Epistles, Feasts and Sacraments
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1 Peter: The Word of the Lord
I PETER 1:25
Scripture verse: “But the word of the Lord endures forever.”
2 Peter: All Diligence
II PETER/ JUDE
Scripture verse (II Peter 1:5-7): “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.”
Objectives:
John: The Word of Life
I, II, AND III JOHN
Revelation: Four Living Creatures
THE REVELATION
Scripture Verse (Rev. 4:8): “The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”
Objectives:
- Students should memorize the verse.
- Students should understand the context of these words in the Divine Liturgy.
Background of the book:
Baptism
BAPTISM
Objectives:
- Students should know the Scriptural basis for baptism in the baptism of Jesus and Romans 6.
- Students should be able to review the order of the service and its meaning.
- Each student should be able to perform an “emergency” baptism.
Possible Lesson Plan:
Chrismation
CHRISMATION
Objectives:
- Students should understand the significance of Chrismation as the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Students should know the general order of the service and its meaning.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer.
- Scriptural basis: Joel 2:28, Ezekiel 36:25-27, Jeremiah 31:31-34, John 7: 37-39, John 16: 13-14, Acts 1:4-5, Acts 2:1-16, 8:14-17, 19:1-7, Ephesians 1:13-14, II Cor. 6:19-20
Annunciation
THE ANNUNCIATION
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Confession
CONFESSION
Objectives:
- Students should understand the origin of confession and its meaning.
- Students should know how to prepare for confession.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer.
- Scriptural basis: 2 Samuel 11:1-12:13, Psalm 51, I John 1:9, Matthew 18: 17, James 5:16, John 20:23, Matthew 16:19, John 8:11
Palm Sunday
PALM SUNDAY
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Pascha
PASCHA, THE FEAST OF FEASTS
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