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If you’ll read the LDS Clipart Terms and Conditions, you’ll find you are welcome to change the Go the Distance clipart.
FYI, the Arise and Shine forth clipart with the man’s hands and sunrise was made by me. :shock:
Glad you’re enjoying the website!
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Sorry I don’t have the answer to this question — I don’t have access to the Primary sections of the manual.
But there’s no reason that learning about Joseph Smith or the Book of Mormon should be boring! Take a look at the Primary Activities section for lots of great ideas, and you’re welcome to submit your own, too.
While I expect that Primary activities should have a gospel-centered theme (after all, the purpose of Primary is to help children grow in the gospel), I don’t think that means you have to stick to the same old format.
I know our unit has lots of fun activities — usually done in the “center” format, where teachers are assigned a small activity, like a craft or reading a scripture or acting out a story, and the children move from center to center. Often they acquire some sort of token to indicate they’ve completed a center — last fall the kids got a construction paper feather glued to a toothpick that they stuck in one of those marshmallow snowballs to make a turkey. (They had a little turkey head made out of construction paper, too.)
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These files are available from the church’s music site:
http://lds.org/cm/catalogalphamp3/1,183 … -1,00.html
Jenny
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The 2006 Calendar has been up since last November. You can find it here:
http://www.jennysmith.net/search-lds-cl … ediaid=442
Thanks — j
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That does sound stressful! Without knowing more details (and I hope you won’t post any here, since you used your name for your nickname — I wouldn’t want someone to find this post later), I can’t give you much specific help, but here is some general information.
Baptism talks don’t have to be long — 5-15 minutes is fine — and a simple explanation of baptism, basically a definition (possibly scriptural) along with your testimony, is probably plenty.
For easy-to-understand baptism talk ideas, I’d go to http://library.lds.org/ and search for “baptism” and be sure to choose “Friend” from the pulldown menu.
I like the poem Washed Clean by Boyd K Packer, too.
Of course, prayer and fasting is the best way to get peace _and_ inspiration when you’re facing difficult circumstances. May God Bless You in your efforts to prepare a talk that’s appropriate for your audience!
-j
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I had a questionnaire submitted today:
http://www.jennysmith.net/search-lds-cl … ediaid=589I’m sure I’ll get others in, too.
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I totally forgot about this file when I was doing the 2006 yearly calendar. I’ll get on this today.
-j
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I haven’t received this file yet…. are you sending to [email protected] ?
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The PDF program includes a script and sheet music. You can buy also Jenny Phillip’s CD to provide accompaniment. She even has posters and invitations you can print to go with the theme.
If you don’t want to wait for the CD to ship, you can download the entire album in MP3 for $6.95 or
song by song for 99 cents each.MP3s burned to CD can be played on many DVD (yes DVD) players, newer CD players, or can be converted to .wav to play on an older CD player by downloading a mp3 to wav converter utility at download.com.
To hear samples of the music, go LDSAudio.com and click on the _tiny_ little yellow speakers to the left side of the song titles.
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That sounds like a good topic for a New Beginnings activity. I’m not familiar with the handbook responsibilities of a Laurel, but this link at lds.org has information on the responsibilities of a YW class presidency. Since Laurels are the leaders in YW, these could be discussed, like keeping confidences and developing faith. The links on this page go to the Priesthood and Auxilliary Leader’s Guidebook, which describes the scriptural qualities of leaders.
I’d probably focus on the responsibility of a Laurel to keep confidences, prepare for adulthood, help other YW, strengthen their testimonies, and set a good example, rather than the fact that they conduct a few meetings.
Here are some more articles targeted at presidencies, but they can apply to all young leaders:
Yes, you are old enough, girls!
Last on the List – this one would be a good one to give to class presidents seeking instruction on how to choose counselors.
Are we Having FUN yet? – about how kids can use activities to reach out to less active members.
The Lighthouse of the Lord – describes how to make choices that will lead us upward:
Quote:Precious young women, make every decision you contemplate pass this test: What does it do to me? What does it do for me? And let your code of conduct emphasize not, “What will others think?” but rather, “What will I think of myself?” Be influenced by that still, small voice. ~ Thomas S. Monson
If YW (and all of us) would follow President Monson’s counsel, we would fulfill all our responsibilities at home, school, and church as Christ would.
Good luck with your talk!
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I wish I could help you, but I’m serving in the RS right now. Hopefully someone else will read your post and will have some ideas to share!
God Bless You!
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Thanks for your praise, Susan! I’m blushing! :oops:
To get this year’s Jenny Phillips program, go to http://www.JennyPhillips.com/ and click on the “free downloads” link on the right hand side of the page. You’ll be prompted to enter your email address, and then you can see the page where her programs are.
(I haven’t posted the 2006 program because I haven’t asked for permission yet. If Jenny will let me post it, I’ll do so later.)
-j
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Our unit hasn’t done this yet, but I’ll post ours when we do. It’s my understanding that the survey should NOT include a list of activity ideas, like who would be interested in a class on sewing or who is interested in a book club or who wants to quilt, but should be a needs assessment.
Questions asked might include: if you could learn one thing about the gospel this year, what would it be? What gospel principle are you having the most difficulty doing regularly (scripture study, prayer, fhe, etc)? What is the biggest struggle in your life?
I’m not Enrichment Counselor, btw, so I could have it wrong.
I’d keep it short, too, so that it doesn’t interfere with class time (that’s Education Counselor Jenny speaking :) ).
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These should be fixed now — my typo. The Manual 4 was wrong, too.
http://www.jennysmith.net/search-lds-cl … cture+list
Let me know when you see other errors!
-j
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