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Sharing Times from LDS.ORG

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).

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    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).

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    123. Sharing Time: Primary Makes Me Happy

    Pat Graham

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

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    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

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    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

    151. Sharing Time: “This Is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!”

    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. Repeat the song, removing a wordstrip each time until the children can sing it without seeing the words.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 2005

    152. Sharing Time: Fun with Favorites

    Pat Graham

    The new song was “Reverently, Quietly.” “I felt very humble,” she said. “If you prepare and do all that you can do, then Heavenly Father will help you.” Sister McMaster has written other Primary favorites such as “My Heavenly Father Loves Me” and “Teach Me to Walk in the Light of His Love.” Sharing Time Ideas 1. Featuring one song at a time, place notes in proper order on staff for start of selected song.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1984

    153. Sharing Time: Prayer

    Sydney Reynolds

    Used with permission of the Frederiksborgmuseum; Detail from Joseph Smith’s First Vision, by Greg K. Olsen; Enos Praying, by Robert T. Barrett; Detail from Esther Prepares to Meet the King, by Robert T. Barrett Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Do as many categories as time permits.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1998

    154. Sharing Time: The Prophet’s Example

    Ann Jamison

    When it was time for his sister Ramona to graduate, he realized how important it would be to her to have a new dress for that special time. As a young boy, George Albert Smith was very ill with typhoid fever, a disease that killed many people at that time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 2000

    155. Sharing Time: Blessings Come When We Follow the Prophet

    Diane Nichols

    Click to View Larger Format From top: Joseph Smith Preaching by Mike Malm; King Benjamin Preaches to the Nephites by Gary L. Kapp; Alma Baptizing in the Waters of Mormon by Arnold Friberg; Adam and Eve Kneeling at an Altar by Del Parson; photograph by Jed Clark; Noah’s Preaching Scorned by Harry Anderson; City of Zion Translated by Del Parson Answers: Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Chi... Bear your testimony that as we obey the latter-day prophets, we will be blessed, just as people were in ancient times. 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 2001

    156. Sharing Time: I Have a Testimony of Jesus Christ

    Daryl V. Hoole

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Brad Teare Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Sharing Time, page 20.) At the conclusion of each song, have the children tell why they believe in the thing they just sang about. 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1991

    157. Sharing Time: Pioneers and Temples

    Vicki F. Matsumori

    They travel for days at a time in cheap buses and on old boats. Make a time line to show the increased building of temples to provide “reasonable access for Latter-day Saints throughout the world.” Mark spaces to represent ten-year intervals from 1836 to 1996.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 2002

    158. Sharing Time: The Fruits of Faith

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Tell stories, using related material such as “Faith, Seeds, and Jason’s Mother,” Friend, April 1982, page 2; “The Little Blind Boy of Holland,” Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 22.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1984

    159. Sharing Time: Obedience Brings Blessings

    Diane Nichols

    Another time, the Lord told the Prophet Joseph Smith to warn the people about eating and drinking things that would harm them. Click to View Larger Format Illustated by Jerry Harston Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 2001

    160. Sharing Time: My Father in Heaven Loves Me

    Karen Ashton

    When you see and enjoy these gifts of love, take time to thank Him for them. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Scott Greer Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1996

    161. Sharing Time: Two Witnesses of Jesus’ Birth

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Song: “Joy to the World” (Hymns, no. 201.) Sharing Time Ideas 1. Make roller box (see Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 29), and attach silhouettes to roll of paper.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1988

    162. Sharing Time: I Am Accountable for My Choices

     

    By the time you are eight years old, you are able to tell the difference between right and wrong and you are able to choose the right. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Mark Robison; baptism photos by Lonnie Lonczyna and Wes Taylor, posed by models Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 2000

