For the Salvation of Zion – Doctrine and Covenants 94-97

Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the Come, Follow Me reading of Doctrine and Covenants 94-97. Choose one thing a day to do with your children or choose a couple to do for family home evening. All links are to church websites or websites approved for further gospel study.

Everyone

Saints, Volume 1 – Holy Places – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Video – The Kirtland Temple – Historian Brent M. Rogers discusses the revelations preceding the construction of the Kirtland Temple. (1 minute)

Video – The Will of God – God uses love-inspired correction to guide us to a future we do not or cannot now envision but which He knows is the better way for us. (3:02 minutes)

Video – The Process of Building a Latter-day Saint Temple – from the Church Newsroom (8:22 minutes)

Video – No Blessings Denied the Faithful – Gary Stevenson shares how blessings will come to the faithful (3:01 minutes).

Video – Temples are a Beacon – No sacrifice is too great to obtain the blessings available in holy temples. (2:50 minutes)

Video – The Blessings of the Temple – The blessings of the Temple enable us to be with our families after death and return back to the presence of our Father in Heaven. Visiting the Temple brings a sense of peace and spiritual strength. (3:32 minutes)

Video – Joseph Smith: Preparing for Zion – Joseph Smith taught that “any place where the Saints gather is Zion” and that “we ought to have the building up of Zion as our greatest object.” (1:42 minutes)

Children

Activity – The Temple is the House of the Lord – Make your own model of the Kirtland Temple!

Activity – The Book of Commandments – Scripture figures of Mary Elizabeth and Caroline Rollins saving pages from the Book of Commandments.

Article – Your Path to the Temple – Use this article to help the children understand what happens inside temples and how they can prepare.

Article/Story – A Girl of Great Faith: Based on the Life of Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner – Read all the parts to the story in order: Part 1- Conversion in Kirtland, Part 2 – Courage in Independence, Part 3 – Strength in Far West.

Article – Courage in a Cornfield – President James E. Faust shares a true story of heroism and divine protection that can guide us today.

Video – God Warns the People of Zion – Doctrine and Covenants Scripture Reader

Youth

Article – Kirtland: School of the Saints – Brief overview of many of the historic sites important to the restoration of the gospel in Kirtland, Ohio.

Video – We Must Keep the Temples Sacred – (D&C 97:10-17) President Hinckley admonishes that we must keep temples sacred. (51 seconds)

Youth & Adults

Article – “A House for Our God” – Revelations in Context

Article – A School and an Endowment – Revelations in Context

Article – Newel K. Whitney and the United Firm – Revelations in Context

Article – Waiting for the Word of the Lord – Revelations in Context

Article – Solemn Assemblies – Church History Topics

Article – Temple Building – Church History Topics

Article – Wards and Stakes – Church History Topics

Article – Zion/New Jerusalem – Church History Topics

Video – God’s Temple in Kirtland Ohio – Book of Mormon Central (9:52 minutes)

Video – Journey to Christ – Book of Mormon Central (3:39 minutes)

Video – Endowed With Power: What to Expect When Receiving Your Temple Endowment! – The purpose of this video is to help you know what to expect when you receive your temple endowment so that you can focus your attention on the Spirit you will feel in the temple. Book of Mormon Central (23:04 minutes)

Adults

Article – Section 94, Houses for the Work of the Ministry – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Chapter 37: Doctrine and Covenants 94–97 – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Section 95, “Walking in Darkness at Noon-day” – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Section 96, This Stake Should Be Made Strong – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Section 97, “This Is Zion—the Pure in Heart” – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – The First Presidency – BYU Religious Studies Center

Podcast – Audio Roundtable: D&C 94-97 – from the Interpreter Foundation

Podcast – Hugh Nibley Lecture – D&C 90-101, Dec 16, 1979 – from the Interpreter Foundation

Podcast – Follow Him Podcast: Dr. Susan Easton Black : Doctrine & Covenants 94-97 (video link) – Have you ever received an assignment yet didn’t have the skills to complete it? Join Dr. Susan Easton Black as we discuss Joseph, Hyrum, and others were chastened for not building a temple and how the pattern for becoming like the Lord is established. Also, Dr. Black teaches how the temple amplifies our spiritual gifts and how the Saints can stop living beneath our privileges. Find the audio podcast here.

Podcast – Follow Him Podcast: Dr. Susan Easton Black : Doctrine & Covenants 94-97 (video link) – Were the early Saints required to observe their covenants by sacrifice? Dr. Black returns to explain how the Saints are preparing for temple covenants and how the Lord tempers their expectations of Zion. We also discuss how the Lord is anxious to bless the Saints with temple blessings, power, and protection. Find the audio podcast here.

Video – Zion: A People, a Place, a State of Heart – BYU Religious Education (19:28 minutes)

Video – Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: D&C 94-97 – A House of God – Scholars discuss the commandment to build a house of God. BYUtv (27:59 minutes)

Video – Come Follow Me Insights: D&C 94-97 – Have you ever felt that your testimony isn’t where you want it to be? The truth is all of us have our testimonies under construction. Through following Jesus and keeping His commandments, we can build powerful and life-lasting testimonies. Join Taylor and Tyler as they discuss some of the trials and blessings the saints faced while in Kirtland Ohio. They wrap up the lesson with a powerful clip from President Russell M. Nelson’s recent conference talk. (54:30 minutes)

Video – Act in Doctrine: D&C 94-97 – We focus on three doctrinal takeaways: 1) We gather in our Stakes to make Zion the pure in heart. 2) The Lord loves those whom he chastens. 3) The temple and the home are the foundations for an eternal family. Book of Mormon Central (31:59 minutes)

Video – Expulsion from Jackson County Missouri – Hard Questions in Church History. Doctrine and Covenants Central (46:38 minutes)