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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.

How is the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering How is the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering going to be used?going to be used?

This quarter’s Thirteenth This quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will help:Sabbath Offering will help:

Place rebroadcast radio Place rebroadcast radio stations in communities stations in communities across Canadaacross Canada

Expand the reach and Expand the reach and effectiveness of Life Talk effectiveness of Life Talk Radio across the United Radio across the United StatesStates

H. M. S. Richards used what could be H. M. S. Richards used what could be called the “cutting edge of called the “cutting edge of technology” when he pioneered radio technology” when he pioneered radio evangelism. evangelism. The Voice of ProphecyThe Voice of Prophecy was first broadcast in 1929 on one was first broadcast in 1929 on one radio station in Los Angeles, California. radio station in Los Angeles, California. The program now is broadcast on over The program now is broadcast on over 400 stations in North America.400 stations in North America.

The Church again stepped out in faith The Church again stepped out in faith when it entered the new medium of when it entered the new medium of television in 1950 with television in 1950 with Faith for TodayFaith for Today. . William A. Fagal, the founder of William A. Fagal, the founder of Faith for Faith for Today, Today, saw his task as “extending the saw his task as “extending the gospel wherever people can view the gospel wherever people can view the program.” George Vandeman also believed program.” George Vandeman also believed in using the technology of the day to in using the technology of the day to spread the gospel, and in 1956 founded spread the gospel, and in 1956 founded the the It Is Written It Is Written television ministry.television ministry.

Pictures retrieved from http://www.faithfortoday.tv/history.phpPicture retrieved from http://www.itiswritten.com/about/history

William Fagal Family watching Faith for Today George Vandeman

Today Today The Voice of ProphecyThe Voice of Prophecy, , Faith Faith for Todayfor Today, , It is WrittenIt is Written and other and other television and radio programs television and radio programs continue to reach people for God.continue to reach people for God.

Because people in North America no longer Because people in North America no longer attend mass evangelistic meetings as they attend mass evangelistic meetings as they once did, media plays an increasingly once did, media plays an increasingly important role in evangelism. Besides important role in evangelism. Besides purchasing time to broadcast radio and purchasing time to broadcast radio and television programs on public or commercial television programs on public or commercial stations, the church operates an extensive stations, the church operates an extensive network of radio stations and Hope TV. These network of radio stations and Hope TV. These avenues have proven effective in reaching avenues have proven effective in reaching those who are either unchurched or who are those who are either unchurched or who are searching for Bible truth beyond what they searching for Bible truth beyond what they receive in their own churches. receive in their own churches.

World Headquarters, Hope Channel

Hope Channel is broadcast in countries around the world.

Now new technology is making the gospel Now new technology is making the gospel more accessible than ever. As Craig more accessible than ever. As Craig Jeffery stated in the January 2008 issue of Jeffery stated in the January 2008 issue of Adventist World-NADAdventist World-NAD, “many young , “many young people in North America are connected at people in North America are connected at any one time to four electronic devices, any one time to four electronic devices, typically an iPod (or other MP3 player), a typically an iPod (or other MP3 player), a PDA (personal digital assistant), a laptop PDA (personal digital assistant), a laptop computer, and a cell phone.”computer, and a cell phone.”

According to Jeffery, According to Jeffery, Vandeman and the other Vandeman and the other broadcasting pioneers could broadcasting pioneers could never have imagined how the never have imagined how the Internet, smartphones, text Internet, smartphones, text messaging, iPods, Facebook, messaging, iPods, Facebook, and YouTube might be used to and YouTube might be used to share the gospel, but today share the gospel, but today they do. The Adventist they do. The Adventist Channel [found at Channel [found at www.theadventistchannel.org] www.theadventistchannel.org] provides a video-on-demand, provides a video-on-demand, 24/7 cyberspace place to 24/7 cyberspace place to share our unique message of share our unique message of Christ’s amazing grace. Christ’s amazing grace.

