Youth Programme Presentations COPY 01/22/2014 05:51 PM

 

 

 

Welcome to the Adventist Youth Society Page (AYS)

You do not have to be in your teens or even be an Adventist to enjoy what we have to share on this page. 

 

What will you find on our page as you scroll down. 

• The AYS Aim, Motto and Pledge
• The AYS Theme Song
• A list of our fears 
• The Burning Series Questions Series Presents : The Three Angels Message 
• The Burning Series Question Series Presents: What Happens When We Die
• (More Coming Soon) 

Aim

The Adventist Message to all the world in this generation.

 

Motto

For the love of Christ constraineth us.  

 

Pledge

Loving the Lord Jesus, I promise to take an active part in the work of the advent ministries, doing what I can to help others and to finish the work of the gospel in all the world in this generation.  

 

AY Song

Adventist youth are we, from every land and sea, together we pray and and play in happy harmony. We have a faith to share with others every where. A message of love from God above to show the world we care. Adventist youth, Adventist Youth Adventist youth. 

 

The Youth Department have presented the following information in their afternoon youth programmes. They would like to share this information again with those who attended and those who could not find it possible to hear the topics below. 

 

 

Fears that we may have faced when we were younger or fears we may face now

This list was made by the youth and adults of Smethwick SDA Church during an AY programme in 2013 

Fear of the dark 
Confidence 
Self esteem 
Exam pressure 
Peer pressure
Bullying 
New environment 
Money management
Time management 
Making the right choices
Fear of doctors and dentists
Additions 
Unhealthy eating habits 
Balance (standing - falling) 
Giving up easily 
Choosing the right life partner 
Slow at working  
To busy resulting in tiredness   
Eye contact   
Focussing  
Finding your identity 
Sex 
Recognising the difference between infatuation and love 
Spending time with God
Struggle to say no 
Relating with each other
Approaching others 
A fear of getting fat 
Not taking an opportunity
Asking when you do not know 
Heights 
Admitting that you do not know 
Laughing at something that is serious to someone else 
Birds 
Listening to the wrong types of music 
Struggling with authority

 I recommend you check out the topics page. Also check out our common questions page.  

 

The Burning Question series Presents: 

 

The Three Angels Message

 

The Three Angels Message

 

The First Angel - Revelation 14:6, 7 -

And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountain of waters. 

 

Can you make the connections in the Bible scripture to the sub- heading's below? 

The CALL TO WORSHIP

 Jeremiah 10:11,12; Psalms 95:3-6, Revelation 4:10-11, Exodus 20:8-11,  Ezekiel 20:12

 The STANDARD

 ž2 Corinthians 5:10, James 2:1-12, Ecclesiastes 12:13,14.

 The JUDGEMENT

 žDaniel 7:9,10, Acts 17:31, Daniel 8:14, Mark 1:14,15

 

 

What happens when we die? 

 

What the church congregation have shared that they have heard others say about death: 

Reincarnation

 

Hell

 

Heaven

 

Purgatory

 

Ghosts

 

Zombies

THE END – only one life, no resurrection

 

What other religious / beliefs the church congregation have discussed during this programme: 

Muslim

Death is the complete end of physical life and the beginning of a period of rest until the day of resurrection when Allah will judge the living and the dead. Many Muslims believe that the righteous are able to see visions of God after death and that the wicked see visions of hell. Except for these possible visions of heaven or hell, Muslims believe the soul remains in a kind of "soul sleep" until Judgment Day. When the Day of Judgment arrives, everyone is judged according to their deeds in life. Many Muslims believe that non-Muslims can attain heaven only after a period of purification in the fires of purgatory

Hindu

Hinduism believes in the rebirth and reincarnation of souls. Death is therefore not a great calamity, not an end of all, but a natural process in the existence of soul as a separate entity, by which it reassembles its resources, adjusts its course and returns again to the earth to continue its journey. In Hinduism death is a temporary cessation of physical activity, a necessary means of recycling the resources and energy and an opportunity for the soul to review its programs and policies. When a person dies, his soul along with some residual consciousness leaves the body through an opening in the head and goes to another world and returns again after spending some time there. What happens after the soul leaves the body and before it reincarnates again is a great mystery

Buddhist

A Buddhist looks at death as a breaking apart of the material of which we are composed.  However Buddhism does not look at death as a continuation of the soul but as an awakening.  Dying and being reborn has been compared by some Buddhist as a candle flame.  When the flame of one lit candle is touched to the wick of an unlighted candle, the light passes from one candle to another.  The actual flame of the first candle does not pass over but is responsible for lighting the second candle. Buddhism asserts that all beings live beyond the various fluctuations of this life. Death is merely a passage to rebirth in another realm such as the human world, a pure land or the flowering of the ultimate nature of the mind.

Spiritism

All people that have been loved continue to live after physical death on another plane, taking our spirit (ghost), memories and physical appearance with us. Good people go to the third realm, bad people go to the Astral plane but can progress to the third realm over time. The universe is governed by mind (called God) and your subconscious never dies, which is why we can communicate with Spirits.

