[Teachldsseminary] Chat - Reverence question

[Cristine Holt]

I don't know if this will be of any help to you, but I just gave a lesson on
reverence in my Sunday School class of 12 and 13 year olds. We talked about
what was the meaning of reverence (a very predictable beginning with the
very predictable answers) and listed what amounted to the definitions we
learn in Primary. 

Then we talked about why we should be reverent. I asked what it felt like.
As they answered, I listed things like "peaceful" and "quiet" and then
someone mentioned that the Holy Ghost is near when we are reverent so we
listed "Holy Ghost" among other things. We also talked about irreverence and
how people act when they aren't being reverent. We listed "loud" and "angry"
and "scared" and "confused" among other things. This was a very short list.
Our Reverent list started having things like "sacred" and "holy" and pretty
soon we were talking about Where we would rather be. We looked at the world
and identified the non-reverent list with how the world is. We looked at the
reverence list and decided that *this* is where we wanted to be. We wanted
the companionship of the Holy Ghost. We wanted personal revelation. We
wanted safety and peace.

When we were finished, we realize that Reverence is a condition, a state of
mind, and we backed these up with quotes from the prophets and some
scriptures which I, sadly, do not have at my fingertips at this time. But
this approached worked for my active, but spiritual class. Good luck with
your presentation! 

Cristine Holt
17989 Walking Way
Dubuque, Iowa 52001-9777
 
"...it is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed than to be forever
mistrusting and be right occasionally." --Neal A. Maxwell

-----Original Message-----
From: E Kercher [mailto:Solidoak at mstar.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:21 AM
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Subject: [Teachldsseminary] Chat - Reverence question

This list is a tremendous source of teaching ideas. Now I've been asked to
give a presentation on reverence. I have a few basics, but I'm really
drawing a blank on ways to fill this out. I'd really appreciate any stories,
quotes, scriptures or experiences that may help demonstrate or explain this
principle. 

Thanks again,
Rick
EM in St. Louis 
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