living the christian life

• which sacraments do each denomination beleive in?

  • protestant- eucharist and baptism
  • non comformist- either 2 or more
  • catholics- penance reconcilliation eucharist ordination marriage and anointing of the sick
• what happens in infant baptism?

  • baby baptised in beleif it is cleansed of original sin
  • parents and godparents make promise on behalf of child
  • sign of cross made on babys forehead and water poured on head
  • lighted candle given to represent light of jesus
• what happens in adult/ beleivers baptism

  -some non conformist churches prefer this as adult can fully make choice of belonging to church

  • candidate asked questions on their faith and makes a personal testimonoy on why they want to be christian
  • full immersion
• whats a quote for baptism

  • jesus came to be baptized by john
• what are diffrent beleifs in the eucharist?

  • catholics beleive the bread and wine undergoes transubstantiation
  • protestants understand bread and wine as symbol for jesus body and blood
• what are the purposes of prayer

  • confession
  • adoration
  • thanksgiving
  • supplication
• whats a quote showing the importance of informal prayer

  • its better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart
• the lords prayer

  • our father in heaven hallowed be your name. give us our daily bread and forgive us our debts. lead us not into temptation
• what are the types of prayer

  • set prayer- prayer books
  • informal- pray privately, sometimes use bible
  • lords prayer- jesus taught to his followers, contains key beleifs about god
• why is it important to have diffrent types of prayer

  • reflects diffrent denominations, suit diffrent occasions
• whats a quote showing the importance of pilgrimage

  • faith isnt the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart
• why might some feel pilgrimage is unnesecary?

  • religious faith + practice is private
• places of pilgrimage

  • jerusalem- vist garden of gethsemane (jesus arrested), via dolorosa (path he took to crusifixion), think about jesus sacrifice
  • iona- saints lived here. christians spend time in prayer and reflection. pilgrimage walk every week: visit places with spiritual, religious or historical importance
  • taize- join monsatic order(meditate, pray, silence) brings together protestants and catholics
  • walsingham- 1601 a woman had vision of virgin mary who showed jesus home in nazareth.
• how is christmas celebrated within christianity ?

  • christmas- celebrates incarnation of god + birth of jesus
  • cards + presents given, houses decorated, special church services (midnight mass), carols sung, nativity, family meal
  • festival of advent marks begining of christian year + countdown to christmas. takes place 4 sundays before christmas. candles + advent calendars count down days
  • christians express meaning of christmas by sharing and helping other
• how is easter celebrated?

  • remebers the cruisifixion of jesus + his ressurection. Good friday is when jesus died, easter sunday is his ressurection
  • special services held: re-enactment of his crusifixion, hot cross buns eaten, cards and presents + easter eggs to represent empty tomb
  • holy week- last week of lent leading up to easter
• whats a quote for easter sunday?

  • if it is preached that christ has been raised from the dead, how can you say there's no ressurection of the dead?
• explain missionary and evangelical work

  -missionary is a person sent out on a religious mission, especially to promote christianity in a foreign place. evangelical work refers to the spreading of faith by missionaries

  • long history of missionaries (william carey, eric lidell)
• whats a quote for missionary/ evangelical work

  • go into the world and preach the gospel to all creation
• how do churches grow locally?

  • fund projects to spread Gods word- grants to community projects/ help to elderly
  • events open church to non beleivers and bring them to christianity
  • local churches are involved in ecuminecal work
  • provide support through food banks/ events for children
• how do churches grow nationally

  • churches linked across country and involved in national faith based events- confrences, summer camps for kids, educational projects, charity
  • special days where christians from diffrent denominations share their faith
  • churches in diffrent areas work together on community projects- help disadvantaged or providing a play area
• how do churches grow globally

  • opportunities to study/ link with christians in diffrent countries and to be involved in spreading christian message globally in missionary projects
  • people can choose to go to underdeveloped area and help with building work, education or shared projects
• whats the importance of the local church

  • unites local community
  • provides support + comfort
  • give advice from sources of authority
  • givves identity + belonging to people in a community
• how does the local church community help?

  • centre of christian identity- clubs for children eg youth groups , socuak groups eg coffee mornings, bible study groups
  • ecuminism- break down barriers between diffrent christian denominations , groups of christians may visit eachother to help unity, some ecuminical church communities may share buildings
  • worship through living practices
  • outreach work many christians chose to volunteer or work in positions that inblove them going into the local community- working with families to resolve issues,visiting people in prison or hospitals , running community activities
• whats the importance of the worldwide church

  • global idenity to christians
  • promotes unity
  • provides support when needed
  • shows how christian teachings can be put into action globally
• christian teachings about charity

  • christianity teaches compassion ans treating other people fairly
  • jesus taught about helping others
  • God made everyone in his image so people should have equality and dignity
  • christians beleive they will be accounted to god for their actions in this life
• what is the christian aid?

  • a charity that works globally to end poverty
  • it beleives in treating people with compassion
  • every human deserves dignity + respect
  • equality and justice are acheivable
  • all humans are accountable for their actions
• reconcilliatiom and facing percecution

  • sometimes christians face persecution including verbal and physical abuse. this can be prevented from pracitising their faith or made to feel isolated
  • christians want to overcome persecution + break barriers
  • some christians support those being persecuted eg by educatig people about christianity
  • worldwide church emphasises shared nature of faith to unite al christians
• what are divergent christian attitudes to charity

  • some chrstians will tithe which means giving a set amount others beleive a person can afford what they can give
• whats a quote on the story of Job

  • despite his trials job never lost his faith