Handout lesson 13

So here is what i ended up doing for my handout/treat. Instead of attaching the handout axes on the bag of lifesavers, i just slipped it into the baggie...as it seemed to be just the right size. So one side shows the card while the other shows the candy.

Lesson 13



This weeks lesson is on Baptism and Taking the Name of Christ Upon Us. For this lesson I decided to make this into a game based on the topic of baptism. I found the idea HERE and just adapted it for my class.

HERE is the questions for the game

Here is a sample of a few of the questions (there is five categories)

Category 1: Baptism

100: If you are 12 and a worthy member of the church you can perform these at the temple          

 (Baptisms for the dead)

200: These two principles of the gospel precede the ordinance of baptism

  (Faith and Repentance, 4th A of F)

300: Baptism by immersion is symbolic of this, as described in the BD on pg. 618

    (death, burial and resurrection)

400: These are the three baptismal covenants we make to Heavenly Father as given in

 the sacrament prayers

 (D&C 20:77- take His name upon us, always remember Him, and keep His commandments)

 I will also be handing out a little handout that has lifesavers in a small bag with the image below stapled on it for a bag topper.

HERE is the link to the PDF for this treat bag topper (the above image)

I don't have the finished product up yet because I haven't put them all together but I hope to get a picture of it when I do!

Lesson #11



Wow after looking at this blog I have realized that I have been slacking a little. Actually it is more of fighting an illness and then having more issues with my laptop. So I will post those missing lessons hopefully soon!

Moving on to this weeks lesson...Faith in Jesus Christ. Since General Conference is next week, it makes this Sunday our fast Sunday (is it the same for you too??) so I can't do much in way of food object lessons (which I have found some online that were kinda cool). So this is my idea on how I am going to go about teaching this lesson.

Ask the class to repeat the 4th Article of Faith

Then I am going to have them divide into two teams. I am going to ask for two volunteers from each team to come up. One person is going to be given a picture while the other person is going to be the runner between the person holding the picture and their group.

The person holding the picture is going to give instructions to the "runner" on how to build whatever it is on the picture. They first group to build the object correctly wins. The group can ask questions but they can only ask questions to the runner who will then relay (think of the childhood game telephone) the info back to the person holding the pic.

The object lesson here is that the group has to put their faith into their two team members that they are giving them the right information.

What is faith?

Look up the scripture in Alma 32:21 and discuss 

 Why it is important that we have faith?

Why is it important that we have faith in Jesus Christ?

How can your faith in Jesus Christ help you with your daily problems and difficulties?

Show the video The Mouth of Babes

Coming Soon- Lesson 8

So I am currently working on taking the quiz on Heaven and Hell that goes with the next lesson and turning it into a game and then having the class teach each other about the different kingdom of glories.

Should be posted later tonight!


**UPDATE** I dont know why I said I was creating something for it. I did do a game but it was really simple. I had a dog toy (one that squeaked) and I put it on a table in the middle of the room. Divided the class into two teams.

I would ask one of the questions from the quiz. Then who ever knows the answer would have to get the "squeaky" and answer. they got one point for getting the answer right and another bonus point if they could explain why (the explainations are found within the lesson). If they got it wrong, the team that didn't answer would get a chance to steal for point.

It can get a little competitive but they kids seemed to like it and it made taking the quiz and answering those questions a little more fun than just answering them regularly

Lesson 7: What happens after death?

Here is the outline that I used for my class on lesson 7 What Happens After Death? This one was pretty much straight from the manual itself...it wasn't all that bad minus the story that one of my young deacons shared about ashes...anyway here is my outline

Lesson 7: What Happens After Death?

OBJECT LESSON: Could have used glove but I chose to have a few of my dramatic students act this out. However I did have the glove as well to reinforce the idea.

When the spirit enters the body- the body can live, work, and act. A spirit combined with a physical body makes a person a living soul. 

READ D&C 88:15-16

      Life was not meant to be forever. One day we will die and the spirit and body will be separated. 

     When separated, the body cannot move. It is dead. But the spirit is still alive. 

? Why is the atonement important to us? (It allows us to overcome mortal death)

Because of this- the separation of the spirit and the body will no be permanent. Each of us will be resurrected. At the time of the resurrection, the body and spirit will be reunited in a perfect state (become alive).

        ***Here is where I had a few questions: 1: Will we have belly buttons when we are resurrected and in that perfect state as it is a scar? and  2: When will we be resurrected?

? What happens after we die but before we are resurrected?

READ Alma 40:11 

READ QUOTE from President Joseph Fielding Smith

READ Alma 34:34

? What will our personalities (spirits) be like when we die?

READ QUOTE from President Brigham Young

     Our spirits will carry to the spirit world the same tendencies, appetites, and desires that we had when we lived on the earth.

READ Alma 40:12-14

   Spirit World: 

       Paradise (state of happiness): those who have accepted the gospel and lived righteously

       Spirit Prison (state of darkness): those who rejected the gospel and those who have died without a knowledge of the truth.

? Why do you think "spirit prison" is an appropriate name? 

RELATE THIS NEXT SECTION TO MISSIONARY WORK 

READ 1 Peter 3:18-20 and D&C 138-29-34

READ QUOTE from Elder Bruce R. McConkie

?Who ministers unto spirits now?

? Whats their message?

READ D&C 138-57

? Whats our duty once we die?

Just like some of you will be asked to serve full time missions to preach the gospel in this life- many of us will be called upon to serve missions in the spirit world to preach the gospel to those spirits in the spirit prison if we have lived righteously..

Testimony and closing prayer

Outline for Lesson 6

Sorry that this late in posting...I had caught a nice little cold that has just made my life a little more complicated (on top of school and what not) so I am now just getting the outline for the lesson that I taught last Sunday up. I have decided that I am just going to type them up on here instead of in a word document so you can see the whole thing with out downloading (plus it saves me room on my 4shared account).

Lesson 6: Adversity Can Help Us Grow

Show Mormon Message of "My New Life" Click HERE to be taken to the video/link.

Talk about the video

* I want you to think back to the lesson on Adam and Eve 

? What was life like for them while they lived in the garden of Eden? (Perfect/Innocence, did not experience sorrow or death)

? What was life like for them when they were cast out of the garden? (They had to work for things, death, and sorrow)

* We are all like Adam and Eve, we too face trials. We knew that when we chose to come to this earth to receive a body we knew that we were going to have to face adversity. We all experience trials in one way or another.

? Why must we experience adversity?

*Read quote from Elder Richard G. Scott (first one located in Manual)

CHALKBOARD

 * One of those sources we can avoid adversity from is by not breaking the commandments.

?What kinds of adversity can we  choose to avoid? (Anything brought on by our own bad/poor choices)

? What kinds of adversity might come to use regardless of our choices? ( Disease, injuries, financial loss, weather, etc..)

* We can't choose to avoid these kind of trails, but we can determine how we will react to them. One way of doing this is by thinking that these trials can help us grow and become a blessing to us. 

* Read 2 NEPHI 2:1, 22-23

-Remind the class that this is where Jacob experienced trials because of his brothers. His father Lehi explains  why.

? Why must we know misery in order to know joy?

* Read quote #2 from Elder Scott (second one listed in the manual)

* Cross word activity (can be found at the end of the lesson in the manual)

* Go over answers

* Popcorn Handout  and Testimony

Handout for Lesson 6

Here is lesson 6's handout. I am going to attach this story to a bag of microwave popcorn to remind them that we all go through adversity but it is how we choose to handle it that will determine where we will end up in the bowl. 

Click HERE to download (4 to a page)