35 - St. Mark - His Evangelism

References
+ The Story of the Coptic Church.
+ Sinaxarium. 30 Barinudah.

Notes for Servants
- St. Mark preached Christianity in all the See of St. Mark. Would you preach the word of
Christ in your class, family and among your friends?
-  The Lord chose the shoemaker to be a patriarch. The qualifications of a good servant are a firm
faith and a successful life in Christ.
- Prayso that the Lord may send to us good and successful servants like St. Mark and St. Inianus.

Objectives
General: Bringing others to Christ.
Specific:
The children will be able to
A. know about the saint who brought Christianity to us.
B. learn to keep the faith that we received by saint Mark and teach it to others.
C. understand that the onlywayto knowChrist as Saint Mark did is to keep reading inthe
Bible every day.

Bible Verse

“Go ye therefore and teach all nations.”
(Matthew 28:19)

Teaching Aids
Have a procession with the Icon for all the class.

Instruction
(1) Review last week's lesson.
(2) Who remembers the verse?
(3) Remind the children about the church occasions for the coming week.
(4) Servant to show the children the icon and to ask the following questions: Who is this? What
is there beside him? Why is this lion drawn beside St. Mark? Do you know the story?
(5) Teacher should prepare the appropriate questions to emphasize the objectives during the
lesson.

Story Time
St. Mark is anEvangelist (Evangelist = preacher) - He is the Evangelist of Egypt. He also wrote
the Gospel of St. Mark. He is an apostle. He was sent to preach in many countries, among which was
Egypt. He is a martyr. Today we celebrate the feast of his martyrdom ... He departed to heaven on the
30th of Barmudah (8th of May).
Whenhe was a youngman, St. Mark lived in the North of Africa withhis parents who were Jews.
The family was rich, and St. Mark was brought up in faith. The barbarians attacked the city and robbed
the people. The family left for Palestine. That was a Divine arrangement so that St. Mark might meet the
Lord Jesus when he was still on earth. (Describe the feelings of the family when they piled their things to
leave - sufferings - complete trust in God - they did not understand why ... The Lord helped them)
Jesus was preaching and Mark was with him. Jesus chose him to be one of the seventy
apostles... St. Mark was happy... The Lord was arrested. He was crucified. He rose fromthe dead and
appeared several times. He sent His disciples to preach to the world.
Mark went withPaul to Asia Minor... Thenhe went to Cyprus, then to Alexandria. In Alexandria
his shoe was tom. (Describe his feelings as he was alone in Alexandria... He prayed to the Lord to guide
him). He met Inianus and began preaching the word. He baptised Inianus and his household. He
established the church ofEgypt... The churchgrew, developed and spread all over the country. St. Mark
rejoiced. He ordained Inianus Patriarch.
St. Mark ordained priests and deacons then he went to the North of Africa and then to Rome
where he met Peter and Paul. He stayed with them till they were martyred. Then he went back to Egypt
and found the church flourishing. He rejoiced and thanked the Lord.

Discussion
1- Follow up the story by talking about it with the children.
2- Continue the discussion while they do the activity.

Learning Activities
Activity Sheet.