1. Progressive Servant Serving in the 21 st Century

2. Old Business – New Challenges 1.Challenges to Faith: 2.Consumerist culture 3.Media Addiction 4.Information accessibility

3. Challenges to Faith Young (2-12): weak seeding Teens and adults: weak nurturing and/or weak defense against doubts and attacks on faith

4. Consumerist Culture Characteristics: 1.Competition of products in open market. 2.Rapid turnover of products. 3.Advertisement play a great role. 4.Value is measured by appeal to the consumer and not by true usefulness or benefit.

5. Media Addiction It is a known diagnosis “Internet/video game addiction disorder” Movies is the single most potent (strongest) force motivating children to start smoking Children who watch sexual content in media usually become sexually active at a younger age than those who don’t.

6. Media Addiction Violence in Media: Media: food for the brains. Ratings have shifted one full point every 11 years, so the movie that was R rated 11 years ago, now is PG 13.

7. Information Accessibility Encyclopedias of information at fingertips can lead to 1.Leads to a false sense of knowing 2.Overwhelming sense of not knowing enough 3.Can be viewed as personal library to visit on demand for constructive learning

8. Answering Challenges to Faith Young (2-12): weak seeding Strong Seeding requires Vision and collaboration (old model of discipleship needs revisiting) Teaching to equip for the future – not just stories 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2 Tim: 3:15

9. Answering Challenges to Faith Teens and adults: weak nurturing and/or defense against doubts and attacks on faith Nurturing needs identifying of needs and challenges Collaborative work in nurturing and defending

10. Answering the Consumerist Culture Characteristics: 1.Competition of products in open market spelling over to churches and practices The content of teaching should be very solid (endures) and Useful 2.Rapid turnover of products making instability the rule The Presentation should be innovative 3.Advertisement play a great role. Making more emphasis on the feelings than the practicality where value is measured by appeal to the consumer and not by true usefulness or benefit. The Introduction should be exciting

11. Dealing with Media Addiction Collaborative work of Church and home Raising awareness of the effect of Media addiction in our communities. This can be done through: seminars, guest speakers, news letters, dedicated servants..etc,

12. Using Information accessibility Use of Internet in collaborative preparation of lessons Use of documentaries and Drama in presenting certain points in teaching (YouTube clips) from public domain Servants can exchange ideas and find trusted recourses to help them tackle certain issues through internet Internet based seminars and courses in areas pertaining to their continuous education