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101 Creative Worship Ideas for Children's Church Kindergarten-Grade 8These 101 easy-to-prepare devotions, object lessons, Bible stories, puppet scripts, and holiday ideas will spark singing, prayer, movement, and worship! -
3ABN Kindergarten-LifelongThree Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN), a supporting ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist church, is a 24-hour Christian Television and Radio Network commissioned to reach the world with the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ. Radio and TV programming is... -
A Theoretical Proposal for Reaching Irreligious Czech People Through a Mission Revitalization Movement Tertiary-Lifelong"The main goal of this study was to develop a theory of missionary outreach to unchurched Czech people which is biblically informed and culturally relevant. The theoretical proposal for a plausible model of churching in the Czech Republic builds on basic... -
A Unique Chaplaincy Ministry Tertiary-LifelongHow does a chaplain on an Adventist campus meet the needs of a religiously diverse student body? This article shares how one campus chaplain used a variety of methods to reach a community of predominantly adult, commuter students enrolled in focused programs.... -
Action in Higher Education - A Case Study From the Gospels Tertiary-LifelongService and outreach projects must be integrated into the curriculum and grow out of the contents of the course so that students experience the practical power of the partnership between spirituality and academics. This article provides examples from each... -
Advancement, Involvement, and Cooperation: 1995-2000 Report Eastern Africa Division Kindergarten-LifelongThe 1995-2000 Education Report from the Eastern African Division (EAD) presented at the Adventist General Conference Session. The report discusses the advancements and progress made in the following areas: Interdepartmental Cooperation; Meetings and Programs;... -
Adventist Review Grade 9-LifelongLooking for ways to connect your students with Adventist service needs around the globe? A quick search of online Review articles could provide a rich variety of new options, all at a click. Review articles include news, mission reports, feature doctrinal issues, personal growth, church life, current issues and more. -
Adventist Volunteer Ministries Network Tertiary-LifelongThe official missionary volunteer website for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America. This site provides a listing of volunteer openings available through a network of leadership of the many volunteer ministries, Adventist churches, schools, and... -
Adventist World Aviation Grade 9-LifelongAdventist World Aviation (AWA) site. AWA exists to provide aviation and communications support to those serving at mission posts in Alaska, Guyana, Phillipines, and Sudan. -
Adventist World Radio Grade 5-LifelongVisit this website to learn about Adventist World Radio, to listen to a radio broadcast online, or subscribe to podcasts. Try a world geography quiz, take a glimpse at a world culture served by AWR, find a way to help, read fascinating stories about lives... -
Alternate Models for Achieving Adventist Educational Mission in Urban Education Kindergarten-TertiaryWith more and more of the world’s population moving to urban areas, a culture of outreach is needed for all areas of ministry. This article includes a list of requirements for urban education aiming to transform lives.This is a supplemental article... -
Amazing Facts Grade 7-LifelongAccess free online Bible studies, stream AFTV or watch saved programs, download a free eBook and much more. -
An Evaluation of Raw Data Collected During Nine Consecutive Years Depicting Attitudes of Members Regarding Personal Outreach Witnessing TertiaryThis report looks at the necessary tools for strategic soul winning plans and learning about the other needs that need attention in order to more effectively utilize tools developed within the personal outreach strategy. -
An Outreach Program That Works Grade 9-Grade 12This article from the JAE special child evangelism issue highlights the Georgia-Cumberland Academy's community involvement. It states the philosophy of the academy administration toward outreach. The individual, administrative and faculty support, and a well-organized... -
Bible Labs - More Than a Witnessing Opportunity Grade 4-Grade 12Bible Labs allow students to practice, participate, and find joy in service. In this article, Judy Schull shares her experiences with three Bible Lab projects: volunteering at a hospital; creating a nature trail for a community; and producing 'Out of the Classroom",... -
Bible Labs Manual Kindergarten-Grade 12Download this manual for ideas on how to engage your students in service learning, applying the biblical principles learned in class in outreach and service within the home, church, and wider community. While the manual is now 25+ years old, much of the 'how... -
