Sacrament Meeting Talks

Today my daughter gave a short talk in Sacrament Meeting to tell about her experience this past year in Seminary. The word "short" perhaps does not adequately define the time parameter - perhaps micro-short is directionally more precise. Each of the Seminary students shared a favorite scripture they memorized during Seminary, and they also shared experiences with the congregation about how their Seminary study this past year has helped them grow in their testimony and understanding of the Gospel.

Family Home Evening

Tonight, Monday evening, we had Family Home Evening. This is where our entire family gathers for some family time. Most important is that we spend time together. Sometimes we have an activity or a lesson. Tonight we discussed Patriarchal Blessings. The Mormon Church provides excellent online resources for families who wish to hold Family Home Evening in their home.

Here's some lesson topic ideas provided at our church website:

Appreciating Music Compile Family History Fasting Forgiving Others Gaining a Testimony Gratitude Honesty Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy Life and Teachings of Christ Managing Family Resources Morality Plan of Salvation Prayer

Preparing for Baptism, Priesthood ordination, or Marriage Preparing for the Temple Reading the Scriptures Repentance Reverence and Respect Sacrament Sharing Household Work Sharing the Gospel Solving Family Problems Tithing Understanding Death Word of Wisdom

Ideas for how to get started, and how to make your Family Home Evenings successful can be found at this web page:

Helps for Family Home Evening

When we are faithful at having Family Home Evening consistently every week, things just seem to go better for our family. I encourage all to try this wonderful idea.

Mormon Seminary

Our family just returned from Seminary Graduation where our daughter graduated from her 2nd year of Seminary. In the Mormon religion, high school students attend seminary daily through all four years of school, often times meeting early in the morning for an hour of religious instruction every day before their regular high school classes begin. This year, the Seminary students studied the Old Testament. These are the Old Testament books they just finished studying...

THE OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis (Gen.) Exodus (Ex.) Leviticus (Lev.) Numbers (Num.) Deuteronomy (Deut.) Joshua (Josh.) Judges (Judg.) Ruth (Ruth) 1 Samuel (1 Sam.) 2 Samuel (2 Sam.) 1 Kings (1 Kgs.) 2 Kings (2 Kgs.) 1 Chronicles (1 Chr.) 2 Chronicles (2 Chr.) Ezra (Ezra) Nehemiah (Neh.) Esther (Esth.) Job (Job) Psalms (Ps.) Proverbs (Prov.)

Ecclesiastes (Eccl.) The Song of Solomon (Song.) Isaiah (Isa.) Jeremiah (Jer.) Lamentations (Lam.) Ezekiel (Ezek.) Daniel (Dan.) Hosea (Hosea) Joel (Joel) Amos (Amos) Obadiah (Obad.) Jonah (Jonah) Micah (Micah) Nahum (Nahum) Habakkuk (Hab.) Zephaniah (Zeph.) Haggai (Hag.) Zechariah (Zech.) Malachi (Mal.)

And these are the scriptures that the students memorized during the year...

Seminary Old Testament Scripture Mastery

The following article describes how our Church leaders encourage our Seminary Students to Stand True and Faithful in a world full of distractions:

Stand True and Faithfull

What a great blessing it is to find a religion which instructs its young men and young women in the scriptures to equip them with faith, knowledge, virtue and testimony to be able to stand true and faithful as they prepare to stand on their own in this very important time of their life.