Emma Crossing the Ice by Liz Lemon Swindle
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The Prophet Joseph Loved Children by Clark Kelley Price
3 Nephi 9:22; Moroni 8:17 Wherefore, all children are alike unto me; wherefore, I love little children with a perfect love. Moroni 8:17 Joseph Smith tried to keep all of Heavenly Father’s commandments. He wanted to be kind to everyone, especially children. Joseph knew that Jesus Christ wants all His disciples to have the faith and humility of little children (see 3 Nephi 9:22). Joseph taught the people about God’s…
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Helping the Martin Handcart Company across the Sweetwater River by Clark Kelley Price
On 28 July 1856 a handcart company under the leadership of Edward Martin left Iowa City, Iowa, and started across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley. By October, cold weather and snow caught them in the mountains in central Wyoming. Short on food and other supplies, members of the company experienced exposure to cold, hunger, and exhaustion, and some began to die. They would suffer more losses than any…
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Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail by Liz Lemon Swindle
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Kirtland Temple
Source: “Joseph Smith Lives in Ohio,” Friend, Jul 2008, 45 (may be reproduced) Copyright 2008, Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Used by permission.
Tribute to Relief Society Presidents
I used Emma’s Garden party and updated and changed it a bit. An history of US events & pop culture and the Releif Society’s influence on the world.
Old Testament Walk-Through
I was given a copy of the Old Testament Walk Through handout several months back by a friend for use in my Seminary class. I have no idea how to do this, but I think that it’s a method of learning the history of the Bible with hand motions and little rhymes. Old Testament Walk Through was prepared for the CES Teaching Fair on the Old Testament, 13-15 August 1991,…
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History of Relief Society
A powerpoint presentation of the History of Relief Society and Past Presidents of the organization.
Joseph Smith Jeopardy Game
Played just like the TV game show Jeopardy, this game is a fun way for kids and adults to test their knowldge by stating the questions that go with the answers to questions about Church History. Available in PDF or Microsoft Word’s .doc format. You may want to use my CTR Trvia games and rules to see how this game is set up and played. Source: lds-youngwomen2 Yahoo Group Files…
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Melchizedek Priesthood Restoration by Kenneth Riley
D&C 27:1213; D&C 107:8; D&C 128:20; Joseph Smith—History 1:72 Peter, and James, and John … I have sent unto you, by whom I have ordained you and confirmed you to be apostles, and especial witnesses of my name, and bear the keys of your ministry and of the same things which I revealed unto them. D&C 27:12 When Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received the Aaronic Priesthood from John the…
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John the Baptist Conferring the Aaronic Priesthood by Del Parson
D&C 13; Joseph Smith—History 1:6873 Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins. D&C 13 Joseph Smith translated the gold plates into English, and Oliver Cowdery wrote it down. While translating, they learned about baptism for the…
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Mary Fielding and Joseph F Smith Crossing the Plains by Glen S Hopkinson
Mary Fielding Smith was left a widow when her husband, Hyrum, was killed with his brother the Prophet Joseph. She had to care for not only her own large family but also several other helpless or ill people. Hyrum and Mary’s son, Joseph F. Smith, who would later become the sixth President of the Church, was only five years old at the time. Mary and her family left Nauvoo in…
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