Transcript Elijah stood very still

Junior and/or Earliteen
Sabbath School
September 20, 2008
This Quarter the Thirteenth Sabbath
Offering is going to the
North American Division
Information adapted from
Adventist Mission, Youth and
Adult Magazine and the SDA
Encyclopedia.
This quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath
Offering will help:
Place rebroadcast radio stations
in communities across Canada
Expand the reach and effectiveness
of Life Talk Radio across the United
States
Focus on Canada
Canada is the secondlargest country in the
world, stretching from the
northern border of the
United States to the Arctic
Circle in the north. But
about as many people live
there as live in the state of
California. Few people live
in northern Canada, where
the climate is harsh.
William Miller
The Advent message was preached
in Quebec by William Miller and
other Millerite preachers from 1835
to 1845. Later Joseph Bates was
the first Sabbathkeeping Adventist
to hold meetings in Quebec and by
1849 he had established a small
company of believers there. In the
summer of 1850 James and Ellen
White traveled through the area,
strengthening the faith of the
English speaking believers there.
The first French-speaking Adventist
evangelists in French Canada were
the Bourdeau brothers who held
meetings in Quebec as early as
1859.
In 1913 Jean Vuilleumier, from Switzerland, held tent
meetings in French in Montreal. Men who opposed his
message cut down his tent, but when the daily newspapers
published pictures and criticized the failure of the police to
preserve law and order, the police department had the tent
re-erected and patrolled it while meetings were in
progress. When in the autumn the meetings were moved
to a hall, enemies continued to harass: they broke
windows, assaulted Vuilleumier’s assistant, broke the
chandeliers, and threw the chairs and benches into the
street. Nevertheless, several embraced Adventist
teachings, and a French church was organized.
When the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada
was born, Canada was still a very young country with
a population less than six million. Since then, Canada
has grown to over 32 million people, and the Seventhday Adventist Church in Canada has grown to more
than 56,000 members.
This Thirteenth Sabbath you have an opportunity to
help share the gospel with people who are searching
for hope. This quarter and throughout the year
please prayerfully consider giving 2 percent of your
income to world mission. There will never be a
better time to use your income to spread the good
news of God’s grace.
One out of every 321 people
in North America is a
Seventh-day Adventist. But
some communities have no
Adventist family to spread
God’s love. In these areas
radio can provide a vibrant
witness to those who have
not yet heard the message
that God loves them and is
coming to take His children
home soon.
While Canadian law does not allow specialinterest radio stations, it does allow lowfrequency radio stations to rebroadcast radio
stations in areas where few other media
outlets exist.
Long before Newfoundland became part of
Canada in 1949, an Adventist radio station
was broadcasting there. This station was
permitted to continue broadcasting.
Today 18 rebroadcast sites on the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Canada
rebroadcast radio station VOAR’s
Adventist message in towns and rural
areas across the nation. Part of the
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will establish
more of these rebroadcast stations across
Canada.
Churches in each province are applying and receiving
permission to establish stations to rebroadcast radio
signals from the existing Adventist radio station in
Newfoundland. These new stations will open the way
for church planting efforts in these areas. One day,
as radio listeners across Canada push the “seek”
button on their radios they will hear the gospel story
as VOAR rebroadcast stations dot the country.
Please give generously this Thirteenth Sabbath.
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 Maine.
Where is Maine
Country Flag
United States
State Flag
Maine
Time for the Mission Story
We are taking the good news to
the entire world.
Read the Mission Story on pages 26 and 27 of the Third Quarter Adventist Mission Youth and Adult Magazine
while slowly progressing through the next 3 slides.
The name of
the person
in the story
is “Kristina.”
This story is from the United States.
The title of the story is “A Passion Shared.”
Lesson Study
Time
Our story today is about being:
ALL TOGETHER NOW!
Have you ever lived with
people who were not in
your biological family?
What was it like?
It was common for people in the
early church to share everything:
work, time, ministry, space.
Photo by Neva MacPhee
In this way they not only were
able to spread the gospel more
effectively, but also supported
themselves while doing so.
Photo by Neva MacPhee
POWER
TEXT
Romans 12:10, NIV
“Be devoted to one another in
brotherly love. Honor one
another above yourselves.”
POWER POINT
Photo by Neva MacPhee
We show love for Jesus
when we work together
with other believers.
“Priscilla,”
Aquila said as
his wife came
through the
door, “Paul is a
believer like us.
He just arrived
from Athens.”
Extending her hand
in greeting,
Priscilla smiled and
said, “Welcome to
Corinth.”
“Thank you,” Paul replied. “It’s
good to find someone here in
Corinth who knows about our
Savior.”
