{"id":3476174,"date":"2026-07-26T16:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:35:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T18:15:27","slug":"lesson-plans-proper-25-a","status":"publish","type":"lesson_plans","link":"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/lesson-plans\/lesson-plans-proper-25-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson Plans: Proper 25 (A)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sunday between October 23 and October 29 inclusive<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_7f2cff-2f\">Old Testament Lesson Plans: Remembering and Celebrating Moses<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_fccada-73\">Scripture: Deuteronomy 34:1-12<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Written by <strong>the Rev. Shannon Kelly<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previous to this, the people of Israel have been in a process of transition from being a people on a journey to a people entering into the land of Canaan.\u00a0 They are transitioning from one part of their lives to the next.\u00a0 Moses has given them instructions that carry forward into the book of Joshua, we hear the Song of Moses in 31:30-32:52, as Moses tells of the past and offers a vision for the future.\u00a0 This is followed by Moses blessing the Israelites before he departed, and finally by Moses death and burial.\u00a0 This is an amazing insight into God\u2019s relationship with Moses and God\u2019s love for Moses as servant and friend in leading the people.\u00a0 Moses burial site is still unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-84427068-c112-410e-bf9a-5a29b071a450\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Year_A_Proper_25_Old_Testament_Younger_Children.pdf\">Lesson Plan for Younger Children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Year_A_Proper_25_Old_Testament_Younger_Children.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-84427068-c112-410e-bf9a-5a29b071a450\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-982217a1-8801-4c0b-8b8b-e16f0d5f6765\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Year_A_Proper_25_Old_Testament_Older_Children.pdf\">Lesson Plan for Older Children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Year_A_Proper_25_Old_Testament_Older_Children.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-982217a1-8801-4c0b-8b8b-e16f0d5f6765\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_5a7ab7-5f\">New Testament Lesson Plans: The Greatest Commandments<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3476174_b30e04-2f\">Scripture: Matthew 22:34-46<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em>Written by <strong>the Rev. Shannon Kelly<\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s lesson is found near the end of Matthew as conflict between Jesus and the people around him reaches its height. Those that oppose his ministry are still trying to get him to trip up \u2013 to go against the religious or secular laws and Jesus will not fall into that trap. Today\u2019s question from them is no different. The Pharisees ask which commandment is the greatest and Jesus responds with Judaism\u2019s most fundamental passage known as the Shema: \u201cyou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.\u201d (Deuteronomy 6:5) However he does not leave it at that. He adds that another scripture is \u201clike it,\u201d \u201cYou shall love your neighbor as yourself.\u201d (Leviticus 19:18) \u201cOn these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.\u201d In putting these two commandments together, Jesus is able to condense the 613 Hebrew Laws and the Ten Commandments into two laws. These two laws encapsulate his ministry on earth and tell all those around him what is important. Those who love God, must love what God has created \u2013 ourselves and others. The 613 Hebrew Laws (although that number and which exact laws are included in that is up for dispute) all look at relationship to God, each other, and ourselves. They describe how we honor and worship God, how we rest on the Sabbath, how we deal with disputes and laws, and how we treat people. All of these laws, in the most broad terms, are encapsulated in The Great Commandments that Jesus outlines in today\u2019s lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The question Jesus asks them about whose son the Messiah is a way of engaging them in further conversation about God and God\u2019s expansiveness. Jesus wants them to think bigger, wants them to understand that God is more than they can imagine, that the Messiah surpasses the lineage as they know it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-7d26c93a-5e1d-4ddb-8504-1bbe7af018ca\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Year_A_Proper_25_Gospel_Younger_Children.pdf\">Lesson Plan for Younger Children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Year_A_Proper_25_Gospel_Younger_Children.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-7d26c93a-5e1d-4ddb-8504-1bbe7af018ca\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-84c4763d-f346-4cfc-9b77-474379cfb063\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Year_A_Proper_25_Gospel_Older_Children.pdf\">Lesson Plan for Older Children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Year_A_Proper_25_Gospel_Older_Children.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-84c4763d-f346-4cfc-9b77-474379cfb063\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-765b2545-8b73-4279-a3c3-6bd6af341a5c\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Year_A_Proper_25_Gospel_Adult.pdf\">Lesson Plan for Adults<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Year_A_Proper_25_Gospel_Adult.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-765b2545-8b73-4279-a3c3-6bd6af341a5c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday between October 23 and October 29 inclusive Old Testament Lesson Plans: Remembering and Celebrating Moses Scripture: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Written by the Rev. 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