{"id":13720,"date":"2024-07-26T19:01:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T00:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illumination-learning.com\/main\/?page_id=13720"},"modified":"2024-07-28T14:52:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T19:52:37","slug":"week-2-the-synoptic-gospels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/illumination-learning.com\/main\/week-2-the-synoptic-gospels\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2: The Synoptic Gospels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal:<\/strong>\u00a0<span>Review the synoptic gospels and discuss the purpose of Luke&#8217;s gospel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Notes for the Teacher:<\/strong>\u00a0For our younger children, we focused on learning who wrote the gospels and a little bit about each saint. For our older kids, we are wanted to build an understanding that the gospels compliment each other. 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Read about them in the family guide we sent to all the parents at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_testimonial author=&#8221;Fr. Alexander Schmemann&#8221; job_title=&#8221;%22Liturgy and Life: Christian Development Through Liturgical Experience%22&#8243; portrait_url=&#8221;http:\/\/illumination-learning.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/FrAlSchmean-e1642858374249.jpeg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span>We cannot understand our worship without knowing the Scriptures. 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He also wrote in the style of his time, which provided us with some important details about when Christ was born.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Middle \/ High School Lesson&#8221; url=&#8221;http:\/\/illumination-learning.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SS-Gospel-of-Luke-Week-2-MHS-web.pdf&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/illumination-learning.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Byzantinischer_Maler_des_10cropped.png&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; link_option_url=&#8221;http:\/\/illumination-learning.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SS-Gospel-of-Luke-Week-2-MHS-web.pdf&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; animation=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>With this age group, our goal was to help them understand that the evangelists were telling about the same events, but they had different purposes in how they wrote their gospels based on who they were writing it to.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if four of us were to write about the Divine Liturgy, we are going to write it slightly different based on our experiences and who we&#8217;re trying to teach. 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