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Over 300 Sharing times straight from the Friend

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    1. Sharing Time Butterfly

    Amy Kirby

    Mom said she could use the chrysalis to help with sharing time. During sharing time Mom taught us that all things testify of Jesus Christ.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 2007

     
    2. Sharing Time: I Believe That Jesus Will Come Again

    Susan L. Warner

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have the children draw pictures to illustrate the following terms to add to their “My Articles of Faith Book” (see Sharing Time, Friend, January 1995, page 36): “Testimony—a special feeling that comes to me from the Holy Ghost”; “First Coming—the time from Jesus’ birth on earth until His crucifixion”; “Second Coming—the time when Jesus, our Savior, will come to earth aga...

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1995

     
    3. Sharing Time: Obey the Law

    Susan L. Warner

    You may choose from this list or think of another one: “I Am a Child of God,” “Love One Another,” “I Will Follow Jesus,” “I Love Truth,” “Choose the Right.” Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Greg Newbold Sharing Time Ideas 1. Invite the bishop or another priesthood leader to come to Primary during another Sharing Time to see the display of pictures and to reinforce to the Primary children the importance of obeying laws. 8.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1995

     
    4. How Great Shall Be Your Joy

    Elizabeth Ricks

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Explain that even though testimony meeting is a time set aside for sharing testimonies, we can bear our testimonies at other times too.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 2007

     
    5. Sharing Time: A House of God

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook (CS) unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1. Before Sharing Time, place various footwear, including a pair of sandals, in a container.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 2002

     
    6. Sharing Time: Promised Blessings

    Diane Nichols

    Romero had been looking forward to this day for a very long time. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Thomas S. Child Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 2001

     
    7. Sharing Time: My Life Has a Plan

    Linda Magleby

    Arrange well in advance for three or four adult members of the ward or branch to help in sharing time. In sharing time post a copy of My Gospel Standards.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 2006

     
    8. Sharing Time: Be a Good Example

    Pat Graham

    Use the Sharing Time page explanation to introduce shield B. As assigned children tell stories, place spiritual armor over metal armor to show how we can have inner peace. Prepare a copy of the Sharing Time page for each child to cut and glue.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1984

     
    9. Sharing Time: Heavenly Father Prepares the Prophet

    Diane S. Nichols

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1. In Sharing Time, explain to the children that they are to try to guess whose picture is under the puzzle as they take off each piece.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 2001

     
    10. Sharing Time: Peace

    Judy Edwards

    You have felt the Savior’s loving, guiding hand as you have followed the promptings of the Holy Ghost and have found the peace I speak of in your hearts.” (Friend, January 1994, inside front cover.) Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1. Discuss the examples of peace from the Sharing Time page.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1994

     
    11. Sharing Time: Example of the Believers

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Have the children help decorate a container for a time capsule to be opened in 25 years on the Primary’s 150th anniversary. Have the class report their findings in sharing time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 2003

     
    12. Sharing Time: One of God’s Greatest Gifts

    Ann Jamison

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. See “Holy Ghost” in the Topics index of the CS for songs to support this Sharing Time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 2000

     
    13. Sharing Time: If I Choose to Obey, I’ll Be Happy All Day!

    Sheila E. Wilson

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Have the children, all or a few at a time, stand on the pathway.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 2004

     
    14. Sharing Time: Christmas All Year

    Ann Jamison

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Thomas S. Child Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. With the help of the music leader, sing-a-story (see Sharing Time Resource Manual, pp. 26–27) of the birth of the Savior.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 2000
    15. Sharing Time: My Gospel Standards

    Karen Ashton

    Sharing Time Ideas Note: This month you might practice “Hum Your Favorite Hymn” (Children’s Songbook, p. 152). 1. Allow enough time for practice, performance, and discussion.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1997
    16. Sharing Time: Love at Home

    Karen Ashton

    Make more hearts as needed.) Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas 1. For additional Sharing Time help on the topic “Love at Home,” please see the following Friend Sharing Time pages: “Family Love,” Apr. 1983, p. 17; “Remember Mother,” May 1983, p. 43; “Remember Your Fathers,” June 1983, pp. 28–29; “I Have a Family and Friends,” May 1989, pp. 46–47; “Showing Respect, Honor, and Love for Parents,” July 1992, pp. 12–13; “My Home an...

