It was great to be back with most of you at Sunday school this week, after a snow day and Christmas! I've missed you :) This week, Jared gave us the lesson he had prepared, "How can I share my testimony that Jesus Christ is the son of God?" We read some scriptures that testified of Christ's coming, discussed how each of us honored Christ at Christmas, and watched this video:
Thanks, Jared!
Coming up this Sunday will be Branch Conference. I haven't yet heard if I will be teaching or if stake leaders will be teaching, but either way, studying this talk will help prepare you. It's a good one!
Happy Wednesday, everyone!
On Sunday, we discussed he 2nd coming of Jesus Christ. Wow. There was so much we could have talked about and studied, but I felt impressed to study the doctrine in hymn #196, Jesus Once of Humble Birth. We made two lists, one for the description of Jesus' mortal life, and the other of prophecy of what his Second Coming will be like:
Humble Birth In Glory comes to earth
He suffered grief and pain He comes on earth to reign
A meek and lowly lamb The Lord, the great "I Am"
Upon the cross he bowed His chariot is the cloud
He groaned in blood and tears In Glory he appears
Rejected by his own Their king he shall be known
Forsaken, left alone Exalted to a throne
All things he meekly bore Will bear no more
What a message of hope and peace! You know how I love the hymns!
To prepare for this lesson, please focus on our Savior this week, any way you like! You can study the scriptures:
Matthew 2
Luke 2
Helaman 14
3 Nephi 1
Or, you can watch some of the inspirational videos that are made this time of year. I've made a playlist on Youtube you can check out:
How's your #LightTheWorld coming along? I am loving it! Here's the link to the rest of the videos, since I may not post again before Christmas:
Dear friends from Sunday School,
I missed you on Sunday! I was feeling very flu-ish, so I stayed home and did family history, which was awesome! I heard that Sarah, Kayla, and President Day did a great job with the lesson about standing as a witness of God. Thank you all so much for contributing and the peace I had knowing you all would be just fine without me :)
Coming up this week, Our lesson is What can I learn from the scriptures to help me prepare for the Second Coming?
To prepare for our lesson, consider looking up "Jesus Christ, Second Coming" in the Topical Guide of your Bible. You might want to look for scriptures that answer the questions, "What will happen?" and "What do I need to do to prepare?"
You could also watch or read this awesome talk by Elder Bednar:
I look forward to being with you again!
How are you doing on #LIGHTtheWorld ?
I've been loving it so far, there are so many ideas on the website (more than the videos offer), so everyone can find something to do to spread the light of Christ this season.
Here are this week's advents:
Happy Wednesday, everyone!
This week Brian and I team taught our lesson about goals. Thanks, Brian! I took the class on a little trip down memory lane from own "decade of decision" and then Brian introduced this video and led a discussion about what we learned from it about setting goals. A few things we talked about were starting early, set worthy goals, and work hard. I enjoyed listening to your perspectives!
This coming Sunday, our lesson will be How can I stand as witness of God? Sarah and I will be team teaching this week! Can you think of a time when you had to stand up for your beliefs in the face of criticism or opposition? We'd love to hear your story. :)
Oh, and don't forget the church's Christmas campaign #lighttheworld starts tomorrow, Dec. 1st!
Counting down to Christmas by giving for 25 days in 25 ways. I LOVE this! If you participate, tell me about it on Sunday! I'm going to put the links to each day here, to make it easy!
Dec. 1st: (Thursday)
First of all...
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday week!
This last week, Brigham and I team taught with the theme "How can I learn to make my own decisions?" We studied the scripture block, Doctrine and Covenants 58:26-29 and discussed how we can be led by the Lord at the same time as not being "compelled in all things."
Then we brainstormed what decisions class members might be making in the next decade of their lives. Brigham led an activity using Elder Robert D. Hale's talk,"Preparing for the decade of decision," and his advice was so great! I hope you all thought about this and are choosing now those things that will affect you positively in the decades ahead.
Here's a video message from Elder Holland that relates:
Coming up this Sunday, we will continue with the self-reliance theme as we discuss how setting goals can help us become self-reliant. Brian is going to be team-teaching with me!
Think of a time you set a goal; what process do you go through to achieve it?
Check out these scripture blocks: Philippians 3:13–14 2 Nephi 32:9
Whether or not you're planning to serve a mission, page 146 of Preach my Gospel has a great resource about goal setting. If you have time, study it and see how you can apply these principles in your life now. :)
See you Sunday!
Oh, and there's a potluck after church :) That will be fun!
This past Sunday we discussed "How can I overcome doubt with faith?" Although many people struggle or have questions at one time or another about church doctrine, policies, or history, when we approach these feelings from a place of faith and belief, we can actually strengthen our testimonies! In class, we discussed the importance of good habits, like scripture study, prayer, and church attendance. Kyle then led us in an activity asking "What is something you love about Jesus Christ, his gospel, or our church?" These are the great responses he got:
Often times, reflecting on the things we are grateful for can put our doubts and fears in perspective. Thanks Kyle! This video just came out last Friday that relates to our lesson and came from one of the talks in the outline:
What life decision will you be making in the next 10 years? Hopefully our discussion will leave you with confindence in your abilities to make the right ones!
See you there!
Oh, PS: We'll be celebrating 2 birthdays! Madison (Nov 12) and Hyrum (Nov 22)!
Hi everyone,
This last Sunday was our regional conference with Elder Rasband. I hope you got to see it, I really enjoyed it! Coming up this week our Sunday School lesson will be How can I overcome doubt with faith? There were several talks in General Conference directed at those suffering from a crisis of faith. There's so many great resources listed with this topic, but we are going to focus mainly on this talk from Elder Ballard, "To Whom Shall We Go?" Kyle's going to be team-teaching with me, yay! If you'd like to prepare, please take some time to ponder what it is about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and our church that you love?
Also, are there difficult questions that you are struggling with about the gospel? If so, please send me a note or let me know on Sunday, and they can help guide us to future lessons where we address those topics.
Can you guess what this is?
I'll reveal the answer on Sunday!
PS: Madison's birthday is on Saturday. Happy birthday, Madison! Because of fast Sunday, we won't be able to "properly celebrate" until next week, along with Hyrum!
