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Sabbath School
October 4, 2008
This Quarter the Thirteenth Sabbath
Offering is going to the
Northern Asia-Pacific Division
China
Mongolia
Information adapted from
Adventist Mission, Youth and
Adult Magazine and the SDA
Encyclopedia.
North Korea
Find the Northern Asia-Pacific Division
“Go into all the world and preach the good news.” Mark 16:15, NIV
This quarter the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
will be used to help:
 build a dormitory for Adventist students
in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 fund Chinese-language television and
Internet broadcasts from Taiwan
 plant a Chinese-language church in
the heart of Tokyo, Japan
Focus on the People’s Republic of
China (the mainland)
Several thousand years ago the Chinese
began to build their civilization on the
middle Yangtze River which flows west to
east through the heart of China.
By 1000 AD the Chinese had already invented
paper, printing from movable type, and
gunpowder (which they used for fireworks).
The first “Great Wall” was built in the 3rd century B.C., and another
network of walls and towers was built in the 15th and 16th centuries A.D.
as a defense against the invasions from the nomadic Mongolian tribes.
The first Protestant missionary, Robert Morrison, of England,
settled in Guangzhou near Hong Kong in southern China in
1807 and began translating the Bible into Chinese. When
Morrison was asked if he expected to have a spiritual impact
in China, he answered, “No sir, but I expect God will.” In the
first 35 years of Protestant work, fewer than 100 converts were
won.
Abram La Rue
Adventist work in China began as a project of one
layperson, Abram La Rue, an American gold miner, sailor,
and shepherd, who became an Adventist at 65. Perceiving
that the Advent message was to be given to the world, he
requested that he be appointed to China. The Mission
Board considered him too old and denied his request. But
in 1888 he set sail for Hong Kong as a self-supporting
missionary. He visited major cities selling literature and
distributing Adventist publications among the Englishspeaking residents there.
In 1890 Adventist church leader S. N.
Haskell, on his missionary tour around
the world, visited Hong Kong and
Shanghai and was greatly impressed
with the need to establish Adventist work
in China. However, it was 12 years
before the church could send an official
missionary there.
In the meantime, although La Rue never learned
Chinese, in 1891 he requested one of his Chinese
acquaintances to translate for him the chapter “The
Sinner’s Need of Christ,” from Ellen White’s Steps to
Christ, and it was one of the first Adventist tracts
printed in the Chinese language.
The early Chinese converts shared their faith
with their neighbors, and a number more were
converted even before the first official
Adventist missionaries to China arrived in
1902. By 1904 they had baptized 64
Adventist believers. The work progressed
through the activity of national workers,
colporteurs, missionaries and medical
workers and by 1930 there were more than
9400 Adventists in China.
At the same time economic and social
developments were transforming China.
Roads were built where only footpaths had
existed and mission trucks were among
the first to roll over them. As air travel was
established, Adventist workers were
among the first to take advantage of it to
establish mission outposts in the heart of
China.
WWII brought the expulsion or imprisonment of
most mission workers in China. Wang Fu-yuan, an
Adventist leader who was imprisoned and tortured
to compel him to give up his Christian faith,
summed up the experience of most of the Chinese
workers in these words: “We had to sell our
clothes, and our land, but we didn’t sell our faith or
our souls, and thus God brought us through this
time of trial.”
The Seventh-day Adventist Church emerged from the
experience stronger than before. At the end of 1945
there were 22,940 church members in China.
The Chinese Communist Party took power in
1949 and systematically eliminated all
organized religion. Since the 1980s, however,
believers have been able to worship more
openly, and in 2002 Adventists celebrated 100
years of work among Chinese people. Today
approximately 300,000 Adventist believers in
the People's Republic of China operate under
the umbrella of the state-approved Three-Self
Movement.
Celebrating 100 years
of Adventist work
with the people of
China.
Source:
Adventist
News
Network
Members of the Adventist Church in
Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan
province, load disaster relief supplies
for earthquake victims.
What remains of the Luoshi Adventist
Church in the city of Shifang.
