Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the Come, Follow Me reading of Doctrine and Covenants 12-13; Joseph Smith History 1:66-75. All links are to church websites or websites approved for further gospel study. Chose one thing a day to do with your children or chose a couple to do for family home evening.
Everyone
The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast – Episode 1 – “The Great Strife and Noise” {transcript} – This episode examines the religious landscape of the United States in 1829 and how debates among Americans over priesthood may have shaped the way that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery considered their own questions about religious authority. (29:42 minutes)
The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast – Episode 2: “Days Never to Be Forgotten” {transcript} – This episode tells the story of John the Baptist’s conferral of the Aaronic Priesthood on Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery on May 15, 1829, in Harmony, Pennsylvania. It also considers what else was happening on that day that helps shape our understanding of the Joseph’s experience. (34:13 minutes)
Saints, Volume 1 – Chapter Seven Fellow Servants – Read the narrative history of events surrounding these sections.
Video – Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood – (D&C 13) Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery receive the Aaronic Priesthood by the hand of John the Baptist. (1:02 minutes)
Children
Activity – Baptism and the Priesthood Restored – Use the scripture figures to tell the story of the Aaronic Priesthood being conferred on Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery.
Activity/Article – Is the Priesthood Just for Men and Boys? – Short article with a crossword puzzle included.
Activity/Article – Blessings of the Priesthood are Available to All – Read and do the activity to finish each drawing.
Article – The Priesthood is Restored – Gives a brief explanation of how the priesthood was lost from the earth and then restored.
Article – Harmony and the Susquehanna – Shows pictures and talks about what happened there.
Video – Joseph and Oliver are Given the Priesthood – Doctrine and Covenant Scripture Reader
Video – A Visit from John the Baptist – Scripture Stories for Young Readers
Youth
Youth & Adults
Article – What Can We Do to Follow the Prophet? – Doctrine and Covenant Insights from the Liahona.
Article – Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood – Church History Topics Essay
Article – Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood – Church History Topics Essay.
Article – How Was the Joseph Knight Family Important to Bringing Forth the Book of Mormon? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – KnoWhy 279: Why Did Joseph and Oliver Seek Authority to Baptize? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – Ministering of Angels – Book of Mormon Central (4:24 minutes)
Video – KnoWhy 97: At Baptism, What Do We Covenant to Do? – Book of Mormon Central
Video – What is Priesthood? – Book of Mormon Central (8:24)
Video – Angels: Servants of God – Book of Mormon Central (3:16)
Adults
Article – The Knight and Whitmer Families – Revelations in Context
Article – Doctrine and Covenants 4; 11–12; 14–16 – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual
Article – “Commissioned of Jesus Christ” – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – Oliver Cowdery as Second Witness of Priesthood Restoration – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – Joseph Knight, Sr – Book of Mormon Central
Video – Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – Restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood – BYU Religious Studies Center
Video – Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: D&C 7 and 13 John the Revelator and John the Baptist – Religious scholars from BYU discuss these sections. BYUtv.
Video – Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: D&C 4, 11-12, 14-16 Qualifications for Service – Religious Scholars from BYU discuss these sections. BYUtv.
Video – Episode 8 – Harmony, Pennsylvania – Discusses the significance of Harmony, Pennsylvania, and the events that took place there, including Joseph Smith’s marriage to Emma Hale and the birth and death of their first child. From the Joseph Smith Papers Documentary series.
Video – Episode 9 – Restoration of the Priesthoods – Examines the conferral of divine authority by heavenly beings upon Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery and the importance of those events to later developments. From the Joseph Smith Papers Documentary series.
Video – Act in Doctrine: Joy in the Priesthood – Book of Mormon Central (18:36)
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