Sowing Seeds for Christ

1. Sowing Seeds for Christ St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church Servant Meeting January 34, 2004 • Charlotte, NC http://www.coptic.org/stmarknc

2. The Source Power Luke 8:4–8 Holy Spirit Word of God Holy Bible Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

3. Sowing Seeds for Christ • Preparing yourself • Sowing • Reaping • Tools to help till, plant, and reap Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

4. Plan • Picture of Farmer planting seeds in hearts of students • Plan • Time Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

5. Plan • Text = written lesson • Teacher is in control of the text Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

6. Class Time 180  6 ____ 1080 52 weeks 52 hours Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

7. Format of Lesson Plan Objectives Material needed Opening prayer New vocabulary Motivation Lesson Development Teaching Activities Reviewing Closing Prayer Evaluation Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

8. Objectives • Knowledge • Feelings • Ability Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

9. Words Used in Objectives List Find Identify Compare Locate Write Explore Relate Contrast Demonstrate Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

10. Materials Needed Icons Pictures Tapes (VCR) Supplies Bibles Games Be ready! Class time is precious! Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

11. New Vocabulary • Add definitions to your vocabulary Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

12. Opening Prayer • It is a sign to start the class • Personally, you seek God’s grace • You teach them how to pray • You bring the class to feel God’s presence Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

13. Examples • Your kids: Say a sentence, they repeat after you. • Older Kids • Teacher can lead the prayer • Student can lead the prayer • Hand out the psalm that eventually they will memorize (139, 100) • Give two minutes silent time prayer (a way to meditation) Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

14. Motivation • Introduction • Lead to lesson presentation Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

15. Ways to Capture Attention • Object lesson • Demonstration • Story • Question • Explore a topic Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

16. Object Lesson • Video • Weather channel, storm, God’s grace • Seeds • Parable of the sower • Picture • Life of a saint Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

17. Story • From a book you read (Mother Teresa) • From the news or a magazine • From the lives of the saints • From your life experience Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

18. Explore a Topic Things we Knew 1) … 2) … 3) … Things we Learned 1) … 2) … 3) … Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

19. Lesson Development • Teaching the lesson • Activities • Review Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

20. Activities Students retain . . . • 10% of what they hear • 50% of what they hear and see • 75% of what they hear, see, and speak • 90% of what they hear, see, speak, and do Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC

21. Suggestions Video (Church, Liturgy) Contest between two groups Weekly St. Mark news Soccer trip Web sites Welcome newcomers Compliments Transportation Research about monasteries & monasticism Set a debate, choose a topic Trip to visit the monastery in CA Red Cross: First Aid training English class for newcomers Sowing Seeds for Christ • St. Mark Coptic Church • Charlotte, NC