Versetto introduttivo: Apocalisse 3:17-18 Meditazione a cura di Patrick Dellacasa Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTT9CaNGTr4
Video Giornale Avventista – Festival dell’Italia gentile
Edizione Speciale Il Festival dell'Italia gentile si è tenuto nella splendida cornice della cappella storica di Villa Aurora e del suo parco monumentale, in un'atmosfera di bellezza e armonia. Le cento persone intervenute sono rimaste avvolte dall'abbraccio poetico e spirituale dei relatori, del luogo e sono rimaste a passeggiare anche dopo l'incontro, ammirando i maestosi cedri del libano. Ringraziamenti, alla vicesindaca Bettini promotrice del Festival della gentilezza, che vedete in questa bella foto con la giacca rossa, in mezzo al gruppo corale dei fantastici ragazzi e ragazze di Villa Aurora che ci hanno donato con tutto l'amore e la passione due splendidi canti cristiani. Dietro di loro, il poeta Franco Arminio, Elisa Lippi, libreria indipendente Florida, padre Bormolini. Ringraziamenti altrettanto speciali a tutto lo staff dell'Istituto Avventista di Firenze, che con il proprio impegno e professionalità ha reso possibile la buona riuscita dell'evento. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7NVvZvuCL4
Wednesday: The Blessing of the Family
For Jacob the last seven years of exile were a burden, and yet, these were also the most fruitful years. In them, Jacob will father 11 of the 12 children who will become the ancestors of God’s people.
This section constitutes the center of Jacob’s story (Genesis 25:19-35:26), and it begins and ends with the key phrase God “opened her womb,” referring to Leah (Genesis 29:31) and to Rachel (Genesis 30:22). Each time this statement is followed by births, the evidence is that these births are the result of God’s miraculous action.
Read Genesis 29:31-30:22. How are we, today, to understand the meaning of what takes place here?
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God opened Leah’s womb, and she had a son Reuben, whose name contains the verb ra’ah, which means to “see.” Because God “saw” that she was unloved by Jacob (Genesis 29:31), this child was compensation for her in her pain and suffering.
In addition, she gives the name of Simeon, which contains the verb shama‘, “heard,” to her second son, because God had “heard” (shama‘) the depth and the humiliation of her pain and, thus, had pity on her just as He had heard Hagar’s affliction (Genesis 29:33).
Leah’s son “Simeon” will also resonate with the name of Hagar’s son “Ishmael,” which means “God will hear” (see Genesis 16:11). When Leah gives birth to her last son, she calls him Judah, which means “praise.” Leah does not refer to her pain or even her blessing anymore. She just focuses on God and praises Him for His grace.
Strangely, it is only when Leah cannot give birth again that God “remembers” Rachel and opens Rachel’s womb (Genesis 30:22). Rachel, the loved wife, had to wait seven years after her marriage, and 14 years after her betrothal with Jacob, to have her first son (Genesis 29:18, Genesis 29:27; compare with Genesis 30:25). She gave him the name of “Joseph” to signify that God had “taken away [’asaf] my reproach” and “shall add [yasaf] to me another son” (Genesis 30:23-24, , NKJV). However wrong some of these actions were, God was still able to use these actions, even if He didn’t condone them, in order to create a nation from the seed of Abraham.
| In what ways does this story reveal that God’s purposes will be fulfilled in heaven and on earth, despite human foibles and errors? |
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Stanborough Primary School Toddler Group
There is a new weekly event at Stanborough Primary School every Wednesday morning in our EYFS building. Toddler Group has been running for over a month now, and we have a regular group of families that meet and enjoy our fantastic setting.
It has allowed us to reach out to the community, provide a glimpse of our unique school and what we offer as Adventist Education, and sum up our core values simply as ‘be kind to all’, which happens to be our Golden Rule!
Staff can talk with families about…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-05-24/1189/
What is the Mission Passport Tool? #Campmeeting
The main goal of all Seventh-day Adventist initiatives is to reach out to as many non-Adventists as possible. Hope Channel International has developed a program that will assist media ministries in staying laser-focused on this goal. Mission Passport is a service tool designed to help Hope Channel and the Seventh-day Adventist church worldwide focus on the mission. Watch the entire video to discover more about Mission Passport, as Philip Matthew discusses this important and exciting development in media ministry that will assist us in participating in God's mission. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has been an established denomination since 1863. It is a global Christian family with over 21 million members who hold the Bible as the ultimate authority. We are believers who promise to help people understand the Bible to find freedom, healing, and hope in Jesus. Want to learn more about the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Visit our website at: https://www.adventist.org/ Click the notification bell so that you never miss a new video! Find us on social media by following the links below:
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