Bibles for Russia - A Canadian School Celebrates 10 Years of Outreach Kindergarten-Grade 12Once mission projects get started, they seem to take on a life of their own. A Canadian school raised money to send more than 900 Bibles to Russia. The author offers practical suggestions on how to decide on a project, present it to the children, organize... -
Business Students Practice a New Bottom Line - SIFE Group Reaches out to the Community Tertiary-LifelongThis article describes how the La Sierra University Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) group reached out to the community through 122 business projects. -
Canton, Carrolton & Wooster Seventh-day Adventist Churches - A Survey Report TertiaryThe data in this presentation contains information about three Seventh-day Adventist churches in Canton, Carrolton, and Wooster respectively. The data collected included demographic statistics, information about members' faith practices, beliefs, and church... -
Center for Adventist Ministry to Public University Students Tertiary-LifelongCAMPUS is an initiative of the Michigan Conference Public Campus Ministries Department. Among its many objectives, CAMPUS seeks to provide training in the establishment of Adventist fellowships and congregations on major secular campuses, and to instill in... -
Center for Creative Ministries Grade 12-LifelongDedicated to supporting the local church in outreach and nurture ministries by providing resources, information, training, and consulting. -
Cindy's Lunch Takes Wing Kindergarten-Grade 6Based on a real experience, Marjorie Chandler shares how students became engaged in looking for ways to help their peers in Nicaragua who suffered in the Mangua earthquake. From collecting cans to writing letters of encouragement, this class was able to demonstrate... -
Connecting the Dots Kindergarten-Grade 12An ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) worker writes of the growing disconnect between the worlds of the privileged and the poor, and how the organization partners with schools to "bring poverty closer to home, to make development and aid... -
Creating a Servant Kindergarten-Grade 12This article shares ways to daily and intentionally infuse service activities in the curriculum beginning with the primary grades in Adventist schools. Practical tips and lots of ideas make this an excellent starting point in planning service education, community... -
Crucial Curriculum: The Teaching of Compassion Kindergarten-Grade 12This article presents suggestions for teaching compassion through involving young people in the plight of their peers. Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) provides many kits such as the Kick the Cycle, the Do Something Kit, Currency Collector, and... -
Dialogue Editorial: The Call to Serve TertiaryIn this editorial, read how college students and professionals are giving a year to missions, as well a reminder that each of us can reach out to others from where we are right now. -
Dialogue Editorial: Who Is My Neighbor in a Time of Social Distancing? Tertiary-Lifelong"The answer to the question ‘who is my neighbor?’ will be found in a myriad of ways. Every problem and challenge is a call to creative ministry. Every need is an opportunity to respond." -
Education for What? Thoughts on the Purpose and Identity of Adventist Education Kindergarten-Grade 12Knight provides an overview of the general, spiritual, and apocalyptic goals of Adventist education. He notes that Ellen White emphasized the importance of focused Christian education for bringing change to our world. The focus that brings change requires... -
Evangelism in Seventh-day Adventist Congregations Today TertiaryThis paper repots research on evangelism in Seventh-day Adventist congregations today. It is one of the series of reports under the general title Faith Communities Today (FACT) prepared by the Center for Creative Ministry. -
Evangelism, Preaching, Social Justice and Community Outreach in the Faith Communities Today - Study of Seventh-day Adventist Churches TertiaryThis paper highlights findings in the areas of evangelism, sermon topics, social justice, and community outreach in the United States. -
Finding Service In Education Kindergarten-LifelongHelping students find joy in service is a challenge all educators must address. Integrating service opportunities into the classroom helps students make the connection between their knowledge and their personal, moral responsibility to others. Topics include:... -
Flourishing Amid the Challenges of Diversity and Complexity - 1995-2000 Report Euro-Africa Division Kindergarten-LifelongThe 1995-2000 Education Report from the Euro-Africa (now Inter-European) Division (EUD) presented at the Adventist General Conference Session. The report discusses the advancements and progress made in the following areas: Activities Throughout the Division;... -
Follow the Vision, Fulfill the Mission Grade 11-Lifelong"Frontiers of mission are no longer across the seas, mountains, and deserts: they are just around the corner, across from the church where you worship, and outside your grocery store." -
