2009 Outline for Sharing Time and the Children’s Sacrament Meeting Presentation: My Eternal Family

The family is ordained of God and is central to His plan (“Proclamation,” paragraphs 1, 7; Genesis 1:28; GP, chapter 36; Family Guidebook, 1–3). Sing “A Happy Family” (CS, 198), and invite the children to substitute names of their own family members in the second verse.

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2007 Outline for Sharing Time and the Children’s Sacrament Meeting Presentation: I’ll Follow Him in Faith

Have some children dramatize the story of Nephi and his family building a ship and sailing to the promised land (1 Nephi 17–18). Write on papers appropriate activities for Sunday: Go to church, Partake of the sacrament, Read scriptures, Visit family, Write in my journal, and so on.

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2008 Outline for Sharing Time and the Children’s Sacrament Meeting Presentation: I Am a Child of God

I came to a family and received a body. I can strengthen my family now. “The family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children” (“Proclamation,” paragraph 1). § “Home” (CS, 192) Weekly Gospel Principles 1.

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A Member’s Guide to Temple and Family History Work: Ordinances and Covenants

ScripturesYou will gain a deeper understanding of the doctrine and meaning of temple and family history service by prayerfully considering these scriptures:Doctrine and Covenants 84:4–5; 95:8, 11, 13–17; 105:33; 109; 110; 124:26–44, 55;

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Heber J. Grant

Temple ordinances extend the opportunity of exaltation to God’s children on both sides of the veil.From the Life of Heber J. GrantMany times in his life, Heber J. Grant sacrificed worldly interests to participate in temple and family history work. We have all that is necessary, not only for our own salvation, but that we may be in very deed ‘Saviors upon Mount Zion,’ [see Obadiah 1:21] and enter into the temples of our God and save our ancestors who have died without a knowledge of the gospel.” 2President Grant showed his love for temple and family history work when he said: “I am deeply interested in this work.

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Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual

Each member of the Church can participate in temple and family history work.Ask the assigned class members to briefly tell about the experiences they had with temple and family history work in the past week (see “Preparation,” item 2). What are some things you have done to participate in temple and family history work?

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Preparing for Exaltation: Teacher’s Manual

Continue to encourage class members to bring their own scriptures to class each week.Note to the teacherEveryone can do family history work. Turning “the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers” also refers to the love we feel for our ancestors when we learn about them.QuotationHave a class member read the following statement by President Gordon B. Hinckley:“There are millions across the world who are working on family history records.

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Gospel Principles

Family History—How We Begin Helping Our Ancestors Latter-day Saints are encouraged to participate in family history activities. One of the blessings of family history work comes from going to the temple and performing ordinances in behalf of our ancestors.

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Our Heritage: A Brief History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

After working in this way for only a month, Elder Biesinger was arrested and held in prison for two months. Elder Dean soon baptized 14 people into the Church and about a month later delivered his first sermon in the Samoan language. 2 Thus missionary work began anew on the island.Beginning in 1866, to prevent the spread of leprosy, Hawaiian officials took people suffering from the disease to the Kalaupapa Peninsula on the island of Molokai.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff

He participated in all phases of the work—from construction to dedication and from family history work to ordinance work for the dead. One hundred years later, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles observed, “Events of that historic year established family history research and temple service as one work in the Church.” 8 These events were part of a continuing fulfillment of the prophecy that “the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers” (D&C 2:2; see also Malachi 4:5–6).

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith

A Aaronic Priesthood administers in outward ordinances, 109 holders must be called of God, 110 John the Baptist held, 84–85 made without an oath, 109 magnifying offices in, 111–12 quorums established, 13 restoration of, xv, 7–8, 78–80, 85, 89

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff

He went to school and worked on the family farm. For example, he told of an adventure he had on the family farm: “When six years of age, I came near being killed by a surly bull.

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Marriage and Family Relations Participant’s Study Guide

Ideas for ApplicationAccording to your own needs and circumstances, follow one or more of these suggestions.• If your family holds regular family prayer, family scripture study, and family home evening, prayerfully consider ways you might improve in one or more of these settings. If your family does not do these things, consider what you will do to help establish these activities in your home.• As a family, plan an activity you can do together.

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Young Women Manual 1

See the end of the lesson for an optional family history activity.SUGGESTED LESSON DEVELOPMENTHeavenly Father Commands His Children to Keep Personal RecordsQuizDivide the class into two groups. To get the records of the Jews and the genealogy of their forefathers.3.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young

Heavenly Father will bless us for doing family history research for the salvation of our forefathers.I think there is a work to be done [in the Millennium] which the whole world seems determined we shall not do. Yes, and we will not wait for the Millennium and the fulness of the glory of God on the earth; we will commence as soon as we have a temple, and work for the salvation of our forefathers; we will get their genealogies as far as we can.

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff

This is a work that rests upon the Latter-day Saints. Great and glorious are these principles which God has revealed to us concerning the redemption of our dead. 14The dead are anxious for us to receive ordinances in their behalf, and God Himself watches temple work with great interest.We have a great work before us in the redemption of our dead.

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Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Gospel Doctrine Teacher’s Manual

President Spencer W. Kimball said: “When I read Church history, I am amazed at the boldness of the early brethren as they went out into the world. What can each of us do to assist in missionary work?

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee

If missionary work were to have been limited only to mortality, many souls would have been condemned without a hearing. Now, the gates of hell would have prevailed against the Lord’s work if there hadn’t been given the ordinances pertaining to the salvation of those who are dead.

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Children’s Songbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

AccountabilityChurch of Jesus Christ, The 77Dare to Do Right 158I Believe in Being Honest 149I’ll Walk with You 140I Want to Be Reverent 28Kindness Begins with Me 145My Country 224Second Article of Faith, The 122Stand for the Right 159The Church of

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Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball

He was preparing a father, a patriarch for his family, an apostle and prophet, and a president for His church.”2 Heritage Spencer W. Kimball’s family had deep roots in the restored Church. His grandfathers on both sides were prominent in the early history of the latter-day work.

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