Date
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Theme
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Scripture & Class Exercises
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March 16
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Miracles
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The Wedding at
Cana: 2:1-12
The Blind
Beggar: 9:1-40
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1. The
Wedding at Cana:
DVD (Disc 1; Chapter 3)
Elements of the Story: Read the story and as we go through it write
some of the elements of the story down on the board and what they symbolize.
Class
Response/Discussion:
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Wedding
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God’s
Covenantial Love
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Family Connection With Disciples present
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Jesus is connected to humanity
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Wine Runs Out
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We lose our connection to God
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Mother’s request:“Do whatever he tells you”
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Sometimes we need to be obedient and step out
in faith
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6 Stone Jars are for Water Rites. Living Water is Used Purification
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Jesus uses a common household object, but it
is also holy
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Take out, distributed, declared to be the “Best
Wine”
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Recognizing the value of Holy Connection &
Holy Connection is shared with everyone
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Some know about the miracle, some don’t
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We don’t always know when miracles happen to
us but they affect everyone
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2. The
Blind Beggar: DVD (Disc 1; Chapter 13)
Social construct of sin – What does it mean when
we commit a sin?
Class
Response:
We
go against God’s commandments & teachings
Sin causes a lot of
pain, hurt & dis-function.
SIN as: Systemic or Spontaneous Inflections of Negativity
What are some assumptions that we come across about
sin, both in the Gospel and in life?
Class
Response:
1.
Bad
things are a punishment from God
2.
The
person must have wanted it to happen
3.
Once
a bad person always a bad person
What is the assumption about the man who is born
blind?
*That his parents or the man caused his
own blindness.
How does Jesus break down the assumptions that
we have about sin?
* By showing us that it is possible to
get out of the pattern of sin.
* Discussion on how to get out of our
own assumption of sin and how we can accept forgiveness and miracles in our
life to be less sinful.
3.
Discussion: What Miraculous Events have happened in your
life?
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