Whether you teach primary, youth or your own kids... this "Jeoparty" is a fun way to test knowledge on the Book of Mormon! For a zero prep activity, just bring your lap top and use this PowerPoint! Animations make it super easy!! At first I made this for my older children (youth) and thought they would appreciate these categories... Then I made a second Powerpoint for my younger primary kids... I made it in PowerPoint form where you just click on the number for the question to show, then click the question for the answer. Then you can click again to clear. But just in case tech is not your thing... I also made this in PDF paper form to tape up onto a wall. Files for this activity are available HERE. Use code ACTIVITYFORFUN for 15% off anything in the shop!
We called it a Read-a-thon because it was a marathon reading of the Book of Mormon: 531 pages in 23 hours and 59 minutes. There were 24 of us who were there for basically the whole time (a couple had to leave for basketball practice, but they came back when it was over) and three more who could only come for one day. They were praiseworthy days. (The apostle Paul would have approved.) After doing my research, I discovered that reading 24 hours in a row wasn't the best way to accomplish the goal. Not only am I not a big fan of sleepovers (I don't even think the Church allows them anymore), but reading through the night means people are sleeping through too much of the book. Our hours were 8 am-8 pm, Friday, January 2nd and Saturday, January 3rd. It was before school was back in session, but after most people were home from Christmas trips. We had almost all of our youth attend, which, admittedly, isn't a giant group, but I was thrilled with the turnout. The turnout was so good, in fact, that I feel really bad for the small handful of kids who missed out. I've already had requests that we make it an annual event, so maybe they will show up next year. I told the youth to wear comfortable clothing and to bring yoga mats, sleeping pads, pillows and blankets--whatever they would need to make the hard floor bearable. As it was, the couches and chairs from the foyer were dragged in after only one hour! I did make the stipulation that only siblings could share a blanket and no one could wear pajamas. I prepared and prepared and finally went to sleep at about 11 o'clock the night before the event. I usually don't wake up on my own if I have to get up early. I needed to be up by 6 to get showered,younger kids ready to go to the grandparent's house for the night and to the church for final preparations. I awoke in a panic, realizing I had forgotten to set my alarm. It may seem lucky, but when I saw the time, 5:58 am, I knew that the Lord wanted the event to happen. Heavenly Father is in the details of our lives! We read in the gym because I wanted the kids to experience this together. I'd heard of other youth groups meeting separately, boys at one house, girls at another, but I thought it was worth the discomfort of the hard floor to be together. The being together turned out to be one of the very best parts of the read-a-thon. The unity of our group was mightily fortified. The gym was decorated simply, with every Book of Mormon story depiction I could find. I raided my own supply and that of the library and tacked them to the walls. At different times during the two days, I saw young people staring at a picture, with new eyes, methinks. I posted signs on the doors of the gym since our church building hosts regular visitors, meetings, and worshipers. This is what I posted: I emphasized paper scriptures for fewer distractions and only had to confiscate one phone. Everyone was generally compliant with the no electronics rule. There were long tables with butcher paper at one end of the gym for meals. On one wall was a giant standard that my husband drew up for us. Every time we finished a book (Nephi, Mosiah, Alma, etc.), we gave up a giant cheer, then marked off the books on our chart. It proved to be an motivating progress report. On the second day, we began adding quotes, scriptures, and references to the poster as well. The actual reading was done several ways. We listened to the downloaded audio version about 75% of the time because we could listen to it fast. 1.7x was about as fast as we could go, I thought 1.5x was optimal. I've heard other groups listened to it at 2x speed, but we felt that was too fast and made it hard to focus on anything. It took some getting used to since there was no time for pondering, questions or discussion. That is a different type of study for a different time. All ways have good effects. The other 25% of the time, we either took turns reading (1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 verses each, we'd switch it up) round robin style or had one person read a couple of chapters to us. A few parents came for 30 minutes here, an hour or two there. We had them read when they came. It was nice to have variation. I'm not great at cute stuff, so there was no twine, scrapbook paper, origami or centerpieces. If you do that kind of thing well, there are lots of ideas out there. For my sanity, I went simple on the handouts. Each reader got a small notebook, a scripture marking pencil, a regular pencil and a Book of Mormon reading chart, with boxes for each chapter that could be checked off as we progressed. One thing that I