Adventist Youth (AY)

Summary
The bible is a beautiful book. It is filled with stories of interesting people and events. We
as Adventists have grown up with our own perceptions of people in the bible based on
how were were taught and our local cultures.
Program Aim
Clarifying perceptions of the Bible.
Scripture References
2 Timothy 2:15
Theme Song(s)
Faith is the victory
Program Audience
ALL
Preparations and resources

Set up a projector or TV screens to display the game, paper and pen for scoring.

[Duration 1:45 minutes]

OPENING PRAYER [1 minute]:

SONG SERVICE [15 minutes]:
OPENING/THEME SONG [3 minutes]:272 – Give Me the Bible
SCRIPTURE READING [2 minutes]: 2 Timothy 2:15
PRAYER [3 minutes]:

PRELIMINARIES[3 minutes]:
AY MISSION:
The salvation of youth through Jesus Christ. We understand youth ministry to be that work of
the church that is conducted for, with, and by young people.
AY AIM:
The Advent message to all the world in my generation.
AY MOTTO:
The love of Christ compels me.
AY PLED
Loving the Lord Jesus, I promise to take an active part in the youth ministry of the church,
doing what I can to help others and to finish the work of the Gospel in all the world.
AY SONG:
Adventist youth are we from every land and sea
Together we pray and work and play in happy harmony
We have a faith to share
With others everywhere
A message of love from God above
To show the world we care
Adventist youth, Adventist Youth, Adventist Youth

WELCOME & GREETING [5 minutes]:

ACTIVITIES [15 minutes]:
Morning Watch, Testimonies, Hot Seat, Action group/unit meetings, etc.
PROGRAM INTRODUCTION [2 minutes]:
SPECIAL [5 minutes]:
MAIN PROGRAM [45 minutes]:

The bible is a beautiful book. It is filled with stories of interesting people and events. We as
Adventists have grown up with our own perceptions of people in the bible based on how were
were taught and our local cultures. We also have perceptions of people and things in everyday
life that are based on our experiences. Sometimes we need to pause and consider how much our
perceptions affect our understanding of the bible and of people around us.
Sometimes we need to put aside our biases and look at things from the perspective of other
people, validated by the word of God. This has the ability to improve our impact on the world as
like Paul we become all things to all men.

Today we will consider the perspective of Adventists all across the world, from Jamaica, to Saudi
Arabia, to Solomon Islands. All who have contributed to the results in this survey for the
question we asked. We also provide biblical answers to many of the question asked.

INSTRUCTION: Choose two groups (Team A and Team B) of 5 people to represent 2 teams.
Each person from Team A is asked a question until they make three mistakes or answers all the
questions. The questions and points can be passed to Team B if the Team A gets 3 wrong
answers and Team B gives the next answer correctly. The turn is then passed to Team B.

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VESPER SERVICE [10 minutes]

CHARGE
CLOSING SONG
PRAYER
DEPARTURE SONG [1 minute]:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Soul mate –

Soul mate
In terminology, soul mate, or
“soulmate” or “split soul theory”, is an
Egyptian-Greek religio-mythology, clay
creation myth based, origin of humans
model, which posits that humans
originated in pairs, bound in one body,
with one original soul, but were "split" in
two, supposedly for doing something
offensive to the gods, after which the
newly separated humans forever
wandered the earth in search of their
long lost soul mate so to reunite their
incomplete souls and become one again.
The Egyptian god Atum, according to Heliopolis
creation myth (3100BC), making the gods Shu and
Tefnut, each with half a soul; the origin of modern
soul mate theory.

Greek | Mythology
In 600BC, Greek philosopher, including Solon, Thales, and Plato all visited the great
college at Heliopolis, and that Plato, while studying there, learned their soul-splitting
origin of gods and humans theory.

Plato
In 400BC, Plato, after studying abroad in Egypt, penned the modern version of soul
mate theory, according to which the formerly-known supreme god Atum, who in the
Early Kingdom became Atum-Ra, who became Amen-Ra in the New Kingdom, who
became Zeus, or Amen-Zeus, as Alexander the Great (332BC) later legally defined
things, split one original human into two humans with half-souls.
The
gist of
Plato's
version
of soul
mate
theory,

Left: the Egyptian clay creation myth origin of humans, according to which the
god Khnum shapes two humans from a ball of clay, then the goddess Hathor
imparts life, soul (ba), and spirit (ka) into their composition, via the power of
the ankh. Right: the Greek reinterpretation of this origin of humans model, as
told by Plato, in his Symposium (c.380BC), via the voice of Aristophanes,
according to which humans were originally one body (akin to one ball of clay),
with one soul, but were split by Zeus, into two bodies and two souls, aka split
soul theory, thereafter forever being in search of each other; thereby explaining
the hypothetical origin of humans.

according to one account, is the story that: “our ancestors once had two heads, four
arms [and supposedly one soul]. They did something to offend a god so that god
punished them by splitting them down the middle, resulting in the creation of humans.
As a punishment, we are condemned to spend our lives searching for the other half, our
soulmates.” (Ѻ)

In c.375BC, Plato, in his Symposium (Ѻ), via dialogue, through the voice of
Aristophanes, described the gist of long lost split souls in search of each other, as
follows: [1]
“The intense yearning which lovers have toward each other does not appear to be the
desire for sexual intercourse, but for something else which the soul of each desires and
cannot tell, and of which he or she has only a dark and doubtful presentiment.”

