2011 Primary Theme – I Know the Scriptures Are True

WE JUST RECIEVED OUR BOOKLETS IN PRIMARY TODAY. BELOW IS A BASIC BREAKDOWN FOR ANYONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW YET:

YEARLY THEME: I KNOW THE SCRIPTURES ARE TRUE
YEARLY SCRIPTURE: “FOR MY SOUL DELIGHTETH IN THE SCRIPTURES, AND MY HEART PONDERETH THEM” (2 NEPHI 4:15)

JANUARY
THEME: THE SCRIPTURES ARE THE WORD OF GOD
SCRIPTURE: “FEAST UPON THE WORDS OF CHRIST: FOR BEHOLD, THE WORDS OF CHRIST WILL TELL YOU ALL THINGS WHAT YE SHOULD DO” (2 NEPHI 32:3)
SONG: “IF I LISTEN WITH MY HEART”– LISTED ABOVE

FEBRUARY
THEME: THE SCRIPTURES TEACH OF HEAVENLY FATHER’S PLAN
SCRIPTURE: “FOR BEHOLD, THIS IS MY WORK AND MY GLORY—TO BRING TO PASS THE IMMORTALITY AND ETERNAL LIFE OF MAN” (MOSES 1:39)
SONG: “I WILL FOLLOW GOD’S PLAN” (CS, 164-165)

MARCH
THEME: HEAVENLY FATHER SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS PROPHETS
SCRIPTURE: “WHAT I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN, I HAVE SPOKEN…WHETHER BY MINE OWN VOICE OR BY THE VOICE OF MY SERVANTS, IT IS THE SAME” (D&C 1:38)
SONG: “STAND FOR THE RIGHT (CS, 159)

APRIL
THEME: JESUS IS MY SAVIOR AND REDEEMER
SCRIPTURE: “WE BELIEVE THAT THROUGH THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST, ALL MANKIND MAY BE SAVED, BY OBEDIENCE TO THE LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE GOSPEL” (ARTICLES OF FAITH 1:3)
SONG: YOUR CHOICE FROM THE CHILDREN’S SONGBOOK

MAY
THEME: THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST HAS BEEN RESTORED
SCRIPTURE: “I SAW TWO PERSONAGES, WHOSE BRIGHTNESS AND GLORY DEFY ALL DESCRIPTION, STANDING ABOVE ME IN THE AIR. ONE OF THEM SPAKE TO UNTO ME, CALLING ME BY NAME AND SAID, POINTING TO THE OTHER—THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. HEAR HIM!” (JOSEPH SMITH—HISTORY 1:17)
SONG: “PRAISE TO THE MAN” VERSES 1 AND 3 (HYMNS, NO. 27)

JUNE
THEME: THE FIRST PRINCIPLES AND ORDINANCES OF THE GOSPEL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO LIVE WITH GOD AGAIN.
SCRIPTURE: “WE BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST PRINCIPLES AND ORDINANCES OF THE GOSPEL ARE: FIRST, FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; SECOND, REPENTANCE; THIRD, BAPTISM BY IMMERSION FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS; FORTH, LAYING ON OF HANDS FOR THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST” (ARTICLES OF FAITH 1:4)
SONG: YOUR CHOICE FROM TEH CHILDREN’S SONGBOOK

JULY
THEME: THE TEMPLE IS A HOUSE OF GOD
SCRIPTURE: “SACRED ORDINANCES AND COVENANTS AVAILABLE IN HOLY TEMPLES MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO RETURN TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND FOR FAMILIES TO BE UNITED ETERNALLY.” (“THE FAMILY: A PROCLAMATION TO THE WORD,” PARAGRAPH 3)
SONG: I LOVE TO SEE THE TEMPLE (CS, 95)

AUGUST
THEME: MY BODY IS A TEMPLE OF GOD
SCRIPTURE: “KNOW YE KNOT THAT YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLETH IN YOU?…THE TEMPLE OF GOD IS HOLY, WHICH TEMPLE YE ARE” (1 CORINTHIANS 3: 16-17)
SONG: THE LORD GAVE ME A TEMPLE (CS, 153)

