FEAST OF THE CROSS

2010, September - wk 4(Grade 2)

  • About 300 years after our Lord was crucified, Emperor Constantinebecame king.
  • He was a righteous man, whose mother was Queen Helen. They loved the Lord.
  • The Cross on which the Lord was crucified was lost; no one knew where itwas.
  • Hoping to find this Cross, Queen Helen went to Jerusalem where the Lord was crucified.
  • She looked everywhere but could not find it.
  • Finally, Queen Helen found an old man named Judas who told her where the Cross was buried.
  • The Jews who didn’t believe in Jesus hid the Cross by covering it up with garbage over many years.
  • Queen Helen went and removed the big mountain of garbage and found 3 crosses underneath.
  • Which one was the real Cross our Lord was crucified on?
  • Queen Helen did not know but she believed in the amazingpower of the Cross.
  • She tested its power by puttingeach cross on a deadperson.
  • Nothing happened with the 1st and 2nd crosses, but when the 3rd Cross was put on the dead person, hebecame alive again! This was the real Cross.
  • Emperor Constantine & Queen Helen built a big church and put the Cross in it.

Verse of lesson

“God forbid that I should glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” Galatians 6:14

Discussions

1)Why is the Cross so powerful? Our Lord Jesus Christ crushed Satan (and death) and gave us salvationby dying on the cross.

2)How do we feel and/or use the power of the Cross? We carry it in our hearts and mind by: praying with it, use it all the time (when happy, thankful, discouraged, scared, lonely, sad…)

Praying(Review)

  • Prayer is a CONNECTION to God, connecting our HEARTS & THOUGHTS to God.
  • When praying we must:
  1. Find a quiet Place
  2. Slow down to Contemplate
  3. Close our eyes to Concentrate
  • Pray before dinnerevery day using all 6 verses
  • Hold the Cross in hand to strengthen us

Memorizing

“Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; for my eyes have seen Your salvation” Luke 2: 29-30

Role Acting(Time permitting)

Children will take turn acting out story, 3 crosses buried under pile of crumbled paper; Queen Helen questions Judas Jewish man, digging and found 3 crosses, taking each cross to put on a dead person.

FEAST OF THE CROSS

2010, September - wk 4(Grade 2)

LESSON REVIEW

Circle the correct answers below:

1)The Cross was found by Queen Helen, Emperor Constantine’s mother.

* TRUE* FALSE

2)The Cross is powerful because:

* It looks nice* Our Lord Jesus crushed Satan & gave us salvation by dying on it

3)How do I feel the power of the Cross?

* By playing with it* By praying with it, and using it all the time

4)When we pray, we must:

* We rush to finish quickly

* We find a quiet place

* We close our eyes & concentrate

* We slow down to think of what we say