In spite of modern strides in In spite of modern strides in technology, radio continues to be a technology, radio continues to be a powerful force in people’s lives. powerful force in people’s lives. Christian programming can reach Christian programming can reach significant numbers of people who significant numbers of people who might never be reached by other might never be reached by other means. This quarter’s Thirteenth means. This quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will focus on Sabbath Offering will focus on broadening our reach to people across broadening our reach to people across the North American Division via radio. the North American Division via radio. Please give generously and help others Please give generously and help others hear the gospel of good news.hear the gospel of good news.

Collect OfferingCollect Offering

Exploring God’s Exploring God’s WorldWorld

In this section we study one of the countries in the division where our Thirteenth Sabbath offering is going.

Today we are going to Today we are going to learn about the learn about the territory of Nunavut.territory of Nunavut.

Where is NunavutWhere is Nunavut

Country Flag

Canada

Territory Flag

Nunavut

Time for the Mission Time for the Mission StoryStory

We are taking the good We are taking the good news to the entire world.news to the entire world.

Read the Mission Story on pages 12 and 13 of the Third Quarter Read the Mission Story on pages 12 and 13 of the Third Quarter Adventist Mission Youth and Adult Adventist Mission Youth and Adult MagazineMagazine

while slowly progressing through the next 3 slides.while slowly progressing through the next 3 slides.

The names The names of the of the People in People in the story the story are “Aaron are “Aaron and Katie.”and Katie.”

This story is from This story is from Canada.Canada.

The title of the story is “Youth Forge Modern Ministries.”The title of the story is “Youth Forge Modern Ministries.”

Lesson Study Lesson Study TimeTime

GROWING SEASON

Have you ever planted a garden or worked on a farm?

In some parts of the world, people buy most of their food in stores.

Perhaps if Jesus lived in those places today, He would tell a parable of the cereal aisle!

His parables were always about things with which people were familiar. He wanted people to look at them and remember the lessons He taught.

P O W E R P O I N T

God gives us His Word extravagantly.

P O W E R T E X T

JOHN 6:63, NIV

““The words I The words I have spoken to have spoken to you are spirit you are spirit and they are and they are life.”life.”

A boy shifted the A boy shifted the heavy seed sack heavy seed sack from his right to from his right to his left shoulder. his left shoulder. He’d been out with He’d been out with his father since his father since early morning early morning planting. planting.

He decided he He decided he would rather would rather live in the city, live in the city, where his where his cousins didn’t cousins didn’t need to worry need to worry about growing about growing seasons.seasons.

“Time to eat. I hope there’s enough here to satisfy your hunger,” his father said, smiling. “It’s a good thing we’re farmers.”

Then his tone became serious. “I heard that new rabbi tell a story about planting.”

““The one they The one they call Jesus?” call Jesus?” the boy asked. the boy asked. “Why would “Why would He talk about He talk about planting?”planting?”

““Why? What Why? What kind of kind of question is question is that?” his that?” his father said, father said, shaking his shaking his head.head.

““As I was saying, a farmer As I was saying, a farmer was planting seed in a field was planting seed in a field near the lake where the near the lake where the rabbi spoke from a boat.”rabbi spoke from a boat.”

“A boat?” the boy asked.

“Yes. It was a brilliant idea. The people crowded around the rabbi trying to listen to Him. They nearly pushed Him into the lake. He climbed into a boat. Everyone thought, That’s it! He’s leaving.”

“But instead He pushed off from shore, dropped anchor in shallow water, and began teaching.” The boy’s father’s eyes glowed as he remembered.

““So the rabbi pointed to the So the rabbi pointed to the farmer and told us to watch farmer and told us to watch him. Every head turned to him. Every head turned to look at that farmer. He was look at that farmer. He was sowing the hillside above us.”sowing the hillside above us.”

““The rabbi talked The rabbi talked about planting. about planting. Planting. Just like Planting. Just like we’re doing right we’re doing right now. As the farmer now. As the farmer arced his arm over arced his arm over the soil you could the soil you could almost see the almost see the seeds flying.”seeds flying.”

The boy searched the basket for another fig.

““The rabbi said, ‘As the farmer The rabbi said, ‘As the farmer was scattering the seed, some was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was fell along the path; it was trampled on and the birds of the trampled on and the birds of the air ate it up.’ ” air ate it up.’ ”

“ ‘“ ‘Some fell on rock, and Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the when it came up, the plants withered because plants withered because they had no moisture.’ ”they had no moisture.’ ”

“That shows how much rabbis know about farming,” the boy said. “No farmer would try to plant in soil like that.”

