[Teachldsseminary] teach - D&C 66

[Jay and Janet Warthen]

Dana,
I am interested in the quiz questions for Section 66.  Thanks
Janet Warthen
jwarthen at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dana Burgess" <d_k_burgess at hotmail.com>
To: <teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:20 AM
Subject: [Teachldsseminary] teach - D&C 66


> After discovering that most of my grade 12 seminary class did not have 
> their
> patriarchal blessings, I decided that D&C 66 presented a wonderful
> opportunity to seriously discuss this. The lesson went very well so I
> thought I'd share. I started off by giving the class a treasure map. It 
> was
> rolled up and tied and I told them that if they followed it they would 
> find
> a great treasure. Then, as they were opening the map I turned off the
> lights. After the yelling died down we talked about how they could 
> probably
> find the treasure without the map but how much easier and more direct 
> their
> path would be if they could see the map. Then we talked about how a
> patriarchal blessing is like a map. It gives direction to reach our
> potential. I had each of the students read a couple of verses in D&C 66 
> and
> tell the class what William McLellin was told in those verses and how the
> instruction he received could benefit him. Then I handed out a card to 
> each
> student with T (for true) on one side and F (false) on the other. We did a
> quick T/F quiz about patriarchal blessings - what they are, who can get 
> one
> and how. I finished by reading from pg. 60, in Pres Hinckley's biography,
> about how reading his patriarchal blessing helped him feel better as he 
> left
> on his mission. There was lots of discussion as I challenged the kids to
> really think and pray about receiving their own patriarchal blessings. 
> They
> had lots of good questions and the few kids that had theirs were open 
> about
> sharing the experience with the others (we stayed away from what their
> blessings said and concentrated on the experience of receiving it). A very
> good morning. If anyone is interrested in the quiz questions or the quote
> from the book, e-mail and I'd be happy to send them on.
> Dana
> Alberta, Canada EMS
>
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