Recollection for Grade 5

Theme: “God Brings Hope into Our Lives”

Objectives:
At the end of the recollection, the students shall be able to:
1. Be aware of one’s feelings on what this pandemic affects everyone
2. Share with one another their recent experiences at home or their online classes
3. Recognize that God brings hope into our lives despite the difficult situation we are all
in and how to be instrument of God’s hope to others.

Context:

The one-hour recollection is designed for Grade 5 pupils of Our Lady of Perpetual Succor
College, Marikina. The theme “God Brings Hope into Our Lives”. Since we are in the
difficult situation of pandemic, a different yet special approach has to be utilized in this
recollection. It is to be done via google meet. The program has been designed to make
them somehow feel that they are in a recollection even for a limited time given.

Program Flow:

Time Activity Resources

5 mins. Basic Orientation Laptop
(Facilitator will orient first the students) Power point
/share screen
Mute your microphone.
*Turn on when you are called
*when you want to share something, raise your hand
and turn on microphone once acknowledged by the
facilitator.
*maintain an atmosphere of silence and be attentive
and participative all throughout the activity
*make sure you have with you your notebook and
ball pen for note-taking and for the activity.
3 mins. Opening Prayer/Hymn (video) Music video
(In Him Alone)
Let’s start now with an opening prayer. Let’s be To be played
attentive to the prayer and savor each words of the in a share
prayer which we talk to God and God listens to us. screen

3 mins Welcoming the participants Power point

1. *Welcome them for this Recollection. Explaining

briefly what is recollection and what is expected to
do when having a recollection. Then introduced the
theme.

3 mins. Introduction of facilitators Power point

(Bro. Armel, Bro. Samuel and Bro. Glenn)

5 mins. Getting to Know Activity

How are you? How do you feel at this
moment?
How’s home, your family?
How are your online classes?

Expected answers from students:

Feeling good, great

Anxious, tired (many assignments)
Disappointed (poor internet connection)
Parents are guiding them in their online classes,
thankful
More time with their family

Facilitator:
We are happy to know how you are. We thank God for this
opportunity to have a recollection, for a time to pause, savor
the experiences we have and reflect.

A while ago, we have introduced to you on our theme for

day. What is our theme again?

Call a student and let him/her answer.

Very good! “God Brings Hope into Our Lives”

 What is Hope then?
My dear children,
“Hope” is commonly used to mean a wish : its strength is the
strength of the person's desire. But in the Bible hope is the
confident expectation of what God has promised and its strength
is in His faithfulness.

Jesus gives us hope.

But how?
Let them turn around, and ask them, who are with you now?
Aren’t your brothers or sisters and parents are there with you?
Your together in your house. God brings hope to you through
them. You are loved.

You do attend classes even its online? Yes it is hope from God. Not
all children were given opportunities like you.

10 mins. Activity Power point

Dear students, let us now have our activity.

 Allow them to recall the opening hymn “In

Him Alone”.
 Ask them the guide questions:
What word/s or line that struck
you?
What do you think is the
message of the song/prayer?
If you want you may sketch,
write or draw in your notebook
something that touched you
from the song.
You may share it to the class so
that they too may be inspired.

5-mins. Short Break (Merienda) Instrumental

music to be
played
15 mins. Input/Discussion Power point

Reinforce the highlights of their answers/sharing

Indeed, God brings hope into our lives.

Scripture Verses:
 1 Peter 1:3-5- Jesus our Living hope

3 
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he
has caused us to be born again to a living
hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is
imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in
heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being
guarded through faith for a salvation ready to
be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 3:18- Jesus Our Only Hope

18 
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the
righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to
God. He was put to death in the body but made
alive in the Spirit.

Jeremiah 29:11- “For I know the plans I have

for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and future.”

Silence with instrumental music Instrumental

Students are to make their own prayer to music to be
Jesus played

5 mins. Challenge:

Receiving Hope from God, Sharing Hope to Others in their

Own Special Ways as children

Despite the pandemic, God brings hope to us

through our parents who constantly care and
love us, your teachers, your classmates,
friends, our front liners, etc. God gives us our
loved ones as His manifestations of His love
for us, He is our hope, he remains our hope,
and will always be…
A challenge to us all, that after we have
experienced God’s hope in our lives, we are
also called to be God’s hope to others… to
 your classmates, to your teachers, to your
family, especially your parents and siblings.
By sharing your blessings to others… by being
generous. Just like our Lord Jesus who gives
His life for all of us…

5 mins. Word of thanks

Thank you dear Grade 5 students for your

active participation in this recollection.
Remember, God brings us hope into our lives
and we are to share it also to our brothers and
sisters in our own little but yet special ways…
Again, thank you so much! This is Bro. Armel,
Bro. Samuel and Bro. Glenn, praying for you all
and have a blessed day to all.
Let us now have our closing prayer. Let’s pray
with this music video.

4 mins. Closing Prayer video clip:

Prayer for
Generosity by
Bukas Palad
Kids

Note:
Depending of the need, and if time permits, Ice breaker will
be given.

Prepared by:

Armel R. Collantes, SMM

Samuel M. Gonzales, SMM

Lord Ansel Glenn N. Bongcas, SMM