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Sunday School: Temple and Family History Work, An Overview

For the last several weeks, I haven’t gone to Gospel Doctrine. I’m not sluffing, I promise. I’ve been attending the Temple and Family History Work class. My husband is the ward temple committee chairman, and so he works closely with the family history library that’s located in our building. In concert with the others called to similar positions, they work to educate the ward about the importance of family history work, and part of that education is the Temple and Family History Work class. The curriculum for the class is fairly simple and straightforward and is found in the booklet … Continue reading →

Five Helps for Sunday School Teachers

If you are a Sunday school teacher you may be struggling with how much you need to prepare each week. You may also be wondering how to vary the lessons and to make them more interesting. Another problem area may be encouraging class participation. The methods that you will use vary widely if you are teaching fifteen-year-olds versus Gospel Doctrine. The church does recommend that you stick to church published materials, and that you stay as close to the lesson topics as possible. Here are five tips for making your Sunday school lessons more effective. 1) Prepare in advance. If … Continue reading →

A Helpful Strategy for Prayer?

At school we teach the children prayer is simply talking to God and it is, so why do many of us find it hard? But we do. That’s why I think it is always helpful to have some strategies in place to help us. Have you tried praying over the activities of each day? I have found it a great help in organizing my time and priorities. I was excited to see someone else thought so as there was a link to it on this blog. Here is another prayer suggestion sent to me recently by a member of our … Continue reading →

Choose to Attend Seminary

Seminary can be a great blessing. It teaches the youth about the scriptures and it can really help to build testimonies. It may be a difficult decision for some youth when they decide to take seminary, particularly if it is early morning seminary, but the benefits far outweigh the inconveniences. Seminary is the opportunity that our youth have to take an in depth look at the scriptures in a class. When you are studying the scriptures in class every day, you can learn more about the themes and specific principles that the scriptures teach. Sunday school lessons take a more … Continue reading →

Serving as a Teacher: Preparation

One of the most common callings in the church is teacher. Nearly every organization calls someone to teach. Many members of the church view teachings as something that is easy to do or something that everyone can do. As someone who actually studied teaching in school, I realize that there is a lot that goes into teaching, and it is important to take the calling seriously. Over the next few weeks, I am going to write about several aspects that can help you to become a more effective teacher in whatever organization you are serving. The first key to being … Continue reading →

Resources for Your Calling

Are you having trouble with your calling? Do you need help teaching or are unsure of what you should be doing? Are in charge of an in-service meeting where you need to train your teachers? You can find out more about what you should be doing in a few simple places. If you are a teacher, there is a great section in the front of every manual that explains what your basic duties are. It should give guidelines on what resources you should use, as well as how to handle problems in the class. You can also consult the book … Continue reading →

Teaching, No Greater Call

Although I’m filing this blog under ‘callings’, I hope that everyone will take a few minutes to read it. Though we might not be officially called to teach in the church, every member plays a teaching role to some degree, and I hope that my thoughts will help readers to recognize the importance of that role. Because of the lay nature of our church, teaching is a distinct possibility for pretty much everyone who shows up. We may be called to the Primary, or to teach the youth. Perhaps the bishopric has asked us to teach long-standing members in Gospel … Continue reading →