YOU and the Ongoing Restoration

Lesson

What do you think of when you hear the word pioneer? Do you picture a woman wearing a long dress and a bonnet? Is she pulling a handcart? Perhaps you think of children trudging westward across the American plains during a blizzard.

While those are examples of pioneers, you can find other kinds of pioneers in your own family. Many parents and grandparents have sacrificed to build the kingdom of God in every corner of the world. Instead of bonnets, long dresses, or coveralls, these pioneers might have worn berets, kimonos, or serapes.

No matter where you live, you receive blessings because others have worked and sacrificed.

The Restoration is continuing today! President Russell M. Nelson said, “We are witnesses to the process of restoration. If you think the Church is fully restored, you’re just seeing the beginning. There’s much more to come. Wait until next year, and then the next year. Eat your vitamins, get your rest. It’s going to be exciting!”

Write down or discuss how the events of the Restoration have blessed your life. What significant changes have occurred in your lifetime?

Use this timeline as a guide to create a “Restoration” timeline showing events that have happened in your life.

How can YOU contribute in the great work of the Restoration? (Let your family discuss various ideas). We all have different talents that we have been blessed with to use as we serve others. Play this I Have Many Talents game with your family.

Toddlers

1. Watch For Little Friends: Grace’s Song. Grace and her brother, Ethan, share their talents.

2. Draw picture to send to someone to cheer them up.

3. Color the picture I Can Prepare Now to Serve a Mission.

Sing “I Can Be a Missionary Now” or “I Hope They Call Me on a Mission.”

Children

1. This I Have Talents lesson includes a coloring and drawing activity.

2. Read Gabriel’s Cello. Talk about what talents you have that can make people smile.

3. Do this Church History Reading Challenge. Read the scriptures and color the picture.

4. Watch this videos about Heber J. Grant who practiced new skills and never gave up.

5. I Can Choose to Be a Missionary Now Talk with your family about how you would answer the questions in the situations on these pages.

6. Be a Missionary Now shows easy ways we can share the gospel.

7. Match the people with where their Book of Mormon was shared Around the World.

Teens & Adults

1. Watch or read the Hope of Israel broadcast by President and Sister Nelson. Challenge yourself to follow through with President Nelson’s five invitations.

2. Read Stand as True Millennials by President Russell M. Nelson. “You were taught in the spirit world to prepare you for anything and everything you would encounter during this latter part of these latter days (see D&C 138:56). That teaching endures within you!” Write down impressions you receive about WHO you are and WHAT you are called to do.

3. Choose a country from the Global Histories page (under Church History in the Gospel Library app) and then read about some of the saints in those countries. “While most Latter-day Saints understand that the Church is a global faith, the history of the Church in many parts of the world is not well known. These Global Histories seek to share the inspiring story of how the message of the Restoration has been embraced and shared around the globe.“

4. Watch Deep Beauty based on a message by Sister Elaine S. Dalton.

5. Take time to look at all the Prophets of the Restoration. How do you sustain and follow the prophet?

6. If you have your patriarchal blessing, study it! Write down direction you receive on how you can serve and help in God’s kingdom.

7. Request the patriarchal blessings of your ancestors. Read and study them and learn more about your ancestors’ lives. This article gives instructions on how to request the blessings.

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