GC Youth Department Kindergarten-LifelongThe Youth Department facilitates and supports the ministry of the Adventist Church in winning, training, holding, and reclaiming its youth. It is to assist the world church in forming objectives, goals, and plans, and to provide training that will equip the... -
Giving a Reason for Our Hope - Adventists and Apologetics Tertiary-LifelongThe author seeks to understand apologetics as a witnessing strategy, examine New Testament approaches, outline the biblical mandate and method for doing apologetics, review and evaluate Adventist involvement in apologetics; and look to the future. -
Growth, Outreach, and Innovation Kindergarten-LifelongThe 2000-2005 Education Report from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD) presented at the Adventist General Conference Session. Some countries have seen rapid growth in education due to the vision and generosity of the McNeilus family, Maranatha, and ASI.... -
Guide Magazine Grade 4-Grade 8"Guide is a Christian story magazine for young people ages 10-14. The 32-page, four-color publication is published weekly... Our mission is to show readers, through stories that illustrate Bible truth, how to walk with God now and forever." -
Harnessing Talents to Participate in the Great Commission - An Artist Shares His Story Tertiary-Lifelong"I am an artist. I always will be. But because God has given me a call that extends beyond my art profession, I have accepted a mission to help other professionals like myself use the incredible privilege we have in the workplace. What better place to... -
Healthy Kids Expo Unit Plan Grade 1-Grade 8This "service-learning unit includes resources that will teach your students about their own health and then use their knowledge to bless others. Students first complete a webquest on childhood obesity, and then go on to learn more about the importance... -
I'm in the Lord's Army Grade 4-Grade 8Judy Shull shares her experience of taking her 7th grade students on a mission trip. She discusses practical issues such as fund raising, integrating trip planning into the curriculum, and organizing the chores at the worksite. Also included is a list of what... -
Integrating Teen Witnessing into the Curriculum Tertiary-LifelongThe article shows how Great Lakes Academy integrates witnessing options into the curriculum by offering classes for credit. It provides examples of how they have done this as well as the success that has resulted. -
Interaction, Service, and Outreach Grade 9-Grade 12A unique curriculum proposal for an interaction, service, and outreach program for Adventist secondary schools. Guidelines for implementation and samples of projects and scheduling for physical education, math, geography, Bible classes and all-school projects... -
It Happened in Lisbon - Adventist Teachers Make a Lasting Impact Kindergarten-Grade 12Pietro Copiz shares how missionary-minded teachers can make a lasting impact in the lives of students and parents. Shared is the story of Alda Coutinho and her son Rui who became Christians after Rui enrolled in an Adventist school and encountered caring teachers... -
JAE Editorial: What Have They Seen in Your Classroom? Kindergarten-Grade 12Beverly Rumble shares her view that Adventist teachers should teach and model the behavior they want our students to exhibit. For example, praising students for good work (rather than only criticizing the bad); encouraging them to praise each other (rather... -
JAE Editorial: Narcissus and Christ in Adventist Education Kindergarten-TertiaryIs the approach in Adventist education to apocalypse, discipline, recreation, and church life, causing the youth to be apathetic? Motivating the youth to find meaning requires being intentionally Christian rather than narcissistic or self-serving. Articles... -
Jesus Calls Ordinary People to Do an Extra-Ordinary Work Tertiary-Lifelong"Which of the 12 disciples are you? Jesus chose each of His disciples in spite of knowing their weaknesses and potential for failure." -
Just Do It Tertiary-LifelongA great challenge for most teachers is finding the time and adult assistance to make outreach activities a regular part of the curriculum. This article provides examples of successful approaches that are helpful in giving teachers direction. -
Kampala Public Campus Ministry - A Reach-out opportunity Tertiary-LifelongRead how Adventist students participating in Uganda Public Campus Ministry activities ministered both physically and spiritually to a badly burned man. -
Kids Praying For Kids - A 12 Month Prayer Journal Grade 3-Grade 4An outreach of Franklin Graham's ministry, Samaritan's Purse, this spiral bound book for young children provides a foundation for daily prayer and a guide to reaching out and praying for other children around the globe. -
Ministry Leadership Curriculum and Expectations Grade 9-Grade 12Empower students in the area of leadership and ministry. If your campus is missing student leadership and you are not sure what and how to get to a point where they are leading and sharing their gifts for the Savior. Here is a great curriculum that you may... -
