Free resources from church websites to help you teach the doctrine and principles found in this week’s Come, Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants reading. Find helps for children, youth, and adults!
Everyone
Activity – Memorize the Restoration Proclamation – Posters and cards to help your family memorize the Restoration Proclamation this year. Free downloads on my other blog.
Article – Restoration Proclamation – Read the proclamation as a family discussing each paragraph as you follow along together.
Video – Restoration of Christ’s Church | Now You Know – A brief overview of the apostasy and restoration.
Video – Dispensations: The Pattern of Apostasy and Restoration – Explains dispensations of the gospel and why this last dispensation is unique. (6:52)
Children
Activity – The Restoration and Me – Matching game that shows the blessings we receive because of the Restoration.
Activity – Restoration Church – Build a paper church. Each wall has a scripture to read and then a picture to match that you glue on the wall for different aspects of the Restoration.
Activity/Article – The Restoration is for You – Article and drawing activity
Article – The Restoration Begins – An illustrated timeline for children.
Audio Podcast- After the New Testament – A Primary teacher and Primary children discussing the Church after the death Christ’s Apostles. “Because of the wickedness of the people, the Church was taken from the earth for a time, but Heavenly Father prepared a plan that would restore the Church in the latter days. Through a young man named Joseph Smith, God restored the Church to the earth, and we are here today as members of that Church. Just as the people of ancient Israel came to know Christ when He was on the earth, we can come to know Him, too, because His gospel and Church have been restored.” (23:46)
Video – After the New Testament – A video from the New Testament scripture reader. After the death of Jesus, the Apostles tried to teach the gospel to the wicked people. The Apostles were killed, so the true church was taken away from the earth. Through the prophet Joseph Smith, God brought His gospel back to the earth. (2:51)
Video – Before the Doctrine and Covenants – Doctrine and Covenants scripture reader
Video – About the Doctrine and Covenants – Doctrine and Covenants Stories
Video – Jesus Organizes the Church – Children tell the about the way Jesus organized the church in their own words.
Youth & Adults
Article – Apostasy – True to the Faith book
Article – Restoration of the Gospel – True to the Faith book
Article – What, Why, and How: A Breakdown of the Restoration – What is a dispensation? What is the apostasy? What is the restoration? Read the article to find the answers.
Article – The Blessings of the Restoration – The restored gospel of Jesus Christ is a blessing in our lives.
Article – What Truths Does the Restoration Proclamation Teach? – Come, Follow Me: The Restoration
Article – Are You Sleeping through the Restoration? – There is too much at stake for us as individuals, as families, and as Christ’s Church to give only a halfhearted effort to this sacred work.
Article – The Blessing of Continuing Revelation to Prophets and Personal Revelation to Guide Our Lives – Continuous revelation has been received and is being received through channels the Lord has established.
Article – Apostasy and Restoration – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has many beliefs in common with other Christian churches. But we have differences, and those differences explain why we send missionaries to other Christians, why we build temples in addition to churches, and why our beliefs bring us such happiness and strength to deal with the challenges of life and death.
Video – The Great Apostasy – Wilford Woodruff’s search for the true Church. It explains the Apostasy and need for the Restoration. It emphasizes four essential elements of the true Church that were lost because of the Great Apostasy. (16:33)
Adults
Article – Apostasy, Restoration, and Lessons in Faith – We affirm that the Apostasy and the Restoration occurred just as foretold. Both offer us lessons in the importance of following the Savior’s chosen leaders.
Video – “The Scriptures and the Restoration” – A fireside given by L. Tom Perry. He tells of the coming forth of the Bible, the Restoration, and blessings of studying the scriptures. (43:47)
I’m Montserrat. I’m a farmer’s wife, mother of eleven children, and mega chocoholic. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A Gospel Centered Home was created to help parents unleash the power of families by transforming their homes into a sanctuary of faith.
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