    163. Sharing Time: I Can Feel Peace as I Become More Like My Heavenly Father

    Judy Edwards

    Example: Sad to see evil Tolerant Encouraging Patient Humble Eager to help Nice Click to View Larger Format Sharing Time Ideas 1. Let each child create a picture-name-qualities page (see instructions for Part B, page 13) for his or her “Book of Peace” (see Sharing Time Ideas #3, Friend, January 1993, page 44). 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1994

    164. Sharing Time: I Live in a Beautiful World

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Dick Brown Sharing Time Ideas 1. See also “The Creation” (Friend, May 1988, pages 24–25) and “Sharing Time” (Friend, November 1988, pages 44–45).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1989

    165. Sharing Time: Testimony of Easter

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Adapt program for Sharing Time or for Sunday School Easter program. 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1986

    166. Sharing Time: I Will Follow the Prophet Today

    Elizabeth Ricks

    Answers: 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. Give the children time to prepare.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 2006

    167. Sharing Time: I Pray for Others

    Karen Ashton

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Suggest that the children share these lists with their parents. 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1996

    168. Sharing Time: Jesus Christ Shows Us the Way

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS=Children’s Songbook) 1. Also have the adults share their witness that these stories are true and that their own testimony is strengthened by these accounts from the scriptures.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1999

    169. Sharing Time: Share the Gospel

    Pat Graham

    Some people tell the good news while serving full-time missions. Bike Books Car Deeds Flies Missionaries Prays Runs Sails Short Sings Stout Studies Talks Tall Thin Train Walks Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1986

    170. Sharing Time: What Does Jesus Christ Want Me to Do?

    Karen Ashton

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Jerry Harston Sharing Time Ideas Note: The practice song for September might be “To Think about Jesus” (Children’s Songbook, p. 71). 1. Suggest that the children ask themselves “What does Jesus Christ want me to do?” each time they have an important choice to make. 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1997

    171. Sharing Time: Nephi Builds a Ship

    Virginia Pearce

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Shauna Mooney Kawasaki Sharing Time Ideas 1. Share your observations in the form of a news report.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1992

    172. Sharing Time: Faith in Jesus Christ

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Repeat as time allows.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1999

    173. Sharing Time: “All Things Bright and Beautiful”

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. See also Sharing Time, Friend, November 1982, page 38 and July 1984, page 36.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1988

    174. Sharing Time: The Love of God

    Virginia Pearce

    To make a mobile to remind you of some of the things Heavenly Father has given us to show that He loves us, remove the Sharing Time pages and mount them on lightweight cardboard. 2. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1992

    175. Sharing Time: I Can Repent and Be Happy

    Linda Magleby

    The next time the girl got a splinter, she didn’t tell anyone. 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 > April 2006

    176. Sharing Time: The Godhead

    Karen Lofgreen

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have children draw a picture to illustrate the following term to add to their “My Articles of Faith Book” (see Sharing Time, Friend, Jan. 1995, p. 37): “Godhead—Three Sacred Individuals: God the Eternal Father; His Son Jesus Christ; and the Holy Ghost.”

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1995

    177. Sharing Time: I Am a Child of God

    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. Let each class choose a child to tell their story to the whole Primary as time allows. 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 2005

    178. Sharing Time: Temples throughout the World

    Judy Edwards

    Research the history of the temple in your area and share with the children stories of faith about the building of that temple, or about members who have gone to it. See Friend, January 1986, pages 46–47.) On one set, put information such as location, date of dedication, languages spoken there, and who the President of the Church was at the time of dedication, on the backs of the corresponding temple outlines.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1993

    179. If the Savior Stood Beside Me

     

    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. Read the message to the children and explain that during sharing time they will learn about two important words that will complete the message.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 2008

    180. Sharing Time: The Gospel Is Restored

    Pat Graham

    Pictures could also be taped into one long strip and used in roller-box TV. (See Friend, October 1981, page 42.) Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 29.) 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1985

    181. Sharing Time: Know Who You Are

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 81, for activity idea. 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1988

