http://sabbathschool.com/blog Leadership Education Advent Discipleship Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:20:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Told by Rosemary Lethbridge Out of the blue I received an email saying “We would like to give you some money, when can we meet?”  This doesn’t happen often! The e-mailer was Councillor Mike Reid who represents North Totton on the New Forest District Council. He had been told about us by ... http://sabbathschool.com/blog/?p=236 The days of ambivalence in the Christian life are drawing to an end. Having one foot in the world and the other in the church has caused only pain and imbalance. It is time for us to stop walking along the shore, dreaming of the other side but staying put. ... http://sabbathschool.com/blog/?p=234 Terri Saelee Refugee Ministries Coordinator North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists terri.saelee@nad.adventist.org www.refugeeministries.org 608-443-6575 The Annual Flow Report on Refugees and Asylees is now available. Note the following highlights: · More refugees are arriving from Iraq than from any other country.  Burma (with refugees primarily from the Karen ethnic group) is ... http://sabbathschool.com/blog/?p=231 No. church is not on my to-do list. In August 2009 I stopped going to church after doing so since age 10. Indeed. I had arrived at the annual family reunion meet-and-greet on Friday evening expecting to have an entire meal of salad. I discovered that the hostess who in previous ... http://sabbathschool.com/blog/?p=226 The Fifth Annual Evolution Weekend sponsor claim that 850 congregations worldwide have been discussing the compatibility of religion and science February  12-14, 2010. This is an opportunity for local members to credibly express their view on evolution with other believers and leaders in their congregation and local conference. Notice the ... http://sabbathschool.com/blog/?p=222 LEAD gets to local churches up to six months ahead of local Sabbath School programming, so we are giving local leaders a few file cards of information that can be used for VBS for two reasons: First, as the old proverb confesses, “The best laid plans of mice and men have ... http://sabbathschool.com/blog/?p=218 By Alicia Jones With the same patience God has to save his children, a French search and rescue team endured and rescued a Haitian girl from the rubble fifteen days after the deadly earthquake.  “French rescuers pulled a teenage girl — very dehydrated, with a broken left leg and moments from ... http://sabbathschool.com/blog/?p=216 By Alicia Jones Jesus promises to give his people peace in a way that the world could never give even as world leaders must admit that their desires for peace were too ambitious.  “President Barack Obama says his administration overestimated its ability to persuade the Israelis and Palestinians to resume meaningful ... http://sabbathschool.com/blog/?p=214 By Alicia Jones The heart of God rejoices over the deliverance of his lost children, that he has gone through great lengths to save, in the same way one British couple rejoices over their twin sons that they spent tens of thousands to have.  “Twins Ben and Walker are the pride and ... http://sabbathschool.com/blog/?p=212 There are some interesting episodes in the Bible where rejoicing takes place in the most difficult of circumstances.  I think of Paul and Silas in prison yet they were singing hymns to God (Acts 16:25) and notably James who said we should consider it pure joy whenever we face trials ... http://sabbathschool.com/blog/?p=209