did go all out on was the food. I knew that if they were hungry, they wouldn't be listening. I also knew that if they had a ton of junk food, they would be sleeping and their bodies would feel crummy. This is where I got the ward involved. While I provided (through the ward budget) and prepared the snacks, the auxiliaries provided the meals. Everyone ate breakfast at home, then we provided the rest. (I did have hot water with cocoa and apple cider packets when they arrived in the mornings.) Here is the menu, with instructions for the least amount of interruption as possible. Those providing the meals did an excellent job. I was so grateful for them. I'd mostly prepared the snacks ahead of time so I wasn't in the kitchen very much. I really wanted to be reading with the others! It could have been very easy for me to be in the kitchen all day. I decided to let the messes happen so I could participate. If the members of the ward didn't bring in meals, I for sure would have been in the kitchen all day. You'd be surprised how hungry you can get sitting around! We had a strict reading schedule, but we are still human. I made sure we had a break at least once an hour. As respectful and reverent as the youth were during the reading, things were different during our breaks. The afternoons were especially hard so we found ourselves pacing the gym while following along, running outside in the snow during breaks, snowball fights, camel fights, basketball, jumping jacks and lots of laughter. You can only hold so still for so long! Can you guess which one is the dancer? Ha. Here is our schedule. We mostly kept to it, though several times we voted to delay a break or a meal if we were close to finishing a book. They were really committed to finishing! We were much slower when we read, versus the sped-up audio file. There was better focus and concentration when we read, though, so I did try to have us read as much as possible. I got us a little ahead of schedule with the audio file so that we could read much of 3 Nephi together. Most of the time we were scattered all around the floor and stage. For this part, though, we put chairs in a circle, knees practically touching. We started in Chapter 10. I felt the Holy Spirit burn in my heart as he declared to my spirit the truth of the words. Jesus Christ did come to the people. They did feel the prints in his hands and feet. He did pray for them and bless their children. I know it is true. I learned so much reading the Book of Mormon this fast. You know the book's title is The Book of Mormon Another Testament of Jesus Christ. In this speed-reading version, I was astounded by the frequency of the witnesses of Christ. It seemed like every five or so chapters, someone else was adding their witness to the record, either through a personal visitation by Jesus Christ himself (pre-mortal or post-mortal) or through a vision of his birth, life, death or resurrection. Lehi, Nephi, Jacob, Joseph, Benjamin, Mormon, Alma, Abinadi, and the list goes on. The book truly lives up to its name. There were some kids who attended who I'm pretty sure did not have a testimony of the Book of Mormon prior to the event. In fact, one mother was especially concerned her son was going to want a way out. She sent me a text telling me that. I responded, in complete honesty, that her son didn't want to leave. He was all in. They all were. By hour 22, things were starting to get a little dicey with the younger boys, but it never got out of hand. A snap of the fingers and a bit of stink eye and the boys shaped up again. Beautiful, fun and virtuous young women. We enjoyed being together, but it was more than that; we were united under the same ensign. We were marching in the same army, fighting for the same cause. We were there because we wanted to be there-- even if those who didn't want to be in the beginning, they did by the end. At 7:55, we sat back in the circle to read the final chapter of Moroni together. I took the liberty of reading it to my so loved youth. I challenged them to accept Moroni's challenge: We completed the Book of Mormon in under 24 hours. We made it! It was by the skin of our teeth, but we made it! There was a lot of clapping, cheering, and general merry making. This incredible group of the Lord's mighty army accomplished a difficult goal. By this time, even the chairs weren't high enough to reach the topmost of our chart. And here we are. (There were three more that could only come for the first day.) I love these people. Every one of them. I'm so thankful that I was able to serve with them. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. We will remember this for the rest of our lives. The friendships that were strengthened. The testimonies that grew. The Spirit that was felt. With this manual as our guide, the future is in good hands.
Would you rather help Nephi build a ship or listen to King Benjamin?? Have some FHE or Come, Follow Me fun with this Book of Mormon Would you Rather...? game.
Our stake Youth Conference in the summer of 2017 was absolutely amazing. It was based solely on the Book of Mormon, and the entire thing from start to finish was something I will never forget.
Our stake Youth Conference in the summer of 2017 was absolutely amazing. It was based solely on the Book of Mormon, and the entire thing from start to finish was something I will never forget.
