Lesson video

Hello, my name is Mrs. Hardy, and I'm so pleased that you have joined me for today's RE lesson.

We're going to have a great time learning some new things and finding out about Christians and their faith families.

Are you ready to get started? Let's go.

Today's lesson is Christians and their faith family, and it comes from the unit, "Communities, what does it mean to belong?" By the end of today's lesson, we will be able to say, I can explain how different Christians might belong to their faith family.

In today's lesson, we have four key words that I would like you to learn and remember.

Now we're going to go through these key words.

I'm going to say the word and I'd like you to repeat it after me and then we'll talk about the definitions.

Here we go.

The first word that we are learning today is faith.

So we're going to do my turn.

Your turn.

my turn, faith, your turn My turn, faith, your turn.

Fantastic.

Now faith is believing in something that you cannot see.

Christians have faith in God and Jesus, for example.

Okay, the second word that we're learning today is family.

My turn, family.

Your turn.

My turn, family.

Your turn.

Well done.

Now our family are the people who care and love you and not all families look the same.

The third word we're learning today is Christian.

My turn, Christian, your turn, Christian.

My turn, Christian.

Your turn, Christian.

Well done.

Okay, now a Christian is a person who believes in God and follows Jesus.

Now our final word today is belong.

My turn, belong, your turn.

My turn, belong, your turn.

Well done.

Now if we belong, it means that we are part or a member of a group.

Now look at these four words, put them in your head.

We're going to be using them throughout our lesson today to find out about Christians and their faith families.

Okay, today's lesson is broken up into two sections.

We're gonna be learning about Christians and their faith family by first of all answering the question, what is a Christian faith family? And then after that we're going to have a look at the question, how do Christian faith families show they belong? So let's get started with part one.

What is a Christian faith family? Now Alex has dropped in to explain to us why we learn about different people in religious education.

Alex says to us, "We can better understand people's beliefs and worldviews by asking questions about how they live and about what they do and listening to their answers." We can understand what is important to them by looking at their actions.

So in this lesson we will look at examples of different Christians and how their beliefs about how to belong to a faith family have impacted the way they live.

Now there are lots of different types of families.

Let's have a look at some different families.

Now what I would like to do is get you to pause the recording for just a few moments to talk to the people that you are with about the different families you can see in these pictures and about the different families that are represented with you and who is in your family.

So pause the recording here, talk about what you already know about different types of families and when you are ready to continue with the lesson, you're going to press play again.

Okay? I'll see you in just a moment.

Off you go.

Welcome back everyone.

So we were looking at the fact that there are lots of different types of families.

Now our Oak people have come in, dropped into our lesson to talk about how everyone's family is different and they're going to tell us some of the things that they know about how a family behaves.

So Aisha tells us a family may live in the same house as each other or perhaps far away.

Thank you Aisha.

You're right.

Alex says, people in a family could be related to each other.

Izzy tells us a family might share meals together.

And Lucas says a family might meet up on special occasions such as birthdays or festivals.

Next, they're gonna tell us some things that families do.

So a family might help each other if someone has a difficult time or is feeling sad.

Thank you Aisha.

Alex says that people in a family may go on holiday together.

That sounds nice.

Izzy us that a family might play games together.

That's a great example.

And Lucas tells us a family is a group of people who belong together and help one another feel safe and loved.

What a great explanation.

Can you have a little think now about what your family does to show that it is a family? So once again, we're just gonna pause the recording for a little bit of time.

Have a talk with the people you are with about the type of things that your family does to feel like a family and to look after each other and to make each other feel safe and loved.

So whilst you do this, pause the recording and when you are ready to continue, you're gonna press play again.

I'll see you in just a moment.

Welcome back everybody.

So we've had a chance now an opportunity to talk about what our families do.

So I think we are ready for a check for understanding.

And what I would like you to do is have a look at each of these four statements.

And I want you to tell me which of these statements are true.

Now it says statements.

So it means that you're going to be able to find more than one that is true.

So the statements say, all families are the same.

Families might be related to each other.

Families might eat together.

Families could help each other.

Okay, whilst you think about your answer to this question, which of these statements are true? Pause the recording and when you're ready to find out the correct answer, press play and we'll begin again.

Off you go.

Welcome back everyone.

So you are having a look at these four statements and you are going to tell me which of these statements are true.

So well done everybody who selected B, C, and D.

So the only one that was not true was that families are all the same.

Families are not all the same, but they might be related to each other.

They might eat together and they definitely could help each other.

Well done if you got that correct.

Now we're going to meet our first Christian family.

This is Wayne and his family.

Wayne is a Christian.

That means that he believes in God.

Wayne and his family follow the teachings of Jesus.

