Sunday School Lesson about The Virgin Mary and her Life of Obedience
“Behold the maidservant of the Lord” Luke 1:38 When you think of Saint Mary, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Mother of God? First among all women? Pride of our race? How about the CHAMPION of Obedience? She was all of the
Sunday School lesson about The Annunciation – A lesson in trusting God
Do we trust God? Blindly? Without Questions or Hesitations? Like Saint Mary did? Most of the children already knew the story. I was trying to find a way to make them experience what it is like to trust without understanding
Sunday School lesson about providing hospitality
Do we practice hospitality only with our friends and family members or do we practice hospitality on a daily basis? How many times have we opened our homes to complete strangers? Let me rephrase this question (I realize that safety
Sunday School lesson about teaching children proper church etiquette
Proper Church Etiquette is learned at an early age This week's Sunday School lesson about teaching children proper church etiquette was a delight but it was also a topic where a delicate balance had to be achieved. On the one hand,
Fun ideas to welcome children to their new Sunday School class!
A New Sunday School year begins Yesterday, we celebrated the start of the Coptic New Year (The Feast of the Nayruz) which also signals the start of a new Sunday School year. while it was difficult to bid farewell to my
Sunday School lesson: 4 Tips To Tame The Tongue
I must have learnt to speak even before learning to breathe; and I have not stopped speaking since. This made teaching a lesson about “controlling the tongue” hit close to home. One of those moments when you look towards heaven
Sunday School lesson about the Tower of Babel
Tower of pride! I had the blessing of teaching a Sunday School lesson about the Tower of Babel but I must admit, I was foolish to think that this lesson would be "simple" to prepare and deliver. I figured that most
Sunday School lesson about Saint Pachomios
Saint Pachomios was born to pagan parents and was a soldier in the army of the Roman Empire - not a likely candidate for the future role of founder of Communal Monasticism.
Sunday School Lesson: Most expensive hotels in the world vs. a manger
The kids were amazed by the pictures and the price tags ( as I was when I was researching the topic- $24,000.00 night????) I asked them to describe the rooms in one word. They came up with " amazing" , "elegant" ,
Sunday School Lesson about the 10 commandments
We started our discussion with a fundamental question: why do we need commandments? I asked them to imagine how class/school would be if there were no rules. Their answers ranged from "no learning possible" to "setting the school on fire!".