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National “Back to Church” Sunday

June 25, 2010

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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Jesus Christ went about doing good

June 14, 2010

Primary Talks

This weeks’ Primary theme is Jesus went about doing good. Our former prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckely, talked about a missionary who followed Jesus and “went about doing good”: It was said by the Apostle Peter long ago that Jesus went about doing good. As His ambassadors, missionaries in our generation have gone and continue to go throughout the world doing good in the true spirit of the Master. Let…
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From Rock Star to Worker Bee – The New Member Dilemma

April 14, 2010

You’ve been investigating the LDS Church, and you’re flying high! The missionaries are awesome — they’ve been helping around the house and sharing spiritual thoughts with you a couple of times a week — and you love and admire them! You’ve read the Book of Mormon and felt the Spirit witness of the truthfulness of its teachings, and you decided to get baptized. What a great week that was! You…
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The Holy Ghost Brings us Comfort by Shining our path way with Light

April 13, 2010

Object Lesson

I was asked to speak at a Baptism on the Holy Ghost. The twin girls were 14 and new to the church. I purchased 2 small $1 flashlights and put them in simple gift bags. I spoke on the Gift of the Holy Ghost and used Scriptures that talked about how finding truth through the light of Christ and the Holy Ghost. I wove my talk around the power of…
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Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy

February 18, 2010

Read together Ex. 20:8–11. Tell the children that this is one of the Ten Commandments and that it is very important to keep the Sabbath holy. For some religions, Saturday is the Sabbath; for others, it is Friday. Our Sabbath is Sunday. Ask: “What do you like best about Sunday?” (Possible answers: going to church/Primary, seeing friends, being with their families, having a change from the rest of the week.)…
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Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon by the power of God.

February 10, 2010

Primary Talks

There is a hill in western New York called Cumorah. It may appear to be an ordinary hill, but for hundreds of years an extraordinary treasure lay hidden in it. When this sacred treasure was finally brought forth, it began to change the world. Over eighteen hundred years had gone by since Jesus lived upon the earth, and people had changed His doctrines and teachings. These changes caused a great…
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So, YOU’RE the New Relief Society President?

October 13, 2009

How well I remember the day Bishop Thatcher called me into his office to extend the call of Relief Society President. I’ve never been so terrified in my entire life! Having served in two Relief Society Presidencies before, I had a pretty good idea about what the calling entailed — and I DID NOT WANT TO DO IT! Despite my trepidation, I accepted the call and did not regret it….
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My family will serve others

September 9, 2009

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My family has always been my greatest teacher. I was born in Sevilla, Spain; then my family moved to Paraguay and later to Uruguay. Because we moved around, I often had to say good-bye to my friends. I relied more and more upon my family to be my friends. We learned to enjoy being with each other. Today many children spend most of their day with their friends; I spent…
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I am thankful for my family. I will serve them.

September 9, 2009

Primary Talks

Miguel Cortez is filled with love for his family and for everyone he meets. He not only loves people, but he loves the gospel and wants to do what is right. He likes the Book of Mormon story of when Nephi and his family crossed the ocean. Miguel hopes that he will follow and obey Jesus Christ like Jacob followed and obeyed his brother Nephi. Miguel is fortunate to have…
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A Century of Missionary Work

May 28, 2009

Larry A. Hiller, “A Century of Missionary Work,” New Era, Jan. 2000, 28 The missionary message has not changed since the time of Joseph Smith. But missionaries and missionary life have changed a lot—especially in this century. Elder Scott DuVall, of Taylorsville, Utah, serves in Hyderabad, India. His maternal grandfather, Joseph Cummings, served in the Northwestern States Mission. The differences between their mission experiences are more than those between India…
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Creative Ways to help members work when receiving welfare assistance

May 23, 2009

Members receiving assistance from the Bishop’s store house may have a variety of challenges that make it difficult to assign work to them. Here are some creative ways Bishops have adapted to allow members to serve when receiving assistance from fast offerings or other ways: stuff tithing envelopes write letters to missionaries clean the meeting house assist at a service project, either in the unit or in the community serve…
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