Book of Mormon "Jeoparty" (2 versions) KIDS/YOUTH 1. Kids- questions are quite easy, perfect for Primary 2. Youth - questions get harder and harder. Categories (GOAT, lit, cringe, shook, sus, bruh) using slang words hopefully teenagers will appreciate, lol. POWERPOINT (with animations) and PDF for both... you decide if you want to use a computer or have the physical questions taped up to a wall or board. You'll want to print the correct answer key so you have a hard copy to help! 6 Categories with 6 questions each. As point value increase, questions get harder and content covers the whole Book of Mormon. Suggestion: have scriptures handy so players can look up answers they don't know.
This folder contains everything you need to pull off an amazing Murder Mystery activity with a great surprise ending!! It includes 5 files in the main folder (in addition to this Read Me file), and…
I saw another blogger make a fabulous Armour of God felt book activity, but unfortunately don't know what blog so can't post credit (sorry). A4 design, the soldier without his armour. I've created a couple of versions, all of which can be printed onto card, laminated and made into a great scripture related activity. It can also be printed on to transfer paper (if using a mirror image version of image. The pieces can also be matched to the correct shape/ word. A version were the pieces are all on one page. I am going to put these up on alljoinin.net but yet to do so. When I create this in felt I think I will make the man out of felt sewn so that the armour can be then gripped onto the man most effectively, I will keep you posted.
Our stake Youth Conference in the summer of 2017 was absolutely amazing. It was based solely on the Book of Mormon, and the entire thing from start to finish was something I will never forget.
Our stake put together the most incredible Youth Conference for the kids! Every other year when there is a stake YC, they either go on Trek or a Book of Mormon experience...this was the year of the BoM. Technically I didn't need to go because they didn't need us as leaders, but my friend Nan hooked me up (with her and a few others) to take pictures. Yes, that was our only job...all day long...taking pictures, looking for "the shot," whenever, wherever. It was a rough job, but somebody had to do it!! Now I know what I want to do in my next life...;) Seriously yummy food for "roughing it" But before we got up there, we began at the stake center, in our "Book of Mormon attire." The gym was decorated up to look like old Jerusalem. There were games, activities, a carpenter, fabrics, pottery, and, of course, plenty of food! As we were driving into camp, the dark and threatening clouds were moving in quickly. This was nothing new, since it had rained almost every day in June up to this point, but we were hoping for better. Just after everyone arrived and gathered together into their families, with Lehi's and Sariah's as parents over around 10-12 "children," the heavens opened up and the rain/hail came down!! I do feel kind of bad that Nan and I kept warm/dry in my car (just after we dropped off Julie!), but I did get a couple of pretty cool pictures from there! (Thanks to Julie for some of her "outdoor" pictures!) But almost as quickly as it came, the storm was gone, and left us with beautiful blue skies...and a whole lotta MUD!! The first day the "families" played games that helped them to get to know each other better and they learned to work together. It was crazy muddy out there from all the rain! Emily and Lindsey--two of our cute laurels! The next days activities were more of a spiritual nature. The Whisperings of the Spirit activity was one of the kids' favorite activity. While blindfolded, they had to choose which voice to follow--if they didn't choose the right voice, they were led all over the place; through puddles and mud, over rocks, or just led around in circles. The correct voice would lead them back to their family. One of our favorite Sariah's and Lehi's--Julie and Tom. This was the Iron Rod activity, and it was one of my favorites. The kids were blindfolded, and then followed a rope that they were holding on to. At one point the rope ends. Then what do you do? Many tried to find their own way to the next rope, but there were some who dropped to their knees, as an act of asking for help. It was a very powerful message. These were some of my favorite pictures that didn't really fit in anywhere else... A big part of the Book of Mormon experience were the reinactments of different B of M stories. At the stake center before we left, we watched the story of Lehi leading his family out of Jerusalem, and Nephi and his brothers going back to get the brass plates from Laban. After they got the records and were about to continue on their journey, everyone kneeled with them in prayer as we all began our journey "into the wilderness." After the morning storm, followed by "family activities" on the first day, that afternoon we met together in the big grassy field. We were greeted and taught by King Benjamin. That night after dinner, we met in the same field to watch King Noah and his wicked priests capture the prophet Abinadai. Abinadai (our bishop) told the king and his priests that they needed to repent. One priest, Alma, believed the teachings of Abinadai, and was able to escape. Abinadai was not so fortunate, but was burned at the stake for following the teachings of God. This was a very powerful moment. (note: our bishop was NOT burned at the stake, but was switched out before then; whew!) Alma and the sons of Mosiah made a visit to our group the following day. I had to leave that Friday night and get back to sick kids with high fevers, so I missed Captain Moroni, and the prophet Moroni. Capt. Moroni, funny enough, knew how to work email and sent me a copy of his amazing talk. I also missed the thunder and lightning "storm" created at 3am Saturday morning, prior to the visitation of Christ to the camp. The entire weekend was a great experience for the kids, and for the rest of us. You read these stories in the Book of Mormon, but to see them acted out and to imagine what it must have been like really brings it all to life. Me and Nan ;) Thanks for inviting me to go!!
