[Teachldsseminary] Christmas Idea - Advent Calendar

[Marshall Jewelry]

Just an opinion:
First what a great idea! I think I will do the same. I think I will send
them home with them and ask them daily how they are doing with them. Daily
application makes sense to me also as we are encouraged to live the gospel
that way.
MaryAnn Marshall
Wy EMS (-5 degrees this morning)

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Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:02 PM
Subject: [Teachldsseminary] Christmas Idea - Advent Calendar


> We were asked to come to Seminary training on Thursday night with a
> Christmas idea to share with the other teachers.  I've been wanting to do
an advent
> calendar and have viewed the sites that were suggested but I couldn't
make
> anything fit - Then I had an ah-ha moment.
>
> 25 days to Christmas = 25 Scripture Mastery verses with personal and
> missionary application.  So this is what I am doing.  Gosh, I hope  this
is an
> original idea, and someone hasn't already done this and it is  sitting in
the
> archives!
>
> Anyway - I am reproducing on card stock one of the pictures of Christ's
> birth from the Gospel Picture Kit - I'm not sure if I'll do #200 or #201 -
I'm
> leaning toward 201, but I wish it was in color.
>
> On a separate sheet of card stock I'll have 5 rows of 5 squares with the
> personal application suggestions - or missionary application suggestions -
that
> are on the back of the Scripture Mastery cards.  For example - square one
> will have "Bear your testimony this Sunday in Fast and Testimony meeting
that
> Joseph Smith did see the Father and the Son." - BTW Square one will be
opened on
>  Friday, Dec. 1st, so that challenge will work - or you can use the
> missionary  application and put "Using the Joseph Smith story, teach a
friend or a
> nonmember  that revelation has not ceased in the latter days."  That
challenge
> could  be the goal for that day.
>
> I will cut 25 "windows" in the picture that will line up with the 25
squares
> on the second sheet and number them - 1 through 25.  Each day the  student
> will open a window and read the daily challenge.
>
> I'll have a Christmas song to go along with opening the calendar
challenge.
> I may have her (I have one student) report the next day on what  happened
> with the challenge and use that for our devotionals during the time  we're
doing
> the calendar.  I'm not sure yet.  I'm still trying to work  out the kinks.
>
> Here's where I need your help.  What would you do with the weekend  days?
> Would you open two windows on Fridays and Mondays?  Three  windows on
Friday to
> have the challenge for Sat and Sun to work on over the  weekend?  Would
you do
> this in class or give the kids the advent calendars  to take home and
maybe
> do it with their family?
>
> Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Karen Johnson
> Seeley Lake Montana - looking like a winter  wonderland
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