Primary Time: The Primary Theme

As I was looking for ideas to write about, I stumbled across the theme for Primary. I did not know that Primary had a theme, but I really liked it. The theme is from 3 Nephi 22:13. “All they children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of thy children.” Isn’t that a beautiful statement and thought. Primary really is a place that children go to learn about the Lord, and that knowledge can bring peace into their lives. As parents it is important to take the time to teach our children about the Lord. … Continue reading

RS/EQ: The Life and Ministry of Spencer W. Kimball

Next week, we’ll be starting the new manual for the Teachings of the Presidents of the Church. I, personally, am very excited, as I really love this year’s prophet, President Spencer W. Kimball. Although President Hinckley has been the prophet for the entire time I have been a member of the church, I read The Miracle of Forgiveness early in my membership and found it quite inspiring. Since then, I have read and reread it on a frequent basis. I love President Kimball’s up-front, straight-forward way of speaking, and have a strong testimony that he was called as a prophet … Continue reading

Dinner Discussions on Gospel Topics

A great way to reinforce lessons at home is to have dinner discussions with your children. You can choose a different discussion topic for each night that you have dinner together as a family. This is a great review for the entire family, but especially as you cover the topics that each family member learned in class during the week. This week’s discussion topics are based on week 27 lessons in the Primary manuals. The Nursery and Sunbeam classes were based on family prayer this week. The story of Jesus praying with the Nephites was used to illustrate the point … Continue reading