Sunday School 2006

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Sunday School 2006
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Sunday School Curriculum

• 1.) The Sunday School will be following the
  Malankara Orthodox Curriculum in its entirety
  (KG-12th). 
• 2.) Each group has 2 years to complete their
  syllabus.
• 3.) The children will move on to the next level
  in Sunday School as a group.  Thus, age is not a
  factor.  Rather, it is the completion of the
  syllabus as a group that warrants the move up. 
  This is to make sure that everyone in each group
  gets the full benefit of the syllabus before
  moving on. 
• 4.)  All the books we need for the next two years
  will be ordered now.  Teachers will distribute to
  the children only the text/workbook that is
  currently being used. This is so they can get new
  books every so often to keep their interest up. 
  Also, we hope to minimize texts being lost, etc. 
  SS and parents will divide the cost of
  books 50/50.

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Sunday School Syllabus
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Sunday School Syllabus

• 1.) Teachers have developed an outline for the
  year based on available texts/workbooks.  This
  has been reviewed with the SS curriculum committee
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• 2.) The outline(s) will be posted on the Church
  bulletin board.  This is to help address parent's
  concerns that they are unaware of what is being
  taught in SS.  Individual class forums will
  remain on the main Church site for class
  assignments and as a mechanism to address parent
  questions.
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• 3.) There will be a midterm exam and a cumulative
  final exam for each class with prizes awarded. 
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• 4.) Teachers have been asked to be diligent in
  keeping attendance so that we can especially
  acknowledge those students who have been most
  regular at the end of the year.

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Class Outlines
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Group A Outline
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Group A Outline
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Group A Outline
NOTE A prayer will be repeated every Sunday from
a chosen child.Also we will be doing plenty of
crafts, songs, games, and overall, good Christian
way of living discussions.
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Group B Outline
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Group B Outline

• Other than the above chapters we are also
  planning to teach
• The Kauma
• Prayer before meal
• Prayer after meal
• Meanings of Amen, Barekmore, Hallelujah and
  Stoumenkalos Kurielaison

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Group C Outline

• Objective
• Describe actions of main characters in Bible
  Stories
• Get an overview of five books in the Old and New
  Testament
• Locate Bible references by becoming familiar with
  the placement of major Old and New Testament
  books
• Memorize selected Bible verses and recall
  familiar verses when used in meaningful settings
• Introduce to main Prophets and Bible Prophecies
  related to Jesus Christ
• To help the children
• Know that God loves and cares for us, that God
  wants our trust and obedience.
• Respond by trusting Jesus as savior, by thanking,
  serving, trusting and praising God by believing
  Gods promises and obeying His Commandments
• General Topic
• Introduction to our Church (Syrian Orthodox
  Church), Faith, Sacraments, Hymns, Prayers, etc.

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Group C Outline
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Group D Outline
Parallel Tracking Section A B Section A
Completed over 2 years Aim Develop awareness of
Christian life and practices a. Prayers
fasting (Ref hand outs homework) b. Feasts of
Our Church (Ref Std IV book) c. Orthodox
Christian faith and practices synods -gt
Creed (Ref Std VI book and supplement
info) d. Salvation of the faithful (Ref Std VI
book) e. Our Sacraments (Ref Std VI
book) f. Intercession and Saints (St. Mary, St
Gregoriose)
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Group D Outline

• Parallel Tracking Section B
• Year I Old Testament
• I. Gods administration of His people (Std IV
  book)
• a. Review Adam ? Joseph ? Moses ? Joshua
• Judges -gt Kings -gt Prophets -gt
• John -gt Lord
• Year II New Testament
• II. The History of Salvation (Std V book)
• Christ our Lord
• Christ -gt Apostles -gt
• Growth of the Church around the world
• Orthodox Church in India
• Sacramental relation to other churches in the
  world and India

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Group E Outline
Unit 1 Personnel Commitment and Purpose of
Life Purpose of life Who am I and how is my life
mine? Define my relationship to God Unit 2 My
Lord and My God Ministry of Christ Good News
preached by Christ and its relation to my
life Fast with Christ Confess my Sins to
Christ Communicate with my Lord Laws of the
kingdom of God
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Group E Outline
Unit 3 My Church and Me Role of Church in my
life Scriptures and Tradition Gods work and
mans response History of the Church Great
fathers of the Church Unit 4 My Family and
Me The family The Mystery of Marriage Unit 5
The World around Me People Around Me Tolerance to
others
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