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1996
    17. Sharing Time: “Follow Me”

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook (CS) unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Additional Friend resources: “Eugene’s Quiet Place,” July 2002, 10–12; “Pray Always,” July 2001, 2; Sharing Times—Sept. 2000, 10–12; Jan. 1999, 14–15, 5; Sept. 1998, 12–13, 26.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 2003
    18. Sharing Time: Look, Feel, and Help

    Karen Ashton

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. If time allows, let the children draw pictures of the ways they will improve their neighborhood or community. 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1996
    19. Sharing Time: I Know God’s Plan

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Click to View Larger Format Council in Heaven by Robert T. Barrett; Adam and Eve by Lonni Clarke; Christ in Gethsemane by Harry Anderson; photographs © Digital Stock Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook (CS) unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Additional Friend resources: Sharing Times—Dec. 2001, pp. 20–22; Feb. 2000, pp. 12–14; Apr. 1999, pp. 12–13, 26; Feb. 1999, pp. 46–47, 26. “Creation Presentation,” Feb. 1999, pp. 18–19.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 2003
    20. Sharing Time: “The Field Is White Already to Harvest”

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Robert A. Peterson Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook (CS) unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Station A: Full-time missionaries memorize discussions about the gospel.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 2002
    21. Sharing Time: The Gospel Is Restored

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook (CS) unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Prior to sharing time, write the following 30 terms on the chalkboard and on separate pieces of paper and place them in a container: God, Eternal, Father, Son, Jesus Christ, Holy Ghost, man, prophecy, laying, hands, authority, preach, gospel, administer, ordinances, thereof, Bible, word, translated, correctly, Book of Mormon, revealed, now, yet, many, great, important, things, pertaining, kingdom.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 2003
    22. Sharing Time: Repentance—Turning from Wrong to Right

    Karen Ashton

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Denise Kirby Sharing Time Ideas Note: The practice song this month might be “To Think about Jesus” (Children’s Songbook, p. 71). 1. Have the Primary presidency and music leader work together for this Sharing Time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1997
    23. Sharing Time: I Can Share the Gospel Now

    Margaret Lifferth

    Begin sharing time with a music clue. To bring reverence for the next part of sharing time, sing “Called to Serve” (pp. 174–75).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 2005
    24. Sharing Time: My Choices Have Consequences

    Karen Ashton

    Sharing Time Ideas Note: The practice song for March might be “The Wise Man and the Foolish Man” (Children’s Songbook, p. 281). 1. Give each group time to report its findings.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1997
    25. Sharing Time: I Can Be a Missionary Now

    Sydney Reynolds

    Use the scenes and the figures to tell the story of Peter and Cornelius in family home evening. [illustrations] Illustrated by Tadd R. Peterson Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Help them realize that this was the first time Peter understood that the gospel was for all people and not just for the Jews.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1998
    26. Sharing Time: My Heroes and Heroines

    Karen Ashton

    See Sharing Time, Friend, Feb. 1997, pp. 44–45). If they can arrange to be at a Sharing Time, have them sit in front of the children.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1997
    27. Sharing Time: “The Heart of the Children”

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Explain that in the temple, people receive their endowments (see Sharing Time footnote, Friend, Jan. 2002, p. 30, and Glossary in 2002 Outline for Sharing Time and the CSMP) and also may be sealed to their families.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 2002
    28. Sharing Time: Be a Friend

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Make a copy of the Sharing Time page for each child to assemble.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1984
    29. Sharing Time: My Family

    Sheila E. Wilson

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call. Give the children an opportunity to do this a few times.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 2004
    30. Sharing Time: Follow the Prophet

    Linda Magleby

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Allow time at the end of the discussion for the children to ask questions or share any personal feelings or experiences they have had in their families with following the prophet.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 2006
    31. Sharing Time: We Can Testify of Jesus Christ and His Gospel

