SEPTEMBER 2018 Primary Sharing Time BUNDLE
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SEPTEMBER 2018 SHARING TIME ACTIVITIES:
THEME: I Will Serve God with All My Heart, Might, Mind, and Strength
• 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 SEPTEMBER’s song,“I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus”Children’s Songbook,78 ⇒
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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WATCH FOR Gospel Grab Bag Suggestions. AS YOU READ EACH CURRICULUM OUTLINE FOR THE 2018 SHARING TIME, YOU WILL SEE HOW OUR LESSON ACTIVITIES MATCH EACH WEEKLY THEME.
SEPTEMBER SHARING TIME Theme: I WILL SERVE GOD WITH ALL MY HEART, MIGHT, MIND, AND STRENGTH
2018 Primary Sharing Time – SEPTEMBER Week 1 “Jesus Christ taught us how to serve others.”
Identify the doctrine (looking at pictures): Display a few pictures of Jesus Christ serving others. For example, use GAB pictures 41, 42, 46, 47, and 55. Ask the children to describe what is happening in each picture. Point out that Jesus is serving others in each picture. Write on the board, “Jesus Christ taught us how to serve others.”
Gospel Grab Bag Suggestions: I Will Follow Jesus (Service Road Game) . . . to DOWNLOAD below.
Encourage understanding (reading scriptures and role-playing):Ask the children to take turns acting out one of the needs described in Matthew 25:35–36. For example, a child could pretend to be hungry, thirsty, a stranger, or sick. Ask the other children to guess the need and then act out how they can serve someone with that need. Read Matthew 25:35–40 together, and ask the children to look for who Jesus Christ says we are serving when we serve others.
SEPTEMBER SHARING TIME Theme: I WILL SERVE GOD WITH ALL MY HEART, MIGHT, MIND, AND STRENGTH
2018 Primary Sharing Time – September Week 2 “Prophets and apostles show us how to serve others.”
Identify the doctrine: Display pictures of Moses, King Benjamin, Joseph Smith, and Thomas S. Monson. Tell the children that these prophets, just like all prophets and apostles, show us how to serve others.
FOR THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITY TO PLAY A GUESSING GAME . . . We have developed the following activity
. . . Gospel Grab Bag Suggests “Do As I’m Doing – Serve Like the Prophets – Guessing Game” Post-and-Present . . . to DOWNLOAD below.
Encourage understanding (playing a guessing game): SEE GAME . . . to DOWNLOAD below. Prepare clues about how Moses, King Benjamin, Joseph Smith, and Thomas S. Monson show us how to serve. For example, some clues about President Monson could be “I visited widows from my ward regularly,” “When I was a boy I gave another boy one of my favorite toys,” and “I often visit people who are in hospitals.” You may want to use the following references to prepare the clues. Moses: Exodus 2:16–17; 1 Nephi 17:24–29. King Benjamin: Mosiah 2:12–19. Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith—History 1:62, 67; D&C 135:3. Thomas S. Monson: Ensign, Sept. 1994, 12–17; Dec. 1995, 2–4; Nov. 2006, 56–59. WE ALSO ADDED Russell M. Nelson.
SEPTEMBER SHARING TIME Theme: I WILL SERVE GOD WITH ALL MY HEART, MIGHT, MIND, AND STRENGTH
2018 Primary Sharing Time – SEPTEMBER Weeks 3 and 4 “When I serve others, I serve God.”
Identify the doctrine (memorizing a scripture): Help the children memorize the last part of Mosiah 2:17 by writing on the chalkboard, “When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.” Invite the children to repeat the phrase two or three times. Ask a child to erase one or two words, and have the children repeat the phrase again. Repeat until no words are left on the chalkboard.
Gospel Grab Bag Suggests: Love and Serve Others – Lovey’s Service Station Post-and-Present Activity . . . to DOWNLOAD below.
Encourage understanding (hearing case studies): In preparation, prayerfully study President Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s April 2010 conference talk, “You Are My Hands” (see Ensign or Liahona, May 2010, 68–70, 75). Ask the children how we serve God when we serve those around us (we are doing what He would do if He were here). Share a story or a personal experience of service, and explain how it blessed both the giver and the receiver. (You can find stories about service in the Friend or Liahona.) Prepare some case studies that show how children can serve others. For example: “Annie tripped and fell on the way home from school, and her books and papers were scattered on the ground. David stopped to help her up and picked up her books.” “Mary’s neighbor was struggling to carry groceries into her house while her baby was crying. Mary helped her carry her groceries.” Ask the children to act out the case studies and tell who was served (both the recipient of the service and God).
Gospel Grab Bag Suggests: Follow Jesus – Helping Hands Connection . . . to DOWNLOAD below.
Don’t miss the CHARACTER BE’S you can post every month for children to practice President Hinckley’s Be’s and more, enough for the entire year. Give children a character trait CARD to practice and then sign the BIG POSTER for that month telling what they did. It’s a great way to spotlight the children doing good. KEEP THESE BEES BUZZING in your hive.
For this month’s Sharing Time we suggest the following Character Be’s to go along with your lessons:
• “Be a Light” for September Week 1 “Jesus Christ taught us how to serve others.” (download individually below or in the BUNDLE).
• “Be Involved”
• “Be a Missionary”
