PROJECT ANDREW YOUNG ADULT CELLS SEPTEMBER 2006

PROJECT ANDREW
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I. Introduction Objective:
At the end of this lesson, you
Of all the apostles of Christ, Andrew was not the most well-known. Our will be able to:
knowledge of him is very limited. In fact, there were only 14 1. Know 3 occasions in
occurrences of his name in 13 verses in the entire Bible. The thing that which Andrew brought
he was most famous for was that he was Simon Peter’s brother. someone to Jesus.
2. Desire to bring someone
to Jesus.
How do you think it must have been for Andrew to always live under the
shadow of his elder brother, Simon Peter? 3. Participate in the
planning and execution of
the Evangelistic Cell
Meeting (ECM).

However, in the Fourth Gospel (Gospel of John), we gain a clearer

picture of his character from 3 scenes. A common element in them all is 35 The next day John was
that he plays the role of an intermediary, firstly, bringing his brother there again with two of his
Simon to Jesus, then the lad with the 5 loaves and 2 fishes, and finally disciples. 36 When he saw
the Greeks who sought an audience with Jesus at the last feast of Jesus passing by, he said,
Passover. Thus, we see Andrew was consistent in fulfilling the role of a “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37
When the two disciples heard
soul-winner, as someone who bring others to Christ.
him say this, they followed
Jesus. 38 Turning around,
Today, we will look very quickly at these 3 passages and learn from the Jesus saw them following and
example of Andrew. asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi” (which
means Teacher), “where are
II. Andrew brought his brother to Jesus you staying?” 39 “Come,” he
Read John 1:35-42 replied, “and you will see.” So
they went and saw where he
Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist. What do you think were the was staying, and spent that
reasons for him to follow Jesus? day with him. It was about
the tenth hour.

40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s

brother, was one of the two
From his conversation with Jesus, what can you gather about Andrew’s
who heard what John had said
character? and who had followed Jesus.
41 The first thing Andrew did
was to find his brother Simon
and tell him, “We have found
The first thing Andrew did was to bring his brother, Peter to Jesus. the Messiah” (that is, the
Without Andrew, there may never be a Peter. What can you learn from Christ). 42 And he brought
the way in which Andrew became the first evangelist? him to Jesus. Jesus looked at
him and said, “You are Simon
son of John. You will be called
Cephas” (which, when
translated, is Peter).
John 1:35-42
III. Andrew Brought a Boy to Jesus
5 When Jesus looked up and
Read John 6:5-8
saw a great crowd coming
toward him, he said to Philip,
There were different solutions to solve the problem of the hungry “Where shall we buy bread for
people. Some disciples suggested sending them away, while Philips these people to eat?” 6 He
looked into raising funds to buy food. asked this only to test him,
for he already had in mind
How do you think Andrew was different from the other disciples? what he was going to do. 7
Philip answered him, “Eight
months’ wages would not buy
enough bread for each one to
have a bite!” 8 Another of his
What lessons can you learn from the example of Andrew bringing the disciples, Andrew, Simon
little boy and his small lunch to Jesus? Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9
“Here is a boy with five small
barley loaves and two small
fish, but how far will they go
among so many?”
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John 6:5-8
IV. Andrew Brought the Greeks to Jesus
Read John 12:2-26
20 Now there were some
Greeks among those who
The Greeks were God-fears who sought an audience with Jesus. We went up to worship at the
were not told why they came, but they first approached Philip. Feast. 21 They came to Philip,
who was from Bethsaida in
Philip approached Andrew. What does this tell us about Andrew’s Galilee, with a request. “Sir,”
relationship with others? they said, “we would like to
see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to
tell Andrew; Andrew and
Philip in turn told Jesus.
John 12:20-21
Andrew made the decision to bring them to Jesus. What does this tell us
about Andrew’s relationship with Jesus?

It is the “Andrews” of the

world who bring the
V. Project Andrew “Peters”. It is the
“Andrews” of the world
Project Andrew is a 3 months project to challenge everyone in the who bring the little ones.
Young Adult Ministry to bring someone to Jesus like what Andrew did. It And, it is the “Andrews” of
is based on a 3 x 3 x 3 strategy: “In 3 months, bring 3 friends to this world who bring the
church and share the gospels with 3 other persons”. outsiders and the seekers.
Will you be an “Andrew” to
To facilitate this, we will do the following: someone?

a) Evangelistic Service (ES) - last Saturday of every month SAY: _________

i. 30 Sept – R-age Revival cum Evangelistic Service

ii. 28 Oct – Evangelistic Service
iii. 25 Nov 2 Dec – Evangelistic Drama
NOTE:
The Evangelistic Cell Meeting
b) Evangelistic Cell Meeting (ECM) (ECM) must be relevant and
easy-going for everyone to
Each cell group will plan and organize an evangelistic cell meeting. invite at least one friend. It
can be a simple activity, but
Week 1 : Lesson on Project Andrew and 5 Steps Strategy + Preliminary at the end, the invited friends
discussion of Evangelistic Cell Activity. must be exposed to at least
hearing someone’s personal
testimony about Christ or a
Week 2 : Decide on the Evangelistic cell activity, targeting a friend, relevant presentation of the
prayer and invitation. Gospel.

Week 3 : Planning and tying down of details cum prayer for the activity.
Some possible Evangelistic
Week 4 : Execution of Cell Evangelistic Meeting Cell Activity includes:
1) Picnic
2) Mooncake Festival
c) FAITH Strategy
3) Sports and Games
4) BBQ
In line with the evangelistic cell meeting, we are also implementing the 5) Block Chasing
5-Steps FAITH Strategy of bringing our friends to Jesus Christ. 6) Social Outreaches
7) Seminar/Forum
F – Find someone 8)
A – Associate with him 9)
I – Invite to cell/church 10)
T – Tell the truth
H – Help him grow

VI. Conclusion

Brainstorm on what Evangelistic Cell Activity the cell will conduct

Write down the name of persons you would like to invite on the right
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Pray for the cell and targeted persons.

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