Zoroastrianist

The Parsees (Zoroastrians ) do not cremate, bury or submerge their dead in water because they consider the dead to be impure, and their Zoroastrian faith does not permit them to defile any of the elements with them. This desert ritual, which originated along with their faith in Persia more than 3,000 years ago and regards death not as the work of God but of the devil, dictates that that the dead be left to vultures on hilltops.

Jehovahs Witness

Hell does not exist, it is symbolic: “the common grave of mankind." Most people simply cease to exist at death; they are annihilated. The Heavenly Kingdom was established in 1914 CE. A "little flock" or "Anointed Class" of about 135,400 people are believed by this group to currently inhabit Heaven. Another 8,600 are still alive and will also spend eternity with God at a later date. The battle of Armageddon will start soon. Jesus, under Jehovah's divine rage, will execute vengeance upon the rest of Christendom and followers of "Babylon the Great" (other religions). After the world is purified, a theocracy "God's Kingdom" will be established on earth for 1000 years. Those who survive Armageddon, the "other sheep," will live in peace in the newly created utopia. They will be joined by the worthy dead who have been resurrected. After 1000 years of God's Kingdom, Satan, his demon forces and all those rebellious ones who turn against God will be finally destroyed. In order to be saved, a person must accept the doctrines formulated by the Governing Body, be baptized as a Jehovah's Witness, and follow the program of works as laid out by the Governing Body

Mormon

Three heavens exist. The highest levels of the Celestial Kingdom are reserved for Mormon couples who have been married in a Mormon temple and thus have had their marriage sealed for eternity. The couples can eventually become a God and Goddess; the husband will then be in control of an entire universe. The Terrestrial Kingdom, is the destination for most individuals. The Terrestrial Kingdom is for "liars, and sorcerers, and adulterers, and whoremongers"

Hell exists, but very few people will stay there forever as most will eventually "pass into the terrestrial kingdom. the rest of people are cursed as 'sons of perdition', and will be consigned to partake of endless woe with the devil and his [fallen] angels." Sons of perdition have been defined as once devout Mormons who have become apostates and have left the church. Others define them as persons who have knowingly committed one of the most serious sins and have not repented and sought God's forgiveness. Among these almost unforgivable sins are murder and pre-marital sex.

Existential

The Existential system of beliefs is very simple - nothing comes after death. We simply cease to be. This creates what is known as the Existential dilemma. That is, our life becomes absurd and meaningless without an afterlife to strive toward. In fact, many believe that the genesis of contemporary religion can be found in the desire for purpose. Thus, the Existential person must try to find meaning in a life that is essentially meaningless and without end culmination

Roman Catholic

Hell is a location where inmates will be punished without any hope of relief, for eternity. Among those punished will be Satan, the angels that supported him, and persons who have died without having repented their sins. Sincere confession of a mortal sin to an authorized priest and making restitution if required, leads to absolution of the sin, and the avoidance of Hell. The level of punishment will be meted out in accordance with the seriousness of the individual's sin.

In Hell, punishment will be in the form of isolation from God, and some supernatural form of fire which causes endless pain but does not consume the body. The Church teaches that "the souls of those who have died in the state of grace suffer for a time a purging that prepares them to enter heaven." They spend time in Purgatory until fully cleansed of imperfections, venial (less serious) sins etc. Purgatory will be terminated at the time of the general judgement. The intensity and duration of the punishment can be reduced by friends and family, if they offer Masses, prayers "and other acts of piety and devotion." For babies who died unbaptized, they entered heaven after staying in limbo for a while.

 

Event	Scripture
DEATH (know nothing, breath returns to God, body returns to earth. )	Eccl 9:5,6 Eccl 12:7 Job 14:10-12
Jesus Returns FIRST RESURRECTION	Matt 24:30-31
Righteous Dead Raised Living Saints Caught Up	1 Thess 4:16-17 1 Corinth 15:51-54
Those who pierced Him witness	Revelation 1:7
Living Wicked Slain Dead wicked remain in graves	2 Thess 1:7-9 Psalm 50:3-5, Rev 20:5-7

 

Event	Scripture
1000 years (millenium)	Rev 20:1-3
Earth is desolate	Rev 16:17-21 2 Pet 3:10 Jer 4:23 & 24, 26 & 27
No man is alive on earth (wicked are dead)	Jer 4:25
Satan is bound (chain of circumstance)	Rev 20:1-3
Righteous in Heaven	Rev 20:4-6
End of Millennium	Rev 20:5-7

 

 

Event	Scripture
Holy City Descends	Rev 20:9 Rev 21:10
Second Resurrection Wicked Raised	John 5:28-29 Rev 20:5-7
Wicked are Judged	Rev 20: 11-13 Rev 19:2
Satan Deceives Attack on The City	Rev 20:7-9
Satan & Wicked Cast into Hell	Rev 20:9-10
The Second Death	Rev 20:14-15
All things Made New	Rev 21:1, 5
God with us	Rev 21:3-4