Mormon 1-6: Is My Lantern Completely Clean?
[picture of a half-cleaned lantern] Today the students presented their research on Mormon 1-6. But before we started, I showed them a lantern that was very dirty on one side and freshly cleaned on the other. I asked them, “How easy would it be to see if this lantern were completely filthy?” Then, “How easy to see if this lantern…
Mormon 1-6: Heavenly Views
[samples of student work] Today we began to cover Mormon 1-6. I distributed 30 inch long strips of paper, approximately 5 inches wide (I’d cut these from a blank roll of newsprint paper). I’d drawn lines on each strip to divide it into seven equal sections. The first and last section I’d drawn a big X through the square, so…
4 Nephi – Descent to Depravity
[sample of student work – to see up close, simply click on the picture] Today our block of scripture was 4 Nephi. I distributed a descending stairway that my husband and I had created. As a class, we were going to analyze step-by-step Mormon’s brief record of the Nephites/Lamanites 300-year descent into depravity. He takes only one chapter to do…
3 Nephi 27-30: Building Towers of Faith
We finished our study of the book of 3 Nephi by studying 3 Nephi 27-30 today. Before getting to our Tower of Faith exercise as a class, we first finished off our Spiritual Snack Sack we have worked on over the last month. First off, each student drew several final pieces of meat for their lunch sack. Then they received…
Relief Society Trivia
CATEGORIESScriptures Pertaining to Relief SocietyHymns Significant to Relief SocietyGeneral Relief…CATEGORIESScriptures Pertaining to Relief SocietyHymns Significant to Relief SocietyGeneral Relief Society TriviaName That Smith QUESTIONS A. Scriptures Pertaining to Relief Society 1. Sister Parkin said that sisters do visiting teaching for this reason: “To bear one another’s burdens,…To mourn with those that mourn,…comfort those that stand in need of comfort.” 2.…
Cultural night
Cultural night where the group can learn about different cultures or they can share their heritage with others. The assigned groups set up their displays around the room. Each group can bring information, maps, books, pictures, clothing, every day items, plants, etc for their display. We also had a food table where each food was listed and displayed with their…
Missionary Olympics
Divide the participants into teams of reasonably equal age, abilities and Church knowledge. The teams or companionships then work their way round a series of workshops spending 10 mins at each task before moving to the next one. The six workshops we had were: Oops! It Came Off. In this workshop the team was required to sew on a shirt…
BOOT or “ARMY” Camp Theme
BOOT – Stands for Build On Our Testimonies Be All you can be in the Army of the Lord. We did cadences, a USO shows (skit night), Basic training, A Battle, we even had mail from home. The stake camp leaders all dressed camos borrowed from the National Guard. We were also able to borrow a lot of things for…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
