Sunday, September 25, 2016

Getting the Most Out of General Conference

Since your focus this week should be on hearing a prophet, I'll wait to post the blog for 3 Nephi chapters 8-11. I love what Alison said about revelation in her lesson today and what so many people taught us in our meetings about how to get the most out of General Conference. I thought I would just post a bunch of resources for you to look up or study or things to do with your kids before, during, and after General Conference.

Links for Kids:

I haven't explored everything in this link, but I loved the prophet puppets you can make with toilet paper rolls. She had a lot of good ideas for nursery aged children in the nursery packet area.


This is the link for coloring pages from the church's website:


For those of you with children, what have you found that helps you and your children enjoy conference? Please leave a comment if you can.

Links for Youth:


There was an article that discussed different ways to use General Conference in Faith in God, Duty to God, and Personal Progress:

Faith in God, Duty to God, and Personal Progress all have experiences that can be passed off by using general conference. Look through the following experiences, and encourage your children to fulfill them by participating in conference:
Faith in God:Learning and Living the gospel: bullet #4, bullet #10 (example for #10: write one sentence summary for each talk and goal for how to achieve it)Duty to God:Priests: pg. 62 (What specific things did you learn from living prophets in the most recent general conference?)Personal Progress:Individual Worth, experience 2: start fulfilling the requirement by listening for mention of patriarchal blessings.Knowledge, experience 4: select a principle you want to learn more about and listen for discussion of that principle during conference. Take notes, and study scriptural mentions thereafter. Prepare a talk about the principle and experience."Additional Value Experiences" write-ins for Faith or Knowledge: Take notes of general conference and write up two goals after conference for how you can strengthen your testimony. Faith or Knowledge value project: Judging on how long a particular young woman takes in fulfilling this requirement, it might even fit as a value experience (which should be at least 10 hours). If she watches all four session (8 hours) then spends 2 hours studying notes, re-studying conference text after it comes out, writing in her journal, and considering her goals, it could easily reach 10 hours.http://www.ldsliving.com/Ultimate-Guide-General-Conference-Edition/s/70390

For Adults:

We had very good instruction today at church about this so I won't add much more than what has already been said. But the ways I have received the most revelation, is to sit down before and write down questions.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said,

“As you prepare for general conference, I invite you to ponder questions you need to have answered. … Answers to your specific prayers may come directly from a particular talk or from a specific phrase. At other times answers may come in a seemingly unrelated word, phrase, or song” (“General Conference—No Ordinary Blessing,” Ensign, Sept. 2011).

A few questions I have asked in the past have been:

What can I do to help my kids feel the spirit?

How can I be a better member missionary?

How do I make my Sundays more meaningful?

How can I make my prayers more meaningful?

What is it that you (God) would have me do better?

How can I help my less active brother feel the spirit without scaring him off?

What do the sisters I visit teach need to hear?

President Uchtdorf said,

“A heart filled with gratitude for the blessings of life and an earnest desire to hear and follow the words of counsel will prepare the way for personal revelation (“General Conference—No Ordinary Blessing,”Ensign, Sept. 2011).

Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said,

“When I take notes at conference, I do not always write down exactly what the speaker is saying; I note the personalized direction the Spirit is giving me. What is said is not as important as what we hear and what we feel. That is why we make an effort to experience conference in a setting where the still, small voice of the Spirit can be clearly heard, felt, and understood” (“General Conference: Strengthening Faith and Testimony,” Ensign, Nov. 2013).

I know that as we seek during conference we shall find. Please comment below with any tips or suggestions that would help other people in our ward this week. I marvel every day how wonderful you all are. I learn so much from the way you live your lives. Thank you so much for helping me want to be better.


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