Breakfast with God
Breakfast with God is a flexible children's faith formation program that creatively wraps prayer, song, a children's story, and a craft into a Gospel message. The upcoming Breakfast with God video series provides wholesome Gospel-centered content involving real families who incorporate Breakfast with God into daily family life in unique and personalized ways.
Inspired by previous episodes of Breakfast with God, the upcoming Breakfast with God video series provides wholesome Gospel-centered content involving real families who incorporate Breakfast with God into daily family life in unique and personalized ways.
The Breakfast with God Guides offer easy, step-by-step instructions for planning a Breakfast with God lesson in your home, classroom, parish, or virtually on ZOOM. Each downloadable Guide focuses on a specific Gospel and Gospel theme.
Dear Friend,
We are thrilled to announce that we are transforming Breakfast with God into a video series for families, parishes, and schools. Through a generous grant, we will professionally produce 12 episodes featuring the original co-hosts, Miss Anne Krane and Fr. Quang Tran, S.J. We are so excited to revitalize this beloved program, and we would love to include your family if you live in the Boston area.
Here's everything you need to know to feel comfortable and prepared:
What to Expect on Filming Day
聽聽聽聽- A small crew of 3鈥�4 people will arrive at your home, along with Ms. 聽聽聽聽Krane, who will help guide the prayers and teach the songs.聽
聽聽聽聽- We鈥檒l bring one camera, a few microphones, and plenty of good energy!
聽 聽 - We鈥檒l film wherever your family usually eats breakfast鈥攌itchen, dining 聽聽聽聽room, living room, countertop, or even the floor! There鈥檚 no "right" setup.
聽 聽 -聽The filming will take approximately 60鈥�90 minutes, and we鈥檒l do our 聽聽聽聽best to work with your schedule.
What to Wear
聽聽聽聽-聽Wear whatever feels natural and comfortable for your family. Pajamas 聽聽聽聽are absolutely welcome! There鈥檚 no need to dress up or change your 聽聽聽聽routine for us鈥攚e want to capture real family life.
What We'll Be Filming
We鈥檒l guide you through each part, and everything will be taught on-site鈥攏o prep needed beforehand. Here鈥檚 a quick overview of the activities:
听听听听1.听Gospel Acclamation 鈥� A simple and fun song with motions that Ms. 聽聽聽聽Krane will teach your children.
听听听听2.听Prayers of the Faithful 鈥� Children (and adults, if they鈥檇 like!) will each 聽聽聽聽say something like, 鈥淚鈥檇 like to pray for鈥︹�� followed by a movement to 聽聽聽聽symbolically send their prayers out into the world.
听听听听3.听The Sign of Peace 鈥� A warm moment of connection and kindness.
听听听听4.听The Our Father & Closing Prayer 鈥� A call-and-response prayer to wrap 聽聽聽聽up the reflection.
听听听听5.听Closing Song: "I鈥檝e Got That Joy" 鈥� A joyful, movement-filled song to 聽聽聽聽end our time together.聽
Adults are welcome to participate as much as they鈥檇 like鈥攚e love when the whole family joins in!
No Need to Stress
聽聽聽聽- Please don鈥檛 feel like you need to deep clean your house鈥攚e鈥檙e here to 聽聽聽聽celebrate real, everyday family life, not perfection. Our goal is to make 聽聽聽聽this a fun and easy experience. We鈥檒l guide you every step of the way!
Please to coordinate a day and time that works with your schedule. If you have any friends or neighbors who might also like to be part of this special project, please pass this message along鈥攁ll are welcome!
Thank you again for opening your hearts to this project. If you have any questions, just reach out to Megan Stevens at stevenax@bc.edu鈥攈appy to help.
With Gratitude,
Karen & Megan