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Prepare a Talk or Lesson
MR says: A nice overview/guide to the resources found on LDS.org. Ever noticed the links “Prepare a Lesson” and “Prepare a Talk” on the right side of the LDS.org home page? These are quick links to two very helpful pages in the Gospel Library (GospelLibrary.lds.org): The Prepare a Lesson page...
YW Lesson 1-48: "Short-Range Goals as Stepping Stones"
I think this lesson would seriously benefit from some personalization. The stories are all perfectly nice, but this is one principle I think it would be really great for the girls to see up close. So few of the behaviors we try to encourage lead directly to what we want (they bring their own...
Teaching About the Priesthood Ban and Official Declaration 2 in Sunday School
I watched with interest discussions such as this one that involved teaching about the Priesthood Ban in Sunday School as part of Lesson 42 on Continuing Revelation. I was at a party a few weeks ago and talked with the Sunday School president about what I’d been reading and hearing from others...
December: Preparing for the Annual Sunday School Curriculum Reboot
MR says: Click through for some great book suggestions to help you get ready for the new course of study. In the Church, December means different things to different people. If you’re three, you will soon be exiled from that zone of energetic irreverence known as Nursery to your first real class, Sunbeams....
YW Lesson 1-47: "Encouraging the Development of Talents"
It's the Christmas season and okay, so this blog is run by two busy moms... both of whom get legitimately overwhelmed now and then, and whose wards are on totally different lesson schedules by this point in the year (don't worry, we'll all be in sync again when we start the new manual in a few...
YW Lesson 1-45: "The Value of Work"
I hope we know the family circumstances of every girl in our classes, because there are parts of this lesson that could be a serious hardship to a poverty-stricken family. We should be careful about insulting welfare systems if there are girls around us who's family use them, since there are way...
Joseph Smith Lesson 47: “‘Praise to the Man’: Latter-day Prophets Bear Witness of the Prophet Joseph Smith”
The last lesson in the manual, particularly because it records the words of everyone but Joseph Smith, more or less speaks for itself. It is worth saying, though, that it functions as a kind of compendium of all the major “uses” to which we put Joseph Smith as Latter-day Saints, from “Joseph...
December 2009 LDS Primary Sharing Time Helps and Ideas
Monthly Theme: My family is blessed when we remember Jesus Christ. Monthly Scripture: “I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth” ( Job 19:25). Week 1 Jesus was born into a family. * Get some baby pictures of different primary children....
JS Lesson #46: The Martyrdom: The Prophet Seals His Testimony With His Blood
In thinking about the death of Joseph Smith, the lesson seems to be trying to make three main points: 1) The circumstances surrounding Joseph Smith and the position of the saints in Nauvoo had come to a head and Joseph had a keen awareness of his mortality and the end of his earthly ministry in...
2010 RS and Priesthood Lessons: Back to the basic principles and doctrines of the gospel
There is a change in what we will be studying in Melchizedek Priesthood and Relief Society on the 2nd and 3rd Sundays of the month. We have been studying the Teachings of the Presidents of the Church. That began in 1998. We have used that series for the past 11 years. Those are wonderful books and...
Young Women Lesson 1-43: "Righteous Living"
I'm having a hard time getting a hold of this lesson. It's a really simple message - Be Good to Feel Good - and it seems like such a fundamental thing that I don't know how I'm going to fill 45 minutes on it. If I was going to pretend to be the girl sitting in the back of the room with their arms...
Relief Society Lesson 45: Joseph Smith’s Feelings about His Prophetic Mission
“I have no desire but to do all men good.” The second greatest commandment is to love the neighbor. Joseph Smith had a playfulness and ability to make people feel special even in times of trial as evidenced by the following quotes. In the sermons and writings of the last few years of...
RS/MP Lesson 46: “The Martyrdom: The Prophet Seals His Testimony with His Blood” (Joseph Smith Manual)
A remarkably concise “From the Life” section opens this lesson. It covers the basics concerning the martyrdom. But there is, of course, much more to say. Allow me, on this point, just to recommend pages 537-561 of Richard Bushman’s Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. And with that, let me move...
LDS Preach My Gospel Themed Family Home Evening Ideas
We've been encouraged to use this great manual on occasion in FHE. Please feel free to tailor the following Family Home Evenings to your family's needs. I added a small section where I plan on just going around in a circle and each family member says "I can preach the gospel by..." and then...
YW Lesson 1-42: "The Courage to Try"
The lesson titles in this unit and the next one just crack me up. They're all important topics, but listing them one after the other it sounds exactly like some kind of teambuilding exercise out of the Franklin Covey playbook. Remember in the early 1990s when Franklins were the one true personal...
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