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Week 29 COME FOLLOW ME: Doctrine and Covenants – TEACHING IDEAS & RESOURCES | D&C Sections 77-80

Questions to Ponder:

When I first began my individual study… these questions threw me off. Simply because many of these questions required so much depth and individual reflection in order to answer honestly. My first approach to Come Follow Me was to get in, get out, get it done, check it off. These questions simply didn’t allow me to do so. In fact, I felt a little sick when I would read a question like, “How does the spirit speak to you?” and I wouldn’t know the answer right away. After a time, and pondering on that specific question I realized IT’S OKAY. In fact, I think these questions were meant to be set aside, thought about, and pondered. When we try and come up with the quick easy, obvious, answer, we are depriving ourselves of an opportunity to reflect, ponder, pray, and RECEIVE REVELATION. Is this not the whole reason for Come Follow Me? Are we not trying to finetune and recognize how we, and how to receive personal revelation. So each week I will list out some of the questions issued in Come Follow Me. Maybe you pick to ponder about all of them, maybe you pick just one. Whatever you do, ponder on this for the ENTIRE week. Pray about it, discuss it with loved ones, then at the start of the new week, take the time to write down your impressions or thoughts, share them with your family, testify of powerful insights. Each Come Follow Me Lesson asks important and reflective questions.

• (Doctrine and Covenants 78:4). What would you say is the “cause” of the Church? Ponder this as you read Doctrine and Covenants 78:1–7. Perhaps thinking about these verses could influence the way you fulfill your Church calling or serve your family.
  • How can your service “advance the cause” of the Lord? How is it preparing you for “a place in the celestial world”? (verse 7).
• Do you ever feel like a little child, perhaps because of something you “have not as yet understood” or “cannot bear”? (Doctrine and Covenants 78:17–18). Look for counsel in these verses that can help you “be of good cheer” (verse 18) in such times.
  • Why do you think the Lord sometimes calls His followers “little children”? (verse 17). You could also ponder how the Lord might be “lead[ing] you along” (verse 18).
• Think about your current or past Church callings. What experiences have helped you learn that Elder Bednar’s words are true?
  • What additional lessons can you find in Doctrine and Covenants 79–80 that could help someone who has just received a new calling?
• After reading this verse, family members could draw pictures of their favorite “beasts, … creeping things, … [or] fowls of the air” created by God. What do we learn about God’s creations from this verse?
• What does the symbolism of eating suggest about how we should approach our role in gathering Israel or doing other things the Lord wants us to do?
  • Here are some other scriptures in which eating is used to teach a spiritual truth: John 6:48–51; 2 Nephi 32:3; Moroni 4.
• Look for counsel in these verses that can help you “be of good cheer” (verse 18) in such times. Why do you think the Lord sometimes calls His followers “little children”? (verse 17).
  • You could also ponder how the Lord might be “lead[ing] you along” (verse 18).
• What additional lessons can you find in Doctrine and Covenants 79–80 that could help someone who has just received a new calling?
• What are we doing to express our thankfulness for these blessings? You could also discuss how your family is following the counsel to receive “all things with thankfulness” (verse 19). What does the Lord promise to those who do?
• Share your testimony of “the power” you have received when you were ordained or set apart to callings in the Church. What specific gifts and inspiration did the Lord bless you with as you served?

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Watch or Listen To:

With young children, I understand the STRUGGLE and the attention span you are dealing with. Below are some of my favorite videos or audio recordings|podcasts you can listen to and watch with your children.  Many of these are PERFECT for when everyone is strapped in the car seat. My 5-year-old now requests many of these over the radio. This allows us to listen, review and discuss together, and listen again throughout the week.  Many of the videos I share can be found on the Saint’s Radio Channel App. (Formerly Mormon Channel App, If you don’t already have this, DOWNLOAD NOW.)

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Read:

• Activity Suggestion from the Friend
• Scripture Stories: Doctrine and Covenants
• For Young Readers: Scripture Stories

Activity Suggestions:

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Doctrine and Covenants Coloring Book:

Come Follow Me Activities:

Kate of Play Beyond the Box started @comefollowmeactivities Each week she posts a FREE Weekly Lesson plan that breaks down Come Follow Me into simple, easy to digest and implement, DAILY LESSONS and activities. Her lessons and activities are created with primary-aged children in mind.

Click Here to check out this week’s Activity Schedule for Come Follow Me by @Comefollowmeactivities

Norman The Latter Day Saint

I found ANOTHER free, weekly resource that you are going to LOVE! Danette Smith and Brittany Smith, the creators behind @NormantheLatterdaySaint share the sweetest illustrated coloring pages to go along with Come Follow Me each week! Check out this week’s coloring page below, then check out their, “Norman the Latter Day Saint,” picture-book series! They create wonderful children’s book with LDS themes.

***There are lots of fun coloring pages to pick from, SCROLL DOWN to the bottom of the page to find the most recent Come Follow Me Coloring Page

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Activity Suggestion from Church Magazines

• For Doctrine and Covenants 77–80: Help your littles ones say, “Heavenly Father and Jesus created our beautiful world.” Go outside and point out some of God’s creations that your family members enjoy.

• Gratitude Game

  For Doctrine and Covenants 77–80

  • Sing “Count Your Blessings” (Hymns, no. 241).

  • Jesus taught us to “receive all things with thankfulness” (Doctrine and Covenants 78:19). That means being thankful for what we have.

  • Play a gratitude game! One person stands while the others sit in a circle. Those in the circle pass an object (like a toy) around as fast as they can. When the standing player says, “Stop!” the person holding the object says something they are thankful for. Then that person stands for the next round.

Activity Suggestions From Come Follow Me:

• After reading this verse, family members could draw pictures of their favorite “beasts, … creeping things, … [or] fowls of the air” created by God. What do we learn about God’s creations from this verse? (see also Doctrine and Covenants 59:16–20). You could also sing a song about God’s creations, such as “My Heavenly Father Loves Me” (Children’s Songbook, 228–29), and display the painting that accompanies this outline.
• Family members could draw pictures of blessings from God they are thankful for. What are we doing to express our thankfulness for these blessings? You could also discuss how your family is following the counsel to receive “all things with thankfulness” (verse 19). What does the Lord promise to those who do?

• To teach what it means to be “equal in earthly things” (verse 6), give children pictures of people in need (such as people who are hungry, injured, or cold). Then give other children objects that would help (such as food, a bandage, or a blanket). Invite these children to share what they have to help the people in the pictures. Let other children have a turn sharing. Help the children understand that Heavenly Father wants all of His children to have what they need, and to do this He often asks us to share what we have with others.

• Ask the children to read Doctrine and Covenants 78:19 and find what the Lord promises to those who are thankful. Help the children understand what “an hundred fold” means, perhaps by showing a small object and then 100 of that same object.

• Sing a song about gratitude, such as “I Am Glad for Many Things” (Children’s Songbook, 151), or watch the video “Think to Thank” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Give the children time to make lists of things they are thankful for. Encourage them to list as many things as possible in the time you give them.