for some of my students-
6th-8th grade.

I then tried it with just focusing 

on Advent and Lent.
I tie it in with our devotion 
and prayer time.

For Lent 2016, I downloaded calendars 

from the Praying in Color website.

prayingincolor-lenten-calendar-templates-2016

(There are new, updated calendars
 for each Advent and Lent.)

Our church- Resurrection Lutheran
in Cary, NC.

was using the Parables of Lent series
by Rev. Dr. Dean Nadasdy.
the-parables-of-lent 

It was a great fit 

to use the word of the day

as the starting point. 

 We then brainstorm other words or images 

that came to mind from the devotion.

 There were multiple calendar choices 

for the LENT 2016 season.

Another site for the online templates 

are the FILES section in the 

DC METRO Bible Journaling FB page.
DC METRO Bible Journaling

 This process has been used 

with the 6th-8th Grade classes in our school.

The samples here are from 6th graders 

and this is the first year 
for them to use this practice.

 One of the students not only used 

the visual connections

 but wrote out some 

thoughtful insights for herself.

See below:

Thank you to MaryAnn Unger 

for sharing the work of her students. 

She is part of the elementary school faculty

at Resurrection Lutheran School, Cary, NC.

 She serves this community as the Religion teacher. 

Her dedication to meet students right where they are

 and bring new prayer tools to the curriculum-

enriches everyone.