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Work with the music leader for this Sharing Time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1999
    32. Sharing Time: The Songs of the Gospel Bring Peace

    Judy Edwards

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Sharing Time Idea #3, Friend, January 1994, page 44.) 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1994
    33. Sharing Time: I Am a Child of God

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Hide the objects and the pictures in the room before sharing time. For younger children: Hide the GAK pictures listed above in the Primary room before sharing time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 2003
    34. Sharing Time: Jesus Christ Is My Savior

    Margaret Lifferth

    Abraham Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. If there is time and with the approval of the Primary presidency, invite someone who has had a death in the family to share his or her testimony of the Resurrection.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 2005
    35. Sharing Time: Keeping Promises

    Ann Jamison

    Work with the music leader for this Sharing Time. Have an all-music Sharing Time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 2000
    36. Sharing Time: God Tells His Prophets

    Sydney Reynolds

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Then turn over the papers in random order, one or two at a time, and continue repeating the scripture until it is memorized and all the prophets are “revealed.” Share your own testimony that the Lord does reveal His will to the prophets. 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1998
    37. Sharing Time: I Am Glad for Many Things

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    General conference is a wonderful time. Hold up all your fingers with rings when you sing “many things.” Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Tom Child Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook (CS) unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 2002
    38. Sharing Time: The Plan of Salvation Offers Me Peace

    Judy Edwards

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Using the plan ot salvation stickers, help younger children make mobiles (see Sharing Time, Friend, June 1993, page 13) or necklaces as reminders of God’s plan for them. 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1994
    39. Sharing Time: The Light of Christ

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    For younger children: Before sharing time, gather and place in a sack items that represent physical protection, such as an umbrella, a blanket, a jacket, sunglasses, earmuffs, and gloves. During sharing time, give each child a piece of paper and ask them to draw the pattern.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 2003
    40. Sharing Time: Ponder, Pray, and Listen

    Karen Ashton

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Beth Whittaker Sharing Time Ideas 1. For additional Sharing Time help on the topic of prayer, please see these Sharing Time pages in the Friend: “When I Begin to Pray,” Oct. 1982, p. 37; “What Shall I Say When I Pray?

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1996
    41. Sharing Time: Giving

    Karen Ashton

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Bring a large bag of building blocks to Sharing Time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1995
    42. Sharing Time: A Place of Love and Beauty

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Your name _ Date _ Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated. Sing the entire first verse several times.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 2002
    43. Sharing Time: What Is Christmas?

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Before sharing time, make a puzzle. Before sharing time, place a small star in a less obvious place but where everyone can see it.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 2003
    44. Sharing Time: On the Right Path

    Ann Jamison

    Repent and _ Receive the _ Honor my _ 3 Nephi 24:10 [] Pay _ Exodus 20:8 [] Keep the _ Love _ Speak the _ Continue in _ and _ CELESTIAL KINGDOM Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Using picture #208 from the Gospel Art Picture Kit, or the cover of the 2000 Outline for Sharing Time, ask the children to pretend that they had been at the River Jordan on the day this event took place.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 2000
    45. Sharing Time: Let Your Light Shine

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Tadd R. Peterson Let Your Light Shine Keep the Sabbath holy Share my testimony Invite friends to Primary activities Be kind to others Be honest Let my light shine by … (Draw a picture of another way you can share the gospel.) Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Work with the music leader to prepare this “Sing-a-Story” (see Sharing Time Resource Manual, pp. 26–27).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1999
    46. Sharing Time: Temples in All Times

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Kirtland Temple My temple Nephite Temple Moses’ Tabernacle Solomon’s Temple Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Explain that Heavenly Father commanded His children to build the best temple they could, using the best materials they could for their time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 2002
    47. Sharing Time: I Will!

