A Year of Mutual Activities
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Who Will I Choose to Guide Me?
Instruct the class you are going to invite a member of the class to reach the “Goal” through a maze of chairs in the classroom. The student will be blindfolded, but will able to choose a guide to help him/her get to the Goal (you could even use a picture of a Temple or family to use as the Goal). Blindfold the volunteer and then ask him/her to choose another…
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Pop Quiz
During my second year of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the janitor who cleans the school?” Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how could I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before…
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Put the Big Rocks in First
One day this expert was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As this man stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.” Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed mason jar and set it on a table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen…
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Every part is important
I’m sure everyone knows what this is. Yes, it is a ballpoint pen. What do you think the most important part of this pen is? Many of you said the “ink”, that is a common answer. Let’s see how useful this ballpoint pen is. I need someone to volunteer to write with this pen, and see if it works properly. Let several kids try to use the pen. They will…
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Magnification
Take your class or family outside and give one person the magnifying glass and another person the normal glass. See who can burn a hole in the paper. The lesson could take many direction after this: In order to get quickly to the heart of a problem with a solution, you have to have concentrated effort. Magnifying your calling means giving real concentration and the result is magified power, or,…
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Serve God
Have a volunteer come up and put his/her arm in a sling then stand there while you give the rest of the object lesson. Ask the group or volunteer: What would happen to your arm if you left it in this sling and didn’t use it for a year? Listen to all comments and weave them into the rest of your presentation. Here is the direct quote from President Gordon…
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Talent Meal
Design the menu so that it would really be difficult eating with only one kind of utensil. The discussion during this meal would focus on talents. Everyone has different talents and gifts. All are valualable at one time or another and we should use and share our talents and acknowledge that they are valuable. A spoon may not seem too important but sometimes you need a spoon, and only a…
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Children absorb what we teach
See how easily this stalk of celery took on the color of water in which it was sitting? Small children are just like that stalk of celery. They take on all the characteristics of the family around them. Is your home colored with anger, yelling, sarcasm, and criticizm? Or is your home colored with patience, cooperation, soft tones and laughter? Children will absorb examples they receive at home. You can…
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Every person is important – parable of the muffins
The first batch of muffins were light and fluffy and everyone fights for the last one. The second batch seems to be taking a long time to bake and doesn’t look the same as the first. When they cool off they are hard and heavy. It is discovered that the missing ingredient, baking powder, Baking powder is the ingredient that is used in the smallest proportion when making muffins. Yet,…
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Sustain your Leaders
Demonstrate what sustaining a church leader means.I saw a great demonstration done at a Regional Workshop. Sister Myers had a Bishop come up and put his hands out. She had a pile of hymnbooks to represent his responsibilities. Every time she said one of his responsibilities, she put a book in his hands. His arms started to get tired really fast. Then she had three Primary leaders (representing a presidency)…
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What will you reap?
Show the class or family a new plot of ground that has just been dug up and prepared to be planted and ask: If this ground were left alone for a year just like it is right now, what would it look like? Would it have flowers and vegetables or would it have weeds and grass? The new ground represents each one of us. We must actively sow seeds of…
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