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August 23, 2008August 23, 2008

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

The division is The division is made up of made up of two of the two of the world’s largest world’s largest countries—the countries—the United States United States and Canada—and Canada—and the island and the island nation of nation of Bermuda.Bermuda.

The Seventh-day The Seventh-day Adventist Church Adventist Church was born, and its was born, and its growth was growth was nurtured, in North nurtured, in North America in the mid- America in the mid- to late-1800’s. The to late-1800’s. The denomination denomination chose its name in chose its name in 1860 and officially 1860 and officially organized in 1863.organized in 1863.

Ellen and James White

The first The first Adventist Adventist missionary to be missionary to be sent to a country sent to a country outside of North outside of North America was J. N. America was J. N. Andrews who left Andrews who left for Switzerland in for Switzerland in 1874. 1874.

In the years following 1874, believers in North In the years following 1874, believers in North America sacrificed to send missionaries to America sacrificed to send missionaries to Europe, Asia, India, Africa, and Australia. Europe, Asia, India, Africa, and Australia. Today roughly 1000 Inter-Division employees Today roughly 1000 Inter-Division employees and almost 29,000 short-term missionaries and almost 29,000 short-term missionaries are serving from North America.are serving from North America.

This Thirteenth Sabbath you have an opportunity to help share This Thirteenth Sabbath you have an opportunity to help share the gospel with people who are searching for hope. This quarter the gospel with people who are searching for hope. This quarter and throughout the year please prayerfully consider giving 2 and throughout the year please prayerfully consider giving 2 percent of your income to world mission. There will never be a percent of your income to world mission. There will never be a better time to use your income to spread the good news of better time to use your income to spread the good news of God’s grace.God’s grace.

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 Prince learn about Prince Edward Island.Edward Island.

Where is Prince Where is Prince Edward IslandEdward Island

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Canada

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Prince Edward Island

Coat of Arms

Prince Edward Island

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 18 and 19 of the Third Quarter Read the Mission Story on pages 18 and 19 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 name The name of the of the person in person in the story is the story is “Chealse.”“Chealse.”

This story is from the United This story is from the United States.States.

The title of the story is “The Sabbath The title of the story is “The Sabbath Test.”Test.”

Lesson Study Lesson Study TimeTime

Today’s story is:Today’s story is:

DEAD MAN BREAKS BREADDEAD MAN BREAKS BREADPhoto by Neva MacPheePhoto by Neva MacPhee

Have you ever been asked to tell someone about an experience you’ve had sothey could write about it?

Photo by Neva MacPhee

Luke interviewed many Luke interviewed many people when writing his people when writing his Gospel. This story is a re-Gospel. This story is a re-creation of a conversation creation of a conversation that could have happened that could have happened between Luke and one of between Luke and one of the disciples who met Jesus the disciples who met Jesus on the road to Emmaus.on the road to Emmaus.Photo by Neva MacPhee

P O W E R T E X T

2 Peter 1:3, NIV

“His divine power has givenus everything we need for life and godliness.”

God gives us everything we need to know Jesus as our

Saviour.

P O W E R P O I N T

““Tell me about Tell me about the day of the day of Jesus’ Jesus’ resurrection,” resurrection,” Luke said.Luke said.

“That’s a day I’ll never forget,” Cleopas answered, shaking his head.

“We were in the upper room. Hiding out. We didn’t know if the priests would arrest us because we were His followers.”

““With Passover With Passover finished, we finished, we had to return had to return home. Before home. Before leaving leaving Jerusalem, we Jerusalem, we met with some met with some of the other of the other believers.” believers.”

““They had heard that They had heard that Jesus’ body wasn’t in the Jesus’ body wasn’t in the tomb. And several of the tomb. And several of the women hadwomen hadclaimed they had seen claimed they had seen Him.”Him.”

“What did you think about that?” asked Luke.““I didn’t know what to I didn’t know what to

think,”think,”Cleopas said. “We were too Cleopas said. “We were too weary to sort out the weary to sort out the rumors. It was late, andrumors. It was late, andwe just wanted to getwe just wanted to gethome.”home.”

““How far did you How far did you live from live from Jerusalem?” Luke Jerusalem?” Luke asked.asked.

““Seven miles—but thatSeven miles—but thatday it seemed like weday it seemed like wewere shuffling to the ends of were shuffling to the ends of the earth. There were quite the earth. There were quite a few others on the road.” a few others on the road.”

““We were too depressed to We were too depressed to greet them as we walked greet them as we walked along. We kept to along. We kept to ourselves.” ourselves.”

““We just couldn’t understand We just couldn’t understand what had happened. We tried what had happened. We tried to encourage each other, but to encourage each other, but neither of us did a very good neither of us did a very good job.”job.”

““We hadn’t been walking for We hadn’t been walking for veryverylong when a man caught up long when a man caught up to us,” Cleopas continued. to us,” Cleopas continued. “Neither one of us paid much “Neither one of us paid much attention to him.”attention to him.”

““I guess we were too wrapped I guess we were too wrapped up in our own misery. If we up in our own misery. If we seemed rude, he never let us seemed rude, he never let us know, but he wanted to know know, but he wanted to know what we were so upset what we were so upset about.”about.”