Wayne is also part of a faith family.

Now what does that mean? Let's watch a little video here and we'll find out a little bit more information about what we mean by a faith family.

<v ->I'm Wayne and I'm the vicar of the church.

</v> <v ->And I'm Wendy and I'm married to Wayne</v> and I also work for the same church.

<v ->And we have a family.

</v> <v ->Yeah, we've got three children.

</v> They're all teenagers now, so they're bigger than they were.

But we also have extended families.

Wayne's actually not even from the UK, but my family are all from the UK and I have aunts and uncles and cousins and sisters who I see at different times.

<v ->And so do I.

</v> So we have our family and then we have our bigger families that we pass of, but we're also part of a church family.

Our faith family.

<v ->Yeah, so we believe in the Bible it says it talks about</v> being included into God's family when we follow Jesus.

So we follow Jesus.

And then in our faith family a load of people.

Some of them are at the church that we go to, but they're all over Bristol and actually all over the world.

<v ->And unlike our actual families,</v> Our faith family is full of people who don't look like us and are very, very different to us.

But because of our love for Jesus and our desire to follow his teachings and we choose to live life together, to build community, to make friendships and to do things together as one big faith family.

<v ->There we heard from Wayne and Wendy</v> about what it means to be a part of their faith family.

So a faith family is a group of people who believe in the same things and have the same traditions.

Wayne and his Christian faith family all have faith in God and Jesus.

They come together to care for each other just like other families.

Let's find out a little bit more about how they do that in another video.

<v ->So like all families, faith families do things together.

</v> So you probably may know that faith families gather on Sundays for church.

So we do that, we meet on Sundays and we sing songs about who God is and how much he loves us and we learn from the Bible and what we call his word and we meet together as one big family, but that's not all we do.

<v ->Children and youth are a really important part</v> of what we do in church on a Sunday.

But also through the week there are opportunities for people to come together in smaller communities, maybe with people at the same stage of life, maybe whether it's our youth group or whether it's a toddler group where people can find community and travel with people who are doing life in a similar stage to them.

<v ->So all throughout the week as a faith family,</v> we're doing stuff together.

So for example, every Wednesday we have something called Soul Food.

We open up the doors of our church and we set tables and we invite anybody who wants to come to share a meal with us.

<v ->And anyone is welcome,</v> because we know that some people are lonely, some people don't have families nearby.

Or for some reason family is difficult.

And actually sometimes you need a place where you can come and be welcomed and belong and that's what a faith family can offer to different people.

<v ->So we heard a little bit there</v> about how Wayne and Wendy help their faith family and meet up with them during the week.

So what are some of the things a Christian faith family may do? So they may meet to pray together.

They may meet in church to sing and worship God.

They may show they belong by reading the bible together.

So let's do another check, this time a true or false, A faith family is exactly the same as a family.

Do you think that's true or do you think that's false? And whichever answer you choose, I want you to be able to say why.

Okay, as you think about your answer, pause the recording and when you are ready, press play and we'll find out what the answer is.

Off you go.

Welcome back.

So we were looking at the statement, a faith family is exactly the same as a family.

And we were deciding if that was true or if that was false.

So well done everybody who said that is false.

Why is it false? Well, because in families, the members of that family do not always share the same beliefs.

But a faith family is a group of people who are connected because they share the same beliefs, not because they are related.

Well done if you've thought of that explanation.

I think we're ready now for our first task of our lesson today.

And Izzy is here and I want you to decide if Izzy is right or if Izzy is wrong.

She says, "I think a faith family is just made up of people who are related to you." Is Izzy right or is is he wrong? I would like you to finish off this sentence to tell me what you think the answer is.

I think Izzy is right or wrong, because, and then I want you to think really hard about what your answer's going to be, what your explanation is going to be.

Okay, as you complete this task, I want you to pause the recording and when you have finished writing that sentence, press play again and we'll continue with the lesson.

Off you go.

Okay.

Welcome back.

We heard from Izzy who thought that a faith family is only made up of people who are related.

And you were going to finish off the sentence for me to tell me whether you thought she was right or you thought she was wrong.

So your answer may have looked something like this.

I think Izzy is wrong, because Wayne's faith family is made up of other people and not just his wife and children.

Did you have a different reason? Well done if you were able to spot that Izzy had made a mistake and well done if you were able to give her a fantastic explanation as to why faith families are not just made up of people who are related.

Okay, we are now ready to move on to the second part of today's lesson and we're going to be answering the question, how do Christian faith families show they belong? So Wayne's faith family meets together at church on different days of the week.

On a Sunday, the faith family gathers together to worship God and learn about Jesus.

They pray, sing and listen to Wayne talk about the Bible.

