Mormon Life - Seminary tag

Mormonism grows; devotion begins in youth

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:40:00 -0600

source: MormonTimes.com

Trevar Dahl spends an hour before school each morning studying the Bible with seven other teens.

"It's the best way to start the day, and it helps us with a pretty good knowledge of scripture," said Trevar, a 16-year-old junior at Cloverleaf High School near Lodi. "We attend classes for four years. We call it seminary."

Seminary, or the study of religious history and scripture among high school students in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, includes courses on the Old and New Testaments, the Book of Mormon and church doctrine, covenants and history. The seminary program has been part of the Mormon tradition for 100 years and has grown from 70 students to nearly 370,000 in more than 140 countries.

Ohio Mormons committed to their faith

Tue, 08 May 2012 12:52:00 -0600

source: akronbeaconjournal.com

Mormon Life says: This Ohio newspaper features Cleveland members and what it's like to be a Mormon. Trevar Dahl spends an hour before school each morning studying the Bible with seven other teens.

“It’s the best way to start the day, and it helps us with a pretty good knowledge of scripture,” said Trevar, a 16-year-old junior at Cloverleaf High School near Lodi. “We attend classes for four years. We call it seminary.”

Seminary, or the study of religious history and scripture among high school students in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly known as the Mormon church), includes courses on the Old and New Testaments, the Book of Mormon and church doctrine, covenants and history. The seminary program has been part of the Mormon tradition for 100 years and has grown from 70 students to nearly 370,000 in more than 140 countries.

Seminary in the jungles of Ecuador

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0600

source: lds.org

East of Quito, Ecuador, past the volcanoes and Andes Mountains, the terrain drops swiftly to the Amazon jungle. There you’ll find thick forests, abundant rivers, monkeys, toucans, and even pink dolphins.

You’ll also find a city called Puerto Francisco de Orellana. It’s a long ways from, well, everything else in Ecuador. Fifteen years ago, there were relatively few people in the area. But the discovery of petroleum brought industry, people seeking jobs, and members of the Church.

Liahona, New Era special sections offer helps for seminary teachers, students

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:59:00 -0600

source: news.lds.org

A typical day for Nick Prince begins at 5:30 a.m., when he wakes up, having prepared the night before to teach high school-age students from the Champaign-Urbana area of Illinois, USA, who attend early-morning seminary five days a week.

“There is a part of me that loves teaching seminary and a part of me that dreads getting up that early to teach it,” he says. Following an hour of instructing six to eight students, Brother Prince spends his days and several evenings pursuing his studies as a PhD student at the University of Illinois.

Seminary offers a ‘haven’ for today’s students

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:01:00 -0600

source: hjnews.townnews.com

The seminary program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints celebrates its 100th birthday this year.

What started as a response to the public school system that gradually replaced private, church-owned academies in Utah, the seminary program was designed to supplement a secular education with LDS religion class, according to the book, “A Miracle in Weekday Religious Education,” by William E. Barrett.

In areas with high concentrations of LDS students, and where the school board gives its stamp of approval, high school students are able to attend seminary as “release time” from the regular school day. In areas with fewer LDS students, seminary classes are held before school, sometimes as early as 6 a.m.

Landmark talk by President J. Reuben Clark set standard for church education

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:27:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

Mormon Life says: Click on the forwarding link to watch a video on the talk. After working for a year as a substitute, Brad Howell was hired as a full-time LDS seminary teacher in 1987. During summer training, he was introduced to President J. Reuben Clark’s classic 1938 address, “The Charted Course of the Church in Education,” which charged teachers to take students into the scriptures every day.

Initially, Howell balked. It sounded good on paper, but he had his doubts.

“I remember reading it for the first time and checking the date. When I saw 1938, I said, ‘This is out of date. This has no relevancy. These aren’t the kids in my classes,’” a smiling Howell said. “I just didn’t believe that the students would really want to involve themselves in the scriptures every day. I thought, ‘You don’t understand kids.’”

A Foundation of Faith: 100 Years of Seminary

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:36:00 -0700

source: youtube.com

Mormon Life says: This is an incredible video I highly recommend watching.

ASL seminary classes blossom at site of original seminary class

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:13:00 -0700

source: news.lds.org

One hundred years ago, in a building adjacent to Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Thomas J. Yates served as the teacher of the first seminary class in the Church, a revolutionary undertaking for the time. Today, a century later, much has changed—Granite High School has closed, for instance. But seminary classes are still held at the site where seminary was first offered in 1912—and they are as innovative as their early predecessors.

Here Nathan Van De Graaff serves as the coordinator for American Sign Language (ASL) seminary. In this role, he teaches standard seminary curriculum in ASL to classes of up to nine students each—students who are participating from their homes across the United States.

