Jesus Christ Calls His Apostles
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Lesson
The purpose of Primary 7 Lesson 9: Jesus Christ Calls His Apostles is to have greater love and respect for the Apostles
Teacher Study
"Stay in the Boat and Hold On!" by Elder M. Russell Ballard
"The Twelve" by President Boyd K. Packer
"And He Gave Some, Apostles" by Brother Edward J. Brandt
Videos
We Need Living Prophets (about 3 minutes)- members bear testimony of the prophets and apostles
Special Witnesses of Christ- Each Prophet and Apostle shares their witness of Jesus Christ (written and video)
Peter and John Heal a Man Crippled Since Birth (about 2 1/2 minutes)- Bible Video
Priesthood Leaders (about 3 minutes)- Illustrated scripture video
Jesus Chooses His Apostles (about 2 minutes)- Illustrated scripture video
The Apostles Lead the Church (about 1 1/2 minutes)- Illustrated scripture video
Men's Hearts Shall Fail Them (about 3 1/2 minutes)- Elder Nelson shares a story to give encouragement to the weak in heart
Foundation (about 2 minutes)- Elder Holland explains the foundation of Apostles and Prophets
Elder Bednar Speaks on Apostles Role (about 11 minutes)- Discusses the role of being an Apostle
Music
"Book of Mormon Stories"- Children's Songbook pg. 118
"Follow the Prophet"- Children's Songbook pg. 110
"Keep the Commandments"- Children's Songbook pg. 146
"Nephi's Courage"- Children's Songbook pg. 120
"Seek the Lord Early"- Children's Songbook pg. 108
"Stand for the Right"- Children's Songbook pg. 159
"The Sixth Article of Faith"- Children's Songbook pg. 126
"We'll Bring the World His Truth"- Children's Songbook pg. 172
The Primary 7 Lesson 9 Handout packet includes:
A October 2014 highlight recap in 2 sizes. All the posters are on one page so you can quickly talk about some of the words of the apostles this past year. You can download larger posters in our General Conference Study
Article of Faith 6 poster in 2 sizes- you can find the picture of the apostles here
Click the image to print
Lesson Ideas
Heavenly Father Speaks to Us through His Prophets- Make a booklet of the Prophet and Apostles
Living Prophets Teach Me to Choose the Right- Put the apostles in the correct chairs for General Conference and talk about how we get to listen to them often
Jesus Christ's Twelve Apostles- Word search or use this one
The Apostles Do What is Right- Make a diorama to tell this story
Special Witness Cards- Play a game with these latter-day apostle cards and learn more about them
Jesus Chooses His Apostles- Illustrated scripture story- can cut up to play a game or make into a booklet
Coloring Pages
God's Prophets and Apostles Speak to Us in General Conference
Calling of the Twelve Apostles- Coloring figures at the bottom to go with the story
Rachael's Booknook has the apostle matching game to go with the Enrichment activities plus more.