On a Wednesday, a free hot meal is made in the church kitchen for anyone in their faith family who is feeling lonely or in need of help.

On a Thursday, families bring their young children to meet as a faith family and have fun playing together and making friends.

On other days of the week, members of the faith family visit Wayne's house to study the Bible and also to pray.

So Christians do not just go to church to meet their faith family.

Now this is Father David.

Father David is a vicar at a different church in Bristol.

Father David is also part of a Christian faith family.

At Father David's church, the members show that they are part of a wider Christian faith family by helping others.

So they provide a place to rest and talk for homeless people.

They help to make new people feel welcome and they provide food for people who cannot afford to buy it.

Let's just do a check for understanding here.

Can you tell me which statement is not an example of how members of a Christian faith family help others? So is it A, they don't help by giving food to people who are hungry? They don't help by providing homes for refugees.

And they don't help by attending church each week.

So have a careful look at those statements and tell me which one is not an example of how they are helping others.

Whilst you think about this answer, pause the recording and when you are ready, press play and we'll find out what the answer is.

Okay, off you go.

Welcome back.

Okay, so we know that Christian faith families do lots of things together, but which activity here is not one of the examples that is about helping others? So well done to everybody who said it was C.

So Christian faith families attend church each week, but that isn't part of what they do to help each other.

A and B, were examples of how faith families meet together to help others by giving food to people who are hungry and providing homes for refugees.

So well done if you manage to get that answer correct.

Now here we have a picture of some communion bread and wine.

Now Father David's faith family come together in church on a Sunday to worship Jesus and they have holy communion together.

They do this to remember Jesus.

So the bread and the wine is from a story in the Bible where Jesus gave his disciples bread and wine and told them that every time that they ate the bread or drank the wine that they should remember him.

Now, Wayne's faith family come together in church on a Sunday to worship Jesus too.

Now they sing about Jesus together and they do this to remember Jesus.

So there are some things there that Father David and Wayne's faith families have in common and there are some things that are different.

Father David and Wayne do different things with their different Christian faith families.

And we had the example of the holy communion, which was Father David.

We had Father David having coffee with homeless people and helping them to have enough food to eat.

And then we had Wayne's faith family coming together on a Sunday to sing songs about Jesus in church.

What did they all have in common? So Father David and Wayne's Christian faith families both include people that they are not related to.

They both welcome people so that they feel like they belong.

And they are both connected by following Jesus.

So there are three things there that connect both of these Christian faith families together.

Let's do a check here.

We're going to do a true or false.

So true or false, worshipping together is the only way a person can be a part of a Christian faith family.

Do you think that's true or do you think that's false? You're going to pause the recording here whilst you think about your answer.

And when you're ready to continue, press play.

I'll see you in just a moment.

Welcome back everybody.

So we were looking at this true or false statement, worshipping together is the only way a person can be a part of a Christian faith family.

Did you think that was true or did you think that was false? It was false.

Well done if you chose that answer.

Now why is it false? Because worshipping together is one way to belong to a faith family, but there are also many other ways.

Now we are ready for our final task of today's lesson.

And Wayne and Father David are talking together about what makes their faith families similar.

And I wonder if you can complete their sentences.

So here's a reminder of some of the things that Wayne and Father David's faith families do, and Wayne is saying, I think our faith families are similar because, and then I'm going to need you to complete his sentence.

Now, father David says, I think what connects all the things we do is, and I wonder how you could complete that sentence for me as well.

Okay, as you think about your answer, you can speak them out loud or maybe you want to write them down.

But what you're going to do is pause the recording whilst you do this task and when you are ready for feedback, you're going to press play again.

I will see you in just a moment.

Welcome back everyone.

So Wayne and Father David had met together and were talking about what made their faith families similar and you were finishing off the sentences.

And here are some examples that your sentences might be similar to.

So Wayne might say, I think our faith families are similar because we both love Jesus and want to show God's love by helping people.

For Father David, you might have said, I think what connects all the things we do is being kind and treating others as Jesus would want them to be treated.

I wonder what other examples you had? Well done for completing that task and for working hard on your learning today.

So it's time now to summarise what we have learnt in our lesson today.

We learnt about Christians and their faith families.

And we found out that people who share the same belief in God and have similar traditions for worshipping him are called a faith family.

We found out that anyone who shares the same Christian beliefs in God, can belong to the faith family.

We found out that Christians can meet up with their faith family in their houses or at church.

And we found out that people in a Christian faith family love God and Jesus and want to show God's love to other people.

So thank you so much for joining me for today's RE lesson.

You've worked tremendously hard and learned lots of new things today.

I really hope I will see you again soon for another RE lesson, but for now I'll say goodbye and take care.