In this session Title: We serve with joy Bible connection: Ecclesiastes 11:9 CEV Theme Learning outcomes Teacher background Preparing for the session Session at a glance Introductory Activity: The day the complainers got their wish Video Segment and Follow-up: Yearning for learning Content Activity: Make up your own story Connection Activities   Assembling LWR school kits   Drama, "Unfair trade" Travel journal: Two Nicaraguan poems Concluding devotions: Friendship bracelet prayers Other activities

“Be cheerful and enjoy life while you are young!
Do what you want and find pleasure in what
you see, but don’t forget that God will judge you
for everything you do.” (Ecclesiastes 11:9 CEV)

In the middle of his otherwise cynical approach to life’s vagaries, The Preacher – the “narrator” in Ecclesiastes -- offers several reminders that God intends for our lives to be enjoyed fully.  Here the writer extends that invitation to young people, even those facing difficulty and disaster in their lives. The invitation is not to mindless pleasure-seeking, however, because God’s purpose and will are to be served by joyful living. An invitation any of us can accept!

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