43 - Do not be greedy Ollogious - the stone cutter

References
Ollogious, the stone cutter - prints of Syrian monastery.
Notes for Servants
- As we teach the children not to be so greedyand to be self sufficient so we should train ourselves
to be satisfied with what we have.
"And having food and raiment let us be therewith content." (1 Tim 6:8.)
- If God give us more money we should not be greedyand forget our love to our friends, the poor.

Objectives

General: To train ourselves not to be greedy.

Specific:
The children will be able to
A. have feelings for the poor and the needy.
B. learn to give others even when we have a little of anything.
C. understand that whenGod give us more, we should give more not less.

Bible Verse
"For a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which

he possesseth."

(Luke 12:15)

Teaching Aids
Servant to prepare his material.

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) Teacher should prepare the appropriate questions to emphasize the objectives during the
lesson.

Story Time
Once upon a time there was a poor man named Ollogious, he was working in cutting stones, he
was payed only one dollar a day. Ollogious loved people so much, he liked to host the strangers, wash
their feet and offer them all what he have.
One day Ollogious met St. Daniel who was a monk, he hosted him, washed his feet and fed him.
St. Daniel was so happy with what this poor man had done to him. St. Daniel prayed to God for three
weeks to repay Ollogious for what he has done to him, and give him a lot of money. God answered his
prayer and he let Ollogious to find a treasure. He became very rich.
After Ollogious become rich, he did not like his small city and the poor people in it anymore. He
went to a big city where all the rich people lived and became friends to the rich people, he got along with
themand forgot about the poor people who he used to serve. St. Daniel learned about that and regretted
that he prayed to God to make himrich, and he prayed again asking God toreturnOllogious to his previous
love.
God answered his prayer, and Ollogious lost allhis moneyand became poor again. His rich friends
had left him. He came back to his city very poor after all. He went back to his old job and continued, after
he learned his lesson, to serve his friends the poor. St. Daniel was very happy and thanked God.

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.