St George Church Religious Education Curriculum
Pre K – Kindergarten: God in Our Life
Books: Getting to Know God
So Great a God
A Way of Life
1st – 2nd Grade: Church In Our Life
Books: Walk Through The Orthodox Church
3rd – 4th Grade: Parables/Bible Stories/Life of Christ
Books: 100 Bible Stories
Parables of Our Lord
The Life of Christ
5th – 6th Grade: Saints & Icons / Christian Way of Life
Books : Lives of Saints & Major Feast Days
Forty Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Come Bless the Lord Icon Packet
Worship in the Orthodox Church
The Christian Way of Life
7th – 8th Grade: The Nicene Creed/Sacraments and Ten Commandments
Books: The Nicene Creed for Young People
Teenage Ten Commandments
The Sacraments of the Orthodox Church
High School (9th – 12th Grade): Life and the Orthodox Church
Books: The Orthodox Church: 455 Questions and Answers
Come Receive the Light Bibles – New Testament
Religious Education Class Overview
Pre-K/Kindergarten: God In Our Life
This class will introduce your child to the Orthodox Christian Life. With lessons about Christ, Theotokos, how we treat family and friends, and many other basics of our faith.
1st – 2nd Grade: Church In Our Life
We will take the children on a tour through Our Church explaining the meaning of many items found inside. Icons, candles, incense, chandeliers, vestments and the angels to name a few, all tell us a story about our faith.
3rd – 4th Grade: Parables/Bible Stories/Life of Christ
Using examples of men and women in the bible and
Christ himself, this group will learn stories in the Old and
New Testament. Learning examples of right, wrong and
forgiveness in the light of God’s love will be used.
Examples of Parables and the life of Christ and how they
relate to Christian living will be given.
5th – 6th Grade: Saint’s & Icons / Christian Way of Life
Students will focus on stories of our Faiths Heroes (the Saints) who have responded to God’s call. Through these
examples of faith, loyalty, self-sacrifice, obedience, love,
justice and social responsibility the children will learn abut the great sacrifices made in the name of God. In addition the Divine Liturgy, Beatitudes, The Lord’s Prayer and Holy Week will be explained as the students explore the Orthodox Christian Way of Life.
7th – 8th Grade: The Nicene Creed / Sacraments
& Ten Commandments
This group will be completing an in depth study on the
Nicene Creed, The Orthodox Faith and the Ten Commandments.
Therefore instilling the conviction that their relationship
with God and His church is central to all things.
High School (9th – 12th) Grade: Life and the Orthodox
Church
This class will address many moral issues facing
teens today using the Orthodox church as the guideline.
The teens will be shown how Orthodoxy is applicable in their
Daily lives.
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