    182. Sharing Time: Joseph Smith Receives a Revelation

    Virginia Pearce

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Phyllis Luch Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Sharing Time, page 44.) Then teach the song “The Word of Wisdom” (Children’s Songbook, page 154).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1992

    183. Sharing Time: Join the Secret Service

    Pat Graham

    Each time you do something in secret (set the table, put a bicycle away, shovel a walk, share a treat, etc.), leave a paper heart at the scene of the action. Sharing Time Ideas Discuss scriptures in connection with service

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1982

    184. Sharing Time: Respect the Law

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 38.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1987

    185. Sharing Time: Be Grateful for the Sacrament

    Pat Graham

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Beth M. Whittaker Sharing Time Ideas 1. Adapt line 7 of poem “King of Me” (Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 145) to say: “And when it is time for the sacrament. …”

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1987

    186. Sharing Time: Resolve to Have a Happy New Year

    Pat Graham

    Click to View Larger Format A Tree (love of God—happiness) B Beautiful building (pride of the world) C Prideful people (those who mocked righteous people) D Righteous people (those trying to keep commandments) E Unhappy people (those who let go of iron rod) Sharing Time Ideas 1. Make copies of Sharing Time page for each child to cut, glue, and color.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1983

    187. Sharing Time: Keeping My Promise

    Sydney Reynolds

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Tadd R. Peterson Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) This month you might sing from the CS, “Book of Mormon Stories,” pp. 118–119, and “Follow the Prophet,” pp. 110–111. 1. Have everyone repeat all the phrases a few times.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1998

    188. Sharing Time: Ears to Hear

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Now it’s time to take your seats.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1990

    189. Sharing Time: The Plan of Happiness

    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. Repeat as time allows.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 2005

    190. Sharing Time: My Family and Teachers Help My Testimony Grow

    Daryl V. Hoole

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Children can then identify the letter that doesn’t belong, erase it each time it appears, then unscramble the words.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1991

    191. Sharing Time: The Christmas Story from the Book of Mormon

    Pat Graham

    Young Child: The best part of December— My favorite time, by far— Is when we read the story Of the Baby and the star. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1985

    192. Sharing Time: Read the Scriptures Daily

    Laurel Rohlfing

    You can read a verse, a chapter, a page, or for a certain amount of time. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Scott Greer Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1991

    193. Sharing Time: Conference—a Time for Listening

    Pat Graham

    After listening to conference, I resolve to:_ _ _ Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1985

    194. Sharing Time: Sing Another Time

    Pat Graham

    Click to View Larger Format Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1983

    195. Sharing Time: He’s Talking to Me

    Sydney Reynolds

    Moses Teaches Israel the Ten Commandments King Benjamin Preaches His Sermon Jesus Teaches the Sermon on the Mount Joseph Smith Teaches the Word of Wisdom Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Tadd R. Peterson Sharing Time Ideas Note: CS = Children’s Songbook. Have a representative from each class come up one at a time and try to find a match.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1998

    196. Sharing Time: What Do I Know About Jesus Christ?

    Sydney Reynolds

    Do you spend time together? Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Scott Welty Sharing Time Ideas Note: CS = Children’s Songbook.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1998

    197. Sharing Time: Giving Thanks

    Sydney Reynolds

    Open the envelope at a family home evening or a special dinner and take turns reading the papers and showing the drawings. [illustration] Illustrated by Julie F. Young I’m Thankful For … Home Scriptures Friends World The Savior Church Food Temple Family Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) 1. Remind them that each time they pray, they can express their thanks to Heavenly Father.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1998

    198. Sharing Time: Study the Book of Mormon

    Pat Graham

    Arrange pictures by date to make picture time line. 3. Make large time line on roll of paper.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1988

    199. Sharing Time: Tithes and Offerings

    Karen Ashton

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Give each child a copy of the poem to share at home. 6.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1996

