[Teachldsseminary] TEACH - D&C 23-24

[Barb]

I love this bit of Joseph's thoughts the day he received Section 23  -- 
"We now proceeded to call out and ordain some others of the brethren to
different offices of the Priesthood, according as the Spirit manifested unto
us: and after a happy time spent in witnessing and feeling for ourselves the
powers and blessings of the Holy Ghost, through the grace of God bestowed
upon us, we dismissed with the pleasing knowledge that we were now
individually members of, and acknowledged of God, "The Church of Jesus
Christ," organized in accordance with commandments and revelations given by
Him to ourselves in these last days, as well as according to the order of
the Church as recorded in the New Testament. Several persons who had
attended the above meeting, became convinced of the truth and came forward
shortly after, and were received into the Church; among the rest, my own
father and mother were baptized, to my great joy and consolation; and about
the same time, Martin Harris and Orrin Porter Rockwell." HC VOL I:VIII

This isn't specific about the area but it is about the feelings... Perhaps
that might help :>)

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Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:53 AM
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Subject: [Teachldsseminary] TEACH - D&C 23-24

Hi all, I have an idea for teaching this block but it's stuck in the 
planning and I was hoping to brainstorm with a few of you and see if we 
could move it along. I'm going to use lists to get the kids into D&C 24. I 
have a handout that asks them to list the reasons the section was given; 4 
things the Lord did for Joseph; 4 spiritual areas that Joseph should 
concentrate on; 2 things the Lord told Oliver to do; 3 things the 
missionaries were to do. Then I'd like to get into the history a little 
more. I've been concentrting on the principles and sometimes I neglect the 
history. This block seems like a good spot to talk about Harmony, Fayette 
and Coleville and what went on between these three places. I have pictures 
of the Whitmer home and Joseph and Emma's home in Harmony as well as write 
ups on Fayette, Harmony and Coleville. Now I can't figure out what to do 
with them or how to present this in a way that will be meaningfull and/or 
interresting for my students. Any ideas?