Religious Education Task
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Last week, we learnt about how the Church celebrates Pentecost. We discovered how Pentecost is sometimes called the ‘birthday’ of the Church. Each year, Christians remember and celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit, the new energy, the new power that he gives to the friends of Jesus.
Today we are going to focus on how the Holy Spirit energises us.
On Pentecost day, God’s Holy Spirit showered gifts upon the friends of Jesus, gifts which were different kinds of energy, gifts which transformed them. To help Christians live as followers of Jesus the Holy Spirit gives them different kinds of gifts so everyone can help one another. St. Paul explains this in his first letter to the people living in Corinth. He reminds the people that everyone has different abilities but that the Holy Spirit helps them in different ways.
Explore the reading below based on I Corinthians 12: 4-8, 11
Task 1
Think carefully about the questions below and then write your answers on the blog or in your homework book.
1. What gift/energy, would you like to have? Why?
2. How can Christians be open to the Spirit and use their gifts for the good of others? Why would they do this?
Task 2
The prayer to the Holy Spirit.
Explore the words in the prayer and their meaning. Create a piece of Artwork to represent the prayer to the Holy Spirit. You might like to do a sketch or use colours or paints to portray your ideas about seeking the Holy Spirit. You could even add some of the prayer into your work or select key words that stand out to you.
Upload a picture of your Artwork, and I can add your pieces to the gallery.
Extension
The gifts of the Holy Spirit enable people to live as Christians. Last week you shared your own ideas about what gifts the Holy Spirit may bring us.
There are seven particular gifts, which are linked together and help people to lead good lives and make use of the gifts they have. These gifts should be used to help others.
Wisdom – that is the gift to be sensible and not to jump to conclusions but be thoughtful.
Understanding – enables people to be compassionate and to take time to find out and be able to appreciate what is happening.
Counsel – means using wisdom and understanding to come to a good decision about something.
Fortitude – there are times when everyone needs to be brave in standing up for what they believe to be right and holy.
Knowledge – without knowledge you cannot make right judgements or have an understanding. It takes practice to have true knowledge.
Piety – this is about reverence and respect for God, for one another and for oneself.
Fear of the Lord – this gift enables people to recognise the awe and wonder of God and be amazed by the love and goodness of God.
Question for thinking…
Which of the gifts of the Holy Spirit do you think is the most important to you? Why?
Celestine
1. Kindness and understanding to be able to make peace in every situation through God’s eyes
2. We can show kindness to others in many different ways it can be big or small and Christians would do this to follow God’s way
1. I would like to have the gift/energy to help others know God so that they can understand the power and energy of the Holy Spirit and share it with others.
2. They could use their gifts for the good of other because if they had the gift of nursing and healing they could help others lives by healing them. They would do this so that they would share the good news, but also help people in need.
Extension:
I think that the gift Piety is the most important most Christians believe God but sometimes the ones that don’t aren’t really Christians but you should also respect and be kind to your friends and even those who you don’t like.
Good morning,
1. I would like to have the gift of life so I can help the world.
2. They gave their gifts to other people so they could have a normal life instead of living on the street..
Task 1 :
1. I would like to have the power of doing wonderful things because I want to help people have a good life and the world more full of mercy.
2. Christians can be open to the Holy Spirit in trying to check if what they are doing or saying is in line with the Christian principles. They should do that in order to get a better world and a better life for them and everybody.
Task 2 : I have done a drawing and I will upload it.
Extension Task :
Knowledge because without knowledge we couldn’t have found the true understanding of God.
I would like to have the gift of the fear of God.It wouldn’t mean that I have to be afraid of God because he would take everything away from me or he will be disappionted at me.I think that fear of God makes a person trust him and understand that their actions and deeds can be guided by God if only we let him do that.
The most important one is to be brave and to be kind you can be brave where ever you go whenever you want you can be brave.
It is important to be kind to so you follow gods way like
christ did when he died on the cross.
1. I would like to have a gift of kindness, hope and wonderful things because I want to help those in need the most and make sure they have a good life.
2. They can show kindness many ways to others it could be to small children or adults they can do all of this because they will be much kinder.
Extension Task
Love and understanding because otherwise if there was no love no one would care about each other and no one would understand each other.
Holy spirit
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1. I would like the gift of understanding so I can understand the prayers that God gives us.
2. They can give gifts to others by understanding what they need and teach them the word of God which can spread throughout the world in harmony they would do this because they believe the power of the holy spirit is strong and they know God will do good to others.
3. All of the gifts are unique in every way we should keep what God has given us in our hearts so I would choose all of them.
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1. I will like ton have power to know God .
2. Christians can be open to the sprite by praying and reading the bible and to share.
1. knowledge so that i can make the right choices.
2.they can read the bible.
1. The gift I would like is happiness and joy because I want to spread it everywhere.
2. They can pray and be open to the spirit to receive it and then they can spread their gifts and share them with others.
Hello Miss Jones, this is my answer:
1. I would like the gift of knowledge so I could know God better.
2. Christians can be open by wanting the spirit in us and knowing it better. By asking the holy spirit to help others by being compassionate, kind, a good friend, not being a bully and sharing food with others. They would do this because Jesus does those things.
Wisdom, so that we can be calm and not overwhelmed, to be sensible so as to make good choices.
Hello Miss
I have uploaded the picture I made.
HELLO MISS JHONES
Saint Spiret
Q1: I want a gift of love because I can spread my love all over the world ???.
Q2 They can give presents to others, like love to others, because it doesn’t matter what they look like or what they do, we should love them no matter what,then they will know that God’s love will always be with them ???.
Q1
I want the gift of peace and patience.God teaches us to be nice to each other and to have peace
Q2
Learn to forgive people the way God will forgive us.
Be at peace with one another.
Dear Year 3,
Thank you for sharing your beautiful ideas and art work. Miss Jones is at the Hub today but I know that seeing your work will bring her much joy later.
Well done Class 3, you have worked hard on your R.E task today. It has been interesting finding out about the gifts you would like the Holy Spirit to bring you and why.
I can see you have reflected carefully!
Super effort for those who had a go at completing some Art work, it was lovely to see these this evening 🙂
Hello Miss Jones, this is my answer:
1. I would like the gift of knowledge so I could know God better.
2. Christians can be open by wanting the spirit in us and knowing it better. By asking the holy spirit to help others by being compassionate, kind, a good friend, not being a bully and sharing food with others. They would do this because Jesus does those things.
Wisdom, so that we can be calm and not overwhelmed, to be sensible so as to make good choices.
I’ve just spent some time looking through all of your AMAZING art work. Well done, I can see the time and care you put into each piece, they definitely made me smile 🙂