You can get ready for general conference by cutting out the strips below and taping the ends to form a chain. Each day for the two weeks before conference, take a link from the chain and do what is written on the strip. As the chain grows shorter, conference gets closer!
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Read about Lehi’s Liahona (see 1 Nephi 16:10, 28–29 and Alma 37:38–40). How are the words of the prophets like a Liahona for families today?
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Find pictures of the prophet and apostles in the May or November Ensign or at lds.org/church/leaders and learn their names.
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Imagine you have been asked to give a talk in Primary about prophets. What would you say?
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Sing the hymn “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet” (Hymns, no. 19).
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What gospel topic would you like to learn more about during conference? Make a list of words to listen for.
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Pray for help to focus and feel the Spirit during conference. You could also pray for the Church leaders who will speak.
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Share with your parents or family members why you are looking forward to conference.
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Read about King Benjamin speaking to his people (see Mosiah 2:1, 5, 9, 41). How was that meeting like general conference?
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Draw a picture of your favorite prophet from the scriptures.
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Make a journal where you can take notes or draw pictures about the talks during conference. You can find a printable conference notebook at lds.org/general-conference/children.
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Sing the song “Follow the Prophet” (Children’s Songbook, 110–11).
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Read about the righteous Nephites in 4 Nephi 1:12–13, 16. What did they do when they met together?
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Play “Prophets and Apostles,” a matching game at lds.org/general-conference/children.
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Talk about this teaching from Elder M. Russell Ballard: “If you will listen to the living prophet and the apostles and heed our counsel, you will not go astray” (“They Spoke to Us,” Friend, June 2001, 4).
