God is Love Video Catechism

Unit 1

Our Church

Lesson 1: Our Church Family

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Objective: The children will explain that the Church family is made up of many families and define the Lord's Day and feast days.

Lesson 2: Our Church Family Worships God

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Objective: The students will appreciate the wonder of their bodies and be able to explain how we worship God with our whole body.

Unit 2

Who is God?

Lesson 3: God is Holy

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Objective: The children will be able to state two concepts about God: God is holy and God is Trinity.

Lesson 4: God Created the World

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Objective: The students able to state that God made the world, and they will identify one way to care for God's creation.

Lesson 5: God Created Us

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Objective: When asked, the students will be able to state that God created them in His image and loves them and that God made them to live forever with Him on earth and in heaven.

Lesson 6: God's Word

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Objective: The students will be able to state that the Bible stories have lessons to teach us. They will be able to tell the story of Noah

Lesson 7: God's Love

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Objective: The students will be able to state we
learn from the Exodus story that God loves His people.

Unit 3

Who is Jesus?

Lesson 8: Jesus is God's Son

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Objective: The students will be able to state that Jesus was sent to lead us to God, and that we learn about Jesus and His teachings in the Gospels.

Jesus is one of the Trinity. Jesus loves children. Jesus said, "I am the Good Shepherd." Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead. When we receive Holy Communion, we receive Jesus.

Lesson 9: Jesus taught us that God is our Father

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Objective: The students will be able to state that Jesus taught us to call God, "Father," and that God loves us and will take care of us.

Jesus taught us about God. Jesus taught us that God loves us like a father. A good father will take care of his children. God will take care of us.

Lesson 10: Jesus Taught Us to Love

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Objective: The students will be able to state Jesus' most important lesson teaches us to love one another.

Lesson 11: Jesus Taught Us to Ask Forgiveness

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Objective: The students will learn the story of the Prodigal Son and be able to state that when we sin, we are to ask forgiveness, and God will forgive us.

Once a young man left his father’s house and took a lot of money. He was gone for many years. He wasted all his money and became very poor. He didn’t have good clothes. He didn't have food to eat. He was very unhappy. He knew he had to go back home. He hoped his father could forgive him. When his father saw the son coming, he ran to him. The father embraced the son. He welcomed him home. The father had never stopped loving the son. The father was so happy to have the son home again.

Who is like the father in the story? (God) God will always forgive us. We should never be afraid to ask God to forgive us.

This is God's way.

There are two things Jesus wants us to do? What is one of them? (Love) What is the other? (For-give) This is God's way. Love, and when we have not loved, when we have hurt someone, ask forgiveness.

Lesson 12: We Love Each Other

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Objective: The students will learn that God wants us to love our parents, family, friends, and all people.