• Activities,  Youth Activities

    The Amazing KNOWLEDGE Race

    Each Mini Van team (6 youth + 1 driver) were given scripture clues to get to the locations for the three tasks and 3 task envelopes that contained the necessary items to complete each task. The tasks were: 1. Do a load of laundry at the Laundry Mat (Each leader was asked to bring a load of towels or blankets…

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    The Book of Mormon – the big finale

    [example of class work] As the students walk into the classroom each morning, they find a question waiting for them to journal about. We have done this every morning of the year. Not only does it help bring a spirit of quiet in preparation for our lesson, but I am always writing questions (or at least trying) that point the…

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    Moroni 8, 9, & 10 – The Big Promise

    How to finish off The Book of Mormon in a big way? I’ve been puzzling on this for some time. The answer came in a surprising way. My husband, as part of his highcouncilman duties for the stake, had the assignment to attend the singles branch – and for once, our entire family went with him. What a privilege this…

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    Moroni 7 – Charity suffereth long…

    Today the youth finished off their presentations/Spiritual Finals on Moroni 7. Once they shared their thoughts on their assigned sections, I led them through a step-by-step analysis of Moroni 7:45. We listed on the board each of the essential parts to charity, as mentioned in verse 45. And if a definition in the scripture was mentioned in a “negative” term,…

  • Activities,  Ward Activities

    Great Garden Goal – 2006

    On the 5th of May, our ward held a Mexican pot-luck. As Ward Preparedness Specialist, I had started seedlings for tomatoes, jalepenos, onions and cliantro. We passed them out at the dinner with the challenge for families to support our Stake President’s call that every member in the stake plant at least one food item in their yard or in…

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    Scripture Mastery – a Historical Perspective

      Unfortunately, today is our last day of seminary for this week. We do not have seminary tomorrow since there is no school. So since Scripture Mastery Day is being held at the Stake on Saturday, we had a “Friday” day today, playing scripture mastery games. There are a lot of things which went “right” this year, working with these…

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    Moroni 7 “Spiritual Finals” cont.

    Today the youth presented the first two parts of their research for their Spiritual Finals into Moroni 7. The spirit was strong and I even learned from their perspectives. What a blessing and privilege to be a seminary teacher and to work with the Lord’s future leaders. The sacrifices are truly worth it.Free resources for the LDS seminary teacher.

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    Moroni 7 – “Spiritual” Finals

    [example of students’ score sheets for Five in a Row] Today, after opening exercises of devotional, etc., we played one round of our scripture mastery game Five in a Row to review for our scripture mastery day. ATTENTION GETTER:Then we moved on to the research topic for the day – the powerful spiritual content within Moroni 7. I had “Finals”…