April 7-13, Come Follow Me youth lesson. D&C 30-36

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Ideas for Learning at Home and at Church

Doctrine and Covenants 30–36

I am called to be a witness of Jesus Christ.

Whether or not you have a formal calling as a missionary, you can be a witness of Jesus Christ “at all times, and in all things, and in all places” (Mosiah 18:9). As you study Doctrine and Covenants 30–36, record what you learn about your opportunities to share the gospel. You could make a list of things the Lord asks of you and another list of promises the Lord makes as you share the gospel (for example, see Doctrine and Covenants 30:8; 31:3–5; 32:1, 5; 35:13–15, 24). You could also look for principles that can help you share the gospel. What do you find that inspires you to “declare glad tidings of great joy”? (Doctrine and Covenants 31:3).

I have a fun game you can play at the beginning of class to help the youth better understand the scriptures they will be reading.

I suggest you print these pages on two different colors of paper.

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Cut them out, and when you are ready to teach class, have them on the table with tape so that no one can see them, like this:

Tell the youth to put one color on their forehead and (with help) one on their back. Tell them they should not see the words on the front of the paper. If you teach YW (and some YM), bring hair ties.

This is my incredibly handsome son, demonstrating how this will look:

They can go around the class and get help from others. Tell them to give hints without saying any of the words on the cards.

When they have guessed what is on their cards, they will place them on a board that looks like this:

The first youth will have to think about this, but everyone else will have it easy because of the colors(:

If you have 16 students or more, have everyone take one card.

If you have a tiny class, have them go back for more cards after they place them on the board—round 2 or 3.

You aren't done. We just started(:

You will pass out puzzle pieces with scriptures on them. After the youth read their scripture, they can match up the tags/ cards that fit with that scripture. It will look like this:

Puzzle pieces are in my store.

I did not get all the promises and asks; you can record the ones I missed.

Here are some free scripture cards.

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After you are done, you can either remove the tags/ cards and finish the puzzle or place them over the top.

As your youth move through these messages, they get to choose if it falls into the Love, Share, or Invite category. You can have these stickers printed on sticker paper or have tape available. They can place them at the side of their puzzle/ card or on it. They can place more than one for each message.

These are also part of the lesson bundle.

Your puzzle will look like this when completed:

The words do fit together better than they do in this picture. This is in my store.

Elder Gary E. Stevenson taught that proclaiming the gospel “can be accomplished through simple, easily understandable principles taught to each of us from childhood: love, share, and invite” (“Love, Share, Invite,” Liahona, May 2022, 85). Consider studying his message while thinking about your acquaintances, friends, and family. What ideas come to you about how you can share with them “what [you] love about the gospel of Jesus Christ”? In what ways can you invite them to “come and see,” “come and serve,” and “come and belong”? As you sing or listen to “I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go” (Hymns, no. 270) or a related hymn, you might ask yourself, “What does the Lord want me to say and be in order to share His gospel?”

See also Marcos A. Aidukaitis, “Lift Up Your Heart and Rejoice,” Liahona, May 2022, 40–43; Topics and Questions, “Inviting All to Receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” “Ministering as the Savior Does,” Gospel Library; “Inviting All to Come unto Christ: Sharing the Gospel” (video), Gospel Library.

This video is amazing!

This is already included in the lesson bundle, but you can purchase it separately here.