“According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four
legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two
separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.”

In 45BC, Cicero, in his On the Nature of the Gods, ridicules Plato’s Egyptian religio-
philosophy derived round-shaped first human model as follows: [12]

“I express my surprise at the slow-wittedness of those who would have it that a living
creature endowed with both immortality and blessedness is ‘spherical’ in shape, merely
because Plato maintains that no shape is more beautiful than the sphere. In my view,
the cylinder, the cube, the cone, the pyramid are more beautiful. And what sort of life is
assigned to this rotund god?”

Ask the question List some qualities you look for in a soul mate.
Gensis 2 22 – 25
God put Adam to sleep then he did His thing and created Eve. Would not you guys not wish that
God could just do that for you. At least you will know she came from you, she hasn’t been with
anyone else and she came from you.
Its from here I want to ask the important question, Do you guys believe in the concept of soul
mates?
List some qualities you look for in a soul mate. [ Talking married people as well]
In plato’s symposium Aristophanes has wriiten from the account of plato the concept of soul
mates. According to greek philosophy,
The greek god Zeus separated them because of the four legs they could do incredible things, he
decided to cut them into two. Therefore, what would happen is that the individuals separated
from themselves would hug each other and hold each other in hopes of trying to grow back
together.
Aristophanes said:
Love is born into every human it calls back the halves of our original nature and it tries to make
one out of two and heel the wound of human nature. Each of us is a matching half of a human
whole, and each of us is always seeking the half that matches them. Each of us come from a
matching half and so we are always seeking to find that matching half, the whole journey of life
is for you to be eventually complete but the only way is to find your matching half. So we want to
find that person “that completes you”. We don’t buy into that but we believe that there is our
other half. We are usually on a search for that one.

God is so good, he is able to give you what you need don’t matter where you go in this world. I
would like to suggest the idea that a soul mate is not just a person, but it’s a person who has
certain characteristics. There are lots of people in this world that has soul mate characteristics
but which one is suitable for you ?

Everyone has the capacity to be a soul mate, the problem is

1) Some people are capable but unwilling
2) Some are willing but not that capable, need to be taught e.t.c.
3) Some people are capable and willing but they need some to develop.
If you are dating and they don’t show characteristics I would suggest to you stop wasting time
there and more on.
In Genesis God shows us that there is a male and female in every animal and Adam recognized
that there those animals are not suitable for him, some may have been available but the animals
are obviously not suitable.

Don’t feel that even though someone is available and you available we could just hook up, that is
a recipe for disaster. It may work out for a while but only a matter of time.

I would like to leave you with two things.

In Genesis God gave my father Adam some responsibility and that is something we can pause
and think about. Responsibility helps you to be more than just physically fit, it teaches you
responsibility. My aunt and Uncle wise old people gave us quite a few responsibilities when we
were young, we had to fulfuill those, do you know that forms character?
If you did not complete the task you had to, you had to answer to someone, better yet you had to
pay for it. Let me give you an example, my aunt taught us to iron our own clothes at a young age,
so when we were in secondary school that was one of the tasks you had to complete. Imagine if I
didn’t iron my clothes for the next day before I go to school. Then either I would have to wear it
like that or I would have to iron it in the morning and be late, which would have a consequence
in itself, because I would have to walk as I may miss a drop school with my uncle.
In a relationship, there are two characteristics you need to look for:
1) Responsible
2) Accountable
If you miss appointments regularly, you always late and never say well im going to be late.
Then when someone tells you about being late you don’t like it, because you don’t like when
someone hold you accountable for your actions.
If you walk into a relationhip without being responsible and accountable it can cause serious
problems. Think about it you not accustomed to having responsibility then you walk into that
relationship not knowing anything about being responsible. You also dint have anyone holding
you accountable to anything, telling you ehhh Stephan you are very rude you need to cut that
out. Walking into a relationship with those two key elements can cause you miss out on the true
joys of being together with someone.

Because of these two qualities your list should have gotten shorter.
Get someone that is suitable. That person will help you accomplish the purpose that God has
placed in your life, and you will help them as will.
Then again how can you help you or you help me if I don’t know what my purpose is?
Find your purpose first then ask the questions we had before, can you help me with my purpose?
Can I help you with your purpose? Foundation questions.

But what happens if I am already married? It is not a person they are characteristics, you can
become a person who is suitable, you can become a person that is willing, accountable and
responsible, Go to God. Use the medium of counselling and get some advice on how to move
forward.

Proverbs 31:30 - Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she
shall be praised.