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The Holy Spirit and the Spirituality

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Our Sabbath School Lesson for the first quarter of the year 2017 arrived early, thanks to Pr. Jerry Taguno our Sabbath School Director for NEMM.

Our lesson for this quarter focuses on the work of a Holy Spirit which is very crucial to our Salvation, but it “plays a role that is more of a behind the scene.” God sent His son to be a teacher, a living example and as a sacrificial lamb so that men can have eternal life.  When Jesus went back to heaven He left the Holy Spirit – to be our comforter.  The Holy Spirit became the inspiration of the writers of the “Holy Word of God, an inspiration to the readers of the word of God, gives assurance of salvation through Jesus Christ and gives evidences of God’s work in us” The Holy Spirit works straight in to our central nervous system that certainly brings us closer to the Father.

Our lesson for this quarter delves into understanding the work of the Holy Spirit to fully appreciate the gift of the Holy Spirit working to bring us all to salvation.

Here is the list of the weekly topic for the first quarter of 2017.

  1. The Spirit and the Word.
  2. The Holy Spirit: Working behind the Scenes.
  3. The Divinity of the Holy Spirit.
  4. The Personality of the Holy Spirit.
  5. The Baptism and Filling of the Holy Spirit.
  6. The Holy Spirit and Living a Holy Life
  7. The Holy Spirit and the Fruit of the Spirit.
  8. The Holy Spirit and the Gifts of the Spirit
  9. The Holy Spirit and the Church
  10. The Holy Spirit, the Word, and Prayer
  11. Grieving and Resisting the Spirit.
  12. The Work of the Holy Spirit.

This quarter’s lesson is written by Frank Hasel a former dean of the Department of Theology at Bogenhofen Seminary in Austria, Europe, and also the Director of the Ellen G. White Study Center when he wrote this Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide. His wife died of cancer in 2009. Since then he learns to “trust God’s goodness in new ways every day and experiences the comfort, peace, and transforming power of the Holy Spirit in his life. (SS Lesson First Quarter 2017)

Sabbath School Lesson 3rd Quarter 2016

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The Role of the Church in the Community

The Adult Sabbath School Lesson for this quarter brings us one of the most basic Christian practices that is often forgotten because we are too busy being in the church.  The community is left behind and it is only remembered by 30% of the Adventist community according the research.

What happen to the other 70%?  The authors of Bible Study Guide Gaspar Colón and May-Ellen Colón were missionaries to Africa and former Soviet Union.  They see the real life in the real world that needs Christian to start acting like one.  They wrote this study guide for us to truly understand that our lives are meant to be of service for others.

These are the Weekly titles of our lesson for this quarter:

  • The “Restoration of all Things
  • Restoring Dominion
  • Justice and Mercy in the Old Testament Part 1
  • Justice and Mercy in the Old Testament Part 2
  • Jesus on Community Outreach
  • Jesus Mingled with People
  • Jesus Desired their Good
  • Jesus showed Sympathy
  • Jesus Ministered to their Needs
  • Jesus Won their Confidence
  • Jesus Bade them, “Follow Me”
  • Urban Ministry in the End Time
  • How shall we Wait?

The topics need to be understood in the context of actually doing it for the community.

I got my copy and I already started distributing it to the churches in my district.  Hurry and contact your district pastor/leader to have a copy of this Bible Study Guide.

For more information you can contact our Northeastern Mindanao Mission’s Sabbath School Director, Pastor Jerry E. Taguno.

Four Sabbath School Class Resource Materials

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My father served as a Sabbath School Class teacher at Magkiangkang SDA Central Church for many years.  I understand how hard it is to find ideas for Sabbath School Class.  This time I have the same challenges so I decided to do my research and these are one of my favorite websites.

  1. Sabbath School and Personal Ministries Department – The Official Website of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries Department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church World Wide.  This website has Sabbath School lessons from Beginner to Adult Class.  It has link to the ACS International, Special Needs, and Bible Correspondence Course.
  2. Sabbath School U – Sabbath School University, a weekly half-hour satellite broadcast, first hit the airwaves in early 2002. It was produced at the Adventist Media Center in southern California, but since that time, it has become ever more cosmopolitan in bringing the week’s Sabbath School lesson to young adults around the world. It has been produced at studios at the Adventist Media Centre in Sydney, Australia, on the campus of Andrews University, the Adventist Media Centre on the campus of Helderburg College, South Africa, and is now hosted back on the campus of Andrews University.I actually like to watch the Sabbath School Video for its unique approach which is focus on the youth in the church.
  3. Sabbath School Lesson Powerpoint – One of the best powerpoint presentation about our Sabbath School Lesson that is available in at least 23 different languages/dialects that includes Ilonggo, Tagalog and Cebuano.
  4. Hope Sabbath School @ Hope Channel – This is another sabbath school lesson video by Derek Morris which can be viewed at Hope Channel.  What is interesting on this lesson video is the different participants that comes from different educational backgrounds and races as well.

These websites will surely help your Sabbath School Class.  If you have any resource materials that you wanted to include in my list please feel free to contact me or leave your message below.