    200. Sharing Time: Search the Scriptures

    Judy Edwards

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Dick Brown Sharing Time Ideas 1. Invite the children to share their own experiences of feeling peace through scripture study. 6.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1994

     

    201. Sharing Time: The Prophet Speaks for Heavenly Father

    Diane S. Nichols

    Pretend that it’s a beautiful summer evening and you have been playing outside with your brothers and sisters. Now imagine that your mom calls to you and asks you to tell them to come in for dinner. You are speaking for your mom, delivering a

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 2001

    202. Sharing Time: A Happy Harvest

    Pat Graham

    Sharing the gospel with someone and helping the person to become a member of the Church can be compared to gardening: First you plant a seed. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Shauna Mooney Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1986

    203. Sharing Time: Friendshipping with Love

    Pat Graham

    We who have the gospel have the privilege and responsibility of sharing it with others. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1986

    204. Sharing Time: Always Remember Jesus Christ

    Ann Jamison

    Click to View Larger Format Creator () Vine () Good Shepherd () Savior () Bread of Life () Rock () Light of the World () Beloved Son () Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook; GAK = Gospel Art Kit) 1. Perhaps some parents could be asked to share how their child’s name was chosen.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 2000

    205. Sharing Time: I Can Gain a Testimony by Listening to the Prophets

    Daryl V. Hoole

    Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1. Take time to read, explain the context of, and discuss each scripture, and bear testimony to its truth.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1991

    206. Sharing Time: What Shall I Say When I Pray?

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Discuss four parts of prayer (See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 104.) 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1985

    207. Sharing Time: I Have a Family and Friends

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. See “Role Plays” Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, pages 23–24.)

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1989

    208. Sharing Time: Come unto Christ

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Song: “Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful” (Hymns, page 202) Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 29.) 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1989

    209. Sharing Time: Computer Memory Bank

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas Make a memory bank, add data (question and answer computer cards) to it throughout the year, and use during sharing time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1982

    210. Sharing Time: Compass of Faith

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Other resources: “Our Own Liahona” (Ensign, November 1976, pages 77–79), “The Liahona” (library picture OQ041), “Listen to the Prophet” (activity—Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 65).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1987

    211. Sharing Time: I’ll Follow Him in Faith

    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. Give each child a small paper shield on which they can write an expression of faith, gratitude, and testimony of Jesus Christ to take home and share with their families.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 2005

    212. Sharing Time: Temples and Ordinances

    Judy Edwards

    We are particularly blessed to live in a time when we have holy temples upon the face of the earth and are able to receive the blessings of temples ordinances. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1993

    213. Sharing Time: Savior and Redeemer

    Sydney S. Reynolds

    In some parts of the world, people greet each other at Easter time by saying, “Christ is risen! Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Tadd R. Peterson Sharing Time Ideas (Note: CS = Children’s Songbook) This month you might sing “Beautiful Savior,” (CS, pp. 62–63). 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1999

    214. Sharing Time: Hold to the Rod

    Pat Graham and Laurie K. Hutchinson

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Prepare copies of January 1983 Sharing Time (Friend, January 1983, page 39).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1988

    215. Sharing Time: Follow the Prophets

    Judy Edwards

    Lorenzo Snow: The time has now come for every Latter-day Saint … to do the will of the Lord and to pay his tithing in full. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1993

    216. Sharing Time: Scripture Scholars

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 20.) 6.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1990

    217. Sharing Time: Testimonies of Others Can Strengthen Mine

    Daryl V. Hoole

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas 1. Invite a missionary or a returned missionary to talk to the children about sharing testimonies with others. 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1991

    218. Sharing Time: A Nativity Presentation

    Pat Graham and Alice Morrey Bailey

    Let your thoughts be upon Him at this time of year so that you may learn of Him and follow in His footsteps. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1984

    219. Sharing Time: Choices and Gospel Guideposts

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 10.) Conclude by discussing Jesus’ teachings. 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1989

