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I have to teach a lesson on Family History and Temple Work (Lesson 40) in priesthood next Sunday. This may be my least favorite topic in the curriculum and I'm having a hard time getting excited about this. Any suggestions?
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Have someone who is super excited about it come in and take 15 minutes to talk about the family history center.Originally posted by ERCougar View Post"Nobody listens to Turtle."-Turtlesigpic -
We did this one on Sunday, and it was awful. That's where I heard the "meanest white man in the world" line. Good luck. Expect a pioneer brag fest in your part of the world.Originally posted by ERCougar View Post"Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --SolonComment
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Here's a great story that I will not do justice in the retelling:Originally posted by ERCougar View Post
In my dad's HP group, one fellow was retelling a story of a trip to the temple he had taken one time where a lady who was "an old bitty" as he described was really letting the temple workers have it. Her main issue was that she was mad that she got a name that she could not pronounce. I think it was german or sweedish I don't know some really difficult name. So she carried on for a while and finally walked back to get started.
Several minutes later, this brother rounded the same corner that she had rounded and found her collapsed on the floor.
When she came to, she said that a women had come up to her and thanked her for being there that day to do her work for her. Overcome by emotion and the weight of the situation, this sister collapsed to the ground.
(From the back of the classroom)
"So, did she tell her how to pronounce her name?"
Could be a good ice breaker."They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.Comment
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I like family history and feel it would be easy for me to teach that lesson. I usually think finding about our ancestors is somewhat like our belief in the preexistence. We just have this yearning for knowing where we came from, or at least I do. I recently found an old journal from my most famous Mormon ancestor and it has been fun to read. He was a captain in the Mormon Battalion and it chronicles some of the adventures they went through. You could find out about your non-Mormon ancestor history and talk about how it's just as important to know their history than it is the pioneers.
But at the end of the day, the discussion will likely turn into a pioneer brag session so just don't invite FMCoug to speak."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach FinstockComment
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We had this lesson last week. It was a real snooze, despite only being about 15 minutes long, so I won't tell you to follow our instructor's example.
Nobody likes the family history thing, it's just another item in the list of unpleasant things we should be doing but we're not. Instead, I'd talk about the temple ceremonies and emphasize what you can gain from going to the temple.
Altogether too often Mormons (general authorities included) focus on the status of having a current recommend as the most important aspect to temple worship. Case in point, our instructor asked people to share what the temple meant for them and every single one of the answers had to do with worthiness and that HAVING a temple recommend was the most important thing they could do because it meant they were in harmony with the church. I wanted to throw up because having a current temple recommend has little to do with what can be gained from temple worship. Sure, you can argue that righteous living brings its own blessings, but that's exactly the point. Having a temple recommend does not ensure that you are really getting everything the temple has to offer.
The other thing they mentioned was the sealing, calling it the pinnacle of our worship, yet nobody talks about the endowment or the initiatory, which is where the real meat of temple worship can be found. Ask people to share what they get out of temple attendance, how do they prepare, interpret the ceremonies, what kind of knowledge can be gained from it. They may not realize that there might be something else to be gained from temple worship.Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
God forgives many things for an act of mercyAlessandro Manzoni
Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.
pelagiusComment
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"Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. UchtdorfComment
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I have had fun with family history too, but that's because I like the academic side of researching in archives etc. That's not for everyone.Originally posted by Moliere View Post
For the record, I hate geneology but I like family history. There is a difference.Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
God forgives many things for an act of mercyAlessandro Manzoni
Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.
pelagiusComment
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I taught this lesson 2 weeks ago, and honestly, I killed it. Obviously, class participation and asking provocative questions to generate a robust discussion is the key."I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"Comment
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Last night I called and asked my mom about a particular last name on my fathers side of the family, and if we were related to them. She calls me back 15 minutes later and say's no, but she's all excited anyway. Apparently, my maternal grandmother, and my paternal grandmother share a common ancestor, by the name of John Bowden from Devon, England. My two sisters and I are the first generation to recompile the Bowden DNA from both sets of parents after 200+ years. My mother then explained that we have over 26 generations of Bowdens that were christened and baptised in the same parish in Devon. That just blows my mind. 26 generations of documented people, all living and dying in the same general area. Time really is like a slow moving river.
Devon County is now on my list of places to go. Anybody else an Dumnonii Celt?Comment
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