New Testament LESSON 1
Teaching Sunday School – Come Follow Me just got easier with our activities for JANUARY (week #1)
Theme: “We Are Responsible for Our Own Learning”
YOU WILL FIND:
• SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS to get them reading.
• Then scroll down to find Lesson-Match Interactive Activities to match the CFM curriculum
SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS is not only for SUNDAY SCHOOL youth but also for Primary, and for Individuals and Families.
The STAMPS & STAMP KEEPER are found HERE for JANUARY
Lesson 1 Scripture Scholars
Week’s Scripture Scholars BOOKMARKS & scripture POP-UP Includes:
• BOOKMARKS with Come, Follow Me scriptures to read and discuss topics for Primary and Individuals and Families. Also, for Sunday School (teens).
• POP-UP to glue in scripture binding next to scripture you underline.
EXTRA ITEMS (not included) … THERE’S MORE:
• STAMP. Award readers with a STAMP for the week’s scripture reading. See below to find matching STAMPS.
• STAMP KEEPER. These can be placed on the STAMP KEEPER (see below) where you can collect 50 stamps for the year
Lessons 1-5 Scripture Scholars
January’s BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (to download separately, below).
Click on the weekly lesson posters (below) to find interactive activities:
. . . LESSONS & ACTIVITIES . . .
Step 1 CHOOSE LESSON
Step 2 CHOOSE ACTIVITY
Step 3 CLICK ON POSTER
Step 4 DOWNLOAD ACTIVITY
. . . WORK ON LEARNING . . .
Learning requires acting in faith.
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How can you inspire your class members to take a more active role in their learning, rather than placing sole responsibility on the teacher? Here’s an idea. Toss a soft object to a class member, whom you have previously asked to make no effort to catch it. Use this activity to begin a discussion about the roles of learners and teachers in gospel learning. As learners, how do we “catch” what is taught in our classes? The statements found in “Additional Resources” could help in this discussion.
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All class members have a responsibility to invite the Spirit into the class. To help class members understand this, ask them to read Alma 1:26 and Doctrine and Covenants 50:13–22; 88:122–23 and share what teachers and class members can do to invite the Spirit. It might be helpful to write their responses on the board under headings such as these: What the teacher can do and What the learners can do. Class members could create a poster with their responses that could be displayed for the next few weeks.
D&C 50:14 “Preach my gospel by the Spirit, even the Comforter which was sent forth to teach the truth.”
YOUTH GOAL/LESSON ACTIVITY. CANDLE OF THE LORD scripture word search. Youth can write the gospel of Jesus Christ in their heart as they search the scriptures for words that help them follow Him. Here they will see that the Lord lights their path through revelation from the Holy Ghost. READ MORE
Alma 1:26 “the preacher was no better than the hearer, neither was the teacher any better than the learner; and thus they were all equal, and they did all labor, every man according to his strength”
YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. TEACH LIKE JESUS Teaching Talents and Tools planner/journal. Youth can use this tool to plan what they will teach and to know the ways the Savior taught. Jesus Taught Through: Love, scriptures, stories, and examples. Jesus knew through prayer who needed to be taught and what to teach them. If we are nurtured by the Spirit we can teach by the Spirit. READ MORE
. . . SEARCHING SCRIPTURES FOR TRUTH . . .
We need to know the truth for ourselves.
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Many passages in the New Testament teach principles that can guide our search for truth. Examples include Luke 11:9–13; John 5:39; 7:14–17; and 1 Corinthians 2:9–11. You could invite members of your class who read these passages in their personal study to share what they learned. Or you could read these passages as a class and invite class members to share how they gained their testimonies.
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Acts 17:10–12 describes Saints who searched the scriptures and gained their own witness of the truth. To encourage class members to follow their example, read these verses together and invite class members to share scripture passages that have strengthened their testimonies of the gospel.
Acts 17:11 “They received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”
YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. TESTIMONY SEEDS packet with clues. Youth can search these scriptures that provide ways to grow and share their testimony. The Prophet Alma baptized 200 in one day after testifying to have faith in Jesus Christ and His gospel. READ MORE
John 5:39 “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me”
YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. I LOVE TO READ THE SCRIPTURES! bookmark and testimony journal. As youth read these specific scriptures daily they can mark with a heart in the box for the day’s reading. Plus they can record their sweet testimony in the journal. A scripture a day invites the right spirit and keeps the wrong spirit away. READ MORE
. . . MEANINGFUL SCRIPTURE STUDY . . .
How can we make our scripture study more meaningful?
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Developing the habit of scripture study may be challenging for class members who feel that they don’t have the necessary time, understanding, or skills. What can you do to help them be successful? To help class members gain the confidence to study the scriptures, you could share information from “Ideas to Improve Your Personal Scripture Study” in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families. Perhaps you or other class members could share experiences with using some of these ideas or other meaningful experiences studying the scriptures. You could also select a chapter in the New Testament and try studying it as a class using some of these ideas.
Like the Prophet Nephi who wrote (2 Nephi 4:15) “my soul delighteth in the scriptures and my heart pondereth them.”
YOUTH GOAL PLANNER. MY FAITH GROWS AS I LEARN FROM THE SCRIPTURES AND THE LIVING PROPHETS. Youth can search and ponder scriptures and conference talks and discuss how they relate to them. Then, use the chart to schedule daily prayer for three weeks. READ MORE
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. MY FAMILY WILL RISE UP flex scripture muscles – balloon puzzle. Youth can learn how their testimony grows strong by reading the scriptures; they also help them resist temptation as Jesus did. They draw a numbered word strip from a balloon or a container and match it with the number on the back of a puzzle piece. Then, read the scripture to learn how to GET STRONG. READ MORE
. . . LASTING PERSONAL TESTIMONY . . .
Claiming spiritual knowledge for ourselves.
The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: “The things of God are of deep import; and time, and experience, and careful and ponderous and solemn thoughts can only find them out. Thy mind, O man! if thou wilt lead a soul unto salvation, must stretch as high as the utmost heavens, and search into and contemplate the darkest abyss, and the broad expanse of eternity—thou must commune with God. How much more dignified and noble are the thoughts of God, than the vain imaginations of the human heart!” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith [2007], 267).
Elder David A. Bednar explained: “If all you or I know about Jesus Christ and His restored gospel is what other people teach or tell us, then the foundation of our testimony of Him and His glorious latter-day work is built upon sand. We cannot rely exclusively upon or borrow gospel light and knowledge from other people—even those whom we love and trust” (“Prepared to Obtain Every Needful Thing,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2019, 102).
LESSON ACTIVITY. WISE MAN AND A FOOLISH MAN flip-flag. Children and youth can use this flip flag as a reminder to build their testimony of Jesus Christ through study and prayer; not depending on others to whom they may follow. A true testimony must be built upon a rock-solid foundation built through study and prayer. READ MORE
YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. MY CONVERSION TO THE GOSPEL journal. Youth can not only prepare and review their personal conversion to the gospel by sharing it here, but they can also share it with others (make several copies). They can testify that the Book of Mormon is true, that God loves them, is their creator, and wants them to return. Families can be together forever. So much to say from the heart. READ MORE
WEEK’S BUNDLE TO SAVE $
INDEX FOR THIS MONTH’S ACTIVITIES