SEPTEMBER
THEME: THE GOSPEL WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD
SCRIPTURE: “THIS GOSPEL SHALL BE PREACHED UNTO EVERY NATION, AND KINDRED, AND TONGUE, AND PEOPLE” (D&C 133:37)

OCTOBER
THEME: PRAYER IS REVERENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOD AND ME
SCRIPTURE: “IF ANY OF YOU LACK WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, THAT GIVETH TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY, AND UPBRAIDETH NOT; AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN HIM” (JAMES 1:5)

NOVEMBER
THEME: REVERENCE IS LOVE AND RESPECT FOR GOD
SCRIPTURE: THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND” (MATTHEW 22: 37)

DECEMBER
THEME: SCRIPTURES TEACH ME ABOUT THE SAVIOR’S BIRTH AND SECOND COMING
SCRIPTURE: “FOR THE SON OF MAN SHALL COME IN THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER WITH HIS ANGELS; AND THEN EH SHALL REWARD EVERY MA ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS” (MATTHEW 16:27)

WE JUST RECIEVED OUR BOOKLETS IN PRIMARY TODAY. BELOW IS A BASIC BREAKDOWN FOR ANYONE WHO DOES NOT KNOW YET:

YEARLY THEME: I KNOW THE SCRIPTURES ARE TRUE
YEARLY SCRIPTURE: “FOR MY SOUL DELIGHTETH IN THE SCRIPTURES, AND MY HEART PONDERETH THEM” (2 NEPHI 4:15)

JANUARY
THEME: THE SCRIPTURES ARE THE WORD OF GOD
SCRIPTURE: “FEAST UPON THE WORDS OF CHRIST: FOR BEHOLD, THE WORDS OF CHRIST WILL TELL YOU ALL THINGS WHAT YE SHOULD DO” (2 NEPHI 32:3)
SONG: “IF I LISTEN WITH MY HEART”– LISTED ABOVE

FEBRUARY
THEME: THE SCRIPTURES TEACH OF HEAVENLY FATHER’S PLAN
SCRIPTURE: “FOR BEHOLD, THIS IS MY WORK AND MY GLORY—TO BRING TO PASS THE IMMORTALITY AND ETERNAL LIFE OF MAN” (MOSES 1:39)
SONG: “I WILL FOLLOW GOD’S PLAN” (CS, 164-165)

MARCH
THEME: HEAVENLY FATHER SPEAKS TO US THROUGH HIS PROPHETS
SCRIPTURE: “WHAT I THE LORD HAVE SPOKEN, I HAVE SPOKEN…WHETHER BY MINE OWN VOICE OR BY THE VOICE OF MY SERVANTS, IT IS THE SAME” (D&C 1:38)
SONG: “STAND FOR THE RIGHT (CS, 159)

APRIL
THEME: JESUS IS MY SAVIOR AND REDEEMER
SCRIPTURE: “WE BELIEVE THAT THROUGH THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST, ALL MANKIND MAY BE SAVED, BY OBEDIENCE TO THE LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE GOSPEL” (ARTICLES OF FAITH 1:3)
SONG: YOUR CHOICE FROM THE CHILDREN’S SONGBOOK

MAY
THEME: THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST HAS BEEN RESTORED
SCRIPTURE: “I SAW TWO PERSONAGES, WHOSE BRIGHTNESS AND GLORY DEFY ALL DESCRIPTION, STANDING ABOVE ME IN THE AIR. ONE OF THEM SPAKE TO UNTO ME, CALLING ME BY NAME AND SAID, POINTING TO THE OTHER—THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. HEAR HIM!” (JOSEPH SMITH—HISTORY 1:17)
SONG: “PRAISE TO THE MAN” VERSES 1 AND 3 (HYMNS, NO. 27)