2 Nephi 26:33 states that “all are alike unto God, both Jew and Gentile.” Most people in Nephi’s time assumed that the gods of each nation only loved their own nation. Nephi taught otherwise. He also showed that the Gentiles would enthusiastically accept Jehovah as their God. This would take place because God simply lays down the conditions that people have to keep for Him to accept them, and those that keep His commandments become part of His kingdom, as was the case for ancient kings who laid down conditions for their subjects. It isn’t where people are from that matters to God, it’s what they do.
Divide class into teams (smaller teams are better so students get to participate at a deeper level) Give each team a bag that contains t...
Our stake Youth Conference in the summer of 2017 was absolutely amazing. It was based solely on the Book of Mormon, and the entire thing from start to finish was something I will never forget.
Whether it's an LDS youth, primary or Relief Society activity, this LDS Scripture Treasure Hunt is sure to be a hit with everyone!
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A friend of mine used this for a youth conference activity and the kids loved it! You can cover up the spaces with numbers 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 300 & 500. Don’t forget to have them wor…
Alma 23-27 The people of Ammon and the Lamanite conversion. Every year I get a ton of lemons from our lemon tree. I literally had a wheelbarrow full of lemons. I had made lemon juice. I had made lemon candy. I had made lemon squares. I still had a ton of leftover lemons, so when I saw lemonites on the LDS Seminary Teacher Group page I just HAD to do it! I know that it's not as spiritual as most lessons, but once in a little while it's nice to do something fun. Here's how we did it. List of supplies: colored feathers pipe cleaners small dixie cups toothpicks small marshmallows adhesive googly eyes (I did not want to use a glue gun) The adhesive googly eyes came in a package that I got at Walmart but here is a link on Amazon. The students had a great time. As the students made the Lemonites I gave the lesson. I really tried to give it the twist of making something sweet out of something sour. I made this handout to go with the lesson. Each student was to write a way that they could make a sour problem into a sweet problem. It's a way of looking at problems as a growth experience for our good. I printed them out on yellow paper. I had the students fill out the lemons with ideas. We put the lemons on our tree of life that I had on our bulletin board. I also served them some lemonade with some lemon squares and even some lemon peel candy Please check out my other Book of Mormon ideas by clicking here.
LDS Seminary Class ideas, Young Men and Young Women ideas for lessons and activities
The authority of the priesthood makes all the difference in what someone is able to accomplish in the Lord's Church. It begins with the youth.
