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Doctrine & Covenants LESSON 11

Here are Instant COME FOLLOW ME Activities for MARCH (week 2) Theme: "Strengthen the Church" Doctrine and Covenants 23-26

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Lesson 11 Scripture Scholars

Week's Scripture ScholarsBOOKMARKS & scripturePOP-UPIncludes:

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• BOOKMARKS with Come, Follow Me scriptures to read and discuss topics forPrimary andIndividuals and Families.Also, forSunday School (teens).
•POP-UP to glue in scripture binding next to scripture you underline.

EXTRA ITEMS (not included) … THERE'S MORE:
•STAMP. Award readers with a STAMP for the week's scripture reading. See below to find matching STAMPS.
• STAMP KEEPER. These can be placed on the STAMP KEEPER (see below) where you can collect 50 stamps for the year

Lessons 10-13 Scripture Scholars BUNDLE

March's BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (below).

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For MARCHLessons 10-13 (Doctrine & Covenants). STAMPSto award scripture readers for reading scriptures on the BOOKMARKS. Place these on the STAMP KEEPER (found below/right)

Doctrine & Covenants STAMP KEEPER

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Here children and youth can collect 50 weekly STAMPS to place on theSTAMP KEEPER. These STAMPS match the weekly scripture readingBOOKMARKS.
     STAMPS for January Lessons 1-4 are included.

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. . . SEARCH & PRAY ABOUT SCRIPTURES . . .

Doctrine and Covenants 23:6; 26:1

God wants me to pray and learn from the scriptures every day.

The Lord counseled the early leaders and friends of the Church to pray (see Doctrine and Covenants 23:6) and study the scriptures (see Doctrine and Covenants 26:1). How can you help the children make prayer and the scriptures part of their lives?

• Read to the children from Doctrine and Covenants 23:6, beginning with "you must pray." Help them identify the different ways and places the Lord said we should pray. Invite them to draw a picture of themselves praying in one of those ways or places.
  DOWNLOAD Heavenly Father Helps Me When I Pray dot-to-dot (HERE or below)

• If needed, explain to the children how to pray.
  DOWNLOAD Steps to Prayer puzzle and brainstorm (HERE or below)

  A song about prayer, like "I Pray in Faith" (Children's Songbook, 14), can help.
  DOWNLOAD I Pray in Faith song visuals (HERE or below)

• Read to the children, "Let your time be devoted to the studying of the scriptures" (Doctrine and Covenants 26:1). Tell them why you study the scriptures. Help them think of ways they can learn from the scriptures, even if they can't read yet.
  DOWNLOAD B.E.A.R.S. Be Enthusiastic About Reading Scriptures – scripture chase game (HERE or below)

• Sing together "Search, Ponder, and Pray" (Children's Songbook, 109) or another song about prayer and scripture study.
  DOWNLOAD THESE SONG VISUALS to teach:
  • Seek the Lord Early (HERE or below)
  • Search, Ponder, and Pray (HERE or below)

  Help the children discover the blessings promised in the song. Tell them about spiritual feelings you have had when praying and reading the scriptures.
  

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. . . KEEPING COVENANT PROMISES . . .

Doctrine and Covenants 25:13, 15

I can prepare to make sacred covenants.

The children you teach are preparing to make their first covenant with Heavenly Father when they are baptized. How can you help them see how precious our covenants are?

• Read Doctrine and Covenants 25:13 to the children. Explain that the word "cleave" in this verse means to hold tightly to something. To help them understand, pass something solid, like a rock (or even an iron rod), around the room and invite the children to hold the object as tightly as they can. Explain that cleaving to our covenants means holding on to (or keeping) the promises we make with Heavenly Father and never letting go (or never giving up).
  DOWNLOAD Baptism Promises Two-sided puzzle (HERE or below)

• Use this week's activity page to teach the children about the times when we make covenants with Heavenly Father. Read Doctrine and Covenants 25:15, and explain that the "crown of righteousness" represents the blessing of returning to live with God, our Heavenly King.
  • DOWNLOAD Jewels in My Crown service list (HERE or below) showing youth ways to build up the kingdom of God (time & talents)

  • DOWNLOAD Heaven's Gate to Strait & Narrow path – covenants reminder (HERE or below)

  Doctrine and Covenants 25:13

  I can "cleave unto the covenants" I have made.

  Soon after Emma Smith was baptized, the Lord told her, "Cleave unto the covenants which thou hast made." Consider how this counsel could bless the children you teach.

  • Read together Doctrine and Covenants 25:13, and ask the children what it means in this verse to "cleave unto the covenants" we make. To illustrate, pass around objects that are firmly fastened together and let the children try to tear them apart. Why is the word "cleave" a good word to describe how we should feel about our covenants?

  • If needed, review with the children the covenants we make when we are baptized (seeMosiah 18:8–10; Doctrine and Covenants 20:37). What does it mean to "cleave" to these covenants?
    • DOWNLOAD Mosiah 18:8-10 Baptism Promises match game (HERE or below) a Post-and-Present activity.
    • DOWNLOAD Waters of Mormon word-search (HERE or below) to teach the meaning of baptismal covenants (Mosiah 18:8-10)
    

  • Review together some of what you know about Emma Smith's life (see "Chapter 13: Joseph and Emma" [Doctrine and Covenants Stories, 51–55], or the corresponding video onChurchofJesusChrist.org). SEE VIDEO BELOW
    Give each child a verse or two from section 25, and invite them to share how the Lord's counsel and assignments might have helped Emma "cleave unto the covenants" she had made. How can we follow her example?

Chapter 13: Joseph and Emma: July 1830

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. . . BUILD UP THE KINGDOM OF GOD . . .

Doctrine and Covenants 23:3–7; 25:7

Jesus wants me to strengthen those around me.

When the Church was first organized, there weren't many members. The Lord asked the Saints to build up the Church by sharing the gospel and strengthening one another. We can do the same today.

• Ask the children to find every instance of the words "exhortation" and "exhort" in Doctrine and Covenants 23:3–7; 25:7. Help them define these words. How might exhorting someone strengthen them? Invite the children to role-play "exhorting" someone but doing so with love.

• How can we do better in the work of strengthening other members of the Church? To illustrate this principle, give one child a task that requires many helpers. Then ask other children to help, and discuss how much easier the task became. Share an experience in which you were strengthened by the service of a fellow Church member.

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. . . LIFTED BY THE LORD . . .

Doctrine and Covenants 24:1, 8

The Savior can lift me "up out of [my] afflictions."

Joseph Smith suffered many trials, but he was able to "be patient in afflictions" because the Lord promised that He would always be with him.

• Help the children list on the board some of the afflictions or challenges that Joseph Smith and other early Saints were facing (see "Chapter 11: More People Join the Church," SEE VIDEO BELOW Doctrine and Covenants Stories, 46–47, or the corresponding video onChurchofJesusChrist.org). Then invite them to discover what the Lord said to Joseph about his afflictions in Doctrine and Covenants 24:1, 8. How can we seek the Savior's help when we are having a difficult time?

• To teach the children that sometimes we need to be "patient in [our] afflictions," you could show the video "Continue in Patience" (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). SEE VIDEO PRESIDENT Dieter F. Uchtdorf (below) Ask the children to think of something they really want but have to wait for. Why does the Lord sometimes require us to have patience during challenging times in our lives? How does He let us know that He is "with [us]" during our afflictions?

Chapter 11: More People Join the Church: April-June 1830

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf – Continue in Patience

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