Sept. Apprentice/Core

Sept. Apprentice/Core Class

Study/Learn


1 - Read: “21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader” Chapter 7: Discernment


2 - Read: “The Young Traveler's Gift” Chapter 4: Wisdom (You can read the whole book to understand the story line, but then re-read chapter 4)


3 – Read: Proverbs 4:7


4 - Hero Study: Research and take notes on a person you admire from this time period (1850 to 1945). This could include someone from your family history, an inventor, musician, religious leader, author, government leader or someone else you admire and want to learn more about. Find information from a library book or other reputable source. (Note: Wikipedia is not allowed. Copying and pasting is not allowed. This needs to be in your own words.) Here are some ideas of thing you could include in your notes: your hero’s life and experiences, how you think they filled the mission God sent them to live, how their hard work, education, talents, and even life challenges helped them become a better person and do something worthwhile, how you can see God's hand in his or her life, and what Christlike characteristics that person had that you admire. Be sure to take notes about your hero and hand in your notes. At the end of your notes, list the heroic qualities and principles you admire about your hero. Be sure to write one or more of those qualities that you want to develop in yourself.


5 – Do a word study on “wisdom” (Click on the tool box at the top of the Mt. Nebo Vanguard page if you forgot how to do one.  )


6 – Read: “Abraham Lincoln: a photobiography”
Chapters 1-5


Know/Understand


CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TO DO:

• We are told in the scriptures not to judge other people. Is this the same as being discerning regarding them? Why or why not? Write out your argument either way, have supporting references and be prepared to share what you learned with the class.
  
  
  
• Why is discernment an important part of being wise and having wisdom? Do a word study on “discernment” and compare and contrast it to your word study on wisdom.
  
  
  
• Journal for 20 minutes on what wisdom means to you and why it is an important trait to work hard to acquire it. Set 3 goals that you can start now on your quest for wisdom. Be prepared to share them with the class.
  
  
  
• Create a collection or collage of quotes and scriptures about wisdom. Feel free to illustrate your collection if you’d like. Record how it could affect your life in different areas (academically, family, spiritually, etc) as you gain more wisdom.
  

Become/Serve
(If you are doing more than 1 level of class this week, just choose ONE Become/serve for the whole week.)

• After quoting Proverbs 4:7, Theodore M. Burton, then Assistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles, said: “We must feed the spirit as well as the mind and as well as the body. I plead with our youth, get learning, and with all your getting get understanding. Get learning of the spirit. Get learning of the mind. Get learning of the soul, and become a rounded man or a rounded woman, learned in all ways, for I testify to you this day that security, true security, comes from a knowledge of the divinity of Jesus Christ. This is the beginning of all learning and of all wisdom. This is the greatest knowledge, the greatest learning, the greatest comfort that men can have. If men have this knowledge in their hearts, they can withstand all the vicissitudes of life.” (In Conference Report, Apr. 1961, p. 129.)

What can you do to gain a better knowledge of the divinity of Christ, which is where all learning, wisdom and understanding comes from? Make a list of 5 things that you can do and choose 1 of them to work on this week.