It's been a while since we've had a Sundae Served Saturday! This week I wanted to share with you my Mom's fantastic New Beginnings! This is where the girls coming into our churches girly youth program, Young Women, come to learn a little more about the program and begin to feel welcomed by their leaders and new friends. Most importantly the Young Women have a theme in which they strive to Live the Young Women Values. Those values are Faith, Divine Nature, Choice and Accountability, Knowledge, Good Works, Integrity and Virtue. Each value has a color to associate it. Mom found her idea HERE on Sugardoodle.com for a Seuss Themed New Beginnings. She used most of the ideas she found from there. She wanted to start the night by reading the book Oh The Places You'll Go! by Dr Seuss. But, she asked me to rewrite the book so that it would match there theme Stand in Holy Places. I was super excited to do this for her! And thus Oh The Places You'll Stand was born! THEN... the very next sunday a lady in our ward handed me a copy of Green Eggs and Ham (The Missionary Version). Hilarious! So then I had to make sure mine would be able to fit the pictures in the book so you could cut out the poem and paste it in like hers! Tada!!! It looks awesome right? The book ends up talking about Young Women Values, what each of them stand for, and a lot about the different places you will stand. It's meant to be uplifting and remind you that when you stand somewhere scary all you need to do is remember the values YOU stand for and you will be okay! I created a printable which you can get BY CLICKING HERE! You just cut it out and paste it into the book! I tried to match the font perfectly, but I am no Dr Seuss. So be sure to cut a little extra room around the letters and trim down if you need too. Awesome Sauce right? I love it! Click HERE if you didn't click the printable the first time! The font I used for the cover is HERE. It's called Doctor Soos Bold. I can't wait to show my friend on Sunday! So first my mom read the story. The gym behind them was closed off by curtains. When she finished reading they opened them so the girls could see Dr. Seuss Valueland! The truffula trees are made from pipe covers and tissue paper. She wanted pool noodles but couldn't find them at this time of the year. My brother downloaded some Seuss music which was playing in the background (Mommy was good at enlisting help!) Tables were set up around the area and each value had a colored table. Each value also had a Suess book assigned to it. Faith (White) - Horton Hears A Who Divine Nature - The Sneetches Good Works - The Kings Stilts Individual Worth - I Wish I Had Duck Feet Knowledge - I Can Read With My Eyes Wide Shut Choice and Accountability - The Lorax Integrity - Horton Hatches An Egg Virtue - I Had Trouble Getting To Solla Sollew Beforehand Mom had the girls make mini Truffula trees out of pom poms and pixi sticks as a wednesday night activity. When people came to visit their table the girls would read a little something they wrote about how the value pertained to the Dr. Suess book. Doesn't it look great! The girls also spent the activity making these awesome paper lanterns! After walking around the Seuss room the girls were all invited to another area for a surprise performance! My mom had the young men act out "If Dr. Seuss Wrote the Book of Mormon!" Click HERE for that printable. Afterwards they played a game where the girls were asked questions about values. If they had done something in the scenario they had to stand up. If they stood up they got a gum-ball of that value color. At the end she asked them which color they had the least of and then challenged them to work on that value all year. The link where she found that idea is HERE. They have great instructions. Then they all drank Pink Ink and ate cake! I can just imagine how amazing it all looked in person. I am sure my words don't do it justice. Mom said when the girls turned around for the Seuss room everyone gasped! Don't the girls look so happy! See their tiny Truffula Trees? I guess tons of them wanted to take home the giantic truffula trees! What a great reminder of the evening. What an amazing thing they all pulled off together! Makes me miss being in Young Women!
Our Stake Primary wanted to start the year off getting the children excited to learn about the Book of Mormon. The activity was a huge success! We kept the children moving and busy with short classes, crafts and fun activities at the end. We planned for 100 and had about 75 children attend. INVITATIONS & POSTERS: SETUP: I find it is always helpful to have a map and instructions for number of tables and chairs that are needed. That way, I can hand it to the helpers setting up and they know exactly what is needed. ACTIVITY SCHEDULE: 9:00 Divide into 5 groups with colored hand stamps 9:15 CHAPEL: Welcome, Prayer, Talk by Joseph Smith about finding the plates, Testimony from Stake Presidency Classes - 20 minutes each. We had brethren from the stake dress up as Book of Mormon characters (pictures coming soon) and tell their story in first-person point of view. Then adult helpers did a craft with the children. Story: Brother of Jared Craft: Jaredite Barges (2 bowls stapled together with a door and glowing rocks inside.) Story: Nephi Craft: Liahona (Decorated gold Christmas ornaments with stickers and jewels. There is a toy compass in the ring on the bottom.) Story: King Benjamin Craft: Tower (Built out of popsicle sticks and glued with glue gun) Story: Ammon Craft: Missionary Formula Card (Decorated cards with points from Alma 17-18) Story: Moroni Craft: Title of Liberty (Wood dowel with torn fabric.) We had a 10 minute break between Classes 2 and 3 where we served Rice Cereal Treats and let them get drinks and use the restroom. 