Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the Come, Follow Me reading of Doctrine and Covenants 19. Choose one thing a day to do with your children or choose 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 – 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 – 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.
Video – Jesus Suffers in the Garden of Gethsemane – New Testament Scripture Reader
Youth
Video – Christ Suffered for All – (D&C 19:16-19) Elder M. Russell Ballard teaches how Christ suffered for all.
Youth & Adults
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 – KnoWhy 526: Did Jesus Bleed from Every Pore? – Scripture Central (5:03)
Video – Special Witnesses of Christ (D&C 18–19) – Casey Griffiths from Scripture 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 Contributions of Martin Harris – Revelations in Context
Article – “You Shall Have My Word” – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – Accomplishing the Will of the Father – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – “Pray Always” (D&C 19:38) – BYU Religious Studies Center
Article – “The Atonement and the Resurrection” – BYU Religious Studies Center
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 – Scripture Central (29:20 minutes)
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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