Minnesota Conference Survey of Members - Demographics Involvement Giving Practices and Attitudes TertiaryThis paper presents findings from a survey of church members of the Minnesota Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Data were collected through a questionnaire. -
Mission Zimbabwe: A Student-Organized Service Project Tertiary-LifelongFind out how Walla Walla University students raised funds for a specific orphanage project in Zimbabwe. -
Missionary Moppets Lesson Plan Grade 1-Grade 4Activities designed to foster the missionary spirit in each student, as well as to provide opportunities for students to engage in missionary activities (service). -
Napa Community Assessment TertiaryThis presentation provides a community needs assessment of the Napa community. Its purpose was to profile the demographics and religion of the area served by the Napa Community Adventist Church. -
New Buildings, Exciting Opportunities Kindergarten-LifelongThe 1985-1990 Education Report from the Euro-Africa (now Inter-European) Division (EUD) presented at the Adventist General Conference Session. Enrollment statistics are provided. The report discusses religious instruction courses, new buildings, new programs,... -
New Windsor Church Plant Target Area TertiaryThis presentation lays out a community needs assessment in New Windsor. Its goals were to profile the demographics of the New Windsor Community and to gather information for planning and strategy development. -
Nurtured by Nature Kindergarten-Grade 12Outdoor Education in Romania led to the formation of Companions, a youth group for teenagers. The author shares his journey in training 400 youth in Outdoor Ministries, who in turn worked with over 2,800 teenagers across Romania. Topics include: A New Program... -
Opening Our Doors Kindergarten-Grade 12"The call of this paper is to consider a vision for our schools which includes serving nonAdventist students in a very intentional way, offering God’s love embedded in an irresistibly creative curriculum." Paper submitted for consideration... -
Operation Christmas Child Kindergarten-LifelongSponsored by Samaritan's Purse, Operation Christmas Child is a service project that provides millions of shoe box gifts to millions of children around the world. Children also receive gospel booklets in their own language. This can be a great school... -
Partnerships with Parents Kindergarten-Grade 12This list of six resources are designed to work with parents in building a child's faith, originally created for the Journey to Excellence website. -
Pastor and Teacher - Cooperating for Success Kindergarten-Grade 12This article from the JAE special child evangelism issue focuses on the collaboration and cooperation of pastors and teachers. It suggests collaboration strategies, proposes some plans, and shares a vision of what can result from effective collaborative outreach... -
Pastors Survey compared to Town Hall Survey TertiaryThis PowerPoint presentation is the results of a comparison in responses with Pastor's and the Town Hall with the Potomac Conference in 2003. Topics such as evangelism and funding were discussed. -
Personal Ministries in Seventh - day Adventist Congregations Today TertiaryThis paper reports a research of personal ministries in Seventh-day Adventist Congregations today. It is one of the series of reports under the general title Faith Communities Today (FACT) prepared by the Center for Creative Ministry. -
PET 08 Special School Service Issue Kindergarten-Grade 12Download a special issue of Jennings Panorama of Education Thoughts (PET) newsletter for Adventist teachers in North America. This edition features 235 links to service projects teachers and students could do. -
Physical Education, Sports and Christian Outreach Kindergarten-Grade 12Is there a place for fitness and sports in the Adventist concept of balanced education? Physical development should form one side of the equilateral triangle of true education. A person's play life is as important as any other part of his or her life. Five... -
Prison Ministries: Setting Captives Free Tertiary-LifelongThe goal of Pacific Union College's Prison Ministries Program is to share the love of God and to bring prisoners into a closer walk with Jesus. This articles shares the students' enthusiasm in planning weekly visits and preparing bilingual chapel services... -
Profile 2: Outreach Program Grade 8-Grade 12Upper Columbia Academy's decision to make community service and witnessing opportunities integral parts of their curriculum brought numerous positive results such as improved morale, increased enrollment, and a positive financial outlook. The H.O.P.E. Taskforce... -
Profile 4: Student Missionary Program Kindergarten-LifelongSALUDS is a student missionary program with a unique mission: literacy. Based at Mountain View College in the Philippines, this program sends student missionaries to reach indigenous tribes, such as the Manobo. Entire villages have learned to read and write... -
