OCTOBER 2018 Primary Sharing Time BUNDLE
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OCTOBER 2018 SHARING TIME ACTIVITIES:
THEME: I Will Share the Gospel with All of God’s Children
• POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITIES FOR EVERY WEEK & MORE (BELOW)
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PLUS:
• THEME EXTRAS “I Am a Child of God” bookmark, poster, and banner
• Primary Door Signs and Class Rosters
• SINGING TIME Song Visuals for OCTOBER’s song,“We’ll bring the World His Truth” Children’s Songbook, 172 ⇒
BOOK: Our new “Sunday Savers: Sharing Fun! I Am a Child of God,” book (shown) is available at LDS bookstores and online at DeseretBook.com or SeagullBook.com. CLICK HERE OR ON BOOK COVER TO ORDER.
CD-ROM: There will not be a CD-ROM for this book available this year.
The black and white images are only available in the book.
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OCTOBER SHARING TIME Theme: I WILL SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH ALL OF GOD’S CREATIONS
2018 PRIMARY SHARING TIME – OCTOBER Week 1 “Living the gospel helps me to be a missionary now.”
Identify the doctrine and encourage understanding (hearing a story): Display a picture of missionaries. Ask the children what missionaries do. Share the following story or one from the Friend or Liahona: “One day two missionaries knocked on the door of a home. A woman named Mrs. James opened the door. The missionaries told her they were from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mrs. James invited the missionaries in and told them she would like to learn more about the Church. … Mrs. James told the missionaries that she used to live next door to a family that belonged to the Church. She said the children in that family were always very polite and kind. They played fairly with everyone and treated other people’s property with respect. Mrs. James said she would like to learn about a church that taught those children to be such nice neighbors” (Primary 2, 52). Ask: “How were the children who lived next to Mrs. James missionaries?” Explain that whenever we live the gospel we are being missionaries. Invite the children to say with you “Living the gospel helps me to be a missionary now,” emphasizing the word now.
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OCTOBER SHARING TIME Theme: I WILL SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH ALL OF GOD’S CHILDREN
2018 PRIMARY SHARING TIME – OCTOBER Week 3 “I can share the gospel with my friends and family.”
Identify the doctrine (hearing a story): Before Primary, read Elder Robert C. Oaks’s October 2000 conference talk, “Sharing the Gospel” (see Ensign, Nov. 2000, 81–82). Tell the children the story of the orange juice. Explain that the gospel is far sweeter than orange juice and that we should share it with others. Have the children say, “I can share the gospel with my family and friends.”
Encourage application (hearing a story and sharing ideas): Remind the children they can be missionaries now. Share a time when you or someone you know has shared the gospel. Have the children stand one at a time and each says one word of the sentence “I can share the gospel.” Invite the child who says “gospel” to think of a way he or she can share the gospel with family or friends. Repeat as time allows.
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President Russell M. Nelson tells us “How to Share the Gospel”
“You may not yet be a full-time missionary. But all can be member missionaries. Here are some things you can do:
• Be an example of the believers.
• Prepare for questions.
• Reach out to those you do not know and greet them warmly.
• Invite a friend to read the Book of Mormon.
• Invite friends to meet with the full-time missionaries in your home.
• Invite friends and neighbors to visit the new mormon.org website.”
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OCTOBER SHARING TIME Theme: I WILL SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH ALL OF GOD’S CHILDREN
2018 PRIMARY SHARING TIME – OCTOBER Week 4 “My testimony is strengthened when I share the gospel.”
Identify the doctrine (seeing an object lesson): Fill a clear container with water. Explain that each time we share the gospel, our testimony grows stronger. Put a drop of food coloring in the container. Give a few examples of how we can share the gospel, adding another drop of the same color of food coloring for each example. Point out that just as the color grows stronger with each drop of food coloring, our testimony grows stronger each time we share the gospel. DO THIS OBJECT LESSON WITH THE SHARING TIME “I ‘Bee’-lieve” (below) ⇓
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