11:30 CULTURAL HALL: Book of Mormon Games - 8 stations 1. "Amalickiah's Poison Darts" Blow darts into boxes with picture of Amalickiah 2. "Ruins of Ammonihah" - Blow a ping-pong ball through a wood maze. 3. "Samuel the Lamanite" - Knock Samuel off his wall (with paper arrows) 4. "Waters of Sebus" - toss arms (made of nylons and stuffing) to 2 partners who will try to catch them in a towel. 5. "Characters of the Book of Mormon" - matching game 6. “Nephi’s Bow” – String a bow and shoot an arrow at stuffed animals. 7. “Laban’s Sword” – Use sword to gather up cups (Lamanites). 8. “Tower of Babel” – Stack plastic cups as high as they can. After each class we gathered the crafts from each room and put them on tables in the Cultural Hall by colored group, so all the kids from that group only had to search one table for their crafts. These tables were setup by the doors so they would pick up their crafts as they left. We also provided plastic shopping bags for them to carry their crafts home. We also included this letter to Parents so they would know what their children learned and incorporate their visual aides in their family scripture study. If you want to do this activity and would like any of the files, please let me know. Special thanks for ideas from: https://abfoxden.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-of-mormon-challenge.html and http://hollyshome-hollyshome-hollyshome.blogspot.com/2017/12/book-of-mormon-minute-to-win-it-games.html
This past weekend Dale and I were able to participate in our Stake Youth Conference along with the girls. Youth Conference was titled, Moroni's Quest. We spent the 3 days and reenacted stories from the Book of Mormon in chronological order.All the wards were in charge of a reenactment and there were some that were done by multiple kids in the Stake. They prerecorded all the speaking parts and music so the kids just had to get up and perform and not have to memorize their lines, it was their voice in the recording though. We didn't stay in wards though, we stayed in tribes and Dale and I were tribe leaders. Our tribe was The Smithling Warriors aka the Jimmerites.There were many creative tribe names. It started off at the Stake Center and they did the story of Lehi's family and the slaying of Laban. We then headed off to a ranch that was owned by someone in our Stake about 50 miles west of us. Some of our Tribe at the the church Our lime green head bands were easy to spot View from our tent when we arrived at the ranch These guys were on the ranch. They pretty much got out of your way when you came by. The longhorn that is in front is expecting Our tribe at the first reenactment Day 2 Our tribe flag Brittney and Marti Brittney was in the "With all your Mights" tribe Dale, directing our Ward's reenactment He looks so official This is our Ward's reenactment, King Noah and Abinadi Makenzie is dancing for King Noah in this scene and Brittney is fanning him. Marti and Makenzie Makenzie's tribe was the "Anti-Fight-Contrites aka no fights" We are still smiling Dale the Nephite Warrior Dale the serious warrior Makenzie the Lamanite warrior Smile Brittney Helaman and the Stripling Warriors Battle Makenzie and friends in battle Dale is dead We knelt down instead of laying down due to all the cow pies Our Tribe The Jimmerites The Jimmerites camp site Root beer float time After the root beer floats we headed back to the reenactment place. They did the story of Samuel the Lamanite and there was Samuel on the wall preaching and the kids all threw paper bombs at him. It was fun. We then proceeded to another spot where the kids were all spread out and blind folded. All the youth were blind folded while they listened to booming thunder It was dark while the youth listened to the storm. They had them take off their blind folds and out of the trees with fog came a person all in white. It was a reenactment of Christ coming to visit. They man chosen to depict Christ was in a shining white robe and had a spot light on him. He came through the crowd and shook hands while the song, This is the Christ" was playing. You can't even put into words the feelings people had. After he departed we went back into our tribe camp site and had a testimony meeting. One of our youth commented, that even though it wasn't really Christ, they still wanted to touch him and another one said it made them want to be with him. It was a very spiritual experience for the youth and the adults. After the testimony meeting we looked up to a clear sky. The kids laid on a blanket and star gazed Some of our tribe star gazing Jimmerite headband Day 3 Breaking camp before breakfast and the final battles Brittney lines up on the Nephite side for the flour battle The flour bombs are made by putting flour into nylons and tyeing hem closed. When you get hit with one they leave flour marks. You can pick them up and use them over and over I got into the action Brittney Makenzie She's getting excited to go home and shower After the flour battle we had another battle between the Nephites and Lamanites where Moroni was the last Nephite alive and he buried the plates. they then had Moroni coming back to give the plates to Joseph Smith. It was a great learning experience for the youth and hopefully they had fun participating in it. When we got home, we were hot and dirty. It was in the 90's this weekend and there was no running water at this ranch, they brought in port-a-potties and had coolers of water set up every where for drinking, but that was it! The girls and I decided to knock a layer of dirt off by jumping into the pool with our clothes on. When we got home we jumped in the pool with our clothes on. I kind of cheated, I took my jean shorts off and put my running shorts on That felt good
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Every year for our Seminary Christmas party I like to have a game day. This year we did Minute to Win it Book of Mormon Games. It was ...
