Lesson Helps
February 2012 Visiting Teaching Printable: Guardians of the Hearth
The February 2012 Visiting Teaching message is called Guardians of the Hearth, and focuses on how ALL women, regardless of their marital or familial standing, have a responsibility to nurture and strengthen the family. We are all members of God's kingdom, and we are all members of His family.
Visiting Teaching Message (Feb ’12)
Study this material and, as appropriate, discuss it with the sisters you visit. Use the questions to help you strengthen your sisters and to make Relief Society an active part of your own life. “You are the guardians of the hearth,” said President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) as he introduced...
Relief Society Lesson 3: Our Testimony of Jesus Christ
(I highly recommend teachers either buy or download Words of Wisdom: A Collection of Quotes for LDS Women to supplement this lesson. The book has many wonderful quotes by LDS women leaders about Jesus, and using some of them throughout will enhance the lesson. Another word of advice to you...
Book of Mormon Lesson #5: Hearken to the Truth, and Give Heed unto It, 1 Nephi 16-18, and 19-22
This lesson is supposed to finish off First Nephi, though chapters 19-22 are something of a tack-on (included only under “Additional Teaching Ideas”). I’ll tackle all seven chapters, I guess, though I’ll have to be a bit more spare than I’ve been in the previous couple of posts. I’ll proceed as...
FHE: Name Written Always on Your Hearts
Mosiah 5:12 " I say unto you, I would that ye should remember to retain the name written always in your hearts, that ye are not found on the left hand of God, but that ye hear and know the voice by which ye shall be called, and also, the name by which he shall call you."
Book of Mormon Lesson #4: “The Things Which I Saw While I Was Carried Away in the Spirit,” 1 Nephi 12-14 (Sunday School)
As I noted in my previous post, this third lesson on Nephi’s writings is meant to focus only on 1 Nephi 12-14, while the preceding lesson focuses on 1 Nephi 11 and 1 Nephi 15 (in connection with 1 Nephi 8). In order to follow as closely as possible what Nephi himself seems to be doing with his own...
January 2012 Week 4 LDS Primary Sharing Time
Speaking Parts: Narrator 1, 2, 3 Angel #1,2, 3 Joseph Smith Non speaking parts: Sign holder Sun, Moon, Stars 2 helpers to make “waves” A child to plant seeds and a child to be a plant and grow Sidenotes: * Click HERE to see tips on how to do a Reader's Theater... be...
Relief Society Lesson 2: Love Thy Neighbour as Thyself
I thought this section in the manual was great. Then again, I think the subject is about the best one imaginable. I don’t think we can ever teach love too often. I’ve left in everything in the lesson, and put extra quotes, discussion questions, and my own thoughts in italics throughout.
FHE: New Year Individual and Family Goals
Purpose: Setting goals and establishing resolutions is the number one way people begin the New Year. The most important aspect is to plan according to what you really want to accomplish in realistic time frames. You can plan for one long-term goal(s), something to focus on throughout the year and...
Download January 2012 visiting teaching handout
The January 2012 Visiting Teaching Message is about *drumroll* VISITING TEACHING! If you haven't made a resolution for the year, we'd like to suggest this: Get to know the sisters you visit. Don't just make it another box to check on your to-do list. Talk to the sisters, pray for them and with...
Visiting Teaching Message (Jan ’12)
Study this material and, as appropriate, discuss it with the sisters you visit. Use the questions to help you strengthen your sisters and to make Relief Society an active part of your own life. “Charity [means] far more than a feeling of benevolence,” taught President Henry B. Eyring, First...
FAIR Study Aids for the Book of Mormon
With the upcoming year of Book of Mormon study in Gospel Doctrine classes, FAIR has decided to put together a new study resource. We are calling it “FAIR Study Aids,” and it can be accessed on our wiki here. Similar efforts have been made in the past, and the fruits of those labors have also been...
As A Child of God - LDS Primary Song Helps and Ideas
As a note, these are ideas once you've learned the basic song. You'll need some sort of visual to teach the words to the children... these are in addition to that visual. * Power to Choose Stick- Make a little wooden stick the primary's power to choose stick. While singing the song a primary...
Getting Ready for Book of Mormon Lessons 2-11: Some Preliminaries on Nephi
There are eleven lessons in the manual on the writings of Nephi. Nephi’s writings are so profoundly complex and remarkably rich that I can’t resist putting together an introduction to all eleven lessons. Ten weeks is enough time, of course, only to begin to reflect on Nephi’s record, but I’ll be...
January 2011 LDS Primary Sharing Time Helps and Ideas
Monthly Theme: Agency Is the Gift to Choose for Ourselves Monthly Scripture: "Wherefore, men are free . . . to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men" (2 Nephi 2:27). Week 1 and 2: Agency is the gift to choose for ourselves. * God bless whoever invented ice...
