Grade 1 - Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States

Sunday School Curriculum Grade 1
than one.” So the men sent the man through the roof, two of them holding one end and the other two
holding the other end. They had to cooperate together so the paralytic man would not fall off his bed.
Finally, the four men placed their paralytic friend in front of Jesus. And when Jesus saw that the
four men had so much love for each other and so much faith. He also saw how they all co-operated
together for Jesus knew that “two are better than one”, He placed his hands on the paralytic and said:
“Son, your sins are forgiven you. I say to you, arise and take up your bed and go to your house.”
And immediately the man arose and took his bed and walked home. All who saw this were amazed
and said, “we never saw anything like this.”
Where was Jesus preaching?
Did a lot of people come and listen to Him? The house was full or empty?
How many men were there with the paralytic man?
What did they think of?
When they arrived to the house, what did they find?
What did they decide to do?
How did they carry the man to Jesus?
Why did Jesus decide to heal the man?
What did Jesus say to the paralytic?
We cooperate together at church so the service can be easier. For example, during the Divine
Liturgy, there are 2 or 3 deacons taking turns saying the parts of the Liturgy and thus this is
cooperation. And in Sunday school, we can cooperate by helping each other to clean and organize
the classes. We can also encourage each other to come to church. At church we cooperate together
by helping clean the church, if everyone does a small part in the church, then the church would
become cleaner faster instead of one person cleaning the church. Also, we cooperate together by
keeping the church clean and quiet by throwing away trash in the trash can and by not talking in
church.
Cooperation is not only done at church, but also at home and school. We cooperate and help
our parents clean the house when guests come over, and at school we cooperate with the teacher by
doing our homework and turning it in on time.
What do we learn from this story?
What is the verse?
We should all cooperate together because we are all part of the body of Christ and Christ loves us
more when we work together. He promised us saying, “For where two or three are gathered together
in My name, I am in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20).
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