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Ten Religious Goals of New Church Education.

1, The Lord Jesus Christ
To assist students in building an ongoing and developmentally appropriate affection and understanding of who the Lord Jesus Christ is in their own lives.
"Saving faith is in the Lord God the Saviour Jesus Christ. Saving faith is in God as Saviour, because He is God and man, and He is in the Father and the Father is in Him, so that they are one." True Christian Religion 337

2,The Lord's Word
To foster in students an affection for, a knowledge of, and a belief in, the Lord's Word and an ability to read it with understanding and delight.
"The Word must be taught mediatly through parents, teachers, books and especially through the reading of it. Nevertheless, it is not taught by these, but by the Lord through them." Divine Providence 172.6 3,

3,Heaven and Hell
To foster in students a delight in and a knowledge of the reality of the spiritual world and tis divisions.
"That there is a hell and a heaven, and that the life after death is eternal." Arcana Coelestia 5135.3 4,

4,Marriage
To foster in students and affection for and a knowledge of true marriage.
"…internal conjunction, which is that of souls and constitutes marriage itself, can be provided o earth…in the case of those who from early youth had loved and desired and asked of the Lord a legitimate and lovely companionship with one, and had spurned and detested wandering lusts as an offence to their nostrils." Conjugial Love 49 5,

5, Charity
To foster in students a developing knowledge of how to live a life of charity and morality and to give them opportunities to practice it.
"These truths, that relate to charity toward the neighbor and to the Lord, must be learned before it is possible for a person to be regenerated. They are first implanted through jparents and teachers; next from the Word and the Lord: and afterwards through the person's won reflection of them…" Arcana Coelestia 2831.1 "Everyone learns from parents and teachers to live morally….and as he grows in years, to add a rational appreciation to these and so to perfect his moral character." True Christian Religion 443 6,

6, Worship
To forester in students an affection for and a knowledge of the important role public and private worship play in their loves.
"The first commandment is "You shall worship the Lord your God."" Arcana Coelestia 1798.3

7, Prayer
To foster in students an understanding and delight in the forms and uses of prayer.
"…that they ought to pray daily and this with humility…" AC 5135.3 8,

8, The Church
To forester in students a knowledge of the church and its role in their lives, and an understanding and appreciation for those of the universal church.
"The Lord's Church is diffused through the whole world, but its inmost is where the Lord is known and acknowledged, and where the Word is." Apocalypse Explained 313:3

9,Spreading the Good News
To foster in students a desire and an ability to spread the Lord's Word.
"…For what is the use of knowing, unless what is known to one be also known to others?" Interaction SB 18

10, Trust in Providence
To foster in students a sense of their place in the stream of Providence and an awareness of the Lord's continual provision of their needs.
"Peace has confidence in the Lord in it, that He directs all things and provides all things and that He leads to a good end." Arcana Coelestia 8455