Greater Randolph Seventh-day Adventist Church

09/05/2026

Welcome to this week's online Sabbath School discussion. This week's lesson is "Authentic Christian
Ministry" (Lesson 10) facilitated by PhD Betty Mkwinda Nyasulu.

Memory Text: “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body." 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 KJV

Last week, we saw that Paul, by affirming his simplicity and
sincerity, defended himself from the accusations of inconstancy and lack of love toward the Corinthians. He always worked for the best interests of his spiritual children. He began a line of thought in 2 Corinthians 2:12–17 that goes to 2 Corinthians 7. While doing so, he reflects on what an authentic ministry for Christ looks like. We can draw so many lessons from Paul’s thoughts in that regard.
This week, we will look into 2 Corinthians 3–7, where Paul speaks of his ministry of gaining souls for Christ. Ellen G. White says, “The conversion of sinners and their sanctification through the truth is the strongest proof a minister can have that God has called him to the ministry. The evidence of his apostleship is written upon the hearts of those converted, and is witnessed to by their renewed lives. Christ is formed within, the hope of glory. A minister is greatly strengthened by these seals of his ministry.”—The Acts of the Apostles, p. 328.

May you be blessed, challenged, and inspired by this lesson study. Let us know where you're watching from and feel free to comment in the chat.

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08/29/2026

Welcome to this week's online Sabbath School discussion. This week's lesson is "Love-driven Ministry" (Lesson 9) facilitated by Dr. Lakeshia Logan.

Memory Text: “For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you." 2 Corinthians 2:4 KJV

The apostle Paul didn’t always have it so easy. Besides jail and the life-threatening situations he faced, Paul also wrote: “From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness—besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches” (2 Cor. 11:24–28, NKJV).
What we see in his letters to the Corinthians is some of the “deep concern” that Paul had for this church. Yet, amid it all, his love for them never failed, just as Christ’s love for us never fails us. In fact, it was from Jesus that Paul learned to love the churches in a way that reflects the love that Jesus has for us (2 Cor. 5:14; see 1 Cor. 11:1).

May you be blessed, challenged, and inspired by this lesson study. Let us know where you're watching from and feel free to comment in the chat.

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08/22/2026

Welcome to this week's online Sabbath School discussion. This week's lesson is "The Power of Christ’s
Resurrection" (Lesson 8) facilitated by Deacon Charlie Rice.

Memory Text: “Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins." 1 Corinthians 15:14-17 KJV

How fascinating that, even in his time, Paul had to deal with
those who denied the resurrection of the dead. After all, people back then saw what death did to the human body. They knew how the co**se liquifies, then dries up into dust, and then becomes almost nothing. And they knew that people have been dead for a long time, too. In fact, most people have been dead a lot longer than they were alive. The resurrection of the dead seemed no more plausible to them back then than it does to us now, at least from a human standpoint. And that must have been an issue that Paul was addressing. And it was crucial, too. If Jesus is not risen, He is not who He said He was, the Cross had no effect, and our sins have not been paid for. Despair is really all we would have remaining. But our Lord is risen, ascended into heaven, and will return to take us home!
This week we will focus on 1 Corinthians 15 and its teaching on the resurrection of Christ. Influenced by the surrounding pagan worldview, some in Corinth were saying that there is no resurrection. In response, Paul affirms the resurrection of Christ as our only hope of salvation.

May you be blessed, challenged, and inspired by this lesson study. Let us know where you're watching from and feel free to comment in the chat.

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08/15/2026

Welcome to this week's online Sabbath School discussion. This week's lesson is "A Portrait of Love" (Lesson 7) facilitated by PhD Betty Mkwinda Nyasulu.