““No. Listen.” His father No. Listen.” His father waved his hand in the waved his hand in the air. “The rabbi said, air. “The rabbi said, ‘Other seed fell among ‘Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up thorns, which grew up with it and choked the with it and choked the plants. Still other seed plants. Still other seed fell on good soil. It fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times crop, a hundred times more than was sown.’ ” more than was sown.’ ” (Taken from Luke 8:5-8, NIV.)(Taken from Luke 8:5-8, NIV.)

““I don’t get I don’t get it,” the boy it,” the boy said.said.

“I didn’t either,” his father said.

The boy looked at his father. His eyes still glowed.

“I’ve thought a lot about this story,” his father continued. “I don’t think the rabbi was really talking about planting.”

“Huh?”

“I think He was talking about God.”

“So you think God’s a farmer?”

“Yes. The rabbi said, ‘The kingdom of God is like a farmer. . .’ ”

“So what is the seed?”

“I think the seed is God’s Word.”

The boy sat up. “You mean like the Torah?”

““Yes. You’ve noticed how Yes. You’ve noticed how every synagogue has the every synagogue has the Scrolls? We have God’s Scrolls? We have God’s Word in every synagogue.”Word in every synagogue.”

“It’s just like seed. God doesn’t worry about where His seed is planted. No. He scatters it everywhere.”

“But that seems like a waste, Father,” the boy said.

“That’s true, my son,” his father said. “But the heavenly farmer scatters it anyway, hoping it will take root and grow.”

His father held one His father held one tiny seed between tiny seed between his thumb and his thumb and forefinger. “No forefinger. “No one knows how one knows how many seeds this many seeds this one grain will one grain will produce, do they?”produce, do they?”

The boy shook his head no.

““And imagine how many And imagine how many seeds will be produced seeds will be produced from all the seed in this from all the seed in this sack.”sack.”

““It would be impossible to It would be impossible to count,” the boy said. He count,” the boy said. He wasn’t sure how to ask wasn’t sure how to ask the question that was the question that was forming in his mind. forming in his mind.

“ “Father,” he said, Father,” he said, “do you think this “do you think this rabbi Jesus knows rabbi Jesus knows something we don’t?”something we don’t?”

“Like what?”

“Well . . . do you think He knows God better than we do?”

Father looked intently into the eyes of his son. “Yes, I think He does.”

The boy and his The boy and his father both father both turned to look turned to look at the open field at the open field waiting for waiting for them. them.

Suddenly the boy felt glad Suddenly the boy felt glad that he lived in Galilee.that he lived in Galilee.

EXPLORING THE BIBLE

Choose one of the Choose one of the following options for following options for creatively creatively illustrating the illustrating the lesson.lesson.

Option 1

Create a poem about this Create a poem about this parable.parable.

Option 2

Create a banner of the memory verse, illustrating it with a graphic from the parable.

Option 3

Write an original parable. Use Write an original parable. Use something from life today to something from life today to illustrate God’s grace.illustrate God’s grace.

Option 4

Compose a song praising God for the Compose a song praising God for the gift of His Word.gift of His Word.

Option 5

Research “Jesus, the Word of God.” Be prepared to explain how John 1:1, 2, 14 applies to the parable about the sower.

Option 6

Count the seeds in Count the seeds in one piece of fruit. one piece of fruit. Estimate how many Estimate how many pieces of fruit would pieces of fruit would be produced by one be produced by one plant. Estimate how plant. Estimate how many seeds would be many seeds would be produced by the fruit produced by the fruit of one plant.of one plant.

Option 7

Use your imagination to create a way to convey the idea that God doesn’t look for quick results. He knows that growing takes time.

After everyone has After everyone has had time to work, and had time to work, and report their project, report their project, consider the following:consider the following:

Often, when this parable is Often, when this parable is studied the focus is on the four studied the focus is on the four types of soil on which the seed types of soil on which the seed falls.falls.

Today our focus Today our focus has been on the has been on the work of God in work of God in scattering His scattering His Word everywhere. Word everywhere.

What did you learn about God from this parable today?

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