Lesson Plans Archives - Mireille Mishriky

Sunday School Lesson about The Virgin Mary and her Life of Obedience

Lesson PlansAugust 27, 20200Likes 0Comments

“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 the above, but this week's Sunday School Lesson about…

Sunday School lesson about The Annunciation – A lesson in trusting God

Lesson PlansDecember 17, 20180Likes 2Comments

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 and obey without questioning, like Saint Mary did.

Sunday School lesson about providing hospitality

Lesson Plans, Resources For The Orthodox FamilyOctober 25, 20180Likes 2Comments

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 concerns may have led you to answer my question with a resounding “Never”.)

Sunday School lesson about teaching children proper church etiquette

Lesson PlansFebruary 27, 20180Likes 10Comments

We learn proper Church Etiquette 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, the children must understand the Holiness of the Church and how to…

Sunday School Lesson about Saint Anthony the Great

Lesson PlansFebruary 6, 20180Likes 0Comments

Each child had a turn to explain how they would spend their “wealth” – we had all agreed that the money they had in their hands represented 3 million dollars.

Fun ideas to welcome children to their new Sunday School class!

Activities, Games, Resources, Lesson PlansSeptember 12, 20170Likes 0Comments

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 beloved Sunday School angels, I was blessed to meet my new class and…

Sunday School lesson: 4 Tips To Tame The Tongue

Lesson PlansSeptember 4, 20170Likes 0Comments

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 with a smile and whisper, “nicely played, God”.

Sunday School lesson about the Tower of Babel

Lesson PlansMay 29, 20170Likes 0Comments

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 of the students in my class ( grade three) must have heard this story…

Sunday School lesson about Saint Pachomios

Lesson PlansMay 15, 20170Likes 4Comments

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

Lesson PlansJanuary 15, 20170Likes 0Comments

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” , “incredible”.

Sunday School Lesson about the 10 commandments

Lesson PlansNovember 20, 20160Likes 2Comments

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!”.

Sunday School Lesson about David and Saul

Lesson PlansNovember 6, 20160Likes 2Comments

It took 12 lemons to turn a jug of water into a bitter tasting beverage. And it took 3 tablespoons of sugar to turn the bitter beverage into a sweet and refreshing lemonade.