““We asked him if he was a We asked him if he was a stranger around here. I was stranger around here. I was surprised that he didn’t surprised that he didn’t seem to know about what seem to know about what had happened in had happened in Jerusalem.” Jerusalem.”

““Practically the entire Practically the entire city had spoken of city had spoken of nothing else since nothing else since Friday. He just let us Friday. He just let us talk about what was talk about what was bothering us.”bothering us.”

““Do you remember what Do you remember what you told him?” asked you told him?” asked Luke.Luke.

““I said I wasn’t sure why Jesus I said I wasn’t sure why Jesus died,” Cleopas recalled. died,” Cleopas recalled.

““And I had believed that And I had believed that Jesus was a prophet sent by Jesus was a prophet sent by God to deliver Israel. I God to deliver Israel. I surprised myself by telling surprised myself by telling this this stranger so much,stranger so much,but he seemedbut he seemedlike someone like someone I could trust.”I could trust.”

““Yes, and that we Yes, and that we didn’t know what to didn’t know what to believe. If He was believe. If He was alive, where was alive, where was He? But it seemed He? But it seemed impossible. Theimpossible. Thestranger could tell stranger could tell we felt bad.”we felt bad.”

““Did you tell him Did you tell him what the women what the women had said?” asked had said?” asked Luke.Luke.

“But then he told us that there wasn’t really any reason for us to feel that way.”

““He talked about how the He talked about how the Messiah had to suffer so we Messiah had to suffer so we could see His real glory. He could see His real glory. He also reminded us about what also reminded us about what the prophets had said about the prophets had said about the Messiah.”the Messiah.”

““It was It was strange. This strange. This man sounded man sounded so much like so much like Jesus, IJesus, Iremember I remember I kept looking at kept looking at him and him and wondering who wondering who he was.”he was.”

““When we finally arrived at When we finally arrived at ourourhouse, the stranger kept house, the stranger kept walking as if he were going walking as if he were going to continue on his trip. I to continue on his trip. I stopped him and invited him stopped him and invited him to come in and stay with us.”to come in and stay with us.”

““Since it was Since it was late late I just gathered I just gathered a few things for a few things for our meal. The our meal. The stranger had stranger had taken my placetaken my placeat the head of at the head of the table.” the table.”

““I thought that I thought that was strange, but was strange, but I didn’t say I didn’t say anything. anything. Instead I passed Instead I passed the bread to him the bread to him for the blessing.”for the blessing.”

““As he spread out his hands As he spread out his hands over the loaf, I got goose over the loaf, I got goose bumps. He did it exactly like bumps. He did it exactly like Jesus did!” Jesus did!”

““Looking closer, Looking closer, I saw the nail I saw the nail prints in his prints in his hands and then I hands and then I knew why he knew why he had sounded had sounded like Jesus while like Jesus while we were we were walking. It walking. It was was Jesus!”Jesus!”

““What did you What did you do then?” Luke do then?” Luke asked. asked. “We knelt down “We knelt down to worship Him, to worship Him, but when we but when we looked up, He looked up, He had had disappeared.”disappeared.”

““We were too excited to We were too excited to sleep. So we decided to go sleep. So we decided to go back to Jerusalem and tell back to Jerusalem and tell the others what we had the others what we had seen.” seen.”

“Even though it was dark, we ran back down the same road we had just traveled. We slipped and slid on the rocky places, but we didn’t care.”

“We’d wander off the path and have to find our way again None of that mattered.”

““Jesus was alive, and we Jesus was alive, and we had seen Him! We had to had seen Him! We had to tell everyone!”tell everyone!”

““When we got back to When we got back to Jerusalem, the disciples there Jerusalem, the disciples there had seen Jesus too!” had seen Jesus too!”

““And since that day, we And since that day, we have known that have known that He is He is with with us us every day.”every day.”

THINKING ABOUT THE LESSONTHINKING ABOUT THE LESSON

Why do you think Jesus spent Why do you think Jesus spent time and appeared to people time and appeared to people after His resurrection, instead of after His resurrection, instead of just going back to heaven?just going back to heaven?

How many people can you How many people can you think of that Jesus appeared to think of that Jesus appeared to after His resurrection?after His resurrection?

The disciples who walked with The disciples who walked with Jesus toward Emmaus Jesus toward Emmaus expected the Messiah to be a expected the Messiah to be a Saviour. What did they expect Saviour. What did they expect Jesus to save them from?Jesus to save them from?

On the way to Emmaus Jesus On the way to Emmaus Jesus explained to them what they explained to them what they

really needed.really needed.

It is what the angel told It is what the angel told Joseph, before Jesus was born Joseph, before Jesus was born

(Matthew 1:21).(Matthew 1:21).

Luke 24, NIVLuke 24, NIV

25 He said to them, "How foolish you are, 25 He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?" 27 And beginning then enter his glory?" 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. Scriptures concerning himself.

Let’s pray that God will open Let’s pray that God will open our eyes to what we really our eyes to what we really need.need.

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