Profile 7: Service and Scientific Attainment Tertiary-LifelongThe National Association for the Prevention of Starvation (NAPS), founded by the faculty and students of Oakwood College's science department, has relieved hunger in Sudan, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Guyana, and within the continental United States. -
Reaching Out : Making a Difference with Young Adults TertiaryThis article addresses a critical issue from the perspective of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and primarily in the context of North America. We believe, though, that similar challenges exist in other denominations and in other parts of the world. -
Reaching Out to University Students in Mongolia Tertiary"Mongolia is exceptionally rich with resources of young people, especially college and university students. Adventists do not have their own university in the country, but PCM is active and fully devoted to ministering to the spiritual needs of the country’s... -
Reaching the Cities with a Message of Hope and Wholeness Kindergarten-LifelongThe authors suggest diagnosing potential challenges in a particular urban areas, and then finding community partners, using Christ’s methods of reaching people, and doing whatever can be done to strengthen families—all in order to provide a relevant educational experience to those in urban areas. -
Reaching the World Through Technology LifelongThe rate of knowledge exchange is rapidly increasing. How can we use this trend to support our mission? This is a supplemental article to JAE volume 79, issue 3. -
Reconnect , reclaim , reflame TertiaryThis article is focused on inactive and former church members. It strengthens the idea to reconnect, reclaim, or reflame inactive and former members. It gives the ideas how to reach those members. -
Riding the K-Wave - PCM Missionaries in Action! Tertiary-Lifelong"Adventist students in Korea, sent to universities in Taiwan after completing a certain period of training, are front-line missionaries. What they do is not a one-off presentation or event, but a year-long engagement. They actively serve as student missionaries,... -
Self - Study Survey by Church Members TertiaryThis paper reports a self-study survey by church members. A total of 95 worship attenders at the New Market Seventh-day Adventist Church responded to Vision for Mission Self-study Survey when it was distributed on Sabbath morning. This report provides an information... -
Service Learning in Adventist Colleges Tertiary-LifelongThis article suggests the importance of making service learning an integral part of Adventist higher education academic programs. It also addresses the issues of overcoming resistance from faculty and getting colleges to narrow the gap between mission statements... -
Service Learning in Thailand Grade 5-Grade 8Patricia Foster and Wilfred Rieger describe a successful service-learning project in Thailand. Students of the Adventist International Mission School partnered with the Rangist Babies' Home, a government institution in Thailand. This article shares the rationale,... -
Service Project Ideas Grade 1-TertiaryStart your service project brainstorming off with these forty ideas, shared by the Journey to Excellence content developers. -
Service, More Than Just a Symbol at Union College TertiaryA report on Union College's commitment to service on its campus and various community programs. Beautifying Residences Using Student Help (BRUSH), Special People Are Reaching Kids (SPARK), Union For Kids, the Great UC Giveaway, the Community Health Nursing... -
Service, Not Fame - Reaching Out Through Community Service Tertiary-LifelongThis article shares the Community Service experiences, activities and the effects on the staff and students at Kingsway College in Ontario, Canada. It also shows how the staff works together with the students to translate book learning into faith action. -
Sharing Jesus With University Students Through Korean Language Classes TertiaryA Pioneer Mission Movement missionary in Tawain, Pastor Kwon Soon Beom uses prayer meetings, language classes, evangelistic series, cooking classes and more to connect with university students and others in his community. -
Students Tell the World Evangelistic Outreach Grade 5-Grade 12"Students Tell the World is the [Atlantic Union Conference] Office of Education’s support for Student/Youth/Child Evangelism. The ways that students share their love of Jesus is as varied as there are children in our school and churches. Each student/child... -
Survey of Church Members Minnesota Conference TertiaryThis presentation lays out a survey of church members of Minnesota Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Telephone interviews and questionnaires were used to collect the data. -
Teen Daily Devotional Ministry, TDDM Grade 9-Grade 12TDDM is a teen devotional ministry dedicated to writing devotionals and bible studies for teens. Devotionals are written everyday by some of the best teen Christian writers on the net. -
Test Market Research Report What I Like About ... TertiaryThis paper lays out test market research report of the direct mailing of the 1987 Missionary Book, What I Like About… by George Vandeman. Two specific pieces of market research were completed - a telephone survey and two focus groups. 371 interviews... -
