Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Each piece of armour protects a specific part of the body for a reason. Breast plate the heart and lungs – which represent the love and breath we have in wanted to live the gospel because we love it and need it. It is the reason why we do anything that is right in the sight of God and is righteousness. The belt and girdle cover our loins and represent…
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To teach the atonement I gave each girl a bag of sugar as a present just for coming to church at the beginning of the lesson. I told them just like they recieved a present from me for coming to church, everyone who has ever lived on the earth gets a present from Jesus Christ just for coming to the earth because of his atonement on our behalf. However, if…
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Start out with both containers about 3/4 full of water. Show the group the orange and explain to them that this represents a youth like them and you can name it “Joe” or “Susie” etc. – – tell them that it represents “Joe” or “Susie” when they do all of the daily things that they have been told will keep them safe, or “afloat” in life such as, daily prayer,…
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Pour the salt into the water : that is us, pure and clean. Put the pepper into the water. They will mix: that is sin – we all sin. Talk about the atonement that will seperate and clean us from our sin. Add a drop of liquid soap to the bowl when it hits the water the salt and pepper seperate.
Separate a bag of jelly beans into a separate glass or other see thru container. Begin handing out the jelly beans to the class while saying things like “these green jelly beans represent my aunt. I remember _____, but I’ve gotten too busy and haven’t seen her in years. These jelly beans remind me of my nephew, who allows ______, but they have moved away and I never see him…
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Start out by asking the following 2 questions. What positive contributions can I make to society? What are some contributions that others have made? Today we will talk about having Respect for Others. Have you ever heard of the word Altruism? Do you know what it means? Altruism: Concern for and motivation to act for the welfare of others. What about some of these other words? Civility and cheerfulness: courtesy…
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Begin with the Rubik’s cube puzzle solved. As you talk about the apostasy turn the rubiks cube until all of the colors are mixed, illustrating the point that parts of the gospel that were lost or confused. While you talk about the importance of each part of the gospel and the church return the cube to the completed state representing the restoration of the gospel.
Talk about how when we only focus on the negative aspects of a person that is all we see, we can’t see the good things about them. This is why it is dangerous to talk negatively about a person to others. This might form a wrongful negative opinion of that person in the minds of others. Also you could talk about not judging others before you know all the facts…
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Demonstrate how two separate colors of yarn can be knit together to become stronger and more beautiful and useful than one. Have someone than can knit (or crochet) knit the yarn together while you read Mosiah 18: 21: “And he commanded them that there should be no contention one with another, but that they should look forward with one eye, having one faith and one baptism, having their hearts knit…
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Pass out a bowl filled with oranges. Ask each class member to take and orange and examine it for a minute. “Get to know” your orange…. Then put all the oranges back in a bowl. Mix them up and pass it back around and have everyone pick out their orange and tell how they knew it was their orange. Liken this to how each of us are individuals and may…
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While showing the images, teach that our lives go through changes because this life is a test.
In teaching the lesson for YW (being dependable) I have arranged to be late, putting the burden on the other leaders to scramble to fill in and teach the lesson. I will come in late set up my things while everone is waiting. This came then lead into discussion and feeling of how being dependable affects others.
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