Dec 21, 2017
By Katie Brown “Garbage In, Garbage Out.” It’s a phrase that was thrown around a lot by youth pastors and camp counselors when I was a teenager. Even now, the saying reminds me of campfire smoke, burnt marshmallows, early morning Bible studies, and fellow teenagers rolling their eyes. At the time, the lessons were on secular messages in popular movies,...
Dec 21, 2017
By Clinton R. Brown Summary A lesson to illustrate that obedient servants follow the instruction of their master, and we have all already received specific instructions from Jesus. Introduction Good morning, young people! Today we are going to talk about Kings and Knights. Has anyone ever heard of a knight? Knights were the brave and loyal defenders of the...
Dec 21, 2017
Rev. Carl Greene Hebron SDB Church, PA Dinner conversation tends to raise interesting questions. For instance, you ask for the salt and pepper shakers, and your daughter asks you, “Where does black pepper come from? Does it come from a bush or a tree?” These questions might be a challenge for some; not so for this parent. After all, I was raised in a farming...
Dec 21, 2017
By Pastor Glenn Denman Vibrant! That is how our youth program at the Central Washington Seventh Day Baptist Church of about 22 members (plus attenders) in Yakima, WA, is being described! The scripture says, “let others speak well of you, and not you yourself.” In looking back, we have had some pretty good youth meetings, with one recently being attended by some...
Nov 22, 2017
by Gabriel Graffius My wife and I are currently anticipating the birth of our first child. I’ve quickly learned that the activities and emotions surrounding childbirth are a unique time in a person’s life. A woman deals with the emotional roller coaster of attempting to conceive, endures the incredible and uncomfortable physical changes to her body, receives...
Nov 22, 2017
by Pastor Bob Babcock Luke 2:8-20 Perhaps one of the most glorious aspects of the birth of Christ is that He came into this world, not by a prestigious, upper class lady but by a lowly, modest, commonplace woman. It was not a glamorous, pretentious entrance into this world, but a simple birth in a stable. Add to that, the announcement of “the good tidings of...