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meetings, hospital meetings, etc. (Mk. 16:15). III. SOCIALLY: The social function of- the Christian Endeavor society requires that there be provided a meeting place for Christian young people where the right kind of fellowship will be ehcouraged. The so- . ciety should have: 1. A pervading atmosphere of friend liness throughout its Sunday evening meetings. All strangers should be strangers only till they enter the so ciety room (Heb. 13:2). 2. One of the things that needs to be demonstrated is that Christian young people can have social affairs of the right kind in which their Lord is def initely honored. The social committee in a very real sense should plan that the presence of the Lord Jesus shall be recognized in its parties (Col. 3:17). 3. The society should feel it its task to Welcome the young people who come to the morning and evening services of .the church. A welcoming committee to stand in the foyer of the auditorium ( is in good taste. IV. COOPERATIVELY: Every society should feel its relation ship to other organizations of the church. No society lives to itself, and no society dies to itself. In order to ful fill ith function here, the society should: 1. Aim to cooperate fully with the pastor, the official board, and the other organizations of the local church. This cooperation should be both willing and cheerful. • 2. Cooperate with the plans and aims of the county and s'tate unions o f Chris tian Endeavor. 13. Feel the bond of fellowship that exists between all Christians who name the name of Christ. To do this, it is sometimes necessary to overlook' minor differences which are nonessential. For the Leader Suggest to the society’s president that the good derived from this meeting should not be lost but might be carried to the executive committee of . the so ciety in order to make plans for the future. Some weeks before the meeting, send some "scouts” tov visit several other societies near you to endeavor to garner some new ideas for your own group. Close with a time of consecration, ask ing every one to help to place the society on the plane where it should be for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake. JANUARY 11, 1942 OUR SOCIETY A TRAINING SCHOOL E p h e s ia n s 4:1-13 By Leafadel M. Miller Introduction Youth at\work through Christian En deavor learils while it serves, serves while it learns.
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What is the spiritual temperature of your society? It does not take long to sense the weakness of many a young people’s group. Is there cooperation and real unity of aim, a ' warm friendly in terest for all the members, or are there little Cliques that destroy the attempt to build a helpful and spiritual atmos phere ? What is the emphasis of your pro gram? Does your young people’s group exist chiefly as a Weekly social get-to gether ? How can you be a training school if such is the case ? Social activ ities when kept on a high level play a most important part in the life of youth. But when they usurp all the time arid energies of the young people and divert them from the deeper phases, of work, they are a handicap rather than an asset. What is the spiritual temperature of your devotional meeting ? Do you start late, and then due to lack of preparation, ideas, and interest, close early? Let us be frank with ourselves as we dare to look at this touchstone of the spiritual condition of our own local young people’s groups. Is your meeting a drag or a draw ? Is it a bore or a brace ? Suppose a young man desperately in need of Christ and of the steadying comradeship of young people of high ideals should drop in to the meeting of your society. Would what, he observes Convince him of the Saving and keeping power of Christ? Would it lead him to feel, even if he did not. say, “I would see Jesus” ? Or would the lack of ear nestness merely disgust him and drive him yet farther away from the Lord
Jesus Christ? If so, your society will fail as a training school. To Think About 1. Our need of Christ (Eph. 2:1-7; Phil. 3:7-11). 2. Need of devotional spirit (Psa. 95:1-7; Eph. 3:13-21; Lk. 4:16-22). 3. Need of knowledge of the Bible (Matt. 7:24-27; Heb. 5:12-14; 6:1-3). 4. Need of training (1 Sam. 3:1-13). 5- Need of fellowship (1 John 1:1-10). 6. Need of Christlike lives (Rom. 8:28-31). 7. Need of teaching service (1 Tim. 4:9-16; Prov. 1:1-9). 8. Need for love of humanity (Matt. 5:43-48; 1 John 3:17-19). For Those Who Have Topics I. WHY OUR SOCIETY IS A TRAIN ING SCHOOL. 1. We accept Christ, each for him self. The Saviour must be ours before we can share Him with others. We con fess and gladly claim His leadership and redeeming power as the first im perative. The society succeeds when it interests young people'in the improve ment of their Christian experience" and in equipping them, for service. 2. The Christian Endeavor pledge is our Declaration of Independence; by taking it we break away from indiffer ence, indefiniteness, cowardice, and sloth. We have set up a standard of character and attainment by our con fession of Christ as Saviour. The pledge is our program. It mentions only a few conspicuous duties, and leaves us to dis cover the other things that Christ would have us do.
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