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Formerly Sabbath School Leadership, LEAD is a quarterly magazine to bring more power and polish to your Sabbath School programs and Sabbath School teaching.
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Young Adults Lead Out 
The young adult Sabbath School class at the Piedmont Park church in Lincoln, Nebraska, fellowship and study together. On Tuesday nights most class members meet at a park near the church to study the 28 fundamental beliefs, exploring what each doctrine means to them personally and how to apply it. The class hosts a monthly fellowship vespers for the entire church. On the last Friday of each month members meet in the church basement to sing, pray, study Scripture, and share what God has done for them. Again the entire church is encouraged to participate. The class is sponsoring a child through Children International. And class members are still searching for things to do together for Christ. Brad Moutray was instrumental in starting the class. Moutray, 26, is a mechanical engineer and has been married to Missy for three years. My discussion with Brad can give you some clues for starting, restarting, or enlivening a young adult class of your own.
Brad, why did you start the class?
Seven of us around the same age at our church decided to be geared for discussion and have different members teach the lesson each week. We decided that we wanted to follow the quarterly, an important framework for our discussions.
How did you get the class going?
The pastor gave us the go-ahead. We asked that our class be published in the bulletin as a study option and that it be announced on Sabbath mornings before breaking into study groups.
Were there any obstacles?
At first just seven of us attended, and we were a little discouraged. After a while we moved our class from a corner in the sanctuary to the basement. We sat around some tables that we had pushed together to create a discussion-friendly atmosphere. After that change, the class slowly started growing. When fall came around, some college students joined and brought their friends—some who were also in college and some who just lived in the area. Many of the college students stuck around after they graduated. We haven't fallen below 10 people in two years.
What advice do you have for someone starting a young adult Sabbath school?
Make sure that the class is announced every week, including in the bulletin. Find ways to get the word outside the church. Encourage attendees to bring friends. In our case, what drew many of our regulars was that they found out we had set up our Sabbath School like an actual Bible study instead of a Bible class or a minisermon.
Amy Prindle is managing editor for The Mid-America Outlook.
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