“While we do not look at the things which are
seen, but at the things which are not seen. For
the things which are seen are temporary, but
the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2
Corinthians 4:18
6th Grade
•Daniellle Farag
•Leah Agaby
•Peter Raphael
•Michael Ameen
•Jack Farag
8th Grade
•Maria Younan
•Sarah Tanios
•Glory Ameen
•Maggie Boctor
•Kyro Meshriki
Decode The Message:
Romans 1:7, Revelation 2:5,
Matthew 9:13, 2 Peter 3:9, 2
Corinthians 7:10, Acts 3:19, Mark
6:12, Acts 20:21, Romans 16:27
How to play and win:
This is a message secretly encoded
from the Bible. Using your Bible try
to decode the message, write the
verses down on a piece of paper, give
it a ‘title’, and turn it in by next
Sunday School. Make sure to put your
name and the date on the top of your
answer sheet to win a prize. Enjoy!
The Biggest, the Brightest,
the most EEEExxxxCCCCiiiiTTTTiiiiNNNNgggg Event of all year,
Once upon a time there was a girl named Jill.
Jill was an active little girl. She loved all
sports, and loved to play with her friends who
were all just like her. You see Jill was an
orphan. She was an orphan since she was a
baby. She had no one in this world that could
take care of her and love her like all the other
kids.
One day a very bad blizzard hit Jill’s town. The snow was coming down hard, and Jill had
no place to stay as she snuggled up on the sidewalk. Then Jill thought of the man who
ALMOST gave her money this morning. Then Jill thought of the lady who ALMOST gave
her that coat last winter. Then Jill thought of the family that promised her and ALMOST
did bring her a bowl of soup last when its cold out. But sadly, ALMOST doesn’t cut it,
because Jill ALMOST survived that blizzard but she didn’t.
“Then Agripa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian” (Acts 26:28)
Wow, I say “almost” all the time. Like last night, when I almost prayed
before bed, but I got really tired so I just passed out. Or that one
Sunday where I almost came to church early and dressed as a deacon,
but I was up playing video games all night. Eeeek, I need to stop Almost
doing stuff, I really need to get my act together and follow up on
everything I do, especially my spiritual life. Right? What you think?
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Humility and the fear of God are above all virtues.
He was from Asia Minor. His grandfather, whose name was also Severus, saw in a vision someone telling him, "The child who is for your son will strengthen Orthodoxy, and his name will be after your name." When his son had this saint, he called him Severus. He was taught the Greek wisdom and church subjects. Once, the saint was strolling outside the city, a shut-in saint came out of his cave crying, "Welcome to you Severus, teacher of Orthodoxy, and Patriarch of Antioch."
Severus marveled at how he called him by his name, for he did not know him before, and how he foretold what would become of him. Severus grew in virtue and became a monk in the monastery of St. Romanus. The fame of his righteousness and his ascetic life spread out. When the Patriarch of Antioch departed, the bishops had a consensus to ordain him the Patriarch of the city in the year 512 A.D. The church was illuminated by his teachings which spread to all the universe, and he was one of the fathers who attended the Universal Council at Ephesus.
Shortly after, Emperor Anastasius died and Justinian, who was Chalcedonian in faith, reigned after him. He called upon this holy father and gave him great honors to persuade him to change his stand and to follow the Emperor's belief, but the Saint refused. The Emperor became angry, but the Saint did not fear his anger, and so the Emperor ordered him to be killed. Theodora, the Emperor's wife who was Orthodox in faith, knew about what the Emperor intended to do, so she told the saint to flee from his face.
St. Severus escaped to the land of Egypt and traveled everywhere and visited monasteries disguised as a monk. He strengthened the faith of the believers in the Orthodox doctrine. He dwelt in the city of Sakha in the home of a holy lay leader called Doretheos. God performed through him many miracles. He departed in the city of Sakha, and his body was relocated to the monastery of El-Zugag.
When you pray and God thinks it's not the time
or anything else that we don't know, so God
knows what is better for you and maybe D.
Rose was going to get injured and end his
career. D. Rose talks about that you need to
have hope, belief, focus on what you are
doing when praying or playing, you need to
push yourself to be successful with God, sport,
talent that you have,etc.
BY KYRO MESHREKI
I think Tim Tebow is a great person and I will say
he has something, which we all should have, and
it is trust. Trust in yourself trust in your friends
pray for your enemies and the most one you
should trust in is God. When you trust in God, He
is going to help you to trust yourself so you could
preach his word to everyone. That is what
happened to Tim Tebow when he believed in
God. God helped him in his career so he would
preach God’s word to his teammates and
everyone else. So this is my opinion on Tim
Tebow and on trust
BY MICHAEL AMEEN