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Responses from the Children:
- In response to the Found Sheep presentation, "The sheep missed him because they are like brothers and sisters." (5 year old)
- In response to Psalm 23:1-3a, "David is saying, Thank you for helping me. Thank you for doing things for me." (4 year old)
- In response to Psalm 23:3a, "He restores my soul," "It's like he takes a vacuum cleaner inside us." (5 year old)
- In response to Psalm 23:4, "He's not afraid in the dark valley because he's with God and God is the light." (1st grader, with a similar response repeated by a second 1st grader in a separate group of children.)
- Three girls, ages 4 and 5, received the presentation of how the Good Shepherd calls his sheep to the Church and then were asked, "Do you know what names the Good Shepherd calls when he calls his sheep?" The first replied, so quietly it was hard to hear, and yet filled with wonder, "Us!" The second said, "He calls them 'Joy'!" The third child just stared silently at the sheep and then asked to stay and work with the material, remaining with it for more then ten minutes, bringing the sheep to the Church, gathering them around the altar table holding the paten, chalice, and small figure of the Good Shepherd.