[Teachldsseminary] Scripture Mastery Devotionals

[Mom TheCool]

> I used a variation of this for this past year, and it went very well.  Each
> student does an entire week of devotionals--I put their name in the Sunday
> Ward bulletin as well as announcing it several days before, so they rarely
> forget.  We focus on the same SM every day for a week, and I play the SM
> Rocks DVD for us to sing along after the devotional.


Our schedule:  Monday  - Just read the Scripture Mastery, everyone marks
their scriptures
                      Tues/Wed - One day was the application on the SM card,
the other day had to be a class activity using the SM.  Sometimes they came
up with a scripture chain, sometimes an actual game that could be quickly
played with the class, but usually very creative.
                     Thurs - a Genl. Authority quote using the SM-- I
referred my students to the website, www.scriptures.byu.edu           This
is a great website!  You select the scripture verse you want to look up, and
it gives you every Conference talk where a Genl Authority actually referred
to that scripture at Conference.  I ask them to pick a talk from this decade
if they can; you click on the reference and it opens a window directly
focused on that paragraph from their talk where the reference is.  The whole
talk is there,  you can scroll up and down to see it, but the exact
paragraph is great.  It only takes a few minutes at home, and they can
select something that has meaning for them.
                    Fri--Bear your testimony how this scripture has helped
you in your life.

This worked very well, most students were prepared.  They enjoyed singing
the SM every day, and the tunes really stick with you during the day.

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> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 13:22:46 -0400
> From: "debra storm" <debra.storm at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Teachldsseminary] Morning Devotionals
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> One idea that has worked beautifully for devotionals was to focus on one SM
> for the whole week. The devotional giver was chosen the day before.
> Devotionals consisted of:
>
> -  the Giver reads the SM passage,
> -   then reads one of the applications on the back of the SM cards (M-Th),
> -   then reads a quote from a Gen. Authority ( there are many books with
> quotes from Church
>          leadership listed in alphabetical order covering many principles
> and topics),
> -   then the class stands and recites the SM passage together.
>
>  The Giver is also responsible for finding a hymn that relates to the
> principle of the SM passage.
>
> On Fridays, instead of reading an application  from the card, the student
> is
> requires to look in the TG and locate another scripture that relates to the
> SM passage; they will read that  in place of the application.
>
> Even if a student forgets, it only takes them about 3-4 minutes to prepare.
> Often the Giver will ask his friend to look up an appropriate hymn, or to
> look up a cross-reference passage, thus getting more kids involved with
> principle seeking!. It also reinforces the skill of using the great helps
> found in the LDS scriptures.
>
> For those SM passages that are very long, we might take two or even three
> weeks to cover them properly (i.e. Ex 20:3-17!)
> The idea is to have the class have the SM passages memorized by the end of
> the year. By repeating them every day, I have found that by Friday, most of
> the kids did not need to use their SM cards as a reference.
>
> It may seem long or complicated, but it really is not. I keep a quote book
> in the seminary closet, and each student has their SM cards on a ring in
> their notebooks, so everything is at their fingertips!
>
> Debra
> Columbus, OH
>
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