Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Our stake recently began a new push to get our college-age students attending our singles branch. There are some 500+ single adults in our stake, and about 30 of those attend sacrament meeting in the branch. While some of them do hold callings in home wards, most of them have simply stopped attending church altogether. The question of how to support the young single adults comes up frequently. Kids who…
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Our stake recently began a new push to get our college-age students attending our singles branch. There are some 500+ single adults in our stake, and about 30 of those attend sacrament meeting in the branch. While some of them do hold callings in home wards, most of them have simply stopped attending church altogether. The question of how to support the young single adults comes up frequently. Kids who…
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I happened to stumble on a link to this site:http://backtochurch.com/resources/statistics/ while researching a topic for the girls’ camp devotional I helped with this week. What an interesting read! The site, http//BackToChurch.com/ is promoting a Christian “Back to Church” Sunday. It lists a number of extremely interesting statistics from a variety of sources regarding church activity. I’ll share a few they mentioned below: 82% of the unchurched are at least somewhat…
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I happened to stumble on a link to this site:http://backtochurch.com/resources/statistics/ while researching a topic for the girls’ camp devotional I helped with this week. What an interesting read! The site, http//BackToChurch.com/ is promoting a Christian “Back to Church” Sunday. It lists a number of extremely interesting statistics from a variety of sources regarding church activity. I’ll share a few they mentioned below: 82% of the unchurched are at least somewhat…
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My gorgeous Relief Society charm is up for sale!!! And, because I designed the charm and have it manufactured overseas, I can offer these charms at the best prices anywhere! Yay me! You can get them for $1.49 at this link: Relief Society Charm, until I have to raise the price to their regular retail value of $1.99. I am so excited about these charms! They make the most beautiful…
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Admit it — you’d love to peek inside the nooks and crannies of a Mormon Temple. Well now you can! http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/scaled-mod… There’s a new scale model of the Salt Lake Temple on historic Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. You can get an “Open House” type experience without having to wear those silly footies :). The rooms for the sacred Mormon Temple ritual are modeled in exquisite detail, including…
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General Primary President LaVern Parmley asked her board to come up with ideas for a symbol to assist seven year old children in learning the teachings of Jesus in 1970 — the result was the CTR ring with it’s familiar logo and shield: Classic CTR Ring Image What is a CTR Ring? The little ring with the green shield has become a symbol for LDS Primary classes everywhere. Through the…
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I’ve updated the Family Home Evening Ideas sectio of my Mormon Share to include some new stuff! It has LDS clipart, links to FHE lessons from some Family Home Evening Blogs, and a list of the Mormon Share Family Home Evening Articles. The most popular FHE section has long been the 100+ FHE Ideas list.http://mormonshare.com/fhe/100-fhe-ideas.php I love it because lesson ideas are grouped by who you might be teaching to,…
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It’s nowhere near Thanksgiving. But I love the famous Thanksgiving Letter at AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com (orginal here): From: Marney As you all know a fabulous Thanksgiving Dinner does not make itself. I need to ask each of you to help by bringing something to complete the meal. I truly appreciate your offers to assist with the meal preparation. Now, while I do have quite a sense of humor and joke around all…
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The new manuals for Relief Society and Priesthood can prove challenging for teachers to use for lesson preparation. Many of us are used to the Primary-style lesson manuals that have clear statements like “read this, ask that, show this, copy that”. But by following a few simple steps, you can plan a great lesson easily. The steps are 1) Start with a plan, 2) Make a great first impression, 3)…
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I was reading a little more of Seriously, So Blessed today. I heard of it a few years back, probably when it was in the throes of its first media blitz and loved it then. The gal writing is brilliant. Then I read some of my posts, and WOW. Some of mine sound just like TAMNers’! Oh no! I am seriously so blessed. *sigh* You’d have to meet me to…
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US President Bill Clinton at Harlem’s Convenat Avenue Baptist Church, sleeping My brother posted this on his Facebook page: “what’s worse… to go to Sunday School and probably nod off or find a vacant room and intentionally sleep.” Hehe. If only he knew what his dear sister was doing Sunday. We skipped out of Church after sacrament meeting and went to DC! We hit the aquarium and Natural History Museum…
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We are moving to http://NoBoringLessons.com/ where you can find Come Follow Me Lesson ideas for the new 2019 curriculum Dismiss