One of the many Adventist Church
members in Sichuan province
whose homes were destroyed.
Over 80,000 people in China, including 400 Adventists,
were seriously affected by the earthquake in Sichuan
province this past May. The Adventist Development and
Relief Agency (ADRA) immediately responded to the
disaster and expected to provide direct assistance to
about 12,000 people. Church officials reported eleven
Adventist churches were destroyed and 10 church
members died in the disaster.
Source: Adventist News Network
Please remember our brothers
and sisters in China, those who
still suffer and those who are
bringing relief to them.
Worship under the tent on May 25
Sabbath afternoon for Mian Cho
church. Source: Adventist News
Network
Pray that they will be sustained by the
knowledge that some day soon a
heavenly trumpet will shake the earth
and Jesus and His angels will return to
take them to homes that will never be
destroyed by natural disasters.
Please continue to spread the message of
God’s love through your weekly Sabbath
School offerings and a generous
Thirteenth Sabbath offering.
Collect Offering
Exploring God’s World
In this section we study one of the countries in the division where our Thirteenth Sabbath offering is going.
Today we are going to
learn about China.
Where is China
China’s Flag
Time for the Mission
Story
We are taking the good news to
the entire world.
Read the Mission Story on pages 4 and 5 of the Fourth Quarter Adventist Mission Youth and Adult Magazine
while slowly progressing through the next 3 slides.
The name of
the person
in the story
is “Sana.”
This story is from Mongolia.
The title of the story is “Sana’s Calling.”
Lesson Study
Time
Today we learn about
someone who was:
BLINDED
POWER TEXT
1 Peter 4:11, NIV
“If anyone serves,
he should do it
with the strength
God provides, so
that in all things
God may be
praised through
Jesus Christ.”
POWER POINT
Photo by Neva MacPhee
We serve God when we use the
gifts He has given us to tell
others about His love.
Can you think of something
that has happened to you
that has changed your whole
life?
It could be the death of a loved
one, your parents’ divorce or
new job, or a new baby joining
your family.
Photo by Neva MacPhee
How would your life have been
different if that event had not
occurred?
Photo by Neva MacPhee
Today we’ll hear how one event
changed not only one man’s life,
but the history of the entire
Christian church.
Photo by Neva MacPhee
“Start packing. We leave for
Damascus tomorrow morning,”
I heard Saul shout as he came
into the house.
“The high priest has given his
permission for us to go as far
north as Damascus.”
“We’re going to search out
every single one of those
bothersome Christians. I’ll
drag them back here by their
hair if I have to.” Then he
laughed.
I shuddered when I heard
his laugh. He sounded
more excited than I’d ever
heard him, but his excitement
scared me.
Sometimes I wondered if he
didn’t carry this hunt for
Christians too far. But of course
I couldn’t say anything. I was
just a servant.
I started
packing.
The next morning we left. In
addition to Saul’s bodyguards,
we were escorted by a company
of soldiers.
It would take several days to get
to Damascus. Saul made use of
every mile. He and the soldiers
searched for Christians
at all the synagogues
in towns along the
way.
Around the fire
one evening,
Saul sat smiling
to himself.
Then he rose
and said with
his eyes
gleaming in the
firelight,
“Tomorrow, we’ll
be in Damascus.
Let’s get a good
night’s sleep.
We’ll have plenty
of work to do
tomorrow.”
The way he said the last
sentence made me shiver,
even though I was close
to the fire.
Saul was awake
before anyone else
the next day. “Come
on everyone,
Damascus awaits us!”
I remember him
calling.
After a cold breakfast we
stretched our legs and began
the last part of the journey.
Saul was walking ahead. I
was leading a horse when a
blinding light flashed across
the sky.
I tried to hold on to the
panicking animal, but gave
up because I couldn’t see.
I dropped to the ground
and rolled into a ball away
from the frightened horse’s
hooves.
I pulled the corner of my cloak
up over my eyes to shield me
even more from the intense light.
I heard what sounded like
thunder booming. I heard the
others yelling, “Look! What’s
happening to Saul?”