    Sheila E. Wilson

    The following activities could be used as individual sharing times or as one sharing time with the children divided into four groups and rotating between stations. To adapt for groups with younger children, see Sharing Time Ideas, June 1996, 44.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 2004
    48. Sharing Time: Fun with Favorites

    Pat Graham

    Player with the most rectangles wins. [photos, illustrations] Illustrated by Robert T. Barrett Sharing Time Ideas 1. Continue Sharing Time staff (Friend, October 1984, pages 14–15) by making eight new notes for songs.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1985
    49. Sharing Time: I Am a Child of God

    Sheila E. Wilson

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. The first time, hold up the word know in place of do.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 2004
    50. Sharing Time: Count Your Blessings

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. See the 1998 CSMP/Sharing Time Outline for other stories.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1999
    51. Sharing Time: Joseph Smith Asked Heavenly Father to Help Him Choose the Right

    Karen Ashton

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Jerry Harston Sharing Time Ideas 1. For additional resources on the topic “Choose the Right,” see these Friend articles, stories, and Sharing Time pages: “Heavenly Father’s Plan,” Apr. 1995, pp. 36–37; “The Courage to Choose the Right,” July 1991, pp. 12–13; “Clean Thoughts,” Nov. 1995, pp. 4–5; “Choose the Right,” Mar. 1995, IFC.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1997
    52. Sharing Time: Keep the Commandments

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    Exodus 20:8–11 [] Doctrine and Covenants 1:37 [] Doctrine and Covenants 59:9–12 [] Doctrine and Covenants 119:4 [] Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Now let’s talk about Sundays.” Have everyone hum along to familiar prayer songs from the CS. Continue the music game, this time asking, “What are some things that we know are good to do on the Sabbath?

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1999
    53. Sharing Time: Clean Again!

    Ann Jamison

    Click to View Larger Format Part 1 and Part 2 Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Tell them that they can picture Him each time they take the sacrament.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 2000
    54. Sharing Time: The Temple Is a Place of Revelation

    Judy Edwards

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 29, for directions in constructing roller boxes.) 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1993
    55. Sharing Time: I Can Follow the Prophet Today

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    For older children: Help the children review messages given during general conference by using the video Sharing Time with President Gordon B. Hinckley (item #53331). Additional Friend resources: “Be a Standard-Bearer,” June 2001, 24–25; “A Prophet’s Counsel,” May 2001, 2–4; Sharing Time, Jan. 2001, 14–16; Sharing Time, Jan. 1998, 12–13, 45.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 2003
    56. Sharing Time: Ye Are the Temple of God

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Scott Greer Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1. During Sharing Time, have the class sing the song several times and ask the other children to listen for specific information each time they hear the song.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 2002
    57. Sharing Time: When He Comes Again

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Other Friend resources: “I Believe That Jesus Will Come Again,” Sep. 1995, pp. 12–13, 26; Sharing Time Ideas 1, 4, 5, Dec. 1995, p. 34; “Christmas Gift Tree,” Dec. 1996, pp. 24–25, 27.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1999
    58. Sharing Time: Remembering Jesus

    Karen Ashton

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. For additional Sharing Time help on baptism and the sacrament, see the following Sharing Time pages: “Be Grateful for the Sacrament,” Nov. 1987, p. 22; “I Belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” Jan. 1990, pp. 10–11; “Remember Him,” Oct. 1990, pp. 14–15; “When I Go to Church,” Jun. 1991, pp. 12–13.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1996
    59. Sharing Time: The Holy Ghost Can Help Me

    Karen Ashton

    For this Sharing Time, bring a small paper bag and several crayons for each child, and a flashlight. See also “The Holy Ghost,” Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, p. 66, and “Learning to Recognize the Spirit,” Family Home Evening Resource Book, p. 64.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1997
    60. Sharing Time: Let Your Light Shine

    Ann Jamison

    For a “sharing the gospel” Sharing Time, sing “The Things I Do” (CS, pp. 170–171). Have a “lead the music” Sharing Time by helping the children learn how to conduct a Primary song or a hymn (see CS, pp. 300–301).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 2000
    61. Sharing Time: I Am Grateful for Many Things

    Margaret Lifferth

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Using GAK pictures, summarize the principles and accompanying blessings that have been taught each month from the Sharing Time Outline.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 2005
    62. Sharing Time: Follow the Prophet

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Beth M. Whittaker Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Before sharing time, choose messages from the most recent general conference talks that can be reinforced with scriptures located in the Epistles—e.g., (your body is a temple), (study the scriptures), (pray).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 2003
    63. Sharing Time: Priesthood Blessings

