Wasn't General Conference great! So many great messages! So many great talks! So many inspiring moments! The talks are already available at the Church website for anyone to listen to or view, just click here!
So, because I spent the weekend enjoying the messages shared during each session of General Conference, this post is going up later than intended, but here are some spotlights from seminary last week. Enjoy!
Highlight #1: Why It Matters
We really focused on why the scriptures we are reading and study matter, meaning: Why are they important to Heavenly Father and why should they be important to us.
We made connections to why certain things in our lives are important to us personally:
Why It Matters to Me - 1 Thing
Why seminary is important:
Why It Matters to Me - Seminary
And most importantly, why Jesus Christ is important:
Why It Matters to Me - Jesus Christ
We also spent time discovering why the 25 scriptures selected for this year's list of scripture mastery verses are important as well and enjoyed participating in a favorite activity called BRING IT, which helps us become more familiar with these scriptures (in a fun and somewhat messy way!):
Highlight #2: We enjoyed celebrating Madsters birthday with a creative congo circle dance bash!
Speaking of Madsters... check out the new page on this blog called "In the Spotlight" and see the video highlighting her!
This new page will change regularly to spotlight one of our awesome Extreme Team players, our #1 Fans, or other people who play an important role in our seminary experience this year, so make sure to check it out often!
Oh, and don't forget to read the Announcements for this week! There are important things there like: no class on Tuesday!
Have an awesome week!
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October 3, 2011
September 25, 2011
God's Plan
This week included great activities and discussion about Heavenly Father's plan, including:
the Creation of the earth
the creation of man in the image of God
(Scripture Mastery = Genesis 1:26-27)
the Fall of Adam and the importance of that decision
the role of Jesus Christ's Atonement (the greatest gift we have been given!).
Read reflections from the students about God's Planbelow (you can view it fullscreen):
God's Pan (Sept 23, 2011)
We also enjoyed working on scripture mastery with these fun activities:
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' = a team competition that changes each round
Rhyme Time = using rhymes to help us remember what the scripture mastery verses teach (click here to download the rhymes)
Freeze Frame = a team challenge to portray a scripture with one picture pose (check out the video below).....
Other highlights from the week included:
Sharing Goals and Good Things - but you had to find your partner first using animal sounds only! (What sound does a bird make, Dandelion?)
Celebrating Trouble's birthday and watching KT and Colbinator bust out some quality moves for our Birthday Dance Bash! (Too bad the camera wasn't rolling!).
What a great week of learning!
FYI - several things have been updated or added in The Filing Cabinet, so check out:
Announcements (Sept 26 - Sept 30)
The Photo Gallery (Random Shots, Extreme Team, and Table Shuffle)
Video Page (collection of our class videos)
We Love Breakfast (October Breakfast Assignments)
Important Class Info (Required Reading for Term 1)
OT Scripture Mastery (Rhyme Time Phrases)
the Creation of the earth
the creation of man in the image of God
(Scripture Mastery = Genesis 1:26-27)
the Fall of Adam and the importance of that decision
the role of Jesus Christ's Atonement (the greatest gift we have been given!).
Read reflections from the students about God's Planbelow (you can view it fullscreen):
God's Pan (Sept 23, 2011)
We also enjoyed working on scripture mastery with these fun activities:
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' = a team competition that changes each round
Rhyme Time = using rhymes to help us remember what the scripture mastery verses teach (click here to download the rhymes)
Freeze Frame = a team challenge to portray a scripture with one picture pose (check out the video below).....
Other highlights from the week included:
Sharing Goals and Good Things - but you had to find your partner first using animal sounds only! (What sound does a bird make, Dandelion?)
Celebrating Trouble's birthday and watching KT and Colbinator bust out some quality moves for our Birthday Dance Bash! (Too bad the camera wasn't rolling!).
What a great week of learning!
FYI - several things have been updated or added in The Filing Cabinet, so check out:
Announcements (Sept 26 - Sept 30)
The Photo Gallery (Random Shots, Extreme Team, and Table Shuffle)
Video Page (collection of our class videos)
We Love Breakfast (October Breakfast Assignments)
Important Class Info (Required Reading for Term 1)
OT Scripture Mastery (Rhyme Time Phrases)
Oh yeah, did you notice our new page at the top called: "Meet the Extreme Team?" It includes snapshots of each class member, their nickname, and a blurb about one of the strengths they bring to our class.
September 10, 2011
Snippets from September 7 - 9
This was a short week but it was still packed with lots of great learning!
As part of our Friday reflection process, students post responses to what we have learned on our class Twitter board (more details and pictures coming soon to show our Twitter board - or just ask a member of The Extreme Team to explain it!). The Friday Tweet asks students to suggest something to highlight here on the blog.
With that said, I am excited to share the thoughts and reflections of The Extreme Team with you and hope you enjoy the top 3 highlights from this past week.
Highlight # 1 = The Time Capsule
We started our week off opening the Old Testament "time capsule" and found some great treasures that relate to our life today! We discussed how the Old Testament is not just a dusty old book, but that there are many connections between its teachings and our lives today.
As we reflected on the importance of studying the Old Testament, the students shared great insights including that "the reason we study these scriptures is to understand what they mean to us" and that "studying the Old Testament will help all of us get better."
Highlight # 2 = Order Up!
Students enjoyed our "Order Up" activity, where they had to work together as teams to put all 39 books of the Old Testament in order - without using their Bibles!
Challenging? Yes. Impossible? No. Especially when you have a fun song to help you learn the order AND you color-code the books by the type of writing they contain!
To listen to the song that we are using to learn the books of the Old Testament, click here and open the "Books of the Old Testament" link. The song is sung by a group named, The Sons of Ammon, and they also give you the option to try it faster or fastest!
