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Learning the Thirteen Articles of Faith

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Trying to help the kids learn their Articles of Faith? The following links takes you to the LDS.org music pages for each Article of Faith. To hear the music press the little “play” arrow icon in the top left column. If you want to hear the words sung too, click the little round space (radio button) next to “Words and Music.”

The First Article of Faith
We believe in God, the Eternal Father - #122a

The Second Article of Faith
We believe that men will be punished for their own sins - #122b

The Third Article of Faith
We believe that through the Atonement of Christ - #123

The Fourth Article of Faith
We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: - #124

The Fifth Article of Faith
We believe that a man must be called of God - #125

The Sixth Article of Faith
We believe in the same organization - #126a

The Seventh Article of Faith
We believe in the gift of tongues - #126b

The Eighth Article of Faith
We believe the Bible to be the word of God - #127

The Ninth Article of Faith
We believe all that God has revealed - #128a

The Tenth Article of Faith
We believe in the literal gathering of Israel - #128b

The Eleventh Article of Faith
We claim the priv’lege of worshiping Almighty God - #130

The Twelfth Article of Faith
We believe in being subject to kings - #131

The Thirteenth Article of Faith
We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent - #132

Of course, if you just want to see the text for all the articles in one place you can find The Thirteen Articles of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here.

One of my daughters is eager to learn her Articles of Faith since she learned in Primary today that there will be an ice cream party reward for the children who have learned their Articles. The party will be an activity day in August and for each Article of Faith each child learns they will be rewarded with one ice cream topping of their choice. The teachers are keeping track of each child’s progress in class.

My first thought was “I can’t think of thirteen different ice cream toppings I would want all on one sundae. All I need to be in sundae heaven is hot fudge, whipped cream, a few cherries and salty peanuts. Lots of salty peanuts and lots of hot fudge. In that case I need about five articles worth of peanuts and five articles worth of hot fudge. The whipped cream and the cherries each count for an article. Ok, the thirteen article of faith could be represented by chocolate chips.” So what do you want on your Articles of Faith ice cream sundae?

As always, your comments are welcome below. Click on “Comments” to enter a comment.

~~Matia Bryson

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Praise to the Man

Sunday, June 21, 2009

On June 27th, it will be the 165th anniversary of the martyrdom of the prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. I hope my readers will enjoy this inspirational video. Praise to the Man.

Your comments are welcome below. Click on “Comments” to enter a comment.

~~Matia Bryson

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Liahona Magazine Artwork

Sunday, April 5, 2009

I received the following emails from a helpful reader, about Liahona resources:

Did you know that some of the artwork in the English Liahona is different than the artwork in the Friend? Even though many of the items are the same, the Liahona contains things that are not available in the Friend. The original name was Tambuli but lds.org has listed the old magazine under the Liahona Index.

The first one I found was a Missionary board game “I Want to be a Missionary Now” in Nov 1977.
Also, a group of very nice Easter Figures entitled “He is Risen” Liahona, April 1978. And Christmas figures: Liahona, December 1986. The woman scripture figure has more exotic eyes that the Friend original: Liahona, April 1987.

Anyway, I just thought I would let you know as some of these things are nice. It is, however, a bit time consuming to go through each issue to see what is available. Thanks, Cecelia

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Hello Cecelia,

I never realized that the artwork in the English Liahona was different. It makes me wonder if some of the artwork for other languages could be different, also. Thanks for the heads up.

~~Matia

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Hi Matia,

My daughter was a foreign exchange student in Germany twice in the 1990s. She brought home several issues of the Church magazine in German. Most of the pictures seemed to be the same ones that were in some of the English magazines but I did notice a couple of activities for kids in one or two of the magazines. They had the German words imbedded instead of the English. As I could not read German, I did not continue to look.

Several years ago, I got a copy of the English Liahona from Church Distribution by mistake. When I looked at it, I was impressed (a bit of each magazine is included (Ensign, New Era, and Friend). So one time when I was searching for a subject at lds.org under magazines, a hit came up with only the Liahona and no Friend link. I clicked on that link and realized I had not seen that artwork or lesson before even though I was in Primary for 20 years. So one day, I searched on flannel board and got a hit on the “He is Risen” set that is only in the Liahona. I went directly to the Liahona and went through one of the years in the 1980s and saw that these magazines had additional artwork for my lessons if I needed them.

