Grade 12 Lesson 2

Grade 12 Lesson 2: The Living Church

Learning Outcomes

Church

• G12.LO8 - Defend the existence and function of your Church.
• G12.LO9 - Explain how the Church is the place where Sacraments are fulfilled.
• G12.LO11 -Dissect the quote, "Wherever the Church is, there is also the Spirit of God, and wherever the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and the fullness of grace." (St. Ireneaus)

Textbook Lesson

• USA & Canada: Lesson 2 Textbook PDF
• UEA: Lesson 2 Textbook PDF

Expanding Thoughts on Lesson

• The Church
  • The Parish Community: Our Life in Christ, Fr. Thomas Hopko [Hopko, F. T. H. (2002, July 21). The Orthodox Parish in North America. Orthodox Church in America]

Lesson Resources

• Bible Verses
  • (St. John 13:34-35) “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.”
  • (St. Matthew 22:37-39) "Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’"
• Worksheets
  • The Parish Community: Our Life in Christ" worksheet, Fr. Thomas Hopko

Connecting Materials

• Articles
  • The #1 Reason You Should Go To Church, Merin Thomas (Uhro The Way)
• Quotes
  • "Each social unit - the family, the school, the workshop, the parish, the Church universal - is to be made an ikon of the Triunity. Because we know that God is three in one, each of us is committed to living sacrificially in and for the other; each is committed to to irrevocably to a life of practical service, of active compassion." (Bishop Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Way)