The song I picked for April's "choice" month was "The Golden Plates" -- I love the sing-song melody! It reminds me of the pioneer songs, like "Covered Wagons." I covered a cracker box with gold shiny tagboard (sorry, I don't have a picture) and used them as a prop last week.
For yesterday's Singing Time, I realized how many songs are in the Children's Songbook about the story of the Restoration! And how many paintings are in the Gospel Art Book! So it seemed like a no-brainer type of a Singing Time -- we would sing his story!
(from the Gospel Art Book)
I made a big sign to tape up to the podium that said, "Joseph's Journey."
I try to avoid using the word "journey" in the figurative sense, because cheezy shows like "The Bachelor" and all the schmaltzy reality TV overused "journey" and now it's tainted. But for Joseph Smith, I made an exception!
Then we talked about some trivia from his life, while showing a picture in the Gospel Art Book, and then sang the corresponding song!
My plan is below!
Picture of Joseph Smith reading the
Bible, pg. 89 Gospel Art Book
Joseph wondered which church was true, he found this passage
in The Bible, which led him to pray and ask God which was the true church. What was the bible verse? (James 1:5)
Search Ponder and Pray, (pg. 109)
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Picture
of the Sacred Grove (from the ward library!)
The Sacred Grove was located near Joseph Smith’s home. If you
wanted to visit the Sacred Grove area today, what state is it in? (Palmyra , NY
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First Vision, pg. 90
JUNIOR How old
was Joseph Smith when he received the First Vision? (14)
SENIOR What
month and year did Joseph Smith receive the First Vision? (April 1820)
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Angel
Moroni in his bedroom, pg. 91
JUNIOR How many
times did the Angel Moroni visit him that first night? (3)
SENIOR The Angel Moroni visited Joseph Smith
three times in that first night, he woke up and went out to the fields
exhausted, and Moroni
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Golden
Plates, pg. 86 Gospel Art Book
Who were the Three Witnesses who saw the plates? (others did
too) (David Whitmer, Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery)
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Priesthood
restoration, pg. 93/94
Who visited to give the Aaronic Priesthood to Joseph Smith
and Oliver Cowdery?
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If time, I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ
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