Junior and/or Earliteen
Sabbath School
June 14, 2008
Since 1912 Seventh-day Adventists have
helped fund special mission projects through
a special offering called the Thirteenth
Sabbath offering. Over the past 95 years
more than 1,200 Thirteenth Sabbath projects
have been completed.
Haiti’s Voice of Hope Radio Station
Construction of church in Moscow, Russia
Shalom Learning Center in Miami,
Florida
Global Mission pioneers in India
Construction of hospital in Buea, Cameroon
Missionaries have
been sent into new
fields, mission
schools have been
established,
hospitals and
clinics have been
opened, all
because believers
gave their mission
offerings faithfully,
sacrificially.
The Lohr family,
missionaries in
Nigeria.
Next time you give your mission offering, think about
the people whose stories you’ve read or heard every
Sabbath. Think about the missionaries and the lay
workers who have worked so hard to share the gospel
of Jesus with those who have never heard. They are
not a “black hole.” They are the face of Adventist
mission.
Thank you for giving your weekly mission offerings
and for praying for Adventist missions around the
world. You do make a difference.
So Where Does Your Offering Go?
Tell the world!
Tell me!
To get a peek at what your
mission dollars are doing
around the world and will
do in the future, check out
the Web site at
www.adventistmission.org.
Learn of the vision for how
the gospel of Jesus will be
shared by the Seventh-day
Adventist church from now
through 2010.
The ultimate goal of Tell the World is to provide every person
on earth with the chance to know Jesus Christ.
This Quarter the Thirteenth
Sabbath Offering is going to the
Inter-American Division
Information on following
slides adapted from
Adventist Mission Youth
and Adult Magazine and
the SDA Encyclopedia.
Find the Inter-American Division
“Go into all the world and preach the good news.” Mark 16:15, NIV
How is the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
going to be used?
This quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
will help:
• build worship halls at the University of the
Southern Caribbean in Trinidad
• build churches for existing congregations in
central Mexico
• upgrade campgrounds for lay evangelism
training in Mexico
The division is made up of many countries, starting from
Mexico through Central America to northern South America and
including all of the Caribbean Islands.
The Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union will receive part of this quarter’s
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering. The Union covers most of the
territory south of Mexico City (the states of Guerrero, Hidalgo,
Mexico, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, and the
southeast portion of Tabasco). Except for a couple of large cities,
such as Veracruz and Puebla, the area has mostly smaller cities,
farming, and light industry. A large portion of it (south from
Puebla to Oaxaca) is desert and semi-desert and rolling hills.
People eke out a living there, but not a good one.
Catemaco Lake
This
congregation
meets in the
shelter of this
PVC pipe and
tarp “church.”
The church tends to grow fastest among the poorer people who
have little hope for a better life on this earth. But these people
can least afford to build a house of worship. For this reason, part
of this quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will help construct
28 churches in the Inter-Oceanic Mexican Union. Please plan for
a generous 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 Guatemala.
Where is Guatemala
Flag of Guatemala
Time for the Mission Story
We are taking the good news to
the entire world.
Read the Mission Story on pages 24 and 25 of the Second Quarter Adventist Mission Youth and Adult Magazine
while slowly progressing through the next 3 slides.
The name of
the person
in the story
is “Wilma.”
This story is from Grenada.
The title of the story is “Determined.”
Lesson Study
Time
Today we will study:
THE INVISIBLE KINGDOM
Has anyone ever said anything
to you that made you think
differently than you had ever
thought before?
How did
that change
your life?
Imagine a boy your age
being on the mountainside
and listening to Jesus.
POWER
TEXT
Matthew
5:16, NIV
Photo by Neva MacPhee
“In the same way, let your
light shine before men, that
they may see your good
deeds and praise your
Father in heaven.”
Photo by Neva MacPhee
POWER
POINT
Because God loves us, we
accept His values and
share them with others.
Photo by Neva MacPhee
Shading his eyes from the
sun, the boy scanned the
crowd for his family.
Last night his father had
told the family they were
going to come and hear
Jesus speak today. At last
the boy saw them.
“I was afraid I wouldn’t find
you,” he said to his mother.
“Me too. I can’t believe
how many people are here,”
Mother commented.
“I heard that
Jesus was
going to take
charge of
His kingdom
today,” said
the boy.
“Sh-h-h,” his sister said.
“I think Jesus is ready
to speak.”
The boy looked around and
saw many people. He could
tell from their clothing and
speech that some had come
from as far away as
Jerusalem.