The year that we had the Primary theme “I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints”, I was the Primary Choister and needed some visuals to teach that song. (This was before the January issue came out that contained the visuals I needed.) I searched and found that the Friend had a puzzle that turns into a very simple church with each part representing a different aspect. It has simple shapes and you can just make it yourself on colored paper with a word processor. Recently while looking through one of the Liahona links, I found that the Liahona - several months later - had a shaded, detailed Church that would make great flannel board pieces ( I am going to print them out with lighter shading and then use colored pencil to color them). (I make some for my daughter to use with my grand-daughter).

Also, if you look at the Liahona under

“The Savior’s Love,” Jul 1983, C-5
It contains most of the artwork that is in the Friend article “Continue in My Love” but it is a much better resolution. It is missing one of the “scenes” though. So it seems some of the art was “improved scans” from the Friend in the later issue of the Liahona.
Anyway, if someone can only afford one magazine for their home, the English Liahona would be great.

Best regards, Cecelia

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Creativity

Sunday, March 1, 2009

President Uchtdorf reminds us of the creative yearnings we have all had born within us.

It reminded me of how even little children will try to create: building with blocks, playing in sand, or coloring, painting, cutting and pasting with paper.

“Don’t let the voice of critics paralyze you.” I was visiting in Primary and I heard a child say about her paper she was coloring, “it’s ruined.” I looked at it, and I could not guess what she thought was wrong with it. I said to her, “it is fine; do the best you can with it.” I think we all need a little more encouragement and a little less negativity about our efforts. We are, each of us, our own harshest critics.

I close with this quote from President Uchtdorf: “The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity to create.”

Your comments are welcome below. Click on “Comments” to enter a comment.

~~Matia Bryson

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LDS.org Online Coloring Activity

Sunday, November 23, 2008

For your information, there is now an online coloring activity available on LDS.org.

The choices of coloring pages for this activity are now “Missionaries,” “Temple,” “Jesus Christ,” “Prophet” (President Thomas S. Monson) and “Family.”

You can see a gallery of the LDS Online Coloring Pictures here. Click on the pictures to go into the activity.

An online coloring activity is webpage where you have a choice of colors in a palette and an uncolored illustration. You (or your child) clicks on a color then points to an area in the picture and clicks on it. The area fills with the color you selected. If you have never done one of these before, try it. It’s fun!

By the way, I am also working to update my Primary manual coloring pages index with the new coloring pages in the new Nursery manual “Behold Your Little Ones.” I think it should be finished in a couple weeks.

Your comments are welcome below.

~~Matia Bryson

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Find Friend Coloring Pages by Topic in an Image Gallery

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Newly appearing on the LDS.org website is a gallery of coloring pages sorted by topic. The number of pages right now is rather small, but hopefully the staff will be adding to the collection over time.
The number in parentheses indicates the number of coloring pages shown for that topic at the present time.

“Apostles-Family” has the topics:
Apostles (1 coloring page)
Baptism (2)
Christmas (3)
Faith (1)
Family (5)

“Gratitude-Jesus Christ” has the topics:
Gratitude (1)
Heavenly Father (1)
Holy Ghost (2)
Jesus Christ (14)

“Prophets-Restoration” has the topics:
Prophets (6)
Repentance (1)
Restoration (2)

“Sacrament-Word of Wisdom” has the topics:
Sacrament (3)
Scriptures (3)
Service (1)
Spring (1)
Temples (2)
Testimony (1)
Word of Wisdom (1)

Enjoy, and as always, your comments are welcome.

~~Matia Bryson

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The LDS Coloring Pages Index is Complete!

Sunday, June 22, 2008

… well, or almost complete. I suppose it will never be done because new issues of the Friend magazine will have coloring pages. Then someday the Primary manuals will be re-written… horrors… more work to do!

For now I have finished the indexing of coloring pages in the Friend back to 1971 and the current Primary manuals. I am looking forward next Sunday to beginning my new Sabbath hobby: FamilySearch Indexing.

Also, I will try to occasionally post here items of LDS interest.

If I become forgetful and get behind on the newest issues of the Friend, please let me know.

As always, your comments are welcome below.

