Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
God loved us, so he sent his Son (Hymns, 1985, no. 187). The preparations were everywhere! Peter’s third grade class was planning a huge Easter egg hunt, his Primary was singing with the ward choir for the Easter program the next Sunday, and his mom was busy planning for relatives coming to visit for the holiday. His friends were all busy and excitedly awaiting the Easter holiday. But Peter was…
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Start with a jar or vase filled with clear water. I labeled the vase, “US”. Next, take the food colorings, which I labeled, “SINS” and talk to the youth, etc about what are some sins we commit? With each sin stated, add a drop of food coloring to the clear water. After quite a few sins have been added, the water will look dirty ( like we do to our…
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Place stones or bricks in a backpack. On the stones or bricks, write the words “pains, sorrows, burdens, temptations, troubles and worries.” (You could wrap the bricks in brown paper and write the words on the bricks.) Ask someone to carry to backpack. How would they like to carry the backpack all day? all week? all year? Show picture of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Have the person place…
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The purpose is to show that some people do not take the blessings of Christ’s atonement, but he still suffered for their sins. Why not take those blessings happily, instead of denying them. You take the ding-dongs or whatever you have and ask one person if they want that object. They will say “yes” or “no”. No matter the answer the young man who is doing the push-ups does 5…
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I used this by showing the class how the silver looked when it was tarnished. Then as I was talking about how the church was restored, I was also cleaning the spoon with the silver cleaner. It probably took about 3 minutes. Then I washed off the cleaner in the bowl of water. After that I dried it off and let the class look at how it was restored to…
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Could anybody name some bad habits? biting fingernails, swearing, smoking, eating too much, driving too fast, drinking too much alcohol, gossiping etc Do you kow anyone who has tried to break a bad habit and failed? I need someone quite strong to help with with this illustration “Please see if you can break this thread” give them a length of thread to break. “That’s good, you’re big and strong, you…
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Ask the girls who wants this? They’ll all raise their hands. Then wrinkle the bill up, and ask them again “Who wants it now?”. When they all say, “I don’t care, I still want it!”. Throw it on the floor and rub it with your shoe. When they still want it, ask them if they’d want it if you put it in the toilet. Well, you get the idea. I’ve…
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After discussion on Repentance, have the students put a small pebble in their shoe and stand up until they feel it’s sharpness on their foot. Tell them that sins are like this pebble, it is constantly bringing us irritation and pain until we remove it. Tell them that if they have any unresolved sins, they should keep the pebble in their shoe until they have resolved the sin. Then they…
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To teach the atonement I gave each girl a bag of sugar as a present just for coming to church at the beginning of the lesson. I told them just like they recieved a present from me for coming to church, everyone who has ever lived on the earth gets a present from Jesus Christ just for coming to the earth because of his atonement on our behalf. However, if…
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Pour the salt into the water : that is us, pure and clean. Put the pepper into the water. They will mix: that is sin – we all sin. Talk about the atonement that will seperate and clean us from our sin. Add a drop of liquid soap to the bowl when it hits the water the salt and pepper seperate.
Hand out the objects. Explain that each object can be used to handle stains on clothing. Ask the students how s/he would use her/his object to treat a stain: Spot Treater – apply to stain and wash later. Crayons/Markers – create a decoration around the stain, making it look pretty. Patch – cover stain. Wet Wipes – try to wipe away as much as you can. Explain that sin is…
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Ask: What is the difference between the two kinds of pennies? Is it possible to make the tarnished pennies shine like the new pennies? Put the tarnished pennies in the container with vinegar and stir or shake for several minutes. In the meantime, talk about baptism or repentance. Take the pennies & rub with the cloth until they are clean & shiny.
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