Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
By [email protected] (Pam Mueller) Played a fun review game called Blockbuster. I found it on they broke up into groups and decided they wanted boys against the girls within each group. Questions were asked and then they tried to block each other on a game board. Kind of like the game “Connect Four” It had them laughing Digging into their scriptures But most of all, reinforcing what they had learned…
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By [email protected] (Pam Mueller) Spent three days studying Joseph Smith History this week. I wanted them to see they have a lot in common with him. (Fellow seminary teacher, Barb Gardner shared this idea) I put various names of objects on slips of paper and had them pick one out. They had to complete the sentence “I am like a ___________ because…It was fun to hear their responses.Then they picked…
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By LDS Scripture Teachings The following account comes to us from chapter 6 of the book entitled, The Prophet Joseph: Essays on the Life and Mission of Joseph Smith, by Larry Porter and Susan Easton Black: The power that rested upon Joseph Smith … Continue reading → Source:: Seminary Teacher – Mike Day
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/alma-36-chiasmus.html I passed out a sheet of paper and had them put their name on it.Big and in the middle.Then told them to close their eyesWith their eyes closed, they had to listen to my voiceand follow my directions.I said things like, “fold your paper in half””rip off top right corner”… The holes were different in each one of their papers.WHY?My directions were not clear and precise.When the…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/10/2-nephi-2-joseph.html Did you know in 2 Nephi 3 there is information about four men with the same first name. Search 2 Nephi 3:3, 4, 14,15 to dtermine who is mentioned!answers:Verse 3: Lehi’s son Joseph that was born in the wildernessVerse 4: Prophet Joseph who was sold in Egypt approximately 1,700 years before the birth of JesusVerse 14: The Prophet Joseph SmithVerse 15: Joseph Smith Sr.
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/2013/09/09/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 […]
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/2013/06/25/the-charted-course-of-the-church-in-education/ President J. Reuben Clark’s “The Charted Course of the Church in Education” Address to seminary and institute of religion leaders at the Brigham Young University summer school in Aspen Grove, Utah, on 8 August 1938 It would be well for every teacher of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ to study, understand, and apply President J. […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/james-1-5-disciples-with-gusto-live-life-in-crescendo/ To understand more about how this lesson you will need to read the excerpts that I have included at the end of the post from Grant C. Anderson, “Living a Life in Crescendo” (Religious Educator 5, no. 2 (2004): 19–27). I have edited his talk to include those parts that I felt are relevant to the students […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/james-1-2-doers-just-do/ This lesson goes really well this April’s Come Follow Me curriculum on the Restoration. We started off with some background on who James was (see Bible Dictionary, third entry under James and James, Epistle of) so that we could establish some “street cred” and determine the importance his writings may have. How does knowing that he was Christ’s brother (half-brother) […]
Downloaded from: http://brosimonsays.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/titus-truths-and-philemons-forgiveness/ President Boyd K. Packer taught: “True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior” (in Conference Report,Oct. 1986, 20; or Ensign, Nov. 1986, 17). As mayor of Nauvoo, Joseph was called upon to render judgment on Anthony, a black man who had not only been selling […]
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