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1 AND 2 THESSALONIANSOCTOBER 21-27

INVITE SHARINGIN LAST WEEK’S LESSON, DID YOU INVITE THE CHILDREN TO APPLY WHAT

THEY LEARNED IN SOME WAY?

LET THE CHILDREN USE THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF THIS WEEK’S CLASS

TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES.

TEACH THE DOCTRINE

•CLICK HERE FOR THE “OLDER CHILDREN’S” PROGRAM

• Click here for the “Younger Children’s”

Program

ENCOURAGE LEARNING AT HOME

•INVITE THE CHILDREN TO TELL A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND ONE REASON THEY ARE

GRATEFUL WE HAVE THE GOSPEL ON THE EARTH

TODAY (THIS WEEK’S ACTIVITY PAGE CAN HELP

THEM REMEMBER).

• OUR CLOSING PRAYER WILL BE GIVEN BY

• (ENTER NAME HERE)

THE END

• IMAGES AND CLIPART ARE FROM LDS.ORG, MICROSOFT OFFICE, AND OTHERWEBSITES INDICATING THE IMAGES WERE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN OR

PERMITTED FOR CHURCH AND HOME USE.

• THE LESSON AND SCRIPTURE STORY ARE FROM LDS.ORG.• PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS PRESENTATION FOR COMMERCIAL USE. FEEL FREE TO

ALTER THE PRESENTATION FOR USE IN CHURCH OR HOME TO SUIT PERSONAL

PREFERENCE.

• THIS PRESENTATION IS INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT, NOT REPLACE, THE LESSON MANUAL AND SCRIPTURES.

• TEACHERS SHOULD REFER TO THE MANUAL, SCRIPTURES AND OTHER RESOURCES WHEN PREPARING AND CONDUCTING THE LESSON.

YOUNGER PROGRAM

AS I FOLLOW GOD’S COMMANDMENTS, I WILL BE READY FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST.

•PAUL’S COUNSEL CAN HELP US BE READY AND WATCHING FOR THAT

GREAT DAY WHEN THE SAVIOR

COMES TO EARTH AGAIN.


•CLICK ON THE ACTIVITY BELOW THAT YOU WANT TO GO TO:

•POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘A’•POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘B’•POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘C’

PAUL TAUGHT THAT AN APOSTASY WOULD OCCUR BEFORE JESUS CHRIST COMES AGAIN.

•THE CHURCH THAT JESUS CHRIST ESTABLISHED EVENTUALLY FELL INTO APOSTASY, MEANING THAT PRIESTHOOD AUTHORITY AND GOSPEL

TRUTHS WERE TAKEN FROM THE EARTH. PAUL PROPHESIED THAT THIS

APOSTASY, OR “FALLING AWAY,” WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE THE SAVIOR’S

SECOND COMING.



•POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘A’•POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘B’•POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘C’

OLDER PROGRAM


PAUL’S COUNSEL CAN HELP US BE READY AND WATCHING FOR THAT

GREAT DAY WHEN THE SAVIOR COMES TO EARTH AGAIN.



•POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘A’•POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘B’


•IF THE CHILDREN UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS CHRIST’S CHURCH AND HIS GOSPEL WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE EARTH DURING

THE GREAT APOSTASY, THE NECESSITY OF THE RESTORATION WILL

BECOME CLEARER TO THEM.

HEAVENLY FATHER WANTS ME TO WORK.

•HOW CAN YOU HELP THE CHILDREN SEE WORK AS A BLESSING, NOT SOMETHING TO AVOID?

HEAVENLY FATHER WANTS ME TO WORK.



YOUNGER POSSIBLE 1

AS I FOLLOW GOD’S COMMANDMENTS, I WILL BE READY FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. ACTIVITY ‘A’

•INVITE A MOTHER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO WAIT FOR HER BABY TO BE BORN WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHEN

THE BIRTH WOULD HAPPEN.

