This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Category: Features
Aunt Sevvy, is COVID-19 a conspiracy?
30 March 2020 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Our pastor canceled church services last week, at the conference’s insistence, because of COVID-19 fears. My mother and father are furious. They say the disease is a hoax, over-exaggerated, and a capitulation to Satan. They think someone, probably the Roman Catholics, are trying to put an end to […]
Sharing Scripture for March 22–28
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Adventist Young Adult Initiative Grows in Face of Christian Orthodox Opposition
Stefani Leeper | 20 March 2020 | Despite the ever-raging conflict between Orthodox and Protestant Christians in Serbia, a group of Seventh-day Adventist collegiate students at the nation’s Novi Sad University have been hosting UNZIP, a series of weekly workshops designed to help fellow students grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. Meeting in rented facilities, young adults […]
A Silver Lining
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Sharing Scripture for March 15 – 21
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
We are not them! But who are we?
By Ron Gladden | 13 March 2020 | I moved to Ohio to lead the second-largest church in the conference when I was just 26, but my two associate pastors and I hit it off like the Three Amigos. We huddled with the lay leaders and collectively decided to try for big goals for the […]
EPIC Adventist Church Uses Small Group Models, Attracts Young Adults
by Stefani Leeper | 10 March 2020 | How do Adventist churches attract and retain young adults? If you read our CrossWalk Church feature, you’re aware that its drastic growth has been leading to further growth and young adult retention. However, one Chicago-based Adventist pastor has taken a paradoxical approach to the whole matter, and […]
Sharing Scripture for March 8 – 14
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
The Great Disruption: The 2020 One Project in Boulder
by Ryan Brousson | 9 March 2020 | The theme of this year’s conference was “The Great Disruption,” with three sub-themes: politics, theology, and church and culture. My overall thoughts were positive. The messages by the nine speakers, most of whom were the founders or long-time speakers, were thought-provoking and insightful. Many questions arose as […]
Sharing Scripture for March 1 – 7
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Just found out my boyfriend likes porn—what should I do?
28 February 2020 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I have been dating my boyfriend for about 8 months. We are both in our last year of college and I have been thinking maybe he is the one I’ll end up marrying. But last week I discovered that he looks at pornography. I was very upset when […]