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OT Exodus 12
Quote: "Passover-After reading Exodus 12 we held a simple passover meal. Idea taken from this blog. Gardian guide and stay We had them stand, shoes on, loins girded, staff in hand and eat in hastemany of them were not thrilled about trying any of the food. Sad that they wouldn't try to embrace what the Children of Israel went through and why the Hebrew traditions started. BUT those that did, enjoyed the creative way in which it was taught."
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OT Exodus 18-19
Quote: "Take a minute and think of a place you like to visit. Why is it a favorite place? How do you prepare to go there? Pack? Save money? Drive? Fly?Moses had a wonderful place he wanted to take the Children of Israel to. But they hardened their hearts and were unwilling to live the higher law and would not pay the cost spiritually to get there.This special place was Mt. Sinai. Mt. Sinai was to Moses and the Children of Israel what the temple is to us.They were to prepare themselves much like we prepare ourselves to go to the temple.The Lord has asked us to do basic things to prepare...
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OT Genesis 47-50 Patriarchal Blessings
Quote: "Using this talk By Pres. Thomas S. Monson we had a good lesson on Patriarchal blessings. Pres. Monson Nov. 1986 Your PatriarchalBlessing: A Liahona of Light Have you ever cleaned an attic orrummaged through an old storeroom? One discovers a bit of history and a wholelot of sentiment. A few weeks ago we emptied the attic of our mountain cabin.Seventy years of treasures, each with its own special memory, passed in review.Leading the parade was an old high chair with metal wheels. This was followedby glass milk bottles that once had pasteboard caps and by a copy of Life magazinewith...
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Ten Commandments and Beyond
Quote: "For the 10 commandments lesson, I wrote the following chart on the board:
1 - Deuteronomy 5:1-8
2 - footnote f, D&C 68:25
3 - footnote b, Mormon 7:7, D&C 58:30
4 - Exodus 31:12-17, Deuteronomy 5: 12-15
5 - Deuteronomy 11: 8-9, 17, 21; Helaman 7:24
6 - footnote a
7 -
8 -
9 - footnote a
10 - Matthew 5:28
I had the kids list the 10 commandments aloud using the motions from the video I keep mentioning:
We use the actual KJV language when we practice, however.
The kids wrote the commandments on the board after each number and list of cross references. Then we went around the...
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OT Exodus 1-2
Quote: "What do you do when you know something is wrong but you are told to do it anyway by someone in authority over you?Exodus 1 we find that Joseph and his brothers have all died. The 70 people that had come with Jacob to Egypt had increased and "waxed strong" in the land. There was a new Pharaoh that did not remember Joseph . He feared the Hebrew people would become mightier than him and was with Egypt.SO HEEnslaved them, adding harder and harder labor. BUT the more the people of Israel were afflicted, the more they multipliedSO HEtold the midwives to kill all newborn Hebrew boys. The...
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OT Genesis 24 Marriage Part 2
Quote: "What is the most important decision a person will make after they commit themselves to Christ? MarriageUsing an article I found Deseret New published Nov. 5, 2009 by Michael DeGroote called 7 Courtships concepts from Genesis 24I made a matching game. I found 7 symbols of marriage that they needed to match up. Then on the back was a question which we discussed answers to. Some of the questions were things they have heard before but it was good review. We were able to refer to Chapter 24 and learn more about the personality of Rebekah.7 courtship concepts from Genesis...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Quote: "We had a quiz over all 25 scripture mastery passages for the year and then read our final chapter in the Book of Moromon–Moroni 10. Class discussion focused on Moroni’s promise, gifts of the spirit, and how the grace of Jesus Christ can make us perfect, or whole. We concluded by talking about the responsibility we have to Moroni and to the other writers and keepers of the records that have preserved for us the teachings of Jesus Christ and the testimony of His grace. We will one day meet Moroni before the pleasing bar of the Great Jehovah!
Tomorrow we will share our...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Quote: "We met in the chapel today for a testimony meeting. Stephen Curdy conducted. We sang The Iron Rod to begin and God Be With You Till We Meet Again to close. Most of the students had an opportunity to share their testimony. I noted several comments that suggest we made progress in achieving the Objective given us by our living prophets:
“If I rely on Him, I can do anything.”