    Karen Lofgreen

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Phyllis Luch Sharing Time Ideas 1. Talk about how families are blessed whn Lofgreen, “Sharing Time: Priesthood Blessings,” Friend, June 1995, 36 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1995
    64. Sharing Time: Reverence for Creation

    Karen Ashton

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas 1. For additional Sharing Time help on “Reverence for the Creation,” please see the following Friend Sharing Time pages: “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” Nov. 1988, pp. 44–45; “I Live in a Beautiful World,” Apr. 1989, pp. 14–15; “Ears to Hear,” July 1990, pp. 12–13.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1996
    65. Sharing Time: I Believe in Being Obedient

    Karen Lofgreen

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Jerry Harston Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have the children draw a picture illustrating the following terms to add to their “My Articles of Faith Book” (see Sharing Time, Jan. 1995, p. 36): obedience—when we are willing to make the right choice, law—a rule that requires us to be obedient.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1995
    66. Sharing Time: Fasting and Prayer

    Ann Jamison

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. In Sharing Time, have the class tell or dramatize the story.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 2000
    67. Sharing Time: Choose the Right

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    Develop a Sharing Time to meet a challenge facing your children. Use “My Gospel Standards” or any of these Sharing Time Ideas to help the children understand the blessings of choosing the right. 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1999
    68. Sharing Time: I Will Make Important Choices Now

    Karen Ashton

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas 1. Each time you finish the song, have the child holding the beanbag tell how they show their love for others.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1997
    69. Sharing Time: Faith Helps Us Choose the Right

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    This time he waved back. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Richard Hull I Have Shown Faith to Choose the Right Today I Will Choose the Right Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 2002
    70. Sharing Time: I Can Keep My Covenant

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. To get her home on time, provide a safe place to work, pay her.) Role-play contracting a lawn-mowing job (or a paper-delivery job) with another child.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1999
    71. Sharing Time: Magnificent Promises

    Elizabeth Ricks

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Tell them that the sacrament is a special time to think about Jesus.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 2006
    72. Sharing Time: Build Upon My Rock

    Sheila E. Wilson

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. On the right side, write Primary Songs and list the songs from the Outline for Sharing Time and the Children’s Sacrament Meeting Presentation that your Primary has been learning.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 2004
    73. Sharing Time: Follow Jesus Christ

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    Or make your own.) Then, every time you see someone in your family do a kind deed, give him or her a flower and put one into a vase. Click to View Larger Format Make a Kindness Bouquet (Illustrated by Denise Kirby.) Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1999
    74. Sharing Time: The Prince of Peace

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrations by Steve Kropp Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook (CS) unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. See Sharing Time Idea #4, Friend, Feb. 2002, p. 32, for temple symbols.) In the scriptures, “ceremonies and ordinances are symbolic in their performance, and all bear record of Jesus Christ” (Bible Dictionary—Symbolism).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 2002
    75. Sharing Time: I Forgive You

    Judy Edwards

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Using a buzz session (see Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 10), have children read, discuss, and report on situations in which forgiving is a challenge.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1994
    76. Sharing Time: Choosing the Right through Study and Prayer

    Karen Ashton

    Click to View Larger Format Photo by Jed Clark; Photo by Welden Andersen Sharing Time Ideas 1. Share with me a time when prayer has helped you make a difficult choice correctly.” 6.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1997
    77. Sharing Time: The Gospel Is a Gift to Share

    Linda Magleby

    Ahead of time, make small booklets for each child by cutting one sheet of paper in half, placing one half on top of the other half, and folding in the center. Continue as time allows.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 2006
    78. Sharing Time: “Come unto Christ”

    Sydney Reynolds

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Nathan Pinnock Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. For additional resources on faith in Jesus Christ, see the following from the Friend: “Sharing Time Ideas,” Dec. 1995, p. 34; “A Christmas Message from the First Presidency to the Children of the World,” Dec. 1997, pp. 2–3; “Sharing Time Ideas,” Dec. 1997, pp. 14, 23; “Like a Star Shining Brightly,” Dec. 1997, pp. 24–25, 32.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1998
    79. The Power that I Get Each Time I Read