A fun Treasure Hunt using scripture verses for clues. The Book of Mormon is a treasure because it teaches what we must do to be happy.
This past weekend Dale and I were able to participate in our Stake Youth Conference along with the girls. Youth Conference was titled, Moroni's Quest. We spent the 3 days and reenacted stories from the Book of Mormon in chronological order.All the wards were in charge of a reenactment and there were some that were done by multiple kids in the Stake. They prerecorded all the speaking parts and music so the kids just had to get up and perform and not have to memorize their lines, it was their voice in the recording though. We didn't stay in wards though, we stayed in tribes and Dale and I were tribe leaders. Our tribe was The Smithling Warriors aka the Jimmerites.There were many creative tribe names. It started off at the Stake Center and they did the story of Lehi's family and the slaying of Laban. We then headed off to a ranch that was owned by someone in our Stake about 50 miles west of us. Some of our Tribe at the the church Our lime green head bands were easy to spot View from our tent when we arrived at the ranch These guys were on the ranch. They pretty much got out of your way when you came by. The longhorn that is in front is expecting Our tribe at the first reenactment Day 2 Our tribe flag Brittney and Marti Brittney was in the "With all your Mights" tribe Dale, directing our Ward's reenactment He looks so official This is our Ward's reenactment, King Noah and Abinadi Makenzie is dancing for King Noah in this scene and Brittney is fanning him. Marti and Makenzie Makenzie's tribe was the "Anti-Fight-Contrites aka no fights" We are still smiling Dale the Nephite Warrior Dale the serious warrior Makenzie the Lamanite warrior Smile Brittney Helaman and the Stripling Warriors Battle Makenzie and friends in battle Dale is dead We knelt down instead of laying down due to all the cow pies Our Tribe The Jimmerites The Jimmerites camp site Root beer float time After the root beer floats we headed back to the reenactment place. They did the story of Samuel the Lamanite and there was Samuel on the wall preaching and the kids all threw paper bombs at him. It was fun. We then proceeded to another spot where the kids were all spread out and blind folded. All the youth were blind folded while they listened to booming thunder It was dark while the youth listened to the storm. They had them take off their blind folds and out of the trees with fog came a person all in white. It was a reenactment of Christ coming to visit. They man chosen to depict Christ was in a shining white robe and had a spot light on him. He came through the crowd and shook hands while the song, This is the Christ" was playing. You can't even put into words the feelings people had. After he departed we went back into our tribe camp site and had a testimony meeting. One of our youth commented, that even though it wasn't really Christ, they still wanted to touch him and another one said it made them want to be with him. It was a very spiritual experience for the youth and the adults. After the testimony meeting we looked up to a clear sky. The kids laid on a blanket and star gazed Some of our tribe star gazing Jimmerite headband Day 3 Breaking camp before breakfast and the final battles Brittney lines up on the Nephite side for the flour battle The flour bombs are made by putting flour into nylons and tyeing hem closed. When you get hit with one they leave flour marks. You can pick them up and use them over and over I got into the action Brittney Makenzie She's getting excited to go home and shower After the flour battle we had another battle between the Nephites and Lamanites where Moroni was the last Nephite alive and he buried the plates. they then had Moroni coming back to give the plates to Joseph Smith. It was a great learning experience for the youth and hopefully they had fun participating in it. When we got home, we were hot and dirty. It was in the 90's this weekend and there was no running water at this ranch, they brought in port-a-potties and had coolers of water set up every where for drinking, but that was it! The girls and I decided to knock a layer of dirt off by jumping into the pool with our clothes on. When we got home we jumped in the pool with our clothes on. I kind of cheated, I took my jean shorts off and put my running shorts on That felt good
