Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/09/16/1-nephi-7-family-faith-forgiveness/ Because of pacing issues I was tempted to just summarize 1 Nephi 7 with story-line and move on to 1 Nephi 8 with the Tree of Life. But I had had a couple of other teachers (online friends) share their good experiences with 1 Nephi 7 and in an effort to fulfill the aim of […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/1-nephi-5-6-and-9-scripture-study-is-divine/ Brass Plates, Gold Plates, and more plates… Is it really that important to understand the structure of the Book of Mormon? Yup, I think so! It demonstrates the miracle of the Book of Mormon, including its structure and prophecies concerning the various plates. I really love teaching these chapters and the principles connected to them. The resources […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/1-nephi-2-5-for-obedience-strive/ I began by asking the students what the Nike slogan was. “JUST DO IT!” of course was the response. I pointed out to those who hadn’t noticed yet that the Nike swooshes on the board created a face. I asked them, “Who do you think would be the ‘Just Do It!’ person in the Book […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/1-nephi-1-faithful-and-favored/ One of my favorite bumper stickers says, “Jesus loves you… But I’m His favorite!” I know it is just a bumper sticker, but I wish that everyone felt that way. I really do wish that everyone had the kind of relationship with the Lord that made them feel that they are His favorite. Indeed, He […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/day-7-witnesses-and-testimony-from-eye-witness-to-i-witness/ I dressed up in a judges robes (black graduation robes) for this lesson. The lesson material came from the tail end of LESSON 4: TITLE PAGE, INTRODUCTION, AND TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES and the first half of LESSON 5: OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK OF MORMON from the BOOK OF MORMON SEMINARY TEACHER MANUAL. This is again one of those lessons […]
Well, after failing to get any sleep last night, I’m finished with the very first day of my new humongus class of Seminary students. I lost only one senior and gained 7 Freshmen plus a transfer student and an investigator for a total of 23 kids. It was crazy. We started out with an introduction to our theme scripture for the year: Helaman 5:12 and the same activity I did…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-classroom.html I have a small room for my seminary classroom. It was manageable when we had shorter tables. BUT someone removed the short tables and I had to get the long ones that are stored under the stage. It took my son and me THREE hours of moving things around to come up with this:I am hopeful this configuration will give us the space we need to maneuver…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/09/welcome-back.html Seminary starts on Sept. 9! We will be studying the Book of Mormon this year.Since this is my 5th year teaching, I thought I wouldn’t have to spend as much time preparing for lessons. I could just recycle and reteach my old lessons. THEN I learned we have a whole new curriculum! I will try to recycle a lot of my activities (not whole lessons) from years past,…
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Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/day-6-the-introduction-to-the-book-of-mormon/ Today’s lesson comes from LESSON 4: TITLE PAGE, INTRODUCTION, AND TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES of the BOOK OF MORMON SEMINARY TEACHER MANUAL. I had already taught the Title Page on Day 2, The Objective lesson. I had hoped to get through the testimonies of the witnesses today as well, but it did not happen. So I will have to […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/day-5-the-plan-of-salvation/ We had a great experience today as we learned about the G.P.S.–God’s Plan of Salvation! As I will try to do throughout the year, I relied heavily on the BOOK OF MORMON SEMINARY TEACHER MANUAL. This particular lesson is drawn from LESSON 3: THE PLAN OF SALVATION. This lesson was very simple, and yet very profound for many […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/day-4-studying-the-scriptures/ This lesson was based on the resources found in the Book of Mormon Seminary Teacher Manual, Lesson 2: Studying the Scriptures and Section 2.3 of GOSPEL TEACHING AND LEARNING: A HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS AND LEADERS IN SEMINARIES AND INSTITUTES OF RELIGION. I encourage you to use the online version of these manuals since they have more content than the […]
Here are some links to Book of Mormon Scripture Mastery songs that you may like to use in your Seminary class. The following links DO NOT include the newest verses from the recent 2013 change: http://lds.about.com/od/seminary/a/scripture_songs_2.htm http://www.ldsscripturerock.com/ http://emp.byui.edu/kunzko/SMS4BOM.htm The following sets are underconstruction or complete and DO include the 2013 passages: http://scripturemasterysongs.overblog.com/ http://www.scripturemasterysongs.com/ http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10217 Please comment below if you know of others.
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