President Packer seminary centennial: How to survive in enemy territory

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:18:00 -0700

source: ldschurchnews.com

Fifty years and more than 2.5 million miles of worldwide travel later, President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve still has an ever-deepening interest in the seminary and institute programs of the Church, and more particularly in the youth of the Church.

“We invest in our youth,” President Packer said during the seminary centennial broadcast held in the Conference Center on Jan. 22. “We know of your worth and potential. I speak as one who has seen the past and would prepare you for the future.”

Mormons Celebrate 100 Years of Seminary

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:09:00 -0700

source: Newsroom.lds.org

Seminary 100th anniversary commemorated in worldwide broadcast

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:50:00 -0700

source: Newsroom.lds.org

President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, will speak at a broadcast on the 100-year anniversary of the Church’s seminary program, where high school age students learn about the Holy Scriptures.

The event will be held in Salt Lake City at the Conference Center 22 January 2012 at 6:00 p.m. mountain standard time and broadcast to Church meetinghouses worldwide. A rebroadcast is scheduled on 29 January. The fireside will also be streamed live on seminary.lds.org.

Seminary program celebrates century of teaching Mormon teens

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:48:00 -0700

source: Newsroom.lds.org

In 1912, adjacent to Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, Thomas J. Yates assumed the challenging task of organizing and teaching the first seminary class of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). Yates, a Cornell University trained engineer and a power plant employee, rode his horse at midday from his full-time job to teach the 70 students enrolled in the fledgling program.

Yates recognized the demanding nature of the new educational pursuit. “This was a new venture,” he stated in his autobiography. “It had never been tried before. We could see wonderful possibilities; if it were successful it would mean a complete change for the Church.”

Seminary Superman

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:31:00 -0700

source: MormonTimes.com

Editor's note: With the upcoming 100-year celebration of the LDS Church's seminary program, Mormon Times is sharing experiences and blessings from those who participated in the program.

When my dad, "Brother" Lynn Humphreys, was a new seminary teacher in the 1970s, he easily resembled Clark Kent. He occasionally wore thick-rimmed black glasses, parted his dark hair down the side and had plenty of handsome good looks; not to mention he always wore a suit to work.

Blessings come from getting up early

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:23:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

Editor's note: With the upcoming 100-year celebration of the LDS Church's seminary program, Mormon Times is sharing experiences and blessings from those who participated in the program.

To put it as plainly as I possibly can, seminary truly has helped me to be where I am today. Although we may have called it "cemetery" a few times because getting up so early made you feel like you were dying, seminary is a life-changing program.

Seminary lessons learned by a teacher

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:30:00 -0700

source: MormonTimes.com

Editor's note: With the upcoming 100-year celebration of the LDS Church's seminary program, Mormon Times is sharing experiences and blessings from those who participated in the program.

It was after I taught seminary for a year that I learned sometimes the greatest rewards in life come after the greatest struggles.

On the morning of Friday, April 17, 2009, my wife, Lisa, found me in our basement and asked if I had received the “big phone call” yet. “Any minute now,” I replied.

Seminary in Eastern Idaho: Making goals and dating

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:16:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

Editor's note: With the upcoming 100-year celebration of the LDS Church's seminary program, Mormon Times is sharing experiences and blessing from those who participated in seminary.

Maroon binders with Angel Moroni on the front, scripture chasing — during fifth period seminary across the street in Rigby, Idaho, Brothers Hall, Lee, Jeppsen and Barnes all created a sense of calmness during my seminary days. And, oh, what we learned — especially about making goals.

What seminary meant to me

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:45:00 -0700

source: MormonTimes.com

I learned many valuable lessons in seminary, of course, but I think the most important was that the gospel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could actually be fun.

Don’t get me wrong, I had many wonderful Primary and Sunday school teachers growing up, many of whom were very creative.

LDS Church plans to turn house into seminary building for new high school

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:47:00 -0700

source: abc4.com

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wants to turn a house into a seminary building near the new high school in Draper. But before that can happen, the neighbors will get to vote on the covenants, conditions and restrictions of the neighborhood.

This new Corner Canyon High School is set to open in the Fall of 2013.

To all seminary teachers; you are doing good

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:17:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

Mormon Life says: This year the 100th anniversary of seminary. With the year 2012 days away, the world is preparing to celebrate a whole new slew of centennials.

But the centennial that Mormons shouldn't miss this coming year is the 100th anniversary of the LDS seminary system.

The first release-time seminary opened at Granite High School in September of 1912. Soon, others were popping up like wildflowers — including my old seminary at Box Elder High School in Brigham City.

Early Morning Seminary

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:04:00 -0700

source: segullah.org/blog/

Mormon Life says: Funny (and insightful) lessons an early morning seminary teacher has learned. II’ve been teaching early morning seminary for a few months now, and so far I’ve learned a few things:

1-I truly believed before I started teaching that I could get all my prep work done if I gave myself an hour a day. I look back on those innocent days of summer, and I laugh and I laugh and I laugh.