~~Matia Bryson

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General Conference Activities for Children

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Coloring pages from the Friend magazine make great activities for Latter-day Saint children to bide their time in General Conference. Better than patiently waiting for conference to end, children involved in listening to conference will have so much greater a blessing in their lives.

I found some General Conference themed activities in the Friend magazine that I hope will be helpful. Of course, some activities will seem to be a little out-of-date because some of our leaders have passed away, but I think this fact can be utilized as a teaching moment, too.

Conference ABCs from the October 2005 Friend
“Play this alphabet game during conference. Next to each word, make a mark for every speaker who talks about the topic during each session. Write a short definition or draw a picture of what the word means. For any words you don’t know, ask a family member to help you. At the end of general conference, look at your list and tell your family what you have learned about each word.”

Listening to General Conference from April 2005 Friend
Writing activity for older children and adults. Update the names of the First Presidency.

Look and Listen from April 2007 Friend
General Authority pictures on a wheel.

Conference Matching Game from the April 2006 Friend
“As you listen to each speaker, decide what topic he is speaking about. Write the topic on the card with his picture. Also, on the blank card with the speaker’s name on it, draw a picture of the topic.” Later, make a matching game with the cards.

Conference Squares from the April 2004 Friend
Follow the instructions or play like a bingo game. Substitute a picture of President Monson or leave President Hinckley’s picture there. (Speakers will mention President Hinckley). A good picture of President Monson is here. (Right-click on the image and save to your computer.)

Conference Coloring Activity from the April 2005 Friend
“Before listening to general conference, look at the topics written next to the colored boxes. When a speaker talks about one of those topics, use that color of crayon to color parts of the picture.”

General Conference Activity from October 2007 Friend
A fun snacking activity… “You will need some type of small snack in different colors or shapes, like candy-coated chocolate pieces, different cereals, or jelly beans. Assign each color or shape a topic before the meeting starts. Then you can eat the snack each time that topic is mentioned by a speaker.”

For those of you short on time for some children’s conference activities, Tasha Reeve of SugarDoodle.net has made up some 2008 General Conference packets… one for older children and one for younger.

Have I left out any great General Conference activities for children? Your comments are welcome below.

~~Matia Bryson

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Favorite Searches in eBay to Find LDS Sheet Music

Sunday, February 24, 2008

I recently received this question from a reader:

I am looking for the sheet music for “My turn on earth”. Please let me know if you know of any way that I can purchase it. I tried ebay and of course Deseret books to no avail. Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Sandra Sofoifa

A brief search on Google was not particularly helpful, as you probably already know, Sandra. I wish I could be more helpful. However, I would not give up on eBay. I prepared this video on how to set up a “favorite search” in your eBay account so you can receive a daily email from eBay when anyone lists a copy of “My Turn On Earth” sheet music.

Click on the following picture to view a video about setting up eBay favorite searches:


   

Click Here To View Video 

(It will begin to play when “Loading Screencast” reaches 10%.)

I have prepared a video tutorial course on The Fundamentals of eBay Shopping here at TryOnlineAuctions.com. I hope you enjoy it. [UPDATE: I know longer sell this course.]

If anyone out there can help Sandra to locate this sheet music please feel free to leave a comment below.

~~Matia Bryson

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Remembering the Frontiers — Not a Pioneer Story!

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Do NOT file this one under July 24th celebrations. I could not resist posting this quote from the June 1982 Friend magazine. It is a description of how ”you may soon be able to send instantaneous messages to anyone else in the world who has a computer like yours.”

Yes, the possibilities are almost unlimited—and growing bigger minute by minute. For example, with the proper “connections,” you may soon be able to send instantaneous messages to anyone else in the world who has a computer like yours. Your first step would be to type in some key word, such as SPECIAL DELIVERY, after which the computer would ask you for the person’s “address,” probably some code number. Then, after typing out your message, you would instruct the computer to send it on its way with another key word such as RUSH. Before you could blink, the message would be at its destination. But what if the person you were writing to weren’t home? Just like a letter, your message would be stored in an electric “mailbox” in a large central computer somewhere, awaiting your friend’s return so he could instruct his computer to OPEN MAIL.

The article is Frontiers of Science: The Computers Are Coming! The Computers Are Coming! written by Dr. Sherwood B. Idso. It really makes me feel old that I can remember life without email.

~~Matia Bryson

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