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Reverence In Primary
Rev’rence is more than just quietly sitting:
It’s thinking of Father above,
A feeling I get when I think of his blessings.
I’m rev’rent, for rev’rence is love.
When I’m rev’rent, it shows in my words and my deeds.
The pathway to follow is clear.
And when I am rev’rent, I know in my heart
Heav’nly Father and Jesus are near.
Words and music: Maggie Olauson
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Rev’rence is more than just quietly sitting:
It’s thinking of Father above,
A feeling I get when I think of his blessings.
I’m rev’rent, for rev’rence is love.
When I’m rev’rent, it shows in my words and my deeds.
The pathway to follow is clear.
And when I am rev’rent, I know in my heart
Heav’nly Father and Jesus are near.
Words and music: Maggie Olauson |
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Today, dear Father, I will show how quiet I
can be,
To thank thee for the many things that thou hast given me.
Words: Ruth H. Chadwick, 1900–1973
Music: Leah Ashton Lloyd, 1894–1965 |
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Rev’rently, quietly, lovingly we think of thee;
Rev’rently, quietly, softly sing our melody.
Rev’rently, quietly, humbly now we pray,
Let thy Holy Spirit dwell in our hearts today.
Words and music: Clara W. McMaster |
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My Hands Can Be Reverent at Church
To help show your love to Heavenly Father and Jesus, you should be reverent in church. What you do with your hands is an important part of reverence. The pictures show you what your hands should be doing in church.
Your hands should be still when it's time to listen.
Your hands should be folded when it's time for prayer.
Your right hand should carefully take the Sacrament.
Your hand should be raised when you have something to say.
Your hand should be folded when you walk quietly down the halls.
Your hand should quietly open and close doors.
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Print out this file of
pictures. As you read the information you show the picture that goes along
with each numbered part. The last page in this file is the text part of
this talk.
I know that it looks a
little fuzzy, but from far away, as the kids would see it, it looks fine.
My Hands Can Be Reverent at Church
Talk.pdf |
This is a little poem about reverence which I found and then put
together this hand out, I put 4 on a page, then we found a little
stuffed mouse and hide each Sunday, we asked the kids if they could
see the mouse, and remember he was looking at them and watching them
to see if they were being reverent.
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Reverence Crown
By Pat Graham
Pat Graham, *Reverence Crown,* Friend, Sept. 1996, 21
Whenever you have ruled as king of yourself by feeling and showing love
and respect for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, you may wear this
reverence crown at home. Your mother or father can read the directions
to you and help you make the crown, but only you can decide when you
have been reverent and deserve to wear it. It may be after church,
family home evening, family prayer, or even after watching a sunset.
It*s up to you.
To make the crown, you will need: a pencil, white paper, scissors, white
or gold poster board, colored markers, glue, two paper clips, a coin,
and colored paper.
1. Make a pattern by tracing the crown segment on this page onto white
paper and cut it out.
2. Trace this segment three times end-to-end onto the poster board.
3. If the poster board is white, color the crown. Then have someone
write KING OF ME on it.
4. Cut out the crown and overlap the ends to form a circle.
5. Put the crown on your head and adjust it to the right size. Glue or
staple the ends together. If you have brothers or sisters, join the ends
together with two paper clips instead so that the crown can be adjusted
to other head sizes.
6. Using the coin as a pattern, cut round *jewels* out of the colored
paper.
7. Each time you earn the right to wear the crown, glue on a jewel.
8. Try to be king of yourself often. You*ll find that being reverent
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Laurel Rohlfing, “Remember
Jesus Christ during the Sacrament,” Friend,
June 2007, 36–37
There are many ways we can reverently
remember Jesus Christ, especially while the
sacrament is being passed. We can remember how
He suffered for our sins and how He died and was
resurrected. We can remember His life and
teachings. We can think about how we can become
more like Him. We can remember the things we
have done wrong and ask for forgiveness. And we
can remember the many blessings He has given us.
