God’s Attributes

         Greetings and Opening Prayer

         First: Get the adolescents to work in pairs. Each pair should tell two of their virtues to their partner who will then write these down in big letters on a sheet of paper; and vice versa (adolescents often have difficulty perceiving their own virtues).

         Second: Get all of them back into the large group; ask each adolescent to highlight the qualities of his/her colleague and hand over the sheet of paper with his/her virtues. This study aims to develop the adolescents’ self-esteem and also the true meaning of charity ("The true character of charity is always modesty and humility, which consists in not seeing the superficial defects of others, but rather in striving to cause their goodness and virtues to predominate." The Gospel According to Spiritism, Chapter 10).

         Third: Remind them that God has all the qualities to perfection. The spiritist teacher should just mention the attributes of God, without commenting on them.

         Fourth: divide the adolescents in six groups. Each group will answer one of the questions from the Quiz (on God’s Attributes). They will need to explain and comment on the correct alternative to the larger group.

          [Quiz: God’s Attributes]

         Final prayer should be performed by a young volunteer

         Spiritist Teachers: Letícia, Richard and Débora.

         Translation: Carolina von Scharten, London, linked to BUSS - The British Union of Spiritist Societies.