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. Sharing Time: Give Yourself Away

Laurel Rohlfing

To give yourself in service, you could share with others your love, your time, and your talents. Gift List Mother: _ Father: _ Brothers: _ Sisters: _ Grandparents: _ Friends: _ Church leader or teacher: _ Missionary: _ My community: _ My ward/branch: _ Someone who is in trouble: _ Someone who is lonely: _ Someone who is poor: _ Someone who is sick: _ Sharing Time Ideas 1.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1990

126. Sharing Time: Choose the Right Way and Be Happy

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. Ahead of time, invite two or three ward members approved by the bishop to share their testimonies of the blessing of paying tithing.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 2005

127. Sharing Time: Happy Heart

Karen Lofgreen

The book in the New Testament that tells the story of the ten lepers Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have the children draw pictures to illustrate the following terms to add to their “My Articles of Faith Word Book” (see Sharing Time, Friend, January 1995, page 36): gift—an ability or power given by our Heavenly Father to each of his children; to heal—to make a sick person well; thanks—expression of gratitude to someone who has done something kind; service—doing something kind or…

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1995

128. Sharing Time: Baptism, My First Covenant

Karen Ashton

Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas Note: This month you might practice “When Jesus Christ Was Baptized” (Children’s Songbook, p. 102). 1. Share your feelings about the significance of your own baptism.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1997

129. Sharing Time: Do What Is Right

Vicki F. Matsumori

Valitse oikein Answers: 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, write category titles across the top of the chalkboard, with four or five answers below each topic (see below).

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 2003

130. Sharing Time: I Am a Peacemaker

Judy Edwards

I wish we’d do this more often because every time I wanted to be mean, I thought about what Jesus would do.” Christian, age 6 “I helped my sister with half her work. Being a peacemaker means: _ _ _ _ This is what I did to be a peacemaker: _ _ _ _ This is how I felt about being a peacemaker: _ _ _ _ Sharing Time Ideas 1.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1994

131. Sharing Time: The Articles of Faith

Karen Lofgreen

Sharing Time Ideas 1. Using the Sharing Time activity on pages 36–37 as a guide, divide the older children into groups and assign each group one or more of the what, who, why, where, when, and how questions to write about and/or illustrate as a column in Mr. Wentworth’s newspaper.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1995

132. Sharing Time: Heavenly Father’s Plan

Karen Lofgreen

Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have the children draw pictures to illustrate the following terms for their “My Articles of Faith Book” (see Sharing Time, Friend, Jan. 1995, p. 36): “Plan—A Way to Do Something”; “Choice—Deciding Between Two or More Things.” 5.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1995

133. Sharing Time: Heavenly Father Hears and Answers Prayers

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. Take responses as time permits.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 2006

134. Sharing Time: The Temple Is a Happy Place

Judy Edwards

Sharing Time Ideas 1. Help the children decide if the things make them happy for a short time or a long time.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1993

135. Sharing Time: Keep the Commandments

Judy Edwards

Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have them add their fully colored picture to their Book of Peace (See Sharing Time Idea #3, Friend, January 1994, page 44). 2.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1994

136. Sharing Time: “I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus”

Judy Edwards

Sharing Time Ideas 1. Using appropriate drawings, old Christmas cards, or pictures from Church magazines, help each child make a page for her or his Book of Peace (See Sharing Time Idea #3, Friend, January 1994, page 44), showing Jesus Christ as the Prince of Peace. 3.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1994

137. Sharing Time: Build upon My Rock

Laurel Rohlfing

Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 29.) [illustrations] Illustrated by Shauna Mooney

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1991

138. Sharing Time: Happy Father’s Day

Pat Graham

Click to View Larger Format Sharing Time Ideas 1. By one class or by all children during Primary Sharing Time. b.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1984

139. Sharing Time: Commandments

Karen Lofgreen

Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Denise Kirby Pray Read the Scriptures Keep the Sabbath Day Holy Live Worthy of Temple Blessings Live the Word of Wisdom Be Kind to Others Be a Good Student Honor Your Parents Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have the children draw pictures to illustrate the following terms for their “My Articles of Faith Book” (see Sharing Time, Friend, Jan. 1995, p. 36): “Choice—A Decision Made from Two or More Options”; “Commandment—A Rule”; “Covenant—A Promise.” [illustration] Moses at Mt. Sinai speaks to Lord.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1995

140. Sharing Time: A Sacred Promise

Ann Jamison

Since the time of Adam and Eve, Father in Heaven has made covenants with His children to help us live righteously and be worthy to live with Him again. Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 2000

141. Sharing Time: The Courage to Choose the Right

Laurel Rohlfing

Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1. Invite members of your ward or branch to share stories of times when their testimonies helped them to choose the right.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1991

142. Sharing Time: Happy Birthday, Primary!

Pat Graham

Sharing Time Ideas 1. During Sister Young’s presidency, new lesson manuals have been completed and Sharing Time and the Gospel in Action programs have been implemented. [illustrations] Illustrated by Beth Maryon

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1983

143. Sharing Time: The House of the Lord

Laurel Rohlfing

In the temple, you can be sealed to your family for time and all eternity. Click to View Larger Format Sharing Time Ideas 1.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1990

144. Sharing Time: Courage

Sydney Reynolds

See the name of the seventeenth book in the Old Testament.) Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. By the time the wrong words are erased, everyone should have read the scripture several times.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1998

145. Sharing Time: I Can Receive Answers to Prayer

Laurel Rohlfing

He knew that he couldn’t have windows or fire because the barges would be underwater some of the time. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1989

146. Sharing Time: The Words of Christ

Karen Ashton

Moroni 10:4–5 [] Sharing Time Ideas 1. It tells stories of Jesus’ life on earth and of the time just following His death.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1996

147. Sharing Time: Watchmen on the Tower

Diane Nichols

Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1. If time permits, choose a song that suppor

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 2001

148. Sharing Time: A Special Day

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. To teach the song “Families Can Be Together Forever” (p. 188), see “Sharing Time: Together Forever,” idea 5, Friend, Feb. 2002, 31.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 2004

149. Sharing Time: Seek the Lord

Pat Graham and Sharon Martin

Tower of Babel ; ; ; Egypt Captivity Ten Commandments ; ; ; Promised Land Judges Kings, and Prophets ; ; Meridian of Time Apostles, Apostasy, Dark Ages, Columbus Church in Latter Days Pioneers World-Wide Church Sharing Time Ideas 1. Enlarge time line on roll of paper.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1985

150. Sharing Time: The Lord Commands His People to Build Temples

Judy Edwards

See Ensign, July 1988, pages 6–13.) Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have the children divide into groups and read about each temple and the prophet or leader associated with that temple, as discussed in Sharing Time.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1993

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