“Aquila, you told me that you
came to Corinth from Rome.
What made you leave?”
“Emperor
Claudius
ordered all
Jews out of
Rome,” Aquila
said softly.
“And since Aquila and I wanted to
be able to witness to nonbelievers,
we thought Corinth would be
perfect,” Priscilla added.
“But we also have to make a
living,” continued Aquila. “We
decided to open our tent making
business here as we did in Rome.”
“Do you have enough business
to need help?” Paul asked.
“Yes! The business is growing,
and we can’t keep up with
everything,” Aquila replied. “But
I haven’t been able to find anyone
trained in tentmaking.”
“I trained in tentmaking when I
was younger,” Paul said. “I’m
going to need some way to
support myself.”
“Praise God!”
Aquila said. “You
can start work
tomorrow.”
“And you must
stay here with us,”
added Priscilla.
Paul, Priscilla,
and Aquila settled
into the routine of
working during the
day at the small
tentmaking shop
and studying
together in the
evening.
Every Sabbath they went to the
synagogue. Speaking with the
Jews and Greeks who worshiped
there, Paul told them about Jesus
and His death.
One day as Paul was cutting
fabric for a tent, two men came
into the shop.
“Silas and Timothy!”
he exclaimed,
dropping his tools
and walking around
the workbench to
hug them. “What
are you doing
here?”
“We just missed
seeing you in
Athens,” Silas said.
“When we learned
that you were in
Corinth, we
decided to come
here.”
With Silas and Timothy in Corinth,
Paul was able to dedicate all his
time to preaching. Paul stayed for
more than a year preaching and
teaching in Corinth.
One morning Paul said to Aquila
and Priscilla, “I believe that God is
calling me to leave Corinth for a
while.”
“That’s amazing, Paul,”
Aquila said. “I’ve had
the very same thoughts.”
The next few
days were spent
finishing up tent
orders and making
arrangements for
the house.
Soon they were packed and on
their way to Ephesus. Priscilla
and Aquila found a place to stay
and Paul found the synagogue.
He spent several days in
Ephesus talking with the
Jews. They said, “Stay with
us.”
Paul answered, “I must return
to Jerusalem for the festival,
but I will come back if it is
God’s will.”
Paul left Priscilla and Aquila in
Ephesus to carry on the work he
had begun while he sailed to
Caesarea. They worked hard to
teach others the good news of
Jesus.
One day they heard a new
preacher at the synagogue.
“Listen to what he is saying,”
Priscilla said.
“He’s so committed, it’s too bad
he doesn’t know about Jesus. I
think we should invite him home
to eat with us.”
“That’s a good idea,” Aquila
agreed. “We can teach him
more about salvation.”
After the meeting Aquila
introduced himself. “We’d
like to have you come to
our home for a meal.”
“I’m Apollos,” the
man replied.
“Thank you for
the invitation.”
Priscilla and Aquila learned that
Apollos had been baptized by
John the Baptist. They explained
the mission of Jesus, the
Messiah, to him.
“This is wonderful,”
Apollos said. “For a
long time I’ve
believed there had to
be something more.
Now I know what it
is. I’ve got to tell
others about this
good news.”
“We’ll write a letter of
introduction for you to
the believers at Corinth,”
Aquila said. “They’ll be
happy to have you work
with them.”
Apollos traveled
to Corinth. He
went from house
to house and
showed people
that Jesus was
the Christ.
Paul had planted the seed.
Priscilla and Aquila had watered
it. Now Apollos gathered in the
harvest.
This activity is called:
“Contain This”
You need:
Paper cup
Paper
Pens/pencils
Distribute paper and pens/pencils
Hold up the paper cup.
Without talking to anyone else,
write down as many uses for
this paper cup as you can think
of.
You will have 3 minutes.
How many got 5 uses?
10 uses?
15 uses?
more than 15?
Now get into groups of four
and combine your lists.
Scratch out any duplicate
uses.
You will have 5 minutes.
Note to teachers: Divide into any number in a group that works for your class
How many groups have 10 uses?
15 uses?
20 uses?
25 uses?
more than 25?
Did anyone get more uses
working alone than working
with your group?
How many more uses did you
get working in a group than
you did alone?
What does this tell you about
working together?
Our lesson this week tells us
about how much the members
of the early church
accomplished working
together.
Our Power Point is:
We show love for Jesus when we
work together with other believers.
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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 26 and 27 of the Third Quarter Adventist Mission
Youth and Adult Magazine. The title of the story is “A Passion
Shared.” 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.
The activity is called:
“Contain This”
You will need:
Paper cup
Paper
Pens/pencils
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