Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Write a list of passages or references on the board that have something important in them — something “worth underlining.” Explain to the class that there is something important in each verse and that you will give each student a chance to read their passage and explain to the class what they thought the most important thing was in the verse(s). Give them a few minutes to look over their…
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Twice a year, our missionaries get to call home. For those of us who have had a son, brother, daughter, sister, parents, or grandparents on missions, it is a particularly special event! I, personally, am thrilled to be able to talk to my li…
{This Giveaway has ended}Congratulations to Jan! She commented: “I can totally see using these cute little missionary bears in teaching “I want to be a missionary now” — even teddy bears can share the gospel! ha!” She is the winner o…
And if it so be that you should … bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy (D&C 18:15). The Apostle Paul was a great missionary. He said, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ” (Romans 1:16). Paul traveled to many places to share the gospel. He found joy in sharing the gospel and helping people be happy. The Prophet Joseph Smith’s…
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Matthew 28 We wrapped up Matthew with a short summary and activity. I had the kids read the first 8 verses of this chapter silently and had 6 volunteers — 2 had to be female — come up to the front when they had finished reading. I had these kids act out the story in mime (silently). The boys ended up asking to be the women, so I let them,…
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After an extended vacation, I’m back! I’m still pretty jet-lagged from the trip, but at least getting up in the morning for Seminary isn’t a challenge. I’m waking up at midnight and trying to get back to sleep. Rome is 7 hours ahead and it’s taking a little time to get back into this time zone. This morning I woke up early and was so wide-awake that I just gave…
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We’ve moved into our regular study of the scriptures. So far it seems to be going well. I am trying to focus my lessons on the expectation that the kids have read so that we get into some good habits of reading while they are still excited about Seminary. Matthew 1-2 I talked to the kids briefly about our very first lesson when I taught that there were two things…
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I came down with a terrible sore throat and fever late yesterday afternoon, and so my husband subbed for me this morning in Seminary. The topic was the first of two sections of the plan of salvation. It was easy for him as a returned missionary to step in. I had already divided the board into three sections: premortal, mortal, and postmortal. I also stuck post it notes with words…
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Give each student three 3X5 cards. Have them write a question on each card that an investigator might ask. The questions should require the use of a SM to answer. (They can look at the missionary application on the back of their SM cards to help them come up with these questions.) Divide the class into two groups. One group is the Investigators. Give each investigator three mini bags of…
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Divide into teams. One team rolls the die and follows these directions: #1choose any category #2Historical Setting #3Doctrinal Teaching #4Missionary Application #5Personal Application #6other team chooses a category for you The teacher mixes up the SM cards and randomly reads clues from the correct category [from the backs of the scripture mastery cards]. Some of the statements are valid for several different SM. If they say a different SM than…
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It’s the last full week of Seminary, but who’s counting? ME!!!!! *I* am totally counting down! Jonah 1-4 For our lesson opener I used the manual idea and had the kids write on a apiece of paper the last place they’d ever want to visit. I told the students it had to be a geographical location, and gave them 60 seconds. Next I had them write one, two,or three words…
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I just can’t do it all :) This blog is proof positive of that. The house has been cleaner, I’ve been making bread and cooking more often, spent the week of spring break working on the new website and keeping up with the kids’ stuff, but something had to give. Naturally, it was the blog, I suppose. General Conference I did do a review for general conference again this time….
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