"Walking With God 101"   =   Making Room for Joy


        Sabbath = January 16, 2010
        Education Bldg - Room 161 @ Andrews U
        Time = 10:15 - 11.00 a.m.
        Opening prayer = to seek You

        I am Wolfhard Touchard

      • 41 years: worked as librarian in public universities, public schools,
      • SVA, Middle East College, University of Eastern Africa,
      • James White Library for 21 of them, retired in 2006 from a rewarding job
      • my interests: making music - cut off my finger - changed from guitar to trumpet
        when I was 54 - this instrument became a great blessing to me for the past 20 years
      • calligraphy
      • love animals = have a dog
      • did a lot of reading on spiritual growth - hit a few veins of gold
        which I must share with you!

        This Sabbath School's goal is:
      • to cultivate our spiritual growth, start walking with God,
      • to feed off each other, and if at all possible
      • work on a way to help our Early Teens on this journey

        Our topic for today: "Making Room for Joy" = pages 37 - 41

        The source:

      • Eldrege, John. Walking with God. Talk to Him. Hear from Him. Really. Neslon, 2008.
              218 pages   BV 4501.3 .E435 2007   248.4   $23

      • Contents:
        Learning to hear the voice of God
        A time of restoration and renewal, and for finding our way back to joy
        A season of crisis and struggle, but then breakthrough and discovery
        Finding God in our losses, in the mundane, and sustaining our hearts over
        what can feel like the long path of obedience
        A time of resurrection, recover hope and desire, a time of new beginnings
      • It ends with a comprehensive prayer

        Today's Bible verse:
        • "You have made known to me the path of life;
          you will fill me with joy in your presence,
          with eternal pleasures at your right hand." Psalm 16:11 notes

        Prayer: "Grant us this joy! Please. Amen."

        Reading and discussion: "Making Room for Joy" = pages 37 - 41

        Closing prayer:

      • "Jesus, I have no idea where to go from here. But I invite you in. Take me
        where I need to go. I know this is connected to the life You want me to live. Amen".

        Next week's topic: "Ready or Not - Here I AM" = getting started

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    Wolfhard Touchard, M.L.S. - Retired Reference & Database Librarian
    Andrews University - March 2011