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 ProphetVicki 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 BlessingsKaren 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 CreationKaren 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 ObedientKaren 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 PrayerAnn 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 RightSydney 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 NowKaren 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 RightVicki 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 CovenantSydney 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 PromisesElizabeth 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 RockSheila 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 ChristSydney 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 PeaceVicki 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 YouJudy 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 PrayerKaren 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 ShareLinda 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 ForeverMargaret 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