FEAST OF THE CROSS
2010, September - wk 4 (Grade 2)
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About 300 years after our Lord was crucified, Emperor Constantine became king.
He was a righteous man, whose mother was Queen Helen. They loved the Lord.
The Cross on which the Lord was crucified was lost; no one knew where it was.
Hoping to find this Cross, Queen Helen went to Jerusalem where the Lord was crucified.
She looked everywhere but could not find it.
Finally, Queen Helen found an old man named Judas who told her where the Cross was buried.
The Jews who didn’t believe in Jesus hid the Cross by covering it up with garbage over many years.
Queen Helen went and removed the big mountain of garbage and found 3 crosses underneath.
Which one was the real Cross our Lord was crucified on?
Queen Helen did not know but she believed in the amazing power of the Cross.
She tested its power by putting each cross on a dead person.
Nothing happened with the 1st and 2nd crosses, but when the 3rd Cross was put on the dead person, he
became alive again! This was the real Cross.
Emperor Constantine & Queen Helen built a big church and put the Cross in it.
Verse of lesson
“God forbid that I should glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” Galatians 6:14
Discussions
1) Why is the Cross so powerful? Our Lord Jesus Christ crushed Satan (and death) and gave us salvation
by dying on the cross.
2) How do we feel and/or use the power of the Cross? We carry it in our hearts and mind by: praying
with it, use it all the time (when happy, thankful, discouraged, scared, lonely, sad …)
Praying (Review)
 Prayer is a CONNECTION to God, connecting our HEARTS & THOUGHTS to God.
 When praying we must:
1. Find a quiet Place
2. Slow down to Contemplate
3. Close our eyes to Concentrate
 Pray before dinner every day using all 6 verses
 Hold the Cross in hand to strengthen us
Memorizing
“Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; for my eyes have seen Your
salvation” Luke 2: 29-30
Role Acting (Time permitting)
Children will take turn acting out story, 3 crosses buried under pile of crumbled paper; Queen Helen questions
Judas Jewish man, digging and found 3 crosses, taking each cross to put on a dead person.
FEAST OF THE CROSS
2010, September - wk 4 (Grade 2)
LESSON REVIEW
Circle the correct answers below:
1) The Cross was found by Queen Helen, Emperor Constantine’s mother.
* TRUE
* FALSE
2) The Cross is powerful because:
* It looks nice
* Our Lord Jesus crushed Satan & gave us salvation by dying on it
3) How do I feel the power of the Cross?
* By playing with it
* By praying with it, and using it all the time
4) When we pray, we must:
* We rush to finish quickly
* We find a quiet place
* We close our eyes & concentrate
* We slow down to think of what we say