1. 8/5/2015 1 The Kingdom of God  Parables  Miracles  Teaching What are we going to be studying? The Person and Preaching of Jesus:

2. 8/5/2015 2 The Kingdom of God 1. The Kingdom of God

3. 8/5/2015 3 The Kingdom of God Activity Think, pair, share... "Dreaming": Task Take a look at the following pictures, what is the person dreaming about?

4. 8/5/2015 4 Parables – keys to the Kingdom of God 1 2

5. 8/5/2015 5 Parables – keys to the Kingdom of God 5 4 3

6. 8/5/2015 6 The Kingdom of God With the person sitting next to you discuss the question above. What else could people dream of? Add to the list your own goals that you would really like to achieve.

7. 8/5/2015 7 The Kingdom of God Today we are going to learn... to identify 2 - 3 features of the Kingdom of God to recognise the signs which show the Kingdom of God has come.

8. 8/5/2015 8 The Kingdom of God Activity KWL  What do you know about the Kingdom of God?  What do you want to know about the Kingdom of God?  What have you learnt about the Kingdom of God?

9. 8/5/2015 9 The Kingdom of God K What I know W What I want to know L What I learned The Kingdom of God Fill in the first two columns of the worksheets:

10. 8/5/2015 10 The Kingdom of God Read the following verses: Group I, V- Mark 10:13-16 Group II, VI - Matthew 13: 10 – 13 Group III, VII - Mark 1:14-15 Group IV- Matthew 11:2-6

11. 8/5/2015 11 The Kingdom of God Do you know/remember how to look up the Bible? Let’s remind ourselves... It goes something like this: BOOK- CHAPTER – VERSE Or NAME – BIG NUMBER – wee NUMBER!

12. 8/5/2015 12 The Kingdom of God What did you find out from these verses about the Kingdom of God? Write it down in the third column of your KLM worksheet

13. 8/5/2015 13 The Kingdom of God L What I learned The Kingdom of God is near us The first signs that the Kingdom of God had come were Jesus’ miracles Jesus often used parables to teach people about the Kingdom of God

14. 8/5/2015 14 The Kingdom of God L What I learned The Kingdom of God is not a place - it is found in the people’s hearts You can enter it only if your heart is pure like a child’s Love rules in this Kingdom....to be continued...

15. 8/5/2015 15 The Kingdom of God What have you learnt today?

16. 8/5/2015 16 The Kingdom of God 1. The Kingdom of God was described by: 2. The Kingdom of God is a dream of: - Jacob- the third world - Jesus- the perfect world - John the Baptist- the next world 3. The Kingdom of God is about:4. The Kingdom of God began: - the love of God- last year - the love of your country- 1,000 years ago - the love of your life- with Jesus 5. The Kingdom of God is found:6. The Kingdom of God: - above the clouds- will never happen - far away- could happen - in people- has happened. Task 1: Tick the right answer so that the following sentences are true:

17. 8/5/2015 17 The Kingdom of God...it should look like this... 1. The Kingdom of God was described by: 2. The Kingdom of God is a dream of: - Jacob- the third world - Jesus- the perfect world - John the Baptist- the next world 3. The Kingdom of God is about:4. The Kingdom of God began: - the love of God- last year - the love of your country- 1,000 year ago - the love of your life- with Jesus 5. The Kingdom of God is found:6. The Kingdom of God: - above the clouds- will never come - far away- could come - in people- has come.

18. 8/5/2015 18 The Kingdom of God

19. 8/5/2015 19 The Kingdom of God Write a little in your Faith Journal describing what you have learnt about the Kingdom of God Time for reflecting…