Sabbath School

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{{otheruses4|the Seventh-day Adventist church service on Saturday|Sabbath as in "Sunday"|Sunday school}}
'''Sabbath School''' is a function of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]], [[Seventh Day Baptist]] and some other sabbatarian denominations, that roughly parallels [[Sunday School]] in most other [[Protestant]] denominations.

==Program Context==

Sabbath School usually begins around 9:30am (or 10:00am, especially in the United Kingdom) on Saturday [[mornings]] before the [[worship service]] starts. The [[Sabbath and Seventh-day Adventism|Sabbath]] school service typically has two portions. The first portion begins with a [[song service]], followed by a mission emphasis and a short talk. The second, and larger portion, is the lesson study.

When Sabbath School draws to a close, people file back into the [[sanctuary]] and the worship service begins, usually at 11:00am.

An interesting principle is that one doesn't have to be a baptized member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in order to attend and actively participate in Sabbath School. In fact, many people who are interested in the rich Bible discussions attend sabbath school without becoming members of the Adventist church. This is the reason the Sabbath School membership is often two to three times larger than that of the church membership.

==Study Guides==

===Adult lesson===
[[Adult]] church members are provided with the Adult [Sabbath School] Bible Study Guide which is issued quarterly (four times a year). It is also known as the "Quarterly"<ref>http://www.pacificpress.com/index.php?pgName=splSearch&sku=10967400</ref> and the "Lesson". It is published by [[Pacific Press Publishing Association]]. Sabbath School quarterlies are Bible study guides that cover a specific topic or book of the bible every quarter. The quarterly is designed to be read during the [[week]], so that during Sabbath School, the class members are ready to discuss questions and topics raised in that lesson in small groups. The Adult Sabbath School always has a heavy focus on the [[Bible]]. All [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]] around the world use the same Sabbath school quarterly, [[translation|translated]] into the necessary [[languages]] (with few exceptions such as Germany, who cover the same topic with different material). The current [[editing|editor]] of the Adult Sabbath School lessons is [[Clifford Goldstein]].

===Other lessons===
At the same time as the adult study, [[children]] attend classes aimed at their age group. Typical age group divisions are Beginner (infants), Kindergarten (K), Primary (Grades 1-3), Junior (Grades 4-6), Earliteen (Grades 7-8), and Youth (High School and University). Each age division has its own specific quarterly, which are titled by the class name up to Primary. Juniors and Earliteens often share the same quarterly entitled ''PowerPoints'', although some Earliteen groups use a new separate publication entitled ''Real Time Faith''. Youth use either ''Cornerstone Connections'' or ''Collegiate Quarterly (CQ)''. In some churches, the children receive a weekly [[magazine]] at the close of Sabbath school, which they can read quietly during the [[sermon]]. Kindergarten receives [[Our Little Friend]], Primary receives [[Primary Treasure]], Juniors and Earliteens receive [[Guide (Adventist magazine)|Guide]], and the Youth receive [[Insight (Adventist magazine)|Insight]]. The most popular magazine tends to be Guide.

==See also==
* [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://absg.adventist.org/ Adult Bible Study Guide] official website
*http://www.adventist.org/bible_study/sabbath_school.html.en
*http://www.ssnet.org/
*[http://www.creativeministry.org/article.php?id=86 Contemporary Comments] on the lesson by the [[Center for Creative Ministry]]
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