BELONGING TO A RELIGIOUS GROUP SHARING FOOD Do

BELONGING TO A RELIGIOUS GROUP SHARING FOOD

Do you belong to any religious groups? Share your ideas with your grown up.

What do religious groups do to show belonging. They share food They have places of worship. They have a common symbol. Can you think of any? They share a common book or texts. They have the same rules that they all follow. They celebrate common religious festivals. Can you think of some examples.

What is a symbol? A symbol is a mark or character used to represent something. Do you know the following symbols? Talk to your grown up about religious groups having symbols. Logos courtesy of Wikipedia commons sources: Oalexander, Cbuckley, Econt, Kyro- granted under creative commons licence - attribution

Research about the symbols of different religions. Now draw the symbols next to the name of the religion. Remember there could be more than one symbol in one religion. Christianity Hinduism Sikhism Islam

Lets look at Christianity How do Christians show belonging?

WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the son of god and that god sent him to Earth to save people from their sins © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

DO CHRISTIANS HAVE A HOLY BOOK? The Bible is the main holy book for Christians The Bible records Jesus’ teachings and what happened in his life © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

What do Christians do as part of their religious family?

WHAT DO CHRISTIANS DO? Christians try to live their lives in the way that Jesus showed and preached Christians also pray and go to church © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

The Last Supper This is a bible story told before Easter Christians listen to this story and learn from it Click on the link below to learn more . https: //www. bbc. co. uk/bitesize/clips/zgsb 9 j 6 https: //www. twinkl. co. uk/go/resource/tg 2 -re -7 -the-last-supper-motion-story People often get together with their friends and share meals. Christians follow the example of Jesus who shared food with his disciples. Why is it important for Christians to continue to share bread and wine together?

PICTURES FROM THE LAST SUPPER

What did Jesus do during the last supper? Sequence the pictures from the previous slide. Draw the pictures and write a sentence describing what’s happening in each picture. 1 2 3 4 5 6

RELIGIONS CELEBRATE COMMON FESTIVALS. Religious festivals are a time to celebrate key events in religious history with other members of your faith family. The information about the following religious festivals are all examples of this.

WHAT FESTIVALS DO CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE? The two main Christian festivals are Christmas and Easter Christmas is when Christians believe that Jesus was born and Easter is when they believe that he died and rose again © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

WHAT FESTIVALS DO CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE? Christians also have events for special times in people’s lives, like baptisms, communions, weddings and funerals © Save. Teachers. Sundays. com 2014

Make a poster of all the festivals that Christians celebrate. What do you do during a festival? You wear new clothes. Eat special dishes. Meet new people. Remember to include all of that in your poster.

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