He even noticed some
Pharisees in the group.
Turning his attention back
to Jesus, he heard Him say,
“The way you behave will
show others you are a part
of God’s kingdom.”
“Realize that you can do
nothing on your own. You
must let God take control
of everything in your life.
By doing this you will find
true happiness.”
The boy thought, I’d like to
do that, but sometimes it is
really hard.
“If you look
around you, you
will see many
who don’t know
God,” Jesus
continued.
“You should feel
very sad about
this.”
“When you do, you will find
ways to tell others about God.”
“As you tell others about Him,
you will find real happiness in
knowing God yourself.”
The boy leaned over and
whispered, “Father, does
He mean I need to tell my
friends about Him?”
“Not just friends, son,” Father
replied, “He also means
strangers.”
Jesus wasn’t
done speaking.
“If you give
your life
completely to
God, you will
let Him control
how you act.”
“You will let other people see
that God is in your life. If
your friends try to start an
argument or a fight, you
will do all you can to stop it.”
The boy squirmed. Did Jesus
know he had a bad temper?
He’d have to ask God to give
Him the power to change that.
“When you are God’s child,”
Jesus said, “your friendships
with others will work better.
You will try to see things as
others see them.”
That’s how Grandpa is with
everyone, the boy thought.
Maybe that’s why so many
people come to him for
advice.
His attention was drawn back
to what Jesus was saying next.
Jesus continued, “You will
want to be right with God
so much that it will be like
you are starving and want
food to eat.”
“You can never
get enough of
what God has
to offer you.”
“But I have to warn
you,” Jesus
continued. “If you
decide to follow God
with all your heart,
it won’t be easy.
People will
make fun of
you
or say bad things
about you
or even try to
hurt you. But
God will take
care of you.”
The boy looked around the
crowd. He could see some of
the Pharisees and teachers of
the law. They didn’t look very
happy. In fact,
maybe they didn’t
really know God.
“If you light an oil lamp, you
don’t put it under a container
so no one can use its light,”
Jesus told the crowd.
“Instead you set it where it
will give the most light. That
is how you will be when
you are God’s child.”
“You will be like a light on a
hilltop, shining God’s love
to everyone around you.”
The boy leaned over to his
father again and said, “I
want to be the kind of person
Jesus is talking about. I want
to be a part of His kingdom.”
“You understand
that you can't do it
on you own, don’t
you?” asked
Father.
“Yes, Jesus said God will
give me the power to do
it,” replied the boy.
“And He will,” said Father.
“According to Jesus, all you
need is His invisible kingdom
in your heart,
to want it with all your heart,
and then to share it with
others.”
“Father, do you think I could
be a prince in the kingdom?”
the boy mused.
“I believe you
already are,” Father smiled.
Let’s read Jesus’
sermon and imagine
we were there listening.
Matthew 5, NIV
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.”
Matthew 5, NIV
6
“Blessed are those who hunger
and thirst for righteousness, for they
will be filled.
7
Blessed are the merciful, for they will
be shown mercy.
8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they
will see God.”
9
10
11
12
“Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted
because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when people insult you,
persecute you and falsely say all kinds of
evil against you because of me.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your
reward in heaven, for in the same way
they persecuted the prophets who were
before you.”
Matthew 5, NIV
Now let’s look at some of the
words Jesus used, and decide if
they are positive words (thumbs
up),
or negative words (thumbs
down).
The first word is “blessed”
(happy or fortunate).
Give a thumbs up if you
think that is a positive
word.
Give a thumbs down if
you think that it is
negative.
How about “poor in spirit”?
Positive?
Or negative?
And how about these words?
“Kingdom of heaven”
“mourn”
Thumbs up, or
thumbs down?
“comforted”
“meek”
“inherit the earth”
“hunger and
thirst”
“filled”
“merciful”
“mercy”
“pure in heart”
“God”
“peacemakers”
“sons of God”
“persecuted”
“insult you”
“persecute you”
Or these:
• Falsely say evil
against you
• Rejoice
• Be glad
• reward
Did you all agree on all
the votes?
What is Jesus telling us?
Would He give a thumbs
down on “poor”?
Jesus shows
us how to
make it
thumbs up.
And how is
that?
What does this verse tell us is
ahead for the poor in spirit?
How were Jesus’ words
different from what the
people had been taught?
Because God loves
us, we accept His
values and share
them with others.
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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 24 and 25 of the Second Quarter Adventist Mission
Youth and Adult Magazine. The title of the story is
“Determined.” 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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