    220. Sharing Time: I Feel Reverent When I Read the Scriptures

    Virginia Pearce

    And some weeks they just didn’t get ready in time. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Jocelyn Palmer Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1992

    221. Sharing Time: Roller-Box TV

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas Make copy of poem page for each child. Allow one or two sharing times for discussion of poem and preparation of roller box.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1981

    222. Sharing Time: I Believe in Being Honest

    Judy Edwards

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. For each letter, share a story of someone whose name begins with that letter and who was honest and true.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1993

    223. Sharing Time: A Temple Is the House of the Lord

    Judy Edwards

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Talk about other times in our lives when we wear white (baptism, marriage, and burial). 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1993

    224. Sharing Time: Jesus Christ’s Atonement Is the Greatest Gift of Love

    Karen Ashton

    Answers: Sharing Time Ideas Note: The Savior should not be portrayed in dramatizations except in the nativity scene. See Primary Sharing Time Resource Manual, p. 13.) 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1996

    225. Sharing Time: Search the Scriptures

    Pat Graham

    Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1. Make time line of prophets in Book of Mormon. [illustration] Illustrated by LaFarne Holz Alma, first chief judge—Mosiah; Ammon, son of Mosiah—Alma; Mormon, abridger—Moroni; Moroni, last of Nephites—Ether; Samuel, Lamanite prophet—Helaman.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1988

    226. Sharing Time: “I Promise …”

    Pat Graham

    Keeping your promise has set you free.” Then the king turned to the crowd and said, “I would give all my wealth to have one such friend.” (Adapted from “Love Fails Not,” Sharing Time Resource Manual, page 57.) Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1987

    227. Sharing Time: On the Road to Emmaus

    Virginia Pearce

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Jerry Harston Sharing Time Ideas 1. Give the older children time to find at least one of the scriptures, read it, and discover what it has to do with reverent feelings.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1992

    228. Sharing Time: I Thank Thee, Dear Father

    Judy Edwards

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Shauna Mooney Kawasaki Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have each child create a page of blessings for her or his Book of Peace (See Sharing Time Idea #3, Friend, January 1994, page 44). 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1994

    229. Sharing Time: The Miraculous Story of Elijah!

    Pat Graham

    The promise the Lord made through his prophets was that a time would come when everyone, living or dead, would have the opportunity for baptism and temple blessings. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1983

    230. Sharing Time: Alma and Amulek Teach the Zoramites to Pray

    Virginia Pearce

    A long time ago there lived a man named Alma. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1992

    231. Sharing Time: Gratitude for God’s Creations

    Pat Graham

    And continues up high We’ll never get there if we waste any time. Click to View Larger Format Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Jeanne Hansen Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1984

    232. Sharing Time: Family Love

    Pat Graham

    Illustrated by Karen Sharp Foster Sharing Time Ideas 1. Tape pictures together and show them one at a time through door of house.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1983

    233. Sharing Time: I Have Many Blessings

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Robyn S. Officer Sharing Time Ideas 1. Divide pictures into identical groups, and have children match pictures by turning over one card at a time in each group. 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1989

    234. Sharing Time: Clean Thoughts

    Karen Ashton

    Most of the time, you can choose what will enter your mind. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Denise Kirby Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1995

    235. Sharing Time: Try to Be Like Jesus

    Laurel Rohlfing

    They had a nice time visiting together. Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1990

    236. Sharing Time: Peaceful Nauvoo

    Pat Graham

    Times and Seasons Building 25. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1984

    237. Sharing Time: Remember Your Fathers

    Pat Graham

    Illustrated by Shauna Mooney.) Sharing Time Ideas Make a large copy of family tree of page 28. Share this information another week.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1983

    238. Sharing Time: He Sent His Son

    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. Have the guest tell the children that he wants to share the story of how Heavenly Father gave the gift of His Son to the world.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 2006