•READ 1 THESSALONIANS 5:2–3, AND TELL THE CHILDREN THAT JESUS CHRIST WILL COME TO EARTH AGAIN, BUT NO ONE KNOWS

EXACTLY WHEN—JUST AS A MOTHER DOESN’T KNOW EXACTLY

WHEN HER BABY WILL BE BORN.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/1-thes/5.2-3?lang=eng#p2

AS I FOLLOW GOD’S COMMANDMENTS, I WILL BE READY FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. ACTIVITY ‘B’

•ASK THE CHILDREN TO TALK ABOUT A TIME WHEN THEY PREPARED FOR A TRIP OR EVENT. WHAT DID THEY DO TO PREPARE?

•BRING A SUITCASE OR BAG AND LET THE CHILDREN PRETEND TO PACK IT IN PREPARATION FOR A TRIP OR EVENT.

•EXPLAIN THAT WE PREPARE FOR JESUS CHRIST TO COME AGAIN BY PRAYING, READING THE SCRIPTURES, FOLLOWING THE PROPHET, AND LIVING RIGHTEOUSLY

EACH DAY.

•ASK THE CHILDREN TO DRAW PICTURES OF HOW THEY CAN DO THIS AND PUT THEM IN THE SUITCASE.

AS I FOLLOW GOD’S COMMANDMENTS, I WILL BE READY FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. ACTIVITY ‘C’

•READ 1 THESSALONIANS 5:6 TO THE CHILDREN AND EXPLAIN THAT IF WE ARE NOT PREPARING FOR JESUS TO COME AGAIN, IT’S LIKE

WE HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP AND WE WON’T BE READY FOR HIM.

•INVITE THE CHILDREN TO PRETEND THEY ARE ASLEEP. •EXPLAIN THAT IF WE DO PREPARE, IT’S LIKE WE ARE AWAKE AND

WAITING FOR HIM. INVITE THEM TO WAKE UP.

•SING TOGETHER “WHEN HE COMES AGAIN” (CHILDREN’S SONGBOOK, 82–83).

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/1-thes/5.6?lang=eng#p6https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/childrens-songbook/when-he-comes-again?lang=eng

YOUNGER POSSIBLE 2

PAUL TAUGHT THAT AN APOSTASY WOULD OCCUR BEFORE JESUS CHRIST COMES AGAIN. POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘A’

•READ ACTS 11:26 TO THE CHILDREN. •EXPLAIN THAT SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN AND FOLLOWS JESUS

CHRIST IS CALLED A CHRISTIAN, SO WE ARE CHRISTIANS.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/acts/11.26?lang=eng#p26

PAUL TAUGHT THAT AN APOSTASY WOULD OCCUR BEFORE JESUS CHRIST COMES AGAIN. POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘B’

•SING “THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST” (CHILDREN’S SONGBOOK, 77) WITH THE CHILDREN.

•HOW SHOULD WE ACT AT CHURCH, AT SCHOOL, AND AT HOME BECAUSE WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST AND BELONG TO HIS CHURCH?

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/childrens-songbook/the-church-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng

PAUL TAUGHT THAT AN APOSTASY WOULD OCCUR BEFORE JESUS CHRIST COMES AGAIN. POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘C’

•LET THE CHILDREN COLOR THE BADGE ON THIS WEEK’S ACTIVITY PAGE AND WEAR IT HOME.

OLDER POSSIBLE 1

AS I FOLLOW GOD’S COMMANDMENTS, I WILL BE READY FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST.- POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘A’

•INVITE A CHILD TO READ 1 THESSALONIANS 5:1–6 WHILE THE OTHER CHILDREN FOLLOW ALONG.

•AFTER EACH VERSE, ASK A CHILD TO SUMMARIZE WHAT HE OR SHE THINKS THE VERSE IS SAYING.

•YOU MAY WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT “THE DAY OF THE LORD” MEANS THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST.

