The Worth of Souls is Great – Doctrine and Covenants 18-19

Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the Come, Follow Me reading of Doctrine and Covenants 18-19. 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

Saints, Volume 1 – The Rise of the Church – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Saints, Volume 1 – Stewards Over the Ministry – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Sing Along – Repentance – Gather the family to sing this Primary song that goes with Doctrine and Covenants 18:10-16.

Sing Along – This is My Beloved Son – Gather the family to sing this Primary song that goes with Doctrine and Covenants 18:34-36.

Sing Along – He Died That We Might Live Again – Gather the family to sing this Primary song that goes with Doctrine and Covenants 19:15-20.

Sing Along – I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus – Gather the family to sing this Primary song that goes with Doctrine and Covenants 19:23.

Video – Book of Mormon Publication: EB Grandin Printing Bookstore and Press, Palmyra, NY – Have a tour of the Grandin Bookstore. Created by BYU Religious Education.

Video – Book of Mormon Printing Press – See the fascinating process it took to print the Book of Mormon.

Video – The Story of the Book of Mormon Printer’s Manuscript – Robin Scott Jensen relates the story of how the Whitmer family preserved the printer’s manuscript of the Book of Mormon. Created by the Church History Department.

Video – The Two Book of Mormon Manuscripts – Royal Skousen explains the significance of the original and printer’s manuscripts of the Book of Mormon. Church History Department.

Video – President Monson Bears His Testimony – President Thomas S. Monson walks us through the restored Grandin print shop and shares his witness of the Book of Mormon as Another Testament of Jesus Christ.

Children

Activity – I am of Great Worth to God – Do this activity from the Come, Follow Me manual.

Activity – Oliver and David Taught Repentance – Coloring page and spot the differences

Activity – A Little Better Every Day – Match the wrong choices with the better choices these kids made the next day.

Activity – Blessings from Jesus – Match the cards to finish each sentence about Jesus.

Activity – Jesus Is My Savior –Color in a sun ray after you read each sentence about what Jesus has done for us. Then color the rest of the picture of the resurrected Savior.

Activity – The Book of Mormon Teaches Me About Jesus Christ – Let your child color the pictures before folding this booklet to read to them.

Article – From Gold Plates to the Book of Mormon – Trace the path as you read about how the Book of Mormon came to be published.

Article – How can repenting help me feel happy?” – Dale G. Renlund shares some thoughts about repentance. Includes a story of when Elder Renlund set off a firecracker at church as a child.

Article – Parable of the Dandelion – Dieter F. Uchtdorf teaches a parable about recognizing our own sins instead of finding faults in others.

Article – What if I feel like I don’t measure up? – Jeffrey R. Holland encourages us to keep trying, even when we make mistakes. Includes a story from the life of Elder Holland.

Video – Jesus Suffers in the Garden of Gethsemane – New Testament Scripture Reader

Video – How We Got the Book of Mormon – Created from the Book of Mormon Scripture Reader.

Youth

Video – The Worth of Souls – (D&C 18:10-16) President Thomas S. Monson The Worth of Souls.

Video – Christ Suffered for All – (D&C 19:16-19) Elder M. Russell Ballard teaches how Christ suffered for all.

Youth & Adults

Article – What is the Gospel of Jesus Christ Worth to You? – Insights on the Doctrine and Covenants from the Liahona.

Article – Critics of the Book of Mormon – Church History Topics

Article – Printing and Publishing the Book of Mormon – Church History Topics

Article – Witnesses of the Book of Mormon – Church History Topics

Article – The Grandin Press: A Vital Tool of the Restoration – Read about the Grandin Press and the printing of the Book of Mormon.

Video – Scriptural Foundation (D&C 18) – Taylor Halverson from Book of Mormon Central (2:21 minutes)

Video – KnoWhy 526: Did Jesus Bleed from Every Pore? – Book of Mormon Central (5:03)

Video – The Worth of Souls (D&C 18) – John Hilton III from Book of Mormon Central (5:46)

Video – Special Witnesses of Christ (D&C 18–19) – Casey Griffiths from Book of Mormon Central (8:14)

Video – Book of Mormon Printing and Editions – Discusses the publication of the first edition of the Book of Mormon, including the printing process and local reaction to the book. Joseph Smith Papers Documentary series

Adults

Article – The Worth of Each Soul – Why are we of so much value to our Heavenly Father?

Article – Your Worth is Great – Helps for parents on teaching their children.

Article – Crime, Incarceration, and the Worth of a Soul – The gospel can change lives within prison walls.

Article – Build Up My Church – Revelations in Context

Article – The Contributions of Martin Harris – Revelations in Context

Article – Section 18, The Worth of a Soul – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual.

Article – Chapter 6: Doctrine and Covenants 7; 13; 18 – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual.

Article – Section 19, The Gift of Repentance – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual.

Article – “You Shall Have My Word” – BYU Religious Studies Center

Podcast – Audio Roundtable – The Worth of Souls – from the Interpreter Foundation.

Video – Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: D and C 18 – 19 The Worth of Souls – Religious scholars from BYU discuss these sections. BYUtv.

Video – Act in Doctrine: Sacrificing for the Lord – Book of Mormon Central (29:20 minutes)