Looking for meaning- Lesson 3- Experiencing God.

1. DNA – C/W God and Meaning Date
•Explain the term freewill
• State some reasons for not believing in God=
1.
2.
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4.
•List two words to describe God in NATURE=
1.
2.

2. Experiencing God
Learning intentions:
• To be able to identify and
explain the key ways people say
they can experience God
Success criteria:
• To have identified the key
features of each type of religious
experience.

3. Think pair  share
•If you wanted to know
something is true what
could you do?

4. C/W God and
Meaning Date
• For some
religious
people,
believing in God
isn’t just about
faith.
• They believe
that there are
ways to know
God exists and
to experience
God in some
way.

5. Task...
• What are the 3 best, most interesting, most spectacular things you
have ever seen?
1.
2.
3.

6. Write down 5 words
you think of when you
see these pictures.
Awe:
Some people believe that the sense
of wonder at the world or when you
see some spectacular or inspiring
natural event is a experience of God.
Why might they think this?

7. Revelation
•Write down 3 of
your favourite
facts, but make
sure not to let the
rest of your table
see!
Revelation:
If some thing is a revelation then you
have learnt something entirely new
that you weren’t aware of before. For
religious people they there are time
when God reveals something about
himself to them.
Dave’s story
What happens to Dave?
How does he describe his situation? and what
happened to him?

8. The personal approach...
Clip
1. What is happening in this clip?
2. What kind of way of experiencing God might this be?
Prayer:
Prayer can be a very personal
way of experiencing God,
alone or as part of a group

9. Miracles
Read/listen through the newspaper article on page 77.
1. Explain why the driver thinks it is a miracle.
2. What do you think, does this actually
count as an experience of God? Give
reasons for your answer.

10. Task
• In your books or on paper create a revision poster for the different
ways in which people think they can experience God.
• The heading you will need are:
Awe Revelation Prayer Miracles
What to include:
For each one your will need:
•A brief summary of what it is
•Some examples to help your explain
•A picture to help you remember what it is.

11. Question:
• Explain how a religious believer might experience God?
4 marks
Point Point
Evidence Evidence
Explanation Explanation

12. Plenary: Pop Quiz!
Someone who does not believes
in God=
Reasons for believing in God=
1.
2.
3.
4.
Two ways you can experience God=
1.
2.