     

    Ev’ry day I need The power that I get each time I read. (“Scripture Power,” 2006 Outline for Sharing Time and the Children’s Sacrament Meeting Presentation, 10–11) You are blessed to have the scriptures. Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 2008
    80. Sharing Time: My Family Can Be Forever

    Margaret Lifferth

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Sing again and again as you involve the children in ways such as substituting an action instead of singing the word (for example, standing and walking quietly in place instead of singing “walk,” hands together in prayer for “pray,” point finger to head for “know,” stand or sit each time you sing “teach”).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 2005
    81. Sharing Time: There Is a Way!

    Sydney Reynolds

    Sharing Time Ideas Notes: This month you might practice “Press Forward, Saints” (Hymns, no. 81). Use sing-a-story (see Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, pp. 26–27.) to tell the events of the last week of the Savior’s mortal ministry.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1998
    82. Sharing Time: I Have Talents

    Laurel Rohlfing

    They knew that each of them was sharing the special gifts and talents that Heavenly Father had given them. Talents: Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1989
    83. Sharing Time: The Gift of Obedience

    Karen Ashton

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Read parts 2 and 3 (Friend, Oct. 1993, pp. 15–17, and Nov. 1993, pp. 20–22) over the next two weeks as a conclusion to each Sharing Time. 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1996
    84. Sharing Time: William Clayton and “Come, Come, Ye Saints”

    Pat Graham and Ruth Gardner

    All sing “Come, Come, Ye Saints”] Sharing Time Ideas 1. All Is Well,” Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 97; and Stories of Our Mormon Hymns, J. Spencer Cornwall, page 17. 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1983
    85. Sharing Time: Missionaries Publish Peace

    Judy Edwards

    Click to View Larger Format Alma; Ammon; Aaron; Omner; Himni; Abinadi (Illustrated by Jerry Harston.) Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 86.) 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1994
    86. Sharing Time: A House or a Home?

    Sheila E. Wilson

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Share an experience of a time when your family was strengthened through family prayer.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 2004
    87. Sharing Time: Showing Respect, Honor, and Love for Parents

    Virginia Pearce

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Taia Morley Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have the children answer the questions they can during Sharing Time, then complete them at home. 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1992
    88. Sharing Time: I Can Follow the Prophet

    Diane Nichols

    Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ Sharing Time Ideas (CS = Children’s Songbook; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1. Using the information on the backs of the pictures of the Latter-day prophets in the GAK for suggestions, choose a variety of things the prophets have counseled us to do (see Sharing Time Idea #1).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 2001
    89. Sharing Time: What a Joyful Day!

    Diane Nichols

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1. There was no darkness on the night of the Savior’s birth, and a new star appeared in the heavens—see Sharing Time, p. 20.) Sing “Samuel Tells of the Baby Jesus” (CS, p. 36).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 2001
    90. Sharing Time: This Is My Beloved Son

    Virginia Pearce

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. At the beginning of Sharing Time, ask those who have purple cards to bring them to the front.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1992
    91. Sharing Time: The Gift of the Holy Ghost

    Margaret Lifferth

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. With the help of the music leader, invite the older Primary children to learn the song “I Feel the Spirit” (Friend, Feb. 2004, 15) and be prepared to sing it in sharing time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 2005
    92. Sharing Time: The Prophet Will Tell Us

    Diane Nichols

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Shauna Mooney Kawasaki Sharing Time Ideas (CS = Children’s Songbook; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1. Have the leader tell a short story about a time when they or another person were blessed for their obedience to that principle.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 2001
    93. Sharing Time: Honest and Truthful at All Times

    Karen Ashton

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Jerry Harston Sharing Time Ideas 1. For additional sharing time help on honesty, see “I Believe in Being Honest” (Friend, Sep. 1993, pp. 36–37).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1996
    94. Sharing Time: Keep the Commandments

    Linda Magleby

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Repeat with each of the slips of paper as time allows.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 2006
    95. Sharing Time: Listen to a Prophet’s Voice!

