Lord's Prayer Chain

Lord's Prayer Chain (literally)

Interesting way to reinforce learning this famous prayer.

An honest-to-goodness prayer chain-easy to make - like an old-fashioned Christmas chain - only smaller.

Boys like the chain!

Girls may add-on about 5 links (copy a cutout link on plain paper) and make a bracelet by joining the ends of the chain together at the last link. See complete instructions below.

VERSIONS KEY:

Debts or Trespasses versions

Long version: includes "for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen"

Short version: ends with "deliver us from evil"

Figurative versus literal PRAYER CHAIN:
A figurative prayer chain usually is people praying for someone or something other than themselves individually in a group. A group of people are involved in passing along the NEED of someone else or for something. They PRAY and COMMUNICATE the NEED to all others or a designated next "link" or person in the group to pray too.

A literal Prayer chain, as we have here, breaks a pray apart into phrases and each phrase is on a separate "link". We reconstruct the chain, link by link, saying each phrase as we add it to the chain.

	Copy for each student
	Glue (glue stick works fine)
	Scissors

No particular need to color unless yo want to. You can print in color or black and white. Color is pastel background which becomes light gray or white on black and white printer.

Making the prayer chain is just like making a Christmas chain, but smaller and takes a bit of dexterity, so may not be so easy for 1st graders and younger.

The maker must pay attention to get them in the proper sequence!

The chain pieces are numbered.

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Bracelet option: add-on about 5 links. Copy a cutout link on plain paper 5 times. Try 5 links first and see if you need more. Fit the bracelet over a clenched fist to get the right size. Do not glue last link to the first link until you have the size right. Make a bracelet by joining the ends of the chain together with the last link.