Highlight # 3 = The Power of One
The last highlight the class wanted to include was how much they learned from doing The Power of One, which was an in-depth personal study of one scripture mastery verse.
Background on Scripture Mastery (SM): This year we will work to master our learning of 25 specific scripture verses from the Old Testament. There are several components to SM, such as: knowing where the scripture is, being able to find it, understanding what it teaches, being able to apply it, and explaining it to others.
The 25 verses for this year have been divided out among the students to do a personal study of their assigned verse (or verses) with the purpose of teaching their verse to the class as part of our morning devotionals.
So, they worked on studying their scripture and have done a great job of preparing for their first SM devotional, as seen in these student examples:
Here are what students thought of The Power of One:
"It helps us understand the scripture better and makes us think about something we may have never realized before"
"You get more understanding of how to live that scripture"
"The value of studying one scripture at a time is breaking it down and gaining an understanding of God's word, verse by verse."
"We'll be able to share our thoughts with others."
"It's important that we individually study scripture mastery to gain a deeper understanding of what we're reading."
"Studying one Scripture Mastery in-depth helps us related it more to ourselves and we remember it better."
"When we learn just one scripture, we have more appreciation for what the Lord says."
Whew! What a great (short) week!
Parents: please view the Announcements link for reminders and important information.
As part of our Friday reflection process, students post responses to what we have learned on our class Twitter board (more details and pictures coming soon to show our Twitter board - or just ask a member of The Extreme Team to explain it!). The Friday Tweet asks students to suggest something to highlight here on the blog.
With that said, I am excited to share the thoughts and reflections of The Extreme Team with you and hope you enjoy the top 3 highlights from this past week.
Highlight # 1 = The Time Capsule
We started our week off opening the Old Testament "time capsule" and found some great treasures that relate to our life today! We discussed how the Old Testament is not just a dusty old book, but that there are many connections between its teachings and our lives today.
As we reflected on the importance of studying the Old Testament, the students shared great insights including that "the reason we study these scriptures is to understand what they mean to us" and that "studying the Old Testament will help all of us get better."
Highlight # 2 = Order Up!
Students enjoyed our "Order Up" activity, where they had to work together as teams to put all 39 books of the Old Testament in order - without using their Bibles!
Challenging? Yes. Impossible? No. Especially when you have a fun song to help you learn the order AND you color-code the books by the type of writing they contain!
To listen to the song that we are using to learn the books of the Old Testament, click here and open the "Books of the Old Testament" link. The song is sung by a group named, The Sons of Ammon, and they also give you the option to try it faster or fastest!
Highlight # 3 = The Power of One
The last highlight the class wanted to include was how much they learned from doing The Power of One, which was an in-depth personal study of one scripture mastery verse.
Background on Scripture Mastery (SM): This year we will work to master our learning of 25 specific scripture verses from the Old Testament. There are several components to SM, such as: knowing where the scripture is, being able to find it, understanding what it teaches, being able to apply it, and explaining it to others.
The 25 verses for this year have been divided out among the students to do a personal study of their assigned verse (or verses) with the purpose of teaching their verse to the class as part of our morning devotionals.
So, they worked on studying their scripture and have done a great job of preparing for their first SM devotional, as seen in these student examples:
Here are what students thought of The Power of One:
Whew! What a great (short) week!
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Parents: please view the Announcements link for reminders and important information.
September 4, 2011
Let's get it started!
To get things started on our Extreme Team blog, how about a video overview of the beginning of our seminary season:
Note: If the video won't load, try refreshing the page and then try clicking here to go to the actual video site.
Some of the highlights in this video come from the following photo albums in The Filing Cabinet (click on the highlighted words to see even more pictures):
Getting to know each other better on the 1st day
Learning about the importance of T.E.A.M.
An Old Testament Scavenger Hunt
Minute to Win-It Scripture Mastery Challenges
Now, you should check out The Filing Cabinet, where you'll find EXTREME-ly important stuff about seminary this year.
Parents: Go to The Filing Cabinet to download copies of the calendar, class policies (grading, attendance, etc.), the Student Accountability Card for this term, and to find more helpful information.
Don't forget to bookmark our blog site so you can come back often. You can even follow us or subscribe so that you get notifications when the blog is updated.
The goal is to update the blog every weekend and share what we are learning and the experiences we are having as a seminary class this year, so please share our address with others!
Oh, and comments are LOVED around here (good ones, of course!). So show us some love, after all, a little comment love makes the day brighter (even though we're up way before the sun!).
Thanks for stopping by. See you soon!
Note: If the video won't load, try refreshing the page and then try clicking here to go to the actual video site.
Some of the highlights in this video come from the following photo albums in The Filing Cabinet (click on the highlighted words to see even more pictures):
Getting to know each other better on the 1st day
Learning about the importance of T.E.A.M.
An Old Testament Scavenger Hunt
Minute to Win-It Scripture Mastery Challenges
Now, you should check out The Filing Cabinet, where you'll find EXTREME-ly important stuff about seminary this year.
Parents: Go to The Filing Cabinet to download copies of the calendar, class policies (grading, attendance, etc.), the Student Accountability Card for this term, and to find more helpful information.
Don't forget to bookmark our blog site so you can come back often. You can even follow us or subscribe so that you get notifications when the blog is updated.
The goal is to update the blog every weekend and share what we are learning and the experiences we are having as a seminary class this year, so please share our address with others!
Oh, and comments are LOVED around here (good ones, of course!). So show us some love, after all, a little comment love makes the day brighter (even though we're up way before the sun!).
Thanks for stopping by. See you soon!
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