    Diane S. Nichols

    When King Benjamin was getting very old, he wanted to teach his people about the Savior one more time before he died. Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 2001
    96. Sharing Time: Christmas Gifts All Year

    Sheila E. Wilson

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Friend references: “Taking the Sacrament,” Aug. 2003, 34–35; “Remembering Jesus Christ,” Jun. 1999, 10–11; “In Remembrance of Jesus,” Apr. 1998, inside front cover; “When Jesus Christ Comes Again,” Dec. 2002, 34–35; “Jesus Christ Will Come Again,” Dec. 1999, 10–11; “When He Comes Again,” Dec. 1999, 35–37; Sharing Time #4 , Dec. 2001, 22.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 2004
    97. Sharing Time: The Scriptures Show the Way

    Linda Magleby and Elizabeth Ricks

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Introduce the sharing time by briefly reviewing the story of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies as given on the back of GAK 311 (The Anti-Nephi-Lehies Burying Their Swords; see also

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 2006
    98. Sharing Time: Together Forever

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Suggest that during the week they draw in a missing part each time they act or speak more kindly to a family member.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 2002
    99. Sharing Time: Clean Again

    Sheila E. Wilson

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Let them read through their parts ahead of time so they will feel comfortable participating.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 2004
    100. Sharing Time: The Greatest Gift

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Beth Whittaker Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook (CS) unless otherwise indicated. We can receive personal revelation in the temple (see Sharing Time Idea #1) and other places as well.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 2002

     

    101. Sharing Time: Getting into the Scriptures

    Sydney Reynolds

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS=Children’s Songbook) 1. For additional resources on the scriptures, see in the Friend: “The Word of God,” July 1995, pp. 48–49; “The Scriptures,” Aug. 1995, pp. 36–37; “The Gift of Obedience,” Sharing Time Idea no. 3, Dec. 1996, pp. 14, 26; and “Christmas Quiz,” Dec. 1996, p. 26.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1998
    102. Sharing Time: Joseph Smith—Prophet of the Restoration

    Diane Nichols

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Beth M. Whittaker Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1. Hang the time line on a wall in the Primary room.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 2001
    103. Sharing Time: I Will Always Choose the Right

    Margaret Lifferth

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Beth M. Whittaker Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. You may want to add simple rhythm instruments or pipe chimes. (4) Play a short video segment appropriate for children from the church library, such as Sharing Time with President Hinckley (item no. 53331).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 2005
    104. Sharing Time: I Can Repent and Be Baptized

    Margaret Lifferth

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Friend references: “I Will Make and Keep My Baptismal Covenant,” Jan. 2000, insert; “Covenants at the Waters of Mormon,” Apr. 2000, 10–11; “A Sacred Promise,” Sharing Time, Mar. 2000, 12–14; “I Come to the Water,” Mar. 2000, 46–47; “Faith Helps Us Choose the Right,” Sharing Time, Oct. 2002, 33–35; “The Right Key,” Mar. 2000, 2–5.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 2005
    105. Sharing Time: The Prophets Testify of Jesus Christ’s Birth

    Karen Ashton

    The time that all the holy prophets had waited for had finally come. Sharing Time Ideas Note: The practice song for December might be a Christmas carol.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1997
    106. Sharing Time: President Gordon B. Hinckley Is Our Prophet Today

    Diane S. Nichols

    Prior to Sharing Time, select 15 children and give each one information about the Latter-day prophet he/she will present (GAK 400, 507–520). Before Sharing Time, write the testimony of each current Apostle on separate pieces of paper and hide them.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 2001
    107. Sharing Time: Warp and Weft

    Ann Jamison

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) The first 3 ideas are given as examples of lessons on specific standards in “My Gospel Standards” (on the back of the My Achievement Days booklet). Ahead of time, prepare slips of paper with other situations in which the children would be faced with a test of their honesty.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 2000
    108. Sharing Time: The Scriptures

    Karen Lofgreen

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Denise Kirby Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Sharing Time, Friend, Feb. 1994, p. 36.) Have each class share their scripture.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1995
    109. Sharing Time: Fun with Favorites

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. For other choose-and-review ideas, see Sharing Time, Friend, October 1983, page 47; November 1981, IBC.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1988
    110. Sharing Time: A Happy Home

    Sheila E. Wilson

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Shauna Mooney Kawasaki Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call. The result was confusion.) “Could you understand everyone at the same time?

