Stake Conference and Young Kids

Stake conference is a great opportunity to hear from local church leaders in your area. The meetings usually consist of one adult only session on Saturday night and then a two-hour meeting on Sunday. The sacrament is not served at Stake Conference. Additionally there may be leadership meetings for people who serve in the bishopric or in the presidencies of the auxiliaries in the church. Stake conference is a great time to receive counsel and to feel the promptings of the spirit, but it can be difficult to do if you have young children. Young children find it hard to … Continue reading

LDS Week in Review April 23-28

We had a great week in the LDS blog last week. You can gain insights to this week’s lessons by reading Gospel Doctrine: Manifesting The Works of God, Gospel Doctrine: Physical and Spiritual Blindness, and RS/EQ: Technology, Blessings and Scriptures. This week for Relief Society we learned about serving as a teacher in Serving in Relief Society: Teacher. You can learn more about past presidents of the Relief Society by reading Relief Society Presidents: Elaine L. Jack, Relief Society Presidents: Mary Ellen Smoot, and Relief Society Presidents: Bonnie D. Parkin. There were several blogs on strengthening your family this week. … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2007 Spring Stake Conference

This week’s dinner discussions are to cover when you have your Stake Conference. Since Stake Conference varies from stake to stake you will need to adjust your discussions accordingly. You will also want to adapt the discussion to cover topics that were taught at Stake Conference. Here are some ideas to help you have a successful week of discussion. You may want to take the time to review the month’s Sharing Time theme with your children. You can also review the song that is being taught. This will help your children remember the things being taught in Sharing Time. If … Continue reading

The LDS Families Week in Review: April 2nd – April 8th

Gospel Doctrine: This week’s Gospel Doctrine covers the upcoming lesson 13, “I Will Give Unto Thee the Keys of the Kingdom,” which involves Matthew 15:21-17:9. In “Great Is Thy Faith”, we examined the faith of the Canaanite woman who asked the Savior to heal her daughter, and how we can press on even when we seem to receive no answer to our pleadings. In The Signs of the Times, we considered the fact that we might look too often for the sensational and miss the small and simple signs of the Lord. In “Flesh and Blood Hath Not Revealed It … Continue reading