    239. Sharing Time: Testify of Jesus Christ

    Pat Graham

    Share your testimony with your family. Answers: My Testimony: Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1988

    240. Sharing Time: Whispers of the Heart

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Invite Primary teachers to share with the children how the Holy Ghost testified to them of Jesus Christ and the truthfulness of His gospel. 4.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1991

    241. Sharing Time: How to Prepare a Talk

    Pat Graham

    Close by saying something like, “I say this in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.” Sharing Time Ideas 1. Ask all children to share ideas about how idea/principle could be used today. 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1986

    242. Sharing Time: Make a String Picture

    Pat Graham and Betty Easton

    And we can be kind and show our appreciation by sharing what we grow with others. See page 48 for music.) Sharing Time Ideas Make a larger string picture to help teach the words of the song.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1982

    243. Sharing Time: Christmas Pictures

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Children could draw pictures of things Jesus taught us to do (helping, sharing, praying, etc.). 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1983

    244. Sharing Time: Divine Directions

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Ask children to share their favorite scripture or scripture story with group and tell how they have been guided by it. 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1989

    245. Sharing Time: Gratitude for Our Teachers

     

    Love, _ blessings tell stories you make singing fun do remember my name like make everyone happy thankful share your testimony try help me when I need it taught let me help you Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1984

    246. Sharing Time: My Home and Neighborhood

    Virginia Pearce

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas 1. Example: Parents should teach children not to fight and quarrel—Children should share willingly and be kind to brothers and sisters. 2.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1992

    247. Sharing Time: Remembering the Pioneers

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas After you have built diorama (dimensional scene), put figures in place as you tell a pioneer story. You may also invite the children to share what they know about pioneer life.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1982

    248. Sharing Time: The Lord Gave Me a Temple

    Judy Edwards

    He practiced squirting a stream of milk into the mouths of the cats that gathered around at milking time. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1993

    249. Sharing Time: Helaman and the Two Thousand Young Men of Faith

    Pat Graham

    He knew that they were courageous and “true at all times in whatsoever thing they were entrusted.” (See Click to View Larger Format Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1986

    250. Sharing Time: Blessings of Every Color!

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Continue removing and guessing blessings as time permits. 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1986

    251. Sharing Time: When I Begin to Pray

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Invite a child to hold and move doll a second time as children say the words with you.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1982

    252. Sharing Time: A Mother’s Day Flower Necklace

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. For choose-and-review singing time, make flower necklace and write page numbers of songs you want reviewed on flowers.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1987

    253. Sharing Time: Remember Him

    Laurel Rohlfing

    To remember someone who has been gone for a long time, you might look at his picture or read something he wrote. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Brad Teare Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1990

    254. Sharing Time: Special Witnesses

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Just as Jesus called Apostles in His time, we have Apostles today who have been called as “Special witnesses of the name of Christ in all the world”

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1990

    255. Sharing Time: Follow Righteous Leaders

    Pat Graham

    Moroni’s army captured most of Amalickiah’s army, and there was peace for a time. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Dick Brown Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1988

    256. Sharing Time: “I Am a Child of God”

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Read clues listed in activity one at a time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1989

    257. Sharing Time: A Day and a Promise to Remember

    Pat Graham

    Each time you take the sacrament, you will be reminded of the promise, or covenant, you made when you were baptized. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1983

    258. Sharing Time: Reverence for Heavenly Father’s Creations

    Virginia Pearce

    Every time the kitten managed to crawl out of the ditch, the boys would throw it back in. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1992

    259. Sharing Time: Eternal Treasure

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1. Discuss one jewel at a time, and help children to understand the meaning of those eternal truths.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1984

    260. Sharing Time: Go the Second Mile

    Pat Graham

    You could … Sharing Time Ideas 1. Make a copy of the maze for each child, and see who can write down the greatest number of possible solutions in a given time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1982

