Lakeland Seventh-day Adventist Church

I'm going to put the plans for each program of our evangelistic meetings on this page. This draft is not complete, but I wanted to provide something for you to leave comments on.

The conference printed up some invitation cards for us to use. They sent them by Greyhound bus Friday night. We need to give these to everyone we meet in Lakeland between the ages of 14 and 30. I'll be camping with some of our young people this week, so just look in the youth room under the table with the Bible studies for the invitation cards. They say "Connect" and give the time and location of our meetings

I have added an order of service. For each topic, I have noted which parts of the service are covered so far. Please add a comment if you can help.

Order of Service

• Worship

We have a music team led by Jasmine Abram with assistance from Angel Rosa. They will lead a 15-minute program at the beginning of each meeting.

• Presentation

15-20 minute introduction of the night's topic. This can include a sermon, a video, or an interview.

• Small group discussion

15-20 minutes to get to know each other, study the Bible, and share thoughts on the topic. This is the heart of the program. We will try to divide people into groups of four to six and assign two faciliators to each group. The facilitators will work with the same people each meeting. Instead of response cards, we will rely on the facilitators to get to know each person in their group and make a personal appeal.

For the younger groups, we will need activity sheets.

At the end of the discussion period, we will have a special music to bring everyone back together.

• Appeal

The appeal will relate the topic to practical choices. We will use a drama to help people relate emotionally to the choice they must make. Rather than urging people to make the choice we want them to make, the appeal will present all the choices and their consequences.

The dramas need to meet three conditions:

1. Illustrate how the message affects choices a young person in Lakeland might face.
2. Help the audience identify strongly with the feelings on which choices are based.
3. Leave the audience wanting to make the right choice.
• Social time

Friday and Saturday nights only. Friday night we will have a smoothie bar, and Saturday night we will have games.

We would also like to have a prayer room open throughout the meetings. Petronella will help in setting it up.

Things We Need for Each Meeting

1. Worship program
2. Topic presenter
3. Activity sheet for small group time
4. Special music to end small group time
5. Drama
6. Appeal
7. Smoothie ingredients and blenders on Friday nights, game leaders on Saturday nights

Topics

Saturday, April 11

Slideshow: A thorny question

Message: When God doesn't seem to be there (Petronella)

Activity sheet: How should we respond to trouble?

Drama: Misunderstood brother

Sunday, April 12

Message: What do I need God for? (Darren)

Drama: Addicted smoker

Friday, April 17

Message: The end of the world (Zach)

Saturday, April 18

Message: Heaven or hell: is that really a choice? (Darren)

Drama: Party invitation

Sunday, April 19

Message: What’s taking God so long? (Eric)

Friday, April 24

From Eden to Calvary (Darren)

Is suffering fair? Who was Jesus? This message will present the sacrifice of Jesus and the reason God allows suffering. Also the 70-week prophecy.

Drama: Communion service

Saturday, April 25

Message: Blind faith (Darwin)

Some assume that faith is based on ignorance. However, the Bible teaches that true faith is based on evidence. This message will cover how to deal with uncertainty.

Drama: HIV test

Sunday, April 26

Message: Certainty of salvation (Cory)

Friday, May 1

Message: Spiritual growth (Eric)

Saturday, May 2

Spiritual warfare

Defending against the attacks of Satan.

Sunday, May 3

Message: Am I a real disciple? (Zach)

Friday, May 8

Message: Human and divine love (Darren)

Saturday, May 9

Message: Friends and enemies (Maddy)

Sunday, May 10

Message: The family of God (Cory)

Friday, May 15

Message: Dealing with the fear of persecution (Darwin)

Saturday, May 16

Message: The seal of God (Eric)

Some topics will bring up questions which we will cover in more detail in a special Sabbath afternoon class.