January 30: Summit of Creation
Before class today, it was a blessing to see the seventh grade serve and assist in the School Mass. They all did a great job! In class, we reviewed the past few days on creation, and discussed the dignity of the human person as the summit of creation. We’ll be returning to this subject soon. It’ll need some more development. The students were asked to write Genesis 1:26 in their “disciple’s guidebook”: ”Then God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness…”. After this brief lesson, the class was divided up into three small groups. The groups were asked to take a name from one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The class “tribes” are currently: Benjamin, Naphtali, and Zebulun. Tomorrow the tribes are suppose to explain something of the biblical figure of whom the Old Testament tribe was named. The tribes will rotate their membership in March. The goal of the tribes is to foster group work, leadership, service, and teamwork. The students were encouraged to study their notebooks, and memorize the three verses of Scripture they have received: Genesis 1:31; Revelation 4:11; and, Genesis 1:26.