JUNE
THEME: THE FIRST PRINCIPLES AND ORDINANCES OF THE GOSPEL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO LIVE WITH GOD AGAIN.
SCRIPTURE: “WE BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST PRINCIPLES AND ORDINANCES OF THE GOSPEL ARE: FIRST, FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; SECOND, REPENTANCE; THIRD, BAPTISM BY IMMERSION FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS; FORTH, LAYING ON OF HANDS FOR THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST” (ARTICLES OF FAITH 1:4)
SONG: YOUR CHOICE FROM TEH CHILDREN’S SONGBOOK

JULY
THEME: THE TEMPLE IS A HOUSE OF GOD
SCRIPTURE: “SACRED ORDINANCES AND COVENANTS AVAILABLE IN HOLY TEMPLES MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO RETURN TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND FOR FAMILIES TO BE UNITED ETERNALLY.” (“THE FAMILY: A PROCLAMATION TO THE WORD,” PARAGRAPH 3)
SONG: I LOVE TO SEE THE TEMPLE (CS, 95)

AUGUST
THEME: MY BODY IS A TEMPLE OF GOD
SCRIPTURE: “KNOW YE KNOT THAT YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLETH IN YOU?…THE TEMPLE OF GOD IS HOLY, WHICH TEMPLE YE ARE” (1 CORINTHIANS 3: 16-17)
SONG: THE LORD GAVE ME A TEMPLE (CS, 153)

SEPTEMBER
THEME: THE GOSPEL WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD
SCRIPTURE: “THIS GOSPEL SHALL BE PREACHED UNTO EVERY NATION, AND KINDRED, AND TONGUE, AND PEOPLE” (D&C 133:37)

OCTOBER
THEME: PRAYER IS REVERENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOD AND ME
SCRIPTURE: “IF ANY OF YOU LACK WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, THAT GIVETH TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY, AND UPBRAIDETH NOT; AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN HIM” (JAMES 1:5)

NOVEMBER
THEME: REVERENCE IS LOVE AND RESPECT FOR GOD
SCRIPTURE: THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND” (MATTHEW 22: 37)

DECEMBER
THEME: SCRIPTURES TEACH ME ABOUT THE SAVIOR’S BIRTH AND SECOND COMING
SCRIPTURE: “FOR THE SON OF MAN SHALL COME IN THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER WITH HIS ANGELS; AND THEN EH SHALL REWARD EVERY MA ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS” (MATTHEW 16:27)

I’m looking for Conference activities to print off for the primary. To help with reverance and better attiontion to the talks. I have several from the friend. Dos any one have any.
Thanks Debi

I was just called to be a chorister and feel so unorganized. Does anyone have a working template or plan to follow? My pianist would like me to plan out 4 months at a time and I am having a hard time getting one week at a time planned. I’m just looking for some sort of plan or template that I can plug my songs into…i guess…

There are a lot of websites/blogs done by choristers. Sugar doodle, the idea door, jenny smith are my most treasured resources. If you go on sugar doodle you will find all kinds of charts and calendars to use.

Divine secrets of a primary chorister is a great blog with a lot of great ideas. She also has a set “formula” she uses each month (week 1 introduce, week 2, etc.) There are many others that share their ideas each month. If you want flipcharts-jollyjenn.com has the biggest selection I have seen.

I was just called back in April and it was pretty overwhelming. The first thing I did was print a complete list of songs(found one on sugardoodle) and gave it to the previous chorister. She checked off all the songs the kids already knew and that really helped me with planning. Once you get in to learning the songs for next year, that really takes up a lot of your time & the planning will get easier as you will be practicing those songs every week(I have found 20 minutes seems like 5). I keep a binder with what I do each week in it, so things don’t get old. I also decided that we would always do an article of faith each month for the opening song. So, we do the first article of faith for the first month, and then do a new one the next month. I do the same for the welcome song and the birthday song as well. It does keep things much simpler when you have a plan.

Good Luck and just have fun! Its the best calling in the church!

Thank you for sharing. Not all of us have the information yet and as one who likes to be overly prepared, I REALLY appreciate the information!! Thanks again for taking the time to share!