Jesus said, “If ye do always remember me ye
shall have my Spirit to be with you” (3
Nephi 18:11). The sacrament is a great
blessing in our lives.
Instructions
Mount the two circles on heavy paper, and cut
them out. Put the circle with the cutout wedge
on top of the other circle. Fasten the two
circles in the center with a brass fastener.
Turn the top circle so you can see each picture.
Think about what it represents. You can also use
the picture circles in a Primary talk or family
home evening lesson.
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Dorothy King Pace, “King of Me,”
Friend, Sept. 1996, 20
I said to my feet, “Keep still!”
I said to my hands, “Just stay!”
I said to my all-over-everywhere-self,
“I’m in charge of you today!”
I’m ruler of my mouth,
And I’m the King of Me,
So when I tell me it’s reverence time,
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All things whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do ye even so to them (3
Ne. 14:12).
Bettyanne Gillette, “What If
Everyone Played in the Chapel?,” Friend, Sept.
1996, 18–19
Danny’s sister poked him in the side. “Mom wants
you,” she whispered. Danny looked down the row past his
brothers, sisters, and father to his mother. She was
leaning forward in her seat and staring at him. She
pointed to the empty seat next to her. Danny knew what
that meant. He stepped slowly past the whole family and
sat beside her.
“You need to be quiet,” she whispered in his ear,
then looked back up at the speaker.
“But I want to play,” Danny whispered back. He put
his head down and closed his eyes. His chin started to
tremble.
His mother pulled him close and whispered, “Danny,
you’re a good boy, and I love you. But what would it be
like in here if everybody started playing?”
“That would be great!” he whispered back.
“Are you sure?” she asked, more softly still. “Think
about it.”
Danny turned to look around the chapel. He saw
Brother and Sister Lund and their two children sitting
quietly in their seats. Danny imagined Brother Lund
turning to his family and holding up a chalkboard with a
word game on it. Sister Lund and the children held their
hands high in the air, waving them as they yelled, “Pick
me! Pick me!” Danny giggled. That would be fun!
he thought.
Danny looked the other way and saw the Clark family
sitting on the front row. He wondered what it would be
like if all the Clark children were playing “Guess What
Animal I Am?” He pictured Adam, who had just returned
from his mission, hopping up and down as his family
yelled, “A rabbit! A rabbit!” That would be fun too.
Then he wondered, But would it be fun for the
speaker and the people who were trying to listen?
Danny saw his friends Sam and Billy. What if they
brought their small video games to sacrament meeting?
He could almost hear the music and beeping noises. He
imagined Sam and Billy jumping out of their seats,
yelling each time they won or lost. Danny frowned.
What if Sam and Billy and the Clarks and the Lunds were
all playing at once? They would hardly be able to hear
themselves, and no one else could hear anything.
What if everyone in the chapel started playing?
Danny asked himself. He pictured balls being tossed back
and forth, children skating down the aisles, fathers
watching television, and mothers talking loudly to their
friends. It would be so loud that my ears would hurt—and
could anyone think about Heavenly Father?
Danny looked up at the pulpit. He was sure he
wouldn’t be able to understand anything the speaker was
saying, but he tried. To his surprise, she was talking
about how much Jesus Christ loved little children. Danny
felt a warm glow spread through him. If everyone was
playing,I wouldn’t have this good feeling.
Danny snuggled up closer to his mother and kept
listening. There would be plenty of times to play, but
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Songs out of the Primary Music book on Reverence
- Reverence
- Before I Take the Sacrament - #73a
- Father, I Will Reverent Be - #29
- Heavenly Father, While I Pray - #23b
- I Want to Be Reverent - #28a
- I Will Try to Be Reverent - #28b
- Our Chapel Is a Sacred Place - #30b
- Reverence - #27a
- Reverence Is Love - #31
- Reverently, Quietly - #26
- The Chapel Doors - #156
- The Things I Do - #170
- This Is God's House - #30a
- To Think about Jesus - #71
- Two Happy Feet - #270
- We Are Reverent - #27b
- When I Go to Church - #157
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