Sept Apprentice: Leadership & Imaginative Arts combined classes

September Apprentice

Discovering the Potter:  Finding God

“But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, 

and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.”

- Isaiah 64:8

Study/Learn

Do all of the following:

1 - Read the book "Remembering Isaac" by Ben Behunin

2 - Write the scripture, Isaiah 64:8, on a card and memorize it this month

3 - Read Chapter 1: Discovering the Potter in the book "In the Hands of the Potter" by Camille Fronk

4 - Make a magazine cover about yourself with at least 3 stories on it.    Make sure you include 2 truths and a lie.  This will help us get to know you better.

Know/Understand

There are many unexplained phenomenons in the history of the world.  We are sometimes given the impression that the people of the ancient civilizations were primitive cave men or barbarians who were only smart enough to kill food to survive.  But the people of the ancient world were very smart people who did amazing things.  Such amazing things that even with our modern genius and sophisticated technology, we still can't explain how they did what they did.  Here is a list of history's mysteries.  Choose one to research and come prepared with a 3-5 minute presentation to share with the class.  (E-mail Sis. Cloward which one you choose so that we don't double up)

• Easter Island, Chili - ANTHONY
• Gobekli Tepe - PAIGE
• Lost City of Atlantis - AFTON
• The Antikythera Mechanism - JESSICA
• The Lost City of Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan - CALEB
• El Mirador, Guatemala - JAYKOB
• Underground Churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia - KYLEE
• Teotihuacan, Mexico (The Pyramid of the Sun) - MACK
• Leshan Giant Buddha, China - SIS. CLOWARD
• Chand Baori, India - EMMA
• Tiwanacu and Puma Punku
• Nazca lines - AMANDA
• Sacsayhuaman - TARA
• Stonehenge - ISA
• Costa Rica Stone Spheres - SETH
• Trilithon at Baalbeck - KYLIANNE
• Great Pyramid of Giza - JAYSON 
• Enormous Conehead of Paracas, Peru

Become/Serve

In "Remembering Isaac", Josh, the apple man, tells Jake "I have learned over the years from my own experience and from watching others that God can make a heck of a lot more out of our lives if we're willing to be shaped."

In the Oct. 2015 General Conference, Sis. Marriott quoted the song, "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" and then said:

"Have Thine own way, Lord!

 Have Thine own way!

Thou art the Potter;

I am the clay.

Mould me and make me

After Thy will,

While I am waiting,

Yielded and still.

(you can listen to the whole song here)

How do we, a modern, busy, competitive people, become yielded and still? How do we make the Lord’s ways our ways? I believe we begin by learning of Him and praying for understanding. As our trust in Him grows, we open our hearts, seek to do His will, and wait for answers that will help us understand."

Think about your own life.  How can you be more "yielded and still" and moldable in the hands of God?  Find a scripture story that shows someone being molded and directed by God.  Read the story and then journal about how you can allow God into your life to guide and direct you.  Set a goal to work on one way this week.