2nd week

For the opening prayer each class discussed today is the feast of the Nativity of Mary.

The following is what was reported from each class:
3:30pm class -
   Discussed the creation
      - everything for a purpose
      - original sin
      - we donot read the creation story as scientific fact
      - everything God created is good

5:15pm class -
   - read through the two Creation stories
   - from the Creation stories we see a message to fight racism and sexism
   - also a message to treat people fairly
   - another message is to live peacefully and care for the earth
  
7:00pm class -
   - during the discuss of the Nativity of Mary a student said that we worship Mary
      - we discussed this in detail explaining we pray through Mary
   - we went through a short bible use exercise
   - the class looked at the differences between the two creation stories
   - the class read and discussed how we were created in God's image

Next week we will be discussing the Fall and was there really an apple?