Several weeks later the woman called, wanting the address of the car club. He didn’t actually have her name so they prayed for her by the name of the car. He took the young womans name to his Action Unit and they prayed for her. He he had missed the evangelistic moment. As she drove away he felt he had made a mistake in not giving her a gospel presentation. He suggested she come by his office when she returned on Monday and he would give her an address for the car club for the type cars they were both driving. She assured him that she would be back for it on Monday. He told her the ABC was closed but he would get the book for her. She said she was looking for a book called “Steps to Jesus”.
Since he had been reading about witnessing within clubs or fraternities he stopped to talk to the young woman about her car. One departmental leader in UCC saw a foreign car like his in front of the ABC. One is by profession of faith, the other is by baptism.” The man replied, “I believe I would like to be baptized.”
After working their way through the book, 27 Fundamental Beliefs, the member said, “There are two ways you can become a Seventh-day Adventist. One of the members of the class, an engineer, studied with this guest who was also an engineer. After attending for several months he inquired how a person could become a Seventh-day Adventist. He enjoyed the fellowship of the small group. The husband of a church member attended an Action Unit class in one UCC church. Over 6,000 Psalms for Tiny Tots have been donated since the project began. The people are eager to purchase more books and they make a sale at every house. The literature evangelist director states that in following up these response cards it isn’t even necessary to make a presentation. Inside the book is a response card to be mailed in if the parents wish to obtain more good reading material for their child. One book is included in the “Welcome Baby” packet given to each mother after delivery. Cases of the book, Psalms for Tiny Tots Vol. John Davis of the Fairfield, WA church, started a project that was special funded by a large donation. (This is not actually an Action Unit project but it could be used by a class) Several of these new mothers have attended church and at least one has been baptized. Mothers in the church found it quite simple to meet new mothers in the community with a gift and parenting study guides. Shirley Peterson, Sabbath School Superintendent from the Walla Walla Eastgate Church, reports that one Action Unit class adopted the Welcome Baby program as their class plan. Sometimes this can be done by meeting a few minutes on Sabbath in the pastor’s study. It may be well to line this up in advance by asking certain ones to talk about some aspect of outreach that would be of interest to all.ġ.Ĝare Coordinators should meet regularly with pastor and/or personal ministries leader to coordinate outreach with the overall ministry plans of the church.Ģ. Once each month care coordinators facilitate sharing with the entire Sabbath School concerning outreach activities.Ģ. It may be best to meet at another time to develop the plan.Ĥ.Ěctivities may be based on spiritual gifts.ġ. J.Ğncouraging members to dialogue with each other in reference to experience and biblical understanding.ġ.Ĝare Coordinator facilitates development of class planĢ.Ĝlass agrees on a simple outreach project and goal for the classģ. Not coercing, forcing, or bowling people over with his/her knowledge, agenda, or zeal. Not asking questions that are too invasive or personal. “Is it easy or hard to be a Christian”, then following up with “are there Bible texts that would shed light on the question?” G.Ěsking questions that spark discussion about experience, e.g. Sharing life experience in relation to the biblical portion. Not asking questions that can be answered by rote.į. Not lecturing or spending significant time in telling facts only.Į.
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Prayer time is conversational with several members free to participate, but none forced to pray.Ĥ.Ĝlass Facilitator encourages all to participate in discussion by:Ĭ.Ěsking open-ended, life-related questions that can be answered by experience related to the weekly Sabbath School Bible Study Guide.ĭ. He/she takes the first part of the class to coordinate caring activities such as reaching missing members, facilitate implementation of class outreach plan, and prayer.ģ. The goal is to grow.Ģ.Ĝare Coordinator is appointed by the class. Sabbath School Action Units Plan in BriefĢ.đ0-20 minutes focus on caring and class plan for outreachģ.Ĕ0-50 minutes of life-related discussion of the lessonġ.
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