Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Ask someone in the class if they would be willing to hold a string. After they have the one string, ask them to break it. After they break the string, give them two and tell them to try again. Continue to add a string or two until they are unable to break the bundle. As you add strings, ask the person if the bundle of string was easier or more…
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Get an unsweetened bar of baking chocolate and cover label with a piece of paper and label it “SINS”. Then get a bar of milk chocolate and label it “FORGIVENESS” OR “REPENTANCE”. Have a good natured girl volunteer. Then have her take a bite of the “SIN” bar. (Have a garbage can ready for her). Ask her how it tasted. Her response should be quite negative. “Gross, sick, bitter!” Then…
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Pick As many volunteers as you have outfits Have Volunteers come up. Have them put on the variety of Outfits. Examples are Chefs- Chefs apron and Hat Scout Leader- Scout Shirt Nurse- Scrubs Ect. Ask the question after the children are dressed Which one of these people can speak to our Heavenly Father? Everyone! Let’s Look up in The Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 26:33 33 For none of these…
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In side each package have some “Special” dark chocolate and the Scripture from 1 Samuel 17:7 “For the Lord seeth not as man seeth, for man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord looketh on the heart” Have some very nice packages and some very unattractive packages but the contents of each are the same. Display the packages and let the girls choose one by one a package. Then…
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I collect rocks! Whenever we go someplace unusual (like Ireland, Cancun, or Zions National Park) I always bring home a tiny rock that reminds me of that place and its particular beauty. Now some people just kick rocks out of thier way or some throw rocks to see how stong they are and some curse rocks because they might have stubbed thier toe on them. Some people even ignore rocks….
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This activity explains different ways teachers present the gospel. 1) you can simply share the cake with your hand, and without care give it to your brother; or 2)you can prepare this peace of cake carefully, put on a plate and give it. You can compare this experience with the way you teach the gospel in your class. Are you carefully preparing your lessons, or are you just haphazardly passing…
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Start with a jar or vase filled with clear water. I labeled the vase, “US”. Next, take the food colorings, which I labeled, “SINS” and talk to the youth, etc about what are some sins we commit? With each sin stated, add a drop of food coloring to the clear water. After quite a few sins have been added, the water will look dirty ( like we do to our…
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Hold up the candy and say ” I need a volunteer, and maybe this will encourage you,” Give the volunteer the opened candy bar and say this is your task “eat chocolate, but you cannot bend your arms or waist or legs. Imagine that you don’t have joints.” Have her struggle for a bit and then hold up another chocolate bar and say “Can I have another volunteer?” Follow the…
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Take the pieces of a flashlight apart. Give one piece each to a class member. Have them stand at the front of the class holding their piece, have one extra class member stand up there with nothing. Ask each person with a part of the flashlight what they have and if they can turn the light on. They each say “nope”. Have the class member that didn’t have a part…
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Give a few volunteers a toothbrush and towel. Have people in the class say things that help them live the gospel or keep the sabbath day. For each thing said, spread some toothpaste on the brushes till its overflowing and then have the people brush with it. Their mouths will be overflowing with paste! Then say “well, they have brushed with enough paste to last all week, they wont have…
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Students will see the outline of the body and be told their testimony has died. It is then up to them to search and discover the “clues” as to what caused the death of their testimony. Clues such as gossiping, lying, drinking, etc are placed around the room. Example: We wrote things about a fictitious youth on a crumbled up piece of paper for the gossiping clue.
One’s attitude regarding circumstances and people depends upon their attitude and what they are looking for…positive things or negative things, A woman with a beautiful rose garden has two neighbors…one an optimist and the other a pessimist. She invites the optimist over to have cookies..the optimist looks out her large window and states: “what a beautiful rose garden you have”, eats some cookies then leaves. The neighbor then invites the…
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