Class for November 16th, 2014

Two lesson plans in one class

Lesson 6: God's Plan for Salvation

Lesson 10: Salvation History

Game Show Catechism: St Mary's Press has a PPT/Keynote presentation — I like this, and I'm using it.

• Noted: the size of my class makes many of the SMP-designed activities impractical to do — it is simply too disruptive for my classes' size and the smallness of our room.

We're covering two somewhat incongruent lesson plans this weekend:

• Our journey toward salvation as a challenging and mysterious path for which we can rely on God for guidance
• Express how God has led his people in the biblical events of salvation history
• Identify the flawed biblical people of faith who rely on God
• Explain how God has acted through events 
• Explain that God works through good and bad events

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Class

6:40 - 7:00 Activity sheet "Called by God" match the verse with the description

• We'll need Bibles and the activity sheet

7:00 - 7:15 Game Show Catechism
7:15 - 7:20 Opening Prayer

• Father, throughout history you have guided us to bring about our salvation. You have given us a Covenant with Abraham, the Ten Commandments, the prophets; your only Son, Jesus Christ, His mother Mary, the Apostles, Scriptures and the Church. Yet, we still struggle to listen to you. You always forgive our wrong choices and you call us back home to You. You have made us good and to desire You. Please be patient with us. Give us the faith to trust You and follow Your will. We love you and we are thankful for all your blessings. We lift up this prayer in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

7:20 - 7:25 Today's overview — explain to class

• Salvation history: God's plan and our failed attempts to follow it.
• God is present and active working to unite us to Him

7:25 - 7:45 Mine Field (God's guidance in Salvation History)

• Go to the large hall with the class
• Pick 6 volunteers form into 3 pairs
• Lay down colored sheets on the floor
• Each pair gets a chance to guide one person through, only by speaking
• BOOM goes everyone else when a sheet is stepped on
• Reflect — ask the three blindfolded students to explain
• What did it feel like walking through the mine field successfully?
• What did you do to get through successfully?
• What was difficult?

• Read "Salvation History" on 63 

7:45 - 7:55 Abridged Human Bingo

• Write on the board the names of people who have had a positive impact on your lives
• Then write 5 events that had a BIG impact on your life
• Discuss
• Our history, and others, are important. It forms us into who we are now.
• God is active in our lives and actively forming what happens.
• The Bible is Our story of our salvation history
• We each have our own story as well. God is alive and active in our lives right now.
• Revisit the events listing
• How was God active in each event?
• Is it easy to find God? Hard? Why?
• My own example of God's participation in my life
• My friend Jim helping me back to my faith

• Read "Live It!" on page 69 

7:55 - 8:00 Do's and Don't of evangelization

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMLYBvmMbPE&feature=share

8:00 - 8:05 Closing prayer

•  Read the closing prayer on page 121. 
• Allow a few to respond for painful or joyful events from their lives
• Pray the conclusion 
• and the Lord's prayer