This was my last Sunday teaching the teaching no greater call Sunday school class! I will be teaching old testament gospel doctrine starting in January, for which I am nervous and excited to gain a stronger testimony of the old testament.
I was lucky enough to be able to teach on the Sunday before Christmas, so I was able to incorporate a Christmas theme into our lesson this week. Because the lessons this week were about creating lessons with church resources, I chose a talk from the 2013 Christmas Devotional by Russell M. Nelson (Jesus Christ - Our Prince of Peace) and showed how I could incorporate and use those teaching techniques from the lesson on a church resource. This lesson I felt could have used more class participation - maybe my questions that I brainstormed were not very discussion oriented. I still thought the lesson went well, I just usually get a lot more comments than I did during this lesson. HERE and HERE are the links to these lessons on lds.org.
Intro:
- I brought in a tub of Vaseline and talked about how my husband and I use this on our dry hands in the winter as a soothing balm. Introduced the message of the lesson today of Christ as our soothing balm of Gilead.
- Why is the gospel message sometimes referred to as the “Good news of the gospel”?
- When we wish others “peace on earth, goodwill to men” this Christmas seasons, what are we referring to? What do we define as peace? Be thinking the rest of this lesson “How has the Savior granted you peace in your life?”
Creating Lessons from Talks and Other Resources
- Read your resource. Mention Lesson 35 Church Resources for Teaching the gospel
- Decide what should happen in the lives of those you teach as a result of the lesson.
- Today, I want my class to understand and gain a stronger testimony on how the Savior can bring them and their families peace this Christmas season, despite the trials and challenges of life. Learning objective.
- Decide on the main principle or principles you will teach, along with any supporting ideas.
- Finding peace through Christmas, & giving our hearts to the Savior. Becoming purified through the atonement.
- Consider how you want to teach the main ideas and the supporting ideas you have selected.
- I mentioned the last couple lessons we have had. I then mentioned the ways that I decided to teach this lesson: quotes, discussion questions, personal stories, additional church resources, object lesson, visual aids, chalkboard for list and emphasis.
- When we study Jesus' responsibilities that he had when he came to earth, how can that bring us peace?
- Peace by teaching our children how to turn to the Savior.
- How can we find peace in our families by teaching our Children about the Savior?
- Peace during war - I shared some personal stories.
- Peace in times of Illness - mental, physical, emotional. I shared some personal stories.
- Peace in times of sorrow - I shared some personal stories.
- Peace in times of mourning - Has anyone experience the peace the Savior can bring in times of mourning?
- Peace to all who seek him
- How has the Savior granted you peace in your life?
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