The First Week: Study Helps Jeopardy – Mentors/Minions
Jenny Smith
Tag Archive: Scripture study
Learn to find God in the Scriptures
Sing “Seek the Lord Early” (Children’s Songbook, p. 108). Discuss the statement “I’ll search the scriptures and find Him there.” Have each class search the scriptures and locate a verse that talks about a characteristic of Heavenly Father. (See Sharing Time, Friend, Feb. 1994, p. 36.) Have each class share their scripture. List the characteristics that are talked about and the scripture references on the chalkboard or a large piece…
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Bible prophets teach me how to strengthen my family
(Information and quotations are from Bible Dictionary—Hezekiah and Isaiah; Isa. 9:6, Isa. 29:4, Isa. 38:1–8, and Isa. 53:9.) Great are the words of Isaiah (3 Ne. 23:1). Anthony peered out the window of his pretend time machine. It was actually a cardboard box that he had decorated with markers, foil, and other things. For several days he had had lots of fun playing in it. Now he was imagining a…
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Living the gospel is an everyday thing
Give a few volunteers a toothbrush and towel. Have people in the class say things that help them live the gospel or keep the sabbath day. For each thing said, spread some toothpaste on the brushes till its overflowing and then have the people brush with it. Their mouths will be overflowing with paste! Then say “well, they have brushed with enough paste to last all week, they wont have…
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Scriptures (Lifes Instructions)
Get the group into two groups and then choose one person to be the third solo group One group gets no instructions for the legos — Life without the scriptures One group gets half the instructions — Being a member but not following the standards and the single person gets all the instructions — Being a faithful member. Have them explain how hard/easy it was to accomplish their goal of…
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M&M experiment
Experiment on the word, or feast upon the word. Challenging you to open your scriptures! Start by asking who likes chocolate? Who loves chocolate? Who is an absolute expert and knows everything there is to know about chocolate? Then pull out your bag of M&M’s… Start asking…(can list on board) How many colors of M&Ms are there? How many are in a bag this size? How many of each color…
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Summer Scripture Splash
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Spiritual Food
Lay out the food so everyone can see it but do not let anyone eat any. Talk about as a group how yummy the food looks, how its good for you etc. After the discussion ask if they are all full and if you should pack up the food. They will say no. Ask them why not. They will answer that you need to eat it for it to be…
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Journey Through the Scriptures
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The Scriptures are a “treasure”
Hold the suitcase up and tell your class members that inside this suitcase is a very valuable treasure. If they posses the treasure they will have the answers to all of the questions that they could ever have. Ask them if anyone would like to have your treasure. Hand it to the child and ask them if they feel wiser just by holding the “treasure.” Of course they say no…
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Importance of scripture study
Give every person in the class a piece of paper and pencil and tell that they just found out that they didn’t have much time left and they need to write down their deepest desires for their family member and friend! Things that they wish they could tell them and thing they wanted to be remembered for! This really gets the class thinking! Then after a few minutes without warning…
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Pondering – What purpose does it serve
Display a certain stereo gram for the class to look at. Wait until the majority of the students are able to see the picture. Do several if time permits. Some may not see the picture at all, and some may only be able to see parts of it. Show that longer they concentrate, the greater the chance they will be able to see the complete and full picture. Liken this…
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