Discover Your Neighbor (DYN) offers unique materials and lessons to inspire young people to engage on issues so that they can live out their faith as agents of love and service.
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Fall 2026 Digital Edition Coming Soon!Thought-provoking lesson plans for Fall 2026:
The call of missionary discipleship to embrace the human dignity of everyone around the globe.
Grades K-2
United in Mission, Fall 2026
25-30 minutes
Using the simple frame "Jesus Sends Us to Share His Love," this lesson introduces young students to the Almanza family's move to Bolivia through Solomon's kid-level narration, then invites them to name one person they can share God's love with this week — anchored in the CST theme of Life and Dignity of the Human Person.
Grades 3–5
United in Mission, Fall 2026
35-45 minutes
Told through the voice of 11-year-old Siena Almanza, this lesson centers on the tension between comfort and calling — choosing Maryknoll over "the house with the white picket fence" — helping students see that being sent by Jesus doesn't require certainty, only willingness. (Also available in Spanish.)
Grades 6–8
United in Mission, Fall 2026
35- 45 minutes
This lesson traces Ray and Liz Almanza's full discernment story — Liz's cancer diagnosis, Ray's ministry background, their Covenant and Sending Ceremony — pushing students past recognition-level engagement to evaluate how "leaving the shore" embodies the CST principle of Life and Dignity of the Human Person in concrete, costly terms.