•WHY DO THE CHILDREN THINK THE SECOND COMING IS COMPARED TO A THIEF IN THE NIGHT OR A WOMAN ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY?


AS I FOLLOW GOD’S COMMANDMENTS, I WILL BE READY FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST.- POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘B’

•TELL THE CHILDREN TO IMAGINE THAT THE SAVIOR WILL BE VISITING YOUR CLASS SOMETIME TODAY.

•HOW CAN WE PREPARE OUR CLASSROOM FOR HIS VISIT? HELP THE CHILDREN THINK OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE

DAY JESUS CHRIST RETURNS.

•FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN REPENT, FORGIVE, IMPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FAMILY, FOLLOW THE PROPHET, AND KEEP OUR COVENANTS.

•ENCOURAGE THE CHILDREN TO CHOOSE ONE THING THEY WILL DO TO PREPARE THEMSELVES TO RECEIVE THE SAVIOR AT HIS COMING.

OLDER POSSIBLE 2

PAUL TAUGHT THAT AN APOSTASY WOULD OCCUR BEFORE JESUS CHRIST COMES AGAIN. POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘A’

•INVITE ONE OF THE CHILDREN TO READ 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1–3. •ACCORDING TO THESE VERSES, WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN BEFORE “THE DAY OF

CHRIST,” WHICH MEANS THE SECOND COMING?

•DO ANY OF THE CHILDREN KNOW WHAT “A FALLING AWAY” MEANS? •MAKE SURE THAT THE CHILDREN UNDERSTAND THAT IT MEANS THE GREAT

APOSTASY, WHICH OCCURRED AFTER THE DEATHS OF THE SAVIOR’S

APOSTLES.

• YOU MIGHT WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION FROM “APOSTASY,” TRUE TO THE FAITH, 13–14.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/2-thes/2.1-3?lang=eng#p1https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/true-to-the-faith/apostasy?lang=eng

PAUL TAUGHT THAT AN APOSTASY WOULD OCCUR BEFORE JESUS CHRIST COMES AGAIN. POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘B’

•HELP THE CHILDREN LIST ON THE BOARD SOME OF THE TRUTHS AND BLESSINGS WE ENJOY BECAUSE OF THE GOSPEL. (SOME EXAMPLES MIGHT INCLUDE TEMPLES,

PROPHETS, THE PRIESTHOOD, AND THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST.)

•ERASE THESE THINGS ONE BY ONE, AND ASK THE CHILDREN HOW THEIR LIVES WOULD BE DIFFERENT WITHOUT THESE THINGS.

•EXPLAIN THAT THESE TRUTHS WERE LOST DURING THE GREAT APOSTASY. WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT THAT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST BE RESTORED TO THE EARTH IN

THE LATTER DAYS?

• INVITE THE CHILDREN TO “RESTORE” OR REWRITE THE TRUTHS AND BLESSINGS ONTHE BOARD.

OLDER POSSIBLE 3

HEAVENLY FATHER WANTS ME TO WORK. POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘A’

•INVITE THE CHILDREN TO TAKE TURNS READING VERSES FROM 2 THESSALONIANS 3:7–13 AND LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM THE SAINTS

WERE FACING.

•WHY DOES HEAVENLY FATHER WANT US TO WORK? •WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE NEVER LEARNED TO WORK HARD? •LET THE CHILDREN TAKE TURNS ACTING OUT SIMPLE CHORES WHILE

THE OTHER CHILDREN GUESS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.


HEAVENLY FATHER WANTS ME TO WORK.POSSIBLE ACTIVITY ‘B’

•INVITE THE CHILDREN TO TALK ABOUT A TIME WHEN THEY WORKED HARD ON A TASK, A PROJECT, OR A GOAL.

•HOW DID THEY FEEL ABOUT THEMSELVES WHEN THEY FINISHED? •WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “BE NOT WEARY IN WELL DOING”?

(2 THESSALONIANS 3:13).

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/2-thes/3.13?lang=eng#p13

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