March Apprentice Class

APPRENTICE: Having a hope-filled heart

Study/Learn

1 - Read chapter 10 in "Just Like Jesus" by Max Lucado.  

2 - Read "The Family: a Proclamation to the World"

3 - Read Moroni 7:41

4 - Girls:

• Read this article: "Mothers Who Know" by Julie B. Beck

•  Read this article: "The Moral Force of Women" by Elder D. Todd Christofferson

• Find principles as you read and record them in your commonplace book.

Boys:   

• Read this article: "Fatherhood—Our Eternal Destiny" by Larry M. Gibson

• Read this article: "Fatherhood, an Eternal Calling" by Elder L. Tom Perry

• Find principles as you read and record them in your commonplace book.

Know/Understand

Choose 1 of the following:

• Reread "The Family" paragraph 7.  Journal in your commonplace book about the different responsibilities of each family member: What are the responsibilities of a mother? A father? A brother or sister? A grandparent or other extended family member? What should a father and mother do together?   Why do you think God divided the roles like He did and why do you think He gave different strengths (and weaknesses) to men and women?  What kind of mother or father do you want to be?  Make a list in your journal to refer back to often.  Come prepared to teach the class what you learned and find a creative way to share.

• Read about the stripling warriors (found in Alma 56–58), and how they were taught in their homes to be obedient and righteous. What do you think their homes were like? Make a list in your journal about the important things you want to have in your own home when you grow up.  Why are these things important to you?  Make a list of 5 things that you can do now to make those things come to pass in the future.  Come prepared to teach the class what you learned and find a creative way to share.

• Think about the skills that it takes to be a parent.  Choose a physical skill (something you DO, cooking, cleaning, art, laundry, reading, decorating, etc) that you aren't strong in.  Use your imagination.  Learn how to do it this week and bring a demonstration to class to teach the class what you learned.  (If you choose cooking, you can bring us something to eat if you want to.  ;)  

Become/Serve

In "The Family" paragraph 7, we see a list of principles that successful marriages and families are established on (faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities). Choose one of these principles and set goals to work on it this week.

March Journeyman Class

This course is an attempt to strike at the root.

--- The ten Boom Institute

Principles of Liberty - Threats to Liberty

Study/Learn

1 - Watch Lecture 5 (from the CD) and take notes.

2 - Read "The Proper Role of Government" by Ezra Taft Benson

3 - Watch this video by Ezra Taft Benson about America

4 - Watch this video of Ezra Taft Benson speaking about Socialism

Know/Understand

Write down your favorite quotes or thoughts from the videos and reading.

And choose one or more of the following, being ready to share it in class:

• In your own words, summarize each of the principles from The Proper Role of Government.

• In your own words, summarize each point Ezra Taft Benson makes in the other two videos.

• Create a skit, poem, story, or comic strip that shows examples of some of these principles of righteous government being followed or not being followed.

• Do some research on Ezra Taft Benson. Why do you think he felt so strongly about promoting freedom and rejecting socialism and communism?  What was his position in the government? What was his position in the LDS Church afterward? What role did he play in Germany after World War II?  Be ready to give the class a presentation on all you learned about him and why he was so passionate about the proper role of government.

February Master Charity Reports

Action Against Hunger

by Jessica B.

The charity I chose was Action Against Hunger. What they do is fight malnutrition by providing food, water, and food security to people around the world who are suffering from malnutrition. The way they help prevent malnutrition is by trying to discover the root cause of a malnutrition outbreak, then treating it accordingly. They also provide ready-to-use therapeutic foods to help prevent malnutrition from occurring.

Action Against Hunger also helps impact food security for the better. When a disaster occurs that destroys infrastructure and food supplies, Action Against Hunger provides food, cash, and and other stuff to prevent hunger in the short term and make sure that crops can be replanted in the future.

They make sure that people have clean water as well, by drilling and decontaminating wells, installing hand pumps, protecting natural springs, tapping aquifers, and piping water into hard-to-reach villages and health centers. They also promote sanitation and hygiene by distributing hygiene kits and building hand washing stations.

They have helped a lot of people. In 2014 alone, they have helped a total of 13.5 million people.

Action Against Hunger gets their funding through donations. I wouldn't donate to them, because I don't have any money. If I did have money though, it would be a very worthwhile charity to donate to.

Benson Food

by Hannah Anderson

What do they do?

Benson Food supports community efforts to improve the health and well-being of families through projects in food production, food storage, and nutrition training. They leverage local resources to meet challenges in food security. They partner with organizations to help communities as a whole. They help with planning and growing gardens, food storage, and nutrition training.

Who do they serve?

Families, communities and people who need to improve nutritional production. Families and communities can increase their food security by using sustainable practices such as gardening and animal production. Beneficiaries use their local resources to learn methods that are most effective and appropriate to their environment. As a result, they learn practices that are both sustainable and effective.

How do they get their funding?

LDS church and donations

Would you donate to this charity?

Yes.

Why?

Because it’s important for us to learn how to balance meals and plant gardens. It’s very important for us to have food storage, and I think this is a worthy cause.




Note from Sis. Cloward: I also have an report from Emma Skinner.  I'll type it and post it when I get home from Boston.  If anyone else would like theirs posted, you can still email me.  :)