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Week 5 · 12–16 October 2026 · Michaelmas
The first day of the week
Unit 1 · Creation: The Vigil opens with creation because that night is a new creation.
Session A · the reading
About 55 minutes. Open and read aloud before any framing: no introduction, no “today we’re looking at”. Scripture first, then the Father.
- John 1:1–18; John 20:1
- Athanasius, On the Incarnation §§1–5
Session B · the argument
About 35 minutes, on another day. Never both in one sitting.
What is it for?. Why does John say “on the first day of the week”? He is not reporting a calendar.
Video. Image of God
The Tile Board
Add a card: The first day of the week, with the passage and today’s date. Pencil a line to another card only if the child sees one.
Books this week
Optional: one piece of media
Groundhog Day (1993). Watched together, with nothing said about why it was chosen; how the list was made.
Athanasius was exiled five times for a sentence about the Son. The child will meet that fight again in June.
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