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is is an activity that is appropriate for a group of teenagers originating at a parish in a youth ministry setting.
Description
This is a progressive meal in which the teens travel by bikes (or in-line skates) to several different restaurants in your area. Divide the meal into at least four courses. Start out with something healthy like a green salad or fruit salad at a health store or coffee shop. Next, move to bakery for a slice of fresh bread. (Send one person into the bakery to buy the bread and bring it outside. Have the group sit on a curb or nearby bench to eat the bread.) Then, move to a popular pizza place for the main course: pizza! Finally, have dessert at a local frozen yogurt or ice cream shop.
Prayer
Begin each part of the meal with a blessing over the food. Choose different teens to lead the blessing at each stop.
Grace Before Meals
Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts
which we are about to receive from your bounty,
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Grace After Meals
We give you thanks, Almighty God,
for these and all your blessings;
you live and reign for ever and ever.
Amen.