    261. Sharing Time: Gratitude for the Scriptures

    Pat Graham

    These writings were translated many times as people made copies of the record. Instrument provided to help translate records A B C D E F G H I J K L M E F G H I J K L M N O P Q N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z R S T U V W X Y Z A B C D Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1983

    262. Sharing Time: Celebrate Christmas Unselfishly

    Pat Graham

    Christmas is an especially good time to be unselfish and to give gifts of love. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1987

    263. Sharing Time: Obedient Servants of God

    Laurel Rohlfing

    I was put into prison many times and was martyred for my testimony. illustrations] Illustrated by Shauna Mooney Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1991

    264. Sharing Time: First Things First

    Laurel Rohlfing

    This time he did as he was commanded. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1990

    265. Sharing Time: Getting Ready for Christmas

    Pat Graham

    Then during the month of December, each time you do something without being asked lay a piece of straw in the manger. Sharing Times Ideas Discuss some of the ways we get ready for Christmas.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1981

    266. Sharing Time: Travis Repents

    Pat Graham

    Tell of a time when you were responsible and repented of a mistake that you had made. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1987

    267. Sharing Time: Prayer Language

    Laurel Rohlfing

    I thank _ (you) for home, friends, and parents so dear, And for ev’ry blessing that I enjoy here.” (See “I Thank Thee, Dear Father,” Children’s Songbook, page 7.) Sharing Time Ideas 1. Have children turn to a prayer in the scriptures, such as 3 Nephi 19:20–23 [], 3 Nephi 19:28–29 [], or , and count how many times thee, thou, thy, and thine appear. 3.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1991

    268. Sharing Time: The Atonement

    Laurel Rohlfing

    At this Easter time we can be thankful that Heavenly Father loved us enough to send His Son so that we can be forgiven when we do something wrong. Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Lori Anderson Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1989

    269. Sharing Time: Gratitude for Music

    Pat Graham

    Locate the hymn number in the alphabetical title index, read the time signature at the beginning of the hymn, then turn to “How to Use the Hymnbook” and find the correct beat pattern.) 3. Hum the introduction for “I Am a Child of God.” (Follow the brackets at the beginning and the end of the song.) Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1985

    270. Sharing Time: Count Your Blessings

    Pat Graham

    At Thanksgiving time we give thanks for all of our blessings. Sharing Time Ideas Make a large cornucopia out of posterboard, and laminate it so that fruit pieces may be attached with tape and removed without tearing.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1981

    271. Sharing Time: Jesus Organized His Church

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Some of the names for priesthood offices that we have today are different from the names that were used in Jesus’ time, but the responsibilities are much the same. Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1990

    272. Sharing Time: Sing Praises

    Laurel Rohlfing

    He knew that the time had come when He must atone for the sins of the world and be crucified. “And when they had 18 _ _ 23 _ 21 _ an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives” Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1989

    273. Sharing Time: Match the Figures with the Facts

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas Enlarge game and pin to flannelboard. They did not go to the stable but to a house some time after Jesus was born (Jesus the Christ, pages 97–99).

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1982

    274. Sharing Time: Remember Mother

    Pat Graham and Janice Gardiner Wright

    Click to View Larger Format Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1983

    275. Sharing Time: Mormon—a Valiant Prophet

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1988

    276. Sharing Time: Thanksgiving, Giving Thanks

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1982

    277. Sharing Time: Be Honest

    Pat Graham

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Dick Brown Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1987

    278. Sharing Time: Jacob Hamblin, Trustworthy Pioneer

    Pat Graham

    Adapted from Valiant B Manual, page 139.) Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1987

    279. Sharing Time: Blessings Follow Obedience

    Pat Graham

    See May 1982 Friend inside back cover for additional Sharing Time Ideas.) Click to View Larger Format

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1982

    280. Sharing Time: The Savior’s Love

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas: Display library pictures of the Savior similar to those shown on this page, or enlarge these drawings and make a large flip chart as described.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1982