“I’m getting a feeling that I like the scriptures.”
“I see the natural man in me and thank the Lord for His strength.”
“If you rely on Him, He will help you. He’...
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Thank you
Quote: "A huge thank you to wonderful parents that step in and teach for me when I need it!I will leave you with this:"
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OT Exodus 16-17
Quote: "Murmur much???Why do people murmur?Did you know that when you murmur about the church, its teachings, doctrines, leaders, teachers and procedures you are really murmuring against God?Exodus 16:8 tells us that "murmurs are not against us but against the Lord"It had been about a month since the children of Israel left Egypt. In spite of their continued complaints, the Lord was patient and met their needs and strengthened them against their enemies.The class was divided up into 3 groups:Exodus 16: 1-13Exodus 16: 14-31Exodus 17: 1-7Each group had to read and tell the class about their...
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Quote: "Feed the naked! (ask your child for an explanation of that one).
We reviewed and then had a quiz on the following key scripture passages: 1 Nephi 3:7, 1 Nephi 19:23, 2 Nephi 2:25, 2 Nephi 2:27, and 2 Nephi 9:28-29. Tomorrow we’ll have our final scripture mastery review and quiz. Prizes will be awarded later in the week for the top scores!
We focused our discussion today on two letters written from Mormon to his son Moroni. These letters illustrate some of the challenges that Moroni faced as a spiritual leader of his people. The first letter, Moroni 8, addresses the practice...
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OT Exodus 7-10
Quote: "I printed out a "hard Heart" maze for them to work on (find it at this link)(The kids found easier ways to solve this maze other than what is shown here)They, of course, wanted to know how this was going to relate to the lesson :)...I let them know that today they would be learning about a man that had a "HARD HEART" Yes, moans, groan, and laughter were reverberating around the room!We worked on a chart that listed the plagues, the Egyptians and Pharaoh's reactions. as well as used the DVD given to seminary teachers that showed the Egyptians Gods and how the plagues were meant...
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Laid back Friday
Quote: "Today we kicked back and just had a fun day. I didn't assign any reading. To start off I read an article about a couple that died after 72 years of marriage holding hands. I just used it as a little devotional kick off for the day, reminding them of yesterday's lesson (which apparently I didn't blog about...). Mentioned that the key to success for this couple was not how long they dated or how long they were engaged -- which was about 12 hours, incidentally -- but that even when they were uncomfortable and dying, their thoughts were of each other. They were unselfish.
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Happy New Year!
Quote: "It's a new year! I've set a goal to add new content to the site each day of 2012. Most of the time I'll be blogging since I am blogging about my Seminary class, but on off days I will try to add some new content related to Young Women or Primary.
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The Week in Review
Quote: "This was an easy week of lessons. I think I mentioned earlier that I am treating this section in Judges and Ruth like a biographical examination of some of the heroes (and losers) found in these passages of scripture. I am hoping these kids will see characteristics they want to emulate and avoid by studying these stories from people's lives.
Judges 2-3
We started out by looking at the maps section of the Bible. (Maps 2, 3). I talked about the Exodus (Map 2) and showed them on the map Kadeth-barnea. Then we talked about now (in Judges), the people have split up the land like in...
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Prince of Egypt and Leviticus
Quote: "Seminary was canceled on Thursday due to the extreme flooding in the area. Since I do my lessons based on the reading that the kids are doing, we ended up skipping Exodus 29.
Leviticus 1, 3, 4:1-22
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Amok Time
Quote: "If you get the reference in my title, you're my new BFF.
Okay, you'll never get it. So I'll just tell you.
Amok Time was the name of a Star Trek The Original Series episode where Spock goes crazy with the 7-year Pon Farr, or Vulcan mating ritual. Tuesday's lesson on Genesis 35 and 39 could easily have been named Amok Time instead of Joseph Resists Potiphar's Wife.
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Best Seminary Lesson Evah!
