Prayer
Primary 1 · Social and Religious Studies
Prayer
Lesson 4 of 6
10 min
Let's begin
Umutoni walks the red path to school every morning.
She passes a church with a metal roof. Further on she passes a mosque.
She thinks people can only talk to God inside those two buildings.
Today you will find out whether she is right.
People pray in many different places.
So Umutoni was not right.
Careful! A church and a mosque are places where people pray together.
But they are not the only places a prayer can happen.
A child can pray sitting at her own desk.
A child can pray on her sleeping mat, with nobody else awake.
Sometimes people pray together, in one voice.
That happens in a church, in a mosque, or in a family at home.
Sometimes a person prays alone, and nobody hears.
Both are real. Neither one is better than the other.
Ishimwe prayed while he was weeding the bean field.
Mugisha prayed on the bus, looking out at the hills.
Neither of them stopped what he was doing.
The place did not change the prayer at all.
Tip
Anywhere your feet are
Home, school, the community, a church, a mosque, everywhere.
Does a prayer need a special room? Remember the bean field and the bus.
Do each one, then tap Show answer to check.
Name three places where people pray.
Answer: at home, at school and in a church or a mosque. Everywhere else counts too.
True or false: we can only pray in a church.
Answer: false. People also pray at home, at school and everywhere else.
Keza wants to pray but she is sitting at her desk. Can she?
Answer: yes. She does not need a special building.
Where do people pray together in one voice?
Answer: in a church, in a mosque, or with the family at home.
Look around the room you are in right now. Could somebody pray here?
Answer: yes. Every place is a place where a prayer can be said.
What you learned today
Quick check
A prayer needs a special building.