I lifted my tunic just a little to see
Saul lying in the road. The light
was streaming down on him. A
voice was speaking to him, but I
couldn’t see anyone.
“Saul, why are you hurting Me?”
the voice said.
“Who are You?”
Saul asked, his
voice cracking.
“I’m Jesus.”
“Ever since you saw
Stephen killed, your
conscience has been
bothering you. You’ve
taken it out on those
who believe in Me.”
“W-What do You want me
to do?” Saul stammered.
“Go to
Damascus.
I’ll tell you
what to do
when you
get there,”
the voice
said.
Saul struggled to his
feet. He rubbed his
eyes as if he were
trying to dig them
out of his sockets.
“I’m blind! Somebody
help me, I’m blind!”
he cried out.
Rushing to his side, the
bodyguards grabbed Saul’s arms.
“We’ll get you to a doctor,”
I suggested,
getting up and
dusting myself
off.
“No!” Saul replied firmly.
“The Lord said I was to
go to Damascus, and
I’d be told what to do
there.” The bodyguards
exchanged glances when
Saul called the voice
“Lord.”
“Are you going to
do what He told
you?” someone
asked.
“What else can I
do?” Saul replied
quietly. He
paused and took a
deep breath.
“The Lord has
spoken, and I
must follow His
instructions. Now
let’s be on our
way.” His voice
had lost some of
its sharpness and
bluster.
The bodyguards
and I led the
blinded Saul down
through the green,
fertile land he had
been admiring just
moments before
but couldn’t see
now.
He was headed
straight for the
very people he
had come to
murder.
But now he was
coming to join
his gifts and talents
with, not against,
theirs as together
they served God
and told others
about His love.
Let’s check out some
Bible texts and see
what they have to say
about gifts.
We can look at these all
together, or break into
three groups.
Select a scribe to list the gifts we
find in these verses.
 Romans 12:6-8
 1 Corinthians 12:7-10, 28-30
 Ephesians 4:11-13
When the gifts are all listed,
cross out the duplicates.
If you have a blackboard or whiteboard in front,
write your master list up there for the next
activity.
The best way to understand a
gift is to see it working in your
own life. As we do the
Spiritual Gifts Inventory, use
the master list to decide what
the gift is. Then decide
whether this is one of your
spiritual gifts.
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Spiritual Gift
1________________I always believe God will do
the impossible.
Faith--is this one of my
gifts?
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Spiritual Gift
2________________I fit in easily when I am in a
culture different from my own.
Being a missionary--is
this one of my gifts?
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Spiritual Gift
3__________________I’m the person my
friends come to when they’re not feeling well.
Healing--my gift?
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Spiritual Gift
4_________________I enjoy making care
packages for the homeless.
Mercy--my gift?
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Spiritual Gift
5________________I like helping people learn
about the Bible.
Teaching--my
gift?
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Spiritual Gift
6______________I tell people when they’ve done
a good job.
Encouragement-my gift?
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Spiritual Gift
7_____________I’m good at leading out in
meetings and making future plans for a group.
Administration-my gift?
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Spiritual Gift
8___________I usually set up chairs, open
windows, pass out songbooks, and clean up after
a meeting.
Helps--my gift?
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Spiritual Gift
9___________I prefer to invite someone new to
eat with me rather than eat alone.
Hospitality-my gift?
Spiritual Gifts Inventory
Spiritual Gift
10______________I save money for special
offerings.
Giving--my gift?
What did you discover?
Did you discover anything new about yourself?
Why is it important to know what
your spiritual gifts are?
How do you already use your
spiritual gifts?
What new ways can you think
of to use them?
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Notes to Teachers
You will want to have a hard copy of the Mission
Story ready to read during the Mission Story
section. You can find the story on pages 4 and 5
of the Fourth Quarter Adventist Mission Youth
and Adult Magazine. The title of the story is
“Sana’s Calling.” You can go to the website
http://www.adventistmission.org/ and find the link
titled “Publications” to download the Adventist
Mission Youth and Adult Magazine.
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churches know about these
Sabbath School programs. You
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