LDS Week in Review: October 22-28

Tristi offers more insight to the basics of the gospel in Gospel Questions: What If I Want to Leave the Church? She also continues her study of the scriptures in 1 Nephi 11:1-11, 1 Nephi 11:12-23, and 1 Nephi 11:24-36. Miriam offers five suggestions to help bring your family closer together in Protecting Families. She also gives suggestions to cover around the dinner table in Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 39. Miriam reports on her preparedness and issues a new set of challenges in November Preparedness Goals. Family Home Evening: Five Ideas to Help You Spend Time Together focuses on family … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 40

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson forty in your manuals. The Junior Primary is a week behind. You may want to begin focusing on things to be grateful in your dinner discussions as well. Remember to keep the discussions positive and upbeat. If you have a child in nursery, he learned about music. The lesson shared the story of the David playing music for King Saul, the Jaredites singing music in the barges, and the pioneers singing music on the exodus west. The children sang songs together. You may wan to focus on music at home this week. … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 38

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson thirty-eight in your manual. The Junior Primary lessons are based on lesson thirty-seven. You may need to adjust according to your ward’s schedule with Stake Conference. You may also want to include one or two conference talks to discuss with your family, as well as the Sharing Time theme for the month. If you have a child in Nursery or Sunbeams he learned about being honest. The children learned that the Ten Commandments and the Articles of Faith both teach that they should be honest. They also learned the story of the … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 37

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson thirty-seven in the manual. The Junior Primary and Nursery children are a week behind, so the discussions are on lesson thirty-six. You may want to discuss the talks from Sacrament meeting or the Sharing time theme in Primary as well. Keep the discussions upbeat and positive. If you have a child in Nursery or Sunbeams he learned about being an example. The lesson talked about how Jesus Christ is an example for each of us. The children learned the story of Jesus and Zaccheus, which illustrates the importance of being kind. The … Continue reading

LDS Week in Review September 25-September 29

We have had a great week in the LDS blogs! I hope that you will take the time to review these great articles. Tristi continued her series on scripture study with 1 Nephi 4:21-38, 1 Nephi 5:1-6, and 1 Nephi 5:7-15. Miriam offers some insight on spiritual development with Your Prayers. Additionally The Gift of the Scriptures talks about the many blessings that the scriptures can bring into your life. Your Preparation for the Sacrament gives suggestions on how to prepare yourself spiritually each week for the Sacrament. Several articles focused on strengthening the family. You can review your children’s … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 36

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson thirty-six in the manuals, the Junior Primary is an exception to this and these lessons are based on lesson thirty-five. The Primary program should be drawing near and so you may want to review parts at the dinner table as well. You could expand this discussion to include the topics of your Sacrament meeting. If you have a child in Sunbeams or Nursery he learned about being kind to animals. The children learned about Adam naming the animals. They also learned about Noah and the Ark, and rescuing the animals from the … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 31

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson thirty-one for those in Senior Primary and older. The Junior Primary lessons are based on lesson thirty. You may want to talk about preparing for the upcoming school year with your children as well. Remember to keep dinner discussions positive and upbeat. If you have a child in Nursery or Sunbeams he learned about forgiving others. The lesson told the story of Joseph being sold into Egypt and that he forgave his brothers. The children also discussed how Christ forgave those who crucified him. Additionally the children learned the story of the … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 30

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson thirty for those who are older than eight. Junior Primary and Nursery’s discussions are based on lesson twenty-nine. You may also want to discuss the sharing time theme with your children. This month it focuses on recognize the promptings of the Holy Ghost. If you have a child in Nursery or Sunbeams he learned about saying he was sorry. The lesson taught the children that even though they might make mistakes, it is important to apologize and try to fix them. This focused briefly on repentance. The children learned the story of … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 24

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson twenty-four for the Senior Primary and Sunday School lessons. The Junior Primary lessons are based on lesson twenty-three in the manuals. You may need to adjust the lessons according to the schedule of your ward. It is important to keep these discussions upbeat and positive. If you have a child in Nursery or Sunbeams he learned about belonging to a family. The lesson told the story of the Nativity and that Jesus had a family on the earth. The children also learned that King Benjamin taught families to care for each other … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 9

This week’s dinner discussions are based on lesson nine in the manuals. You can use the time around the table to reinforce the lessons that your children learned at church during the week. Keep the discussions upbeat and positive. It is a great time to answer any questions that your children may have had during church. If you have a child in Nursery or Sunbeams he learned to be grateful for water. The lesson explained that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ provided water for us on the earth. The children discussed the many things that water is used for. The … Continue reading