    281. Sharing Time: Blessings Follow Obedience

    Pat Graham

    See page 48 for puppet instructions.) Sharing Time Ideas Enlarge figures and follow instructions given, but attach puppet to ruler or stick used for stirring paint.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1982

    282. Sharing Time: Happy Birthday Primary—Worldwide!

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1985

    283. Sharing Time: Live the Golden Rule

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 1987

    284. Sharing Time: I Know …

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1991

    285. Sharing Time: Mother Is a Gardener

    Pat Graham and Joan Ashton

    Thank you, Heavenly Father, for creating her for me. [illustrations] Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas To use this poem for a program: 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1985

    286. Sharing Time: A Day with the Bishop

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Robyn S. Officer Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1989

    287. Sharing Time: Warning!

    Judy Edwards

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > November 1993

    288. Sharing Time: The Priesthood Is Restored

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1990

    289. Sharing Time: I Belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Click to View Larger Format Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1990

    290. Sharing Time: We Grow to Be Like Our Parents

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1984

    291. Sharing Time: Be a Righteous Leader

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1988

    292. Sharing Time: Stand Up and Be Counted

    Pat Graham

    Score one point for each fact. [photos, illustrations] Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > July 1985

    293. Sharing Time: When I Go to Church

    Laurel Rohlfing

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Virginia Sargeant Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1991

    294. Sharing Time: Being Kind, Like Jesus

    Pat Graham

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > April 1987

    295. Sharing Time: Praise the Prophet

    Pat Graham

    Illustrated by Virginia Sargent.) Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1986

    296. Sharing Time: Father, We Thank Thee

    Judy Edwards

    Click to View Larger Format Illustrated by Julie F. Young Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > December 1993

    297. Sharing Time: Scriptural Fathers

    Pat Graham and Nancy Miller

    Father of twelve sons () Answers: Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > June 1986

    298. Sharing Time: Search the Scriptures

    Pat Graham

    Click to View Larger Format Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > February 1985

    299. Sharing Time: The Spirit of God

    Pat Graham

    Click to View Larger Format Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1986

    300. Sharing Time: Reverence in Holy Places

    Virginia Pearce

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1992

     

    301. Sharing Time: Making Music for the Church

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1987

    302. Sharing Time: Seek Guidance through Prayer

    Pat Graham

    Sharing Time Ideas 1.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > May 1988

    303. Sharing Time: Nauvoo Cutouts

    Julie Wardell

    Most of the gray limestone blocks have been used in other buildings. 12 Print Shop 14 Times and Seasons Building In 1845 this three-building complex was purchased by Elias Smith for $3,400. The buildings were used as a printing center for the Times and Seasons (semimonthly periodical) and the Nauvoo Neighbor (a weekly newspaper), a bookstore, and a book bindery.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > October 1984

    304. The Master Served

    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. Use a scrambled word game to introduce sharing time.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > September 2007

    305. Sharing Time Poster: I Will Follow God’s Plan for Me

     

    Read November I can share the gospel so that others can follow Heavenly Father’s plan.

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 2005

    306. Sharing Time Poster: I Will Trust in Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ—Their Promises Are Sure

     

    Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, have made many promises to us. When we are obedient, we can receive the blessings of those promises. We find out what Their promises are by reading the scriptures, listening to the prophet, praying, and

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 2006

    307. Sharing Time: Make a Friend

    Pat Graham

    Some people think they are rich if they make lots of money. But the richest people of all are the ones who know how to make friends. You can make a friendship wallet and become rich with friends. Click to View Larger Format Mount wallet on heavy

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > August 1981

    308. Sharing Time Poster: My Family Can Be Forever

     

    Before we came to earth, Heavenly Father taught us the great plan of happiness. The family is central to His plan. Because He loves us, He has given us families so that we can love and learn from one another. By following Heavenly Father’s plan,

    Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 2004