Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
The following is a report I wrote after a Seminary inservice meeting where I attended a class on Asking Better Questions: I had the good fortune of being in Brother Baraclough’s class on Asking Better Questions. Watching him teach was at least as instructive as the material, if not more, and so I really enjoyed this. Improving the Set Up First Brother Baraclough demonstrated a common mistake teachers make (one…
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In Luke 10:25-37, we find a lawyer trying to trip up the Savior with his disruptive questions and justify himself in sin: And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He [Christ] said unto him [the lawyer], What is written in the law? how readest thou? [Here, Christ is establishing a starting point. He’s asking the lawyer to…
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Sometimes the way the Lord uses verbs, or action words, is very specific and powerful. Look for words that describe actions, what people are doing or to do, etc. Ponder why the Lord chose such language and not another similar but different word. Look For: Look for the words that are action words–that describes what someone or something is doing, etc. Example: John 14:15 “If you love me, keep the…
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For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth (Rom. 1:16). Do you know any missionaries? Have you ever thought you might like to be a missionary? Did you know that you can be a missionary now? The best missionaries love the Lord, and they love other people. When we love others, we want to…
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Dallin H Oaks said: No prophet of the Lord in modern times has preached the law of tithing more fervently than Heber J. Grant. As an Apostle and later as President of the Church, he frequently called upon the Saints to pay an honest tithe and made firm promises to those who would do so. In a general conference in 1912, Elder Heber J. Grant declared: “I bear witness —…
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I don’t know about you, but I am getting into the Christmas spirit. And with only a few weeks left in the year, I’m sure some of you are into Christmas songs full-swing. If not, don’t stress! It’s never too late to teach a new song for the holidays! I LOVE this song that was published in The Friend a couple of years ago. It’s catchy, they lyrics are simple, and you can teach it really easily with the flip chart or just a few props (or combine the chart with props, which is what I would do. But that’s just me!).
Here is the sheet music.
Here is the flip chart.
Here are a few things you could use:
Box labeled “Ornaments” – keep all of your items in the box, to stay organized!
Small Christmas tree (to place the ornaments on, of course)
Candy cane
Picture of shepherds (p. 4 in flip chart)
Angel tree topper
Silver star (if you don’t have one, just cover a cardboard star with foil)
Picture of star of Bethlehem (p. 8 in flip chart)
Package wrapped in red paper
Picture of Savior
Evergreen sprig or bough (pass around so they can feel and smell it)
Jesus in the manger piece from a nativity scene
This may not be the most appropriate song for a Sacrament Meeting number, but it is a great one for the kids to learn to connect a few secular symbols with gospel meaning, especially tying into the Savior. Let me know how it goes!
What songs are you teaching for Christmas? Any fun plans?
I made a cardboard ’10 Commandments’ to hold my visuals for Keep the Commandments. I laminated the visuals and used Velcro to hold them on. I didn’t do any duplicate visuals even though there is lots of repetition in the song. I just pointed to the pic…
“Be Sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.-1 Peter 5:8Satan knows us personally and has had 6000 years to plan how to draw us away- Father Lehi taught us …
I was positively giddy when the kids left this morning after our very last official class of the year, but now I’m feeling a little sad. I can now understand when teachers say how hard it is when you get released from Seminary teaching. I can honestly say I’ve never felt sad about having a calling wrap up before. Someday I’ll be released — maybe even before next year —…
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CALENDAR / ASSIGNED READING REPORT I thought I would report on how using the calendar with assigned student reading worked out for us this year. I’ve added this in as a blog entry since it’s a report with my opinions in it. This is how I do Seminary — you don’t have to do it this way. I’m just sharing it because it has been so successful for our class,…
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So, the last entry was about me failing to journal. On April 23. :) It’s really not my fault tho — the website has been down even worse since Jared started tinkering with it. Dies about every 15 hours, and I don’t have the will to fight with it when we are close to moving to Drupal 7. I would like to tell you how annoyed I am by the…
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I have found that helping others is the fastest way for me to let go of my troubles and feel the spirit.Teaching the girls to love service is one of my greatest desires.Our Laurels wanted to do something to help out our ward Relief Society, s…
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