A
conference for Armenian Christian Educators
Sponsored by the Armenian Religious Education Council (AREC)
October 26-28, 2007
Prayer –
Personal and Communal
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Who
should attend?
Sunday School directors and teachers of all grade levels, potential
Sunday School teachers, as well as those who are interested in
the ministry of the Sunday School. |
Participants
will:
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Have deeper understanding of what the Bible teaches about
prayer
- Become
familiar with the daily cycle of worship services in the Armenian
Apostolic tradition
- Discover
the paradigm of biblical prayer
- Identify
hindrances to prayer
- Learn
the link between prayer and fasting and acts of mercy
- Become
aware of resources for prayer
- Gain
insight from developmental studies / research about children’s
conceptual understanding of prayer
- Identify
the basic elements of a personal rule of prayer
- Find
better ways to teach about prayer to different age groups
- Articulate
rationale for having a rule of prayer
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Child
care services: will be available
Goals of
AREC conferences for Sunday School teachers:
1. To teach the essentials of the Armenian Apostolic faith
2. To enhance pedagogical knowledge and teaching skills
3. To create a forum to network and exchange teaching ideas
and resources
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Previous
Conference themes:
1998 The Church
1999 The Bible
2000 The Creeds of the Armenian Apostolic Church
2001 The Sacraments of Christian Initiation – Baptism, Chrismation,
and Eucharist
2002 The Sacraments of Commitment – Matrimony and Ordination
2003 The Sacraments of Healing – Repentance and Extreme
Unction
2004 Soorp Badarak – The Sacrament of Sacraments
2006 Sexual Ethics: An Armenian Orthodox Perspective |
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