Memory Text: “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." 1 Corinthians 13:13 KJV

Love can conquer all. That’s why Paul had so much to say about it. The word family of agapaō—the most common Greek word in the New Testament to express the concept of love—occurs more than 135 times in his letters. This represents almost half of all occurrences in the New Testament. This should tell us something about the central
theme of Paul’s letters to the Corinthian church.
There are many remarkable passages about love in the New
Testament—Romans 8:35–39, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 Corinthians 8:3, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 1:13, 1 Thessalonians 3:12, and more—but nothing compares to 1 Corinthians 13.
Last week, we saw that without love, all things, even spiritual gifts, are worthless. This week, we will look more deeply into 1 Corinthians 13 and its marvelous portrait of love. As we will see, love is not so much an emotion as an attitude, an attitude that must be expressed in life, in deeds, and in words; otherwise, it means nothing.
What love really is, and does, has been fully revealed in the life of Jesus.

May you be blessed, challenged, and inspired by this lesson study. Let us know where you're watching from and feel free to comment in the chat.

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08/08/2026

Welcome to this week's Sabbath School discussion. This week's lesson is "Spiritual Gifts" (Lesson 6) facilitated by Deacon Charlie Rice.

Memory Text: “Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy." 1 Corinthians 14:1 KJV

Like a human body, the church is one but has many members, each with different roles, functions, and gifts. Practiced with love, these spiritual gifts promote a sense of unity that reflects the character of the triune God.
This week we will survey 1 Corinthians 12–14 and its teaching on spiritual gifts. This section is part of a slightly larger unit, where Paul deals with the expected Christian behavior in religious settings (1 Corinthians 11–14). Paul’s primary concern has to do with the problem of disorderly gatherings. His answer to this problem is that the church is a body whose parts have different functions that contribute to “the edifying of the body of Christ” (Eph. 4:12, KJV). In short, God gave the church spiritual gifts in order to promote unity through diversity.
Certainly, Paul still has in mind the factionalism problem addressed in the first four chapters of 1 Corinthians, where the answer to the lack of agreement among church members is unity in Christ. Now, he develops that idea by presenting his understanding of the role of spiritual gifts. According to Paul, unity in Christ and the Spirit is the only means of avoiding schisms.

May you be blessed, challenged, and inspired by this lesson study. Let us know where you're watching from and feel free to comment in the chat.

To support the ministries of Greater Randolph SDA Church, go to https://www.greaterrandolph.com/donate.

06/19/2026

🤠🌵 Saddle Up for VBS 2026! 🌵🤠

Join us at Trailblaze Ranch: Where Faith Leads the Way! for a week of Bible adventures, games, crafts, music, and fun as we learn what it means to be BRANDED: Marked by Christ.

📅 July 20–24, 2026
📍 Greater Randolph SDA Church
Ages 4–12

⭐ Invite a friend and come blaze a trail with Jesus! ⭐

Register today by scanning the QR code below!

04/30/2026

🌍✨ WORLD ADVENTURER DAY ✨🌍

Come walk with us… Walking with Jesus! 💙👣

We’re inviting all families, children, and our amazing Adventurers to join us for a joyful day filled with faith, fun, and fellowship as we celebrate what it means to walk daily with Jesus.

📅 Date: May 16, 2026
⛪️ Greater Randolph SDA, 101 Prcan Dr.

Let’s come together to uplift our children, strengthen their spiritual journey, and remind them that they never walk alone—Jesus is always with them. 💫

General Conference Youth has adopted the “I Will Go” logo of the world church for the next five years. “Like arrows in the hands of a warrior,” (Psalms 127:4) our youth and young adults are designed by God to be sent into the world with the three angels message (Revelation 14:6-12). This urg...

02/28/2026

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Welcome to Sabbath worship service. Happy and blessed Sabbath to you! Today's sermon, "What Now" is delivered by Pastor Samuel Jeudin. The passage of scriptu...

02/16/2026

Reset Your Spiritual Rhythm — Then Stay for the Fun

Feeling spiritually tired or inconsistent?

Join us for “A Lifestyle of Devotion” with Pastor Helvis Moody.

Discover practical ways to grow your daily connection with God — then stay for Youth Games Night and fellowship.

📅 February 21 | 4–6 PM
📍 Greater Randolph SDA Church

Bring a friend.
All are invited.