The Church - Knowing and Living Its Purpose Tertiary-Lifelong"The purpose of the church is to reveal God to the world, to be a classroom of discipleship training, to demonstrate how redeemed people live in community, and to partner with God in His mission." -
The Mancer Report - a Study into the Demographic Profile of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Zealand TertiaryThis report seeks to provide some insight into the population structures that surround Seventh-day Adventist churches in different areas of North New Zealand. It considers to what extent the local Adventist membership reflects the local population. The census... -
The Philosophy and Practice of Christian Service Tertiary-LifelongThis article provides reasons for including service-learning in the curriculum and shows how it can help Adventist schools achieve a balanced curriculum that combines theory and practice. It also notes that the true teacher in a Christian school will not be... -
The Power of Service in Adventist Higher Education Tertiary-LifelongColumbia Union College President Wisbey asks "How will our vision for Christian education enable students to take seriously the call of Jesus to be His hands and feet in a world in which wealth and poverty co-exist, where images of hunger and death are... -
The School and Community Resources Kindergarten-Grade 12Schools are important to communities and should purposefully search for appropriate ways to foster interaction. The authors explore a variety of avenues by which schools can not only serve their communities, but also make use of community resources to enhance... -
The Teacher Makes the Difference Kindergarten-Grade 12What is the primary purpose of Adventist Christian education? The author emphasizes that the mission of Adventist education is to lead youth to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. Shared is the story of Angela and her journey to Christ as a result... -
The Voice of Youth - Central and South Philippines Welcome More Than 8,000 New Members to the Church Tertiary-Lifelong“‘Unstoppable’ involved young people in mission and mobilized more than 14,280 young persons, divided into 557 teams, to conduct public evangelism in the central and south Philippines from March 18 to April 1. These evangelistic efforts were... -
To Church or Not to Church? Tertiary-Lifelong"Church is about our need to stick together, to learn to get along while still here on earth, and it is about service to the world around us." -
Town Hall Survey TertiaryThe PowerPoint highlights responses from a questionnaire given to Potomac Conference offices attending a local town Hall Meeting. The 332 participants were asked several questions concerning soul winning, local church matters and a host of other topics. The... -
Using Social Networks to Bring People to Christ Grade 9-Lifelong"Think about your activities and how you spend your daily time. How could you use technological resources with an evangelistic purpose in mind? How could your social networks help you bring people to Christ? You can be sure that the results of your... -
VG2 Update 11: How Important is Youth Ministry? Kindergarten-TertiaryThis Valuegenesis 2 newsletter examines the impact of youth ministry on the attitudes young people have toward their church, based on the Valuegenesis 2 report. In collaboration with Barry Gane of the Theological Seminary at Andrews University, the authors... -
VG2 Update 13: Positive Family Influences Grade 9-TertiaryThis Valuegenesis 2 newsletter shares 19 positive influences that target family and home life as it relates to intrinsic faith, faith maturity, denominational loyalty, and commitment to God. Additional influences that target church and school are also shared,... -
Welcome Baby Project PreschoolThe Welcome Baby Project seeks to facilitate gentle interaction between caring church members and parents of a newborn by welcoming the new arrival with a Welcome Baby Greeting Card, and a monthly Welcome Baby Newsletter. The Welcome... -
Whom Are We Winning? TertiaryEffective soul winning does not end at baptism, but starts long before the individual enters the pool and extends afterwards as well. Gathering and analyzing information from newly baptized members is a crucial step in the circuit of outreach. The Institute... -
Why Adventist Education - Service Learning Preschool-TertiaryWhy is service such a key component of Adventist education, both within the context of curriculum and the extended service trips we take to provide hands on experience and empathy? This is the 7th one-page article in an 11-part series clarifying the philosophy... -
You Can Make a Difference - Global Missions Unit Grade 7-Grade 12A high school Christian witness and outreach unit including unit goals, instructional objectives, unit organization and evaluation, presentation ideas for teachers student awareness and outreach activities, skits and plays, quizzes, puzzles and games, and...