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31 questions
- How do we commit ourselves to serving the Lord?
- Often times we commit to serving at church but lose motivation very soon in spite of our love for God and His house. What is the solution?
- My friend and I have been successfully serving together in church for the last three years. Unfortunately, my friend is moving to another city to work there. Why did God…
- I work and study and also serve at Sunday school. I feel it is too much for me. Should I withdraw from church service until I finish my school?
- How can the current Servants encourage the younger generation to serve and be more active doing so?
- I would like to know new ways to reach out the children who do not come regularly to Sunday School.
- I have a girl in my Sunday School class who suffers from her father’s overprotection and strictness. Also she is kind of lonely since not many girls talk to her, what…
- One of my Sunday School students is showing behavioral problems manifested in lack of interest in, and concentration on the lesson as well as in distracting the others in…
- I have heard some unpleasant talk about the behavior of a person I know and care for. How do you manage to hear people's problems without letting them affect your…
- I am having a very difficult time in serving at church. I'm involved in too many things and I'm feeling swamped. There are only a few things that I'm genuinely committed…
- How do I inspire my fellow servants and children? We lack unity what can I do?
- How do we get realistic in our church serving? I do not feel we are in touch with our students’ inner psychological world of worries about school, studying, and so on.…
- With a Sunday School class of twenty ninth grade students and four teachers, do you think is it better to split that class into half with two teachers in each class, or…
- I have been a Sunday School teacher for eight years, and my students although good and attentive, yet do not smile nor express happy emotions. Is this just a personality…
- Many of the servants who serve with me at church and who are good friends of mine go to parties, drink, and may have girl friends. I am deeply concerned about them. How…
- I teach 6th and 7th Grade Sunday School boys. Whenever I tell them to read the Holy Bible, they complain that it is boring, they do not understand it nor do they have…
- What does your grace think of yelling as a means of capturing attention and obtaining quietude within my Sunday School class of 6th and 7th graders? I do that out of love…
- If, as a Sunday School servant, I am not being a good role model for the kids, and if in my private life I am also not being too careful about my spiritual life, will I…
- Our young active priest has been moved to another church for more than eight months. As a result, division among the youth took place and they lost interest in attending…
- How does one deal with distracting children during the Sunday School Classes? Can the servants use the time-out? Is it accepted to dismiss the child at least once? What…
- What are the guidelines for new young servants to follow in preparing Sunday School lessons? Should all the servants serving the same class prepare the lesson regardless…
- I have been moved in the Sunday School service from the 2nd grade class to the middle school girls class; and I need advice on some issues in this service. Do I have to…
- I wonder what to refer to God with: "God", "Jesus", or the "Holy Spirit"? Also, I expect my Sunday school students (pre k-k) to use the name "Jesus" in their answers.…
- What does (el Eftekad – Spiritual Visitation) mean in Arabic & English, because I do not think it is just visiting?
- 911 EMERGENCY CALL: Our youth need immediate help. Not all priests are blessed with the gift of communication with youth, and consequently, the youth seek entertainment…
- Is it bad for a servant to take a break from his service and everyone around him to calm his stress down?
- I am a servant at our church. I love it so much and serving there is a blessing for me. Lately, some fellow servants have been acting very rude with me and have been…
- How does one win others to Christ? I have many kids in my High School Sunday School class who I worry about. I try to bring them closer to God but I feel many times like…
- The high school group at my church is not very interested in hymns and deaconship. I've tried to encourage them to attend hymns classes, Tasbeha, or even just to come…
- This year our church ordained our Service Coordinator as a priest and made me the coordinator. Now I serve Saturday and Sunday of every week and I have so much more…
- Why do I sometimes feel I can be more effective spending time with people who are troubled and lonely and confused instead of trying to make money? I mean people who…
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