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Improving Family Scripture Study

Family scripture study is a great way to teach your family the gospel. We have been counseled to study the scriptures as a family. This habit will bring your family closer together and the spirit into your home. If you have not consistently sat down and began family scripture study or if you are looking for ways to make family scripture study more effective, here are five tips to help you out. 1) Be organized. It is important to have a regular time set aside to do scripture study each day. This helps your children know what to expect as … Continue reading →

LDS General Conference Scripture Citation Index

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Have you ever wondered what the modern church leaders have said about a particular scripture verse or story? Now you have no reason to be curious. Two BYU faculty members, Richard C. Galbraith and Stephen W. Liddle, have created an online citation database that links scriptures to Conference talks. This web site can further enhance your daily scripture study, or help you prepare for lessons or talks. Galbraith and Liddle brought their site online a few years ago and have been working constantly to improve it. Rather than searching for a General Conference talk by subject, you can click on … Continue reading →

Scripture Study & Learning Styles

Have you ever felt as though you weren’t getting the most you could possibly absorb from your scripture study? I’m not talking about the nights you skim over one verse and call it a day. Do you really apply yourself to your scriptures and can’t seem to comprehend them the most possible? Perhaps the problem comes from the fact that your learning style doesn’t mesh with your scripture study technique. There are three basic learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic/tactile. When we think of scripture study, we usually envision a person reading and perhaps pausing to ponder the words they … Continue reading →

Scripture Study Schedules

Does your family, like many, struggle with studying the scriptures together? Perhaps the problem isn’t desire but instead simple technical difficulties. A shift in your routine might make for a more pleasant, spiritual experience. We have often been counseled by our leaders to spend time as a family each day feasting on the words of Christ. Many times I have heard parents emphasize that even if your family grumbles through the study, the important thing to do is to build good habits. And I agree. Yet I wonder how much considering the individual needs and personality of our family might … Continue reading →

Back to School Plans

One of the best parts about sending the kids back to school is that it is the prefect time to change your family routine. It is a time that you can recommit yourself and your family to things such as family prayer and scripture study as well as family home evening. Here are some back to school scheduling and planning trips that will prevent the most important things from being lost in the shuffle. First it is important to set aside a specific time each day that you will have family prayer and scripture study. It may be before school … Continue reading →

Where’s Your Family’s Focus?

The family is the central unit to the church. When you realize that, you should also realize that the family should have the focus of teaching your children about the gospel. The church has instructed us to have family home evening, family prayer and family scripture study to do these things. There are are all things that we can do to teach our children the gospel. There have been times when my family is really focused on the gospel and times when they are not so much. When we make the gospel and Christ the focus of the family everything … Continue reading →

Find Peace Through Temple Attendance

If you are struggling with a decision or you are just feeling like your life is out of balance, you may want to consider going to the temple. The temple is a place where you can go to seek comfort, personal revelation, and it allows you to serve others. Temple attendance can give you the strength to deal with the difficult times of you life. It is important to make temple trips a priority. You should go to the temple as often as possible. If you are about an hour away from the temple you may want to try for … Continue reading →

2009 Church Lesson Schedule

Each year the church changes the curriculum that is being taught for the various organizations. It is done on a rotating basis so that we cover all books of scripture in Gospel Doctrine every four years. The Primary goes through a similar rotation schedule as well. Additionally the youth theme and Primary theme changes each year. This year the adults will be studying Church History this year in Gospel Doctrine. This will focus primarily on teachings from the Doctrine and Covenants. Sunday school classes for youth fourteen and older will use the same manual as the adults. The youth who … Continue reading →

Make Family Home Evening Happen

Family home evening is a time to gather your children and to teach them the gospel each week. It is also a time to create a strong family bond and lasting memories. It should be a positive experience each week, and it is important that we put every effort into having family home evening on a regular basis. It is easy to allow other things to interfere with our family home evening lessons. It is important to make family home evening the priority. This means scheduling one night a week when that happens. The church recommends Monday nights, but sometimes … Continue reading →

The Ten Lines of Defense

The Church is really focusing on the family, recently more so than ever as we’ve seen from the worldwide broadcast, the Visiting Teaching message this month, and other forms of media. The family is crucial to our Heavenly Father’s plan for His children, and as such, we should protect it above all else. When my husband went to Stake Conference last week (yes, I sluffed – I was sick) he picked up a wonderful flyer from the bulletin board. It reads: The 10 Lines of Defense for Our Family 1. Daily Private Personal Prayer 2. Daily Personal Scripture Study for … Continue reading →