The Lord Had Called Us For to Preach the Gospel – Acts 16-21

Free resources from church websites to help you teach the doctrine and principles found in this week’s Come, Follow Me New Testament reading for Acts 16-21. Find helps for children, youth, and adults!

Everyone

Activity – Decoding Your Divine DNA – With your family, explore traits inherited from earthly parents and those inherited from Heavenly Parents.

Activity – It’s Good to Be Me! – Use this activity to help each family member draw a picture. Our Heavenly Parents made each person unique, and They love every one of us!

Article – The Family: A Proclamation to the World

Video – We are the Offspring of God – Bible video

Children

Missionaries teach people about Jesus. I can be a missionary now.

Activity – Missionary Work – Includes five ideas for missionary-themed family home evenings, including dressing up like missionaries, practicing how to answer questions, and sharing the scriptures.

Activity – Preparing for a Mission – Fill in the blank to see what you can do now to prepare for a mission

Activity – Help the Missionaries – Maze

Activity – 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.

Activity – Being like a Missionary – coloring page

Activity – I Can be a Missionary Now – coloring page

Activity – I Can Prepare Now to be a Missionary – coloring page

Article – Be Brave and Share – Elder Paul B. Pieper tells about a few times his children were able to share the gospel.

Article – All Because a Child Knew the Articles of Faith – Thomas S. Monson tells the story of a girl who shared the Articles of Faith with another traveler on a bus. After the experience, the man looked up the Church and he and his family were all baptized.

Audio – Paul and Silas in Prison – A teacher and her students talk about the mission of the Apostle Paul and how he was obedient to the promptings of the Holy Ghost.

Video – Paul and Silas in Prison – New Testament scripture reader

The scriptures testify of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

Article – What Can I Learn from the Scriptures? – The central purpose of all scriptures is to fill our souls with faith in God the Father, and in His son, Jesus Christ.

Story – A New Feeling – Gabriel feels the Holy Ghost when his mother reads about Jesus talking to children in the Book of Mormon.

I am a child of God.

Activity – I am a Child of Heavenly Parents – Coloring page

Activity – I Am a Child of God – Color and assemble this booklet.

Activity – A Child of God – This activity allows children to create faces with different eyes, noses, and mouths.

Activity/Article – God Is Our Father – Thomas S. Monson shares some truths about our Heavenly Father and our relationship to Him. Includes a simple matching activity using pictures and information from “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.”

Activity/Article – “Sharing Time: I Am a Child of God” – Cut out and glue together a box that shares scriptures about our heritage as children of God.

Article – “He Wants the Best for Me” – Elder Hugo E. Martinez of the Seventy shares how his earthly father wanted the best for him and how he later learned from the missionaries that his Heavenly Parents did too.

Youth & Adults

Teaching Resources – Come Follow Up: Acts 16-21 – Artwork, quotes, and videos to aid teachers in presenting the lesson.

The Spirit will guide me in my efforts to share the gospel.

Article – Hastening the Lord’s Game Plan – We each must develop and carry out our own personal game plan to serve with enthusiasm alongside the full-time missionaries. 

Article – Nothing but Good – This New Era article relates how nothing but good usually comes from acting on the Spirit and sharing the gospel with others.

I can declare the gospel in all circumstances. As members of the Savior’s Church, we testify of Him and share His gospel.

Article – Come and See – The Church of Jesus Christ always has been and always will be a missionary church.

Article – A Witness of God – I suggest that you stop feeling guilty about any insufficiency you think you have in sharing the gospel. Rather, pray “to stand as [a witness] of God.” This is a much stronger motivation than guilt.

Video – Proclaim the Gospel – David A. Bednar speaks about how we are here to proclaim the gospel. 

“We are the offspring of God.”

Article – Be Wise – The only single quality that should characterize us is that we are a son or daughter of God

Article – We are Children of God – Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred.

Article – Value Beyond Measure – We can frequently savor the sweet whisperings of the Holy Ghost verifying the truth of our spiritual worth.

Adults

Article – Cameos: The Women of the New Testament – If we truly search the scriptures we are rewarded with the discovery of tiny cameos—likenesses of real people adorning the more prominent characters. Although they may be painted with only a few strokes, they are often delicate, colorful, and instructive.

Article – Paul as a Witness of the Work of God – BYU Religious Studies Center

Chart – Paul’s Missionary Experiences – BYU Studies

Chart – Places in Acts and the Epistles – BYU Studies

Video – The Acts to Revelation : Acts 16-18; 1 Thessalonians 1 – Religious scholars discuss Acts chapters 16 through 18 which detail Paul and Silas’ preaching in Macedonia, Thessalonica, Berea, and Athens including the baptism of Lydia. BYUtv (26:43 minutes)

Video – Come Follow Up: Acts 16-21 – Come Follow Up host Ben Lomu leads the discussion with gospel scholar Patrick Mason and special guests Tom Morgan and Debbie Morgan on the following topics: The Spirit Will Guide Me in My Efforts to Share the Gospel and I Can Declare the Gospel in All Circumstances. BYUtv (54:57 minutes)