Church as a joyful

Community
God’s family “is the Church of the living God, the pillar
and foundation of truth.”
- 1 Timothy 3:15
 Goals for the Day:
The pupils will …
Doctrine Morals
01 explain what it means to be "God's 02 cite ways on how to live as God's
people" today; people and

Worship
03 thank God for calling us to be His
people, His Church.
What community
do you belong?
 How can you
make the
community you
belong joyful?
Bundle of Sticks
 A certain Father had a family of Sons, who
were forever quarreling among themselves.
No words he could say did the least good,
so he cast about in his mind for some very
striking example that should make them see
that discord would lead them to misfortune.
 One day when the quarreling had been much
more violent than usual and each of the Sons
was moping in a surly manner, he asked one of
them to bring him a bundle of sticks. Then
handing the bundle to each of his Sons in turn
he told them to try to break it. But although each
one tried his best, none was able to do so.
The Father then untied the bundle and gave the
sticks to his Sons to break one by one. This
they did very easily.
 “My Sons,” said the Father, “do you not see
how certain it is that if you agree with each
other and help each other, it will be impossible
for your enemies to injure you? But if you are
divided among yourselves, you will be no
stronger than a single stick in that bundle.”
Bundle of Sticks
Scripture
says:
1 Peter 2:1 - 9
Church
says:
CCC 751
 CCC 751

The word "Church" (Latin ecclesia, from

the Greek ek-ka-lein, to "call out of")
means a convocation or an assembly. It
designates the assemblies of the people,
usually for a religious purpose.
 CCC 751

Ekklesia is used frequently in the Greek

Old Testament for the assembly of the
Chosen People before God, above all for
their assembly on Mount Sinai where
Israel received the Law and was
established by God as his holy people.
 CCC 751

By calling itself "Church," the first

community of Christian believers
recognized itself as heir to that assembly.
In the Church, God is "calling together"
his people from all the ends of the earth.
the equivalent Greek term Kyriake, from
which the English word Church and the
German Kirche are derived, means
"what belongs to the Lord."
According to the
letter of St. Peter,
who/what are we
in the eyes of
God? 
 Church as a joyful
Community
God’s family “is the Church of the living God, the pillar
and foundation of truth.”
- 1 Timothy 3:15