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 2004
    111. Sharing Time: I Shouted for Joy!

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    All the prophets from Adam’s time onward knew that Jesus would come and be our Savior. T of the _ _ _ _ _ Answers: Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1999
    112. Sharing Time: Joseph Smith—Valiant Servant of God

    Karen Ashton

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Jerry Harston Sharing Time Ideas Note: This month you might practice “Dare to Do Right” (Children’s Songbook, p. 158). 1. Give the information to the children ahead of time so they can prepare.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1997
    113. Sharing Time: Peace, Be Still

    Judy Edwards

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Help each child create a page for her or his Book of Peace (see Sharing Time Idea #3, Friend, January 1994, page 44) by drawing pictures of people from the scriptures who were blessed with peace, even in times of trouble.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1994
    114. Sharing Time: Temples Are Places of Service

    Judy Edwards

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Shauna Mooney Kawasaki 4 Letters Member Ceremony Missionary Font People Eternity Twelve oxen Hear Preach Marriage 11 Letters Time Temple 9 Letters Jesus Christ 5 Letters 7 Letters Endowment Spirit world Earth Baptism Holy Ghost 12 Letters 6 Letters Sealing Ordinance Confirmation Church 8 Letters 10 Letters 14 Letters ... Help each child prepare a personal history and a family history chart (see Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, pages 70–75).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1993
    115. Sharing Time: The Lord’s Day

    Sheila E. Wilson

    We need Heavenly Father’s help all the time, but there are times when we have a particularly difficult problem to solve or when someone in our family is very ill. Share a personal experience from one of these or from your own journal.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 2004
    116. Sharing Time: “Trust in the Lord”

    Sydney Reynolds

    Click to View Larger Format “He Shall Direct Thy Paths” Genesis 24 Illustrated by Tadd R. Peterson Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS=Children’s Songbook) 1. One way that we acknowledge Heavenly Father is by keeping His commandments (see Friend, “Sharing Time Ideas,” Mar. 1997, pp. 14, 38).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1998
    117. Sharing Time: Comfort and Courage from the Scriptures

    Linda Magleby and Elizabeth Ricks

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Before Primary ask three older children to read the following scriptures during sharing time: (the Holy Ghost), (the Lord will bless us and deliver us), and (eternal life).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 2006
    118. Sharing Time: Thou Art the Christ

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Steve Kropp Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook (CS) unless otherwise indicated; GAK = Gospel Art Kit; TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call) 1. Encourage the children to repeat the article to a family member or Primary leader at a later time. 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 2003
    119. Sharing Time: All Things Shall Be Revealed

    Laurel Rohlfing

    PROMPTINGS Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, pages 12, 20.) 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1990
    120. Sharing Time: Follow the Prophet

    Sheila E. Wilson

    One at a time, have them place their puzzle pieces on the board, and report and sing. Recite this standard by having each child repeat one word at a time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 2004
    121. Sharing Time: Promises in the Scriptures

    Linda Magleby

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: All songs are from Children’s Songbook unless otherwise noted; GAK = Gospel Art Picture Kit, TNGC = Teaching, No Greater Call.) 1. Song Presentation: Teach the song “Scripture Power” (see Friend, Oct. 1987, 10–11, or the 2006 Outline for Sharing Time and the Children’s Sacrament Meeting Presentation).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 2006
    122. Sharing Time: Let Every Man Esteem His Neighbor

    Virginia Pearce

    Sister Warren began Sharing Time by saying, “Did you know that more than five billion people live in this world right now? Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1992
    123. Sharing Time: Primary Makes Me Happy

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Sharing Time, Friend, March 1982, page 45.) 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1986
    124. Sharing Time: Fun with Favorites

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Friend, October 1984 and 1985 “Sharing Time Ideas.”)

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1986
    125.