Chapter Goals

• To understand that throughout human history God has reached out to help his people
• To celebrate that God promised salvation through his Son, Jesus Christ, the Messiah
• To respond to God's promise of salvation by helping and serving others

Share and Discover
Remind the young people that God's promise of salvation is for all people. This good news is particularly relevant to junior high school students, who may feel rejection quickly and
deeply. Hold Jesus up as an example of God keeping his promise by helping us in difficult times.
Remind the young people that they can always turn to Jesus for help and friendship. Finally, remind the young people to reach out to others by helping and serving others.

Share how you hgave experience God reaching out to you and others in your life. This may be in the actions of others or stories shared with you.

Scripture Discovery: What's the Word
The infancy narratives contained in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke tell the story of Jesus’ birth and childhood. Use your Bible to find which Gospel contains the following parts of the narratives. 

1. The Genealogy of Jesus
2. Announcement of the Birth of Jesus
3. Mary Visits Elizabeth
4. An angel appears to Joseph in a dream
5. Joseph and Mary travel to Bethlehem
6. Jesus is born and laid in a manger
7. The Visit of the Magi
8. The Visit of the Shepherds
9. The Massacre of the Infants
10. The Flight to Egypt
11. Anna, the prophetess, gives thanks to God for Jesus

Online Assessment: Due for Completion by 11/02/2020
Direct students to the Sadlier Connect website:  https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@PAR70079
Using the username and password assigned to you, log in and take the online assessment for Chapter 7: WHO OR WHAT HELPS ME IN DIFFICULT TIMES? Please have your student complete and submt the assessment by the end of Monday, 11/02/2020.

Chapter Goals

• To learn how the coming of Jesus Christ fulfilled Israel’s hopes for the promised Messiah
• To trust that Jesus Christ, true God and true man, continues to be with us and to share God’s life with us in a special way
• To evangelize by sharing the truth that Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah.

Scripture Discovery: What's the Word
Read the account of The Boy Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:41–52). If you were in the Temple that day, what question would you ask Jesus?
 
Online Assessment: Due for Completion by 11/16/2020
Direct students to the Sadlier Connect website:  https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@PAR70079
Using the username and password assigned to you, log in and take the online assessment for Chapter 8: DO I KEEP MY PROMISES?Please have your student complete and submt the assessment by the end of Monday, 11/16/2020.

Chapter Goals

• To understand that God’s Kingdom is the power of God’s love active in our lives and in our world
• To trust that, by living according to the Beatitudes, we will find true happiness as we spread God’s Kingdom
• To proclaim God’s Kingdom every day through what we say and what we do.

Prayer Discovery: The Lord's Prayer
Activity Sheet Download
Read the Lord's Prayer and review with the student what the words of the prayer mean.

Family Activity: Stewardship
Emphasize to your student  that they can make a big difference and help to spread God’s Kingdom by what they say and what they do every day. Remind them that whenever they volunteer, reach out to a friend in trouble, or thank their parents for their love and support, they are making a
difference. Look for ways to volunteer or help in your community.
 
Online Assessment: Due for Completion by 11/30/2020
Direct students to the Sadlier Connect website:  https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@PAR70079
Using the username and password assigned to you, log in and take the online assessment for Chapter 9: HOW CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Please have your student complete and submt the assessment by the end of Monday, 11/30/2020.