1. What’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?

2. Unit Title: Prayer and Ritual
Focus Question: How does my understanding of prayer and ritual shape me?
Learning Intention:
To explore events at Jesus’ last meeting with his disciples.
Success Criteria: To complete a higher level thinking task relating to the topic.
Last Lesson
This Lesson
Jesus washes disciples’ feet
Next Lesson
Last Supper

3. Jesus meets his disciples for the last time before his death.
Watch this clip with narration from John’s Gospel.
What happens?
Why does it happen?
What is the symbolic meaning?
Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles by Meister des Hausbuches, 1475.

4. John 13:1-17
Task: Copy and paste the passage above from (NRSVCE) into your notes (link is on your weebly). Then do the following:
Underline every character that appears.
Highlight every verb in the passage to highlight the action.
Make bold the most important sentence.
Use this to summarise the meaning of the passage.
What have we just done? – EXEGESIS – the analysis of a passage of sacred text.

5. How can you apply John 13:1-17 to your own life?
Looking back over the passage (John 13:1-17), list the 5 verbs you think are the most important ones. Why do you think so?
Rephrase the sentence you thought was the most important one in John 13:1-17 in your own words.
How can you apply John 13:1-17 to your own life?
Investigate the relationship between Simon Peter and Jesus, and then describe it in your own words. (Note: You can use the link on our weebly as a starting point.)
Investigate Judas son of Simon Iscariot and how he was portrayed by different artists. Create your own image of him.
How would you evaluate the importance of this passage (John 13:1-17). Explain your answer.
Choose your own tasks based on your confidence on the topic!
Tip: Work at your own pace, this is not a race!