Quote: "What a fantastic lesson we had in Seminary today! I'm not sure what happened to make things go so well, but wow, this was really a great lesson (from my point of view, anyway).
Class started off very silly -- like Monday silly -- and we even got started a little late with our opening song. We started so late that I only had them sing one verse of Praise to the Man.
We moved to the tables, and I started writing on the easel. My thought was to try to get their attention with the stuff I was writing on the easel. Normally I have everything already written out, and today I was...
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Rocky Days
Quote: "So, the last two days have been a little rocky. Monday the kids were chatty again. Today they were droopy. It's never in between, I guess.
Genesis 25, Genesis 26
Today I based my whole lesson on the word flippant. I was pretty confident that most of my kids would not know the meaning of the word, but since it describes Esau so perfectly, I decided to use it.
We started out playing Hang The Bishop. Hang the Bishop is Hangman, just with a necktie :) I wrote the word down on a slip of paper and let one of the students run the game for me. After they discovered the word, I had one...
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OT Genesis 31-33 Forgiveness
Quote: "I had the class make and fly paper airplanes. I was impressed with their abilities! I lack in the skill to make one fly straight!Then I had them weigh down one wing. Of course the plane could not fly straight rather it went off course.Weighing down a wing is like holding a grudge. when we refuse to forgive others, we carry around a weight that keeps us from traveling the straight and narrow path. We feel heavy, irritable, burdened. Getting rid of the weight makes us lighter-almost like floating on air- full of JOYThe Lord told Jacob it was time for him to leave Laban's house. It had...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Quote: "We concluded our seminary year with a service project. After devotional we talked about King Benjamin’s example of service, we made assignments for the chapel, cultural hall, doors, halls, trash cans, relief society room, etc. The kids were great they jumped right in and went to work. Everything was removed from the seminary cabinets in the Primary room and the meetinghouse looks fantastic.
I will follow up with individual students about Suminary (summer seminary) to help students complete previous years courses. Please encourage your children to continue to read their...
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Israelites in the Wilderness
Quote: "I realized I was behind but wow..... 2 weeks! It's been so long now that I can barely remember what I did for Exodus 14-15. My lesson outline literally has 2 sentences and two scripture references written down. That's it. I know we started with having the kids write down something that was new or that stuck out to them in the passage. I focused my remarks on "Fear ye not, stand still ..... The Lord shall fight for you." We also read Mosiah 24:15.
It's coming back to me now.........
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Quote: "We reviewed and then had a quiz on the following key scripture passages: 2 Nephi 28 :7-9, 2 Nephi 32:3, 2 Nephi 32:8-9, Jacob 2:18-19, and Mosiah 2:17. Students will be quizzed on Monday on 1 Nephi 3:7, 1 Nephi 19:23, 2 Nephi 2:25, 2 Nephi 2:27, and 2 Nephi 9:28-29.
We discussed the action plans that grew out of yesterday’s simulations. We can do a better job of really understanding and applying the scriptures in our lives!
Did not get to a discussion of infant baptism. Will pick up there on Monday. Students should read Moroni 9!
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OT Genesis 24 Marriage
Quote: "Found this great OT scripture mastery story here: John BushmanMy Friend, BarbieName______________________ Score ________Youhave a friend who isn’t a member of the Church named Barbie. She has platinumblonde hair and sparkling blue eyes. She’s very good looking and extremelypopular. She drives a little plastic Corvette, lives in a plastic mansion andhas a hunky boyfriend named Ken. She’s a real DOLL! JAlthoughshe is only 12 inches tall, she seems to have everything, but she confides inyou that she is not all that happy and has wondered about you and yourreligion. One day she asks you...
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OT Genesis 37-46
Quote: "We played a game of Pass the Drawing. I divided up the class into two teams and then showed the first person on the team the name Joseph. He had to draw what ever he could think of that pertained to that name and pass it on to the next person to draw more.The class was divided up in to groups of 2 where they each received an scripture block where they would need to tell the class about it and answer some questions. (this took two days to complete) Gen. 37- Briefly tell what happens in your chapterList the challenges Joseph faced in Gen 37How do you think Joseph felt about his...
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