This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking them, we will be compensated, but there is no additional cost to you. All opinions expressed are our own. Thank you for your support. I've been noticing that there are a lot of crafts and ornaments made with vintage sheet music around the internet this year. Another trend are the ornaments that have the names that Jesus Christ is known by throughout the scriptures. I love both of these trends and decided it would be great to combine them into one style of ornament. I love keep Christ in Christmas and this a beautiful reminder of Him that can hang on the tree the entire season.
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Every year, on or near Easter, our Church holds a semi-annual general conference.
I look forward to this conference every time, it is always so uplifting and motivating. I take notes and try to incorporate the messages into my life. The first week of April was general conference, and it did not disappoint! We were so busy around Easter this year that I didn't get a chance to put up an Easter message. So, since I am using this craft to display one of my favorite quotes from both October's conference and from this April Conference, you can consider this my Easter message to you. I hope that you all had a beautiful Easter. I want to share a message that I have taken to heart and decided to post in my home as a constant reminder of my love of my Savior, Jesus Christ and how I want to always Remember Him!
I am referencing a talk by President Russell M. Nelson entitled "The Answer is Always Jesus Christ." He expressed what I know to be true, and that is that no matter what problems or trials we may be facing in life, the answer to those problems is always Jesus Christ.
Another talk that I have remembered since last conference given by Ryan K. Olsen, entitled "The Answer is Jesus." He used the example of asking little children gospel questions and they often simply answer "Jesus." They are correct. He reminded us that Jesus is "the way, the truth and the life..." Because it feels like our family has gone through some really difficult things over the past few years, I have learned that this message holds the truth to help us overcome those trials and to live our lives in the best way possible. I decided that I wanted a daily reminder to turn my life over to Him and to remember that all things are in His hands and that I should watch for the miracles and tender mercies that only He can give. So, I made this bookstack with this simple but powerful message to put on my shelf where I would see it everyday.
Bookstack w/Inspirational Message:
I've seen these bookstacks all over Pinterest. Some are made from wood and some from actual books. I couldn't bring myself to ruin a book and never be able to read it again, so I used wood.
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I hope you enjoy this project! It is super simple to make and has a great impact on the shelf. If you check Pinterest, you can come up with a lot of inspiration. Christmas and Easter messages abound! Alicia had a great idea for a stack to go next to your Harry Potter Collection: "Not Me, Not Hemione, YOU!" Ha Ha, I thought that was great! The possibilities, the words, the colors and the decorations are endless. I warned my girls that these may be gifts for next Christmas! They are large enough to use as bookends! My wheels are spinning and I will be making more, but in the meantime I am happy with this first project that will continue to remind me of where I place my hope and trust!
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**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. But, all opinions expressed are my own. Besides being the Primary Chorister at church, one of the other jobs I have is to help on our women's groups activity committee. I work along with some very creative and inspired women.
Our church's women's group is called Relief Society. As you can tell by that name, the original purpose of the organization is to give help and service to others. That is still one of the main focuses of the Relief Society. One of the ways that we serve is to minister to one another. We get to know, love and serve one another and become dear friends. In order to keep everyone in the ministering loop and to promote awareness of one another and to encourage women not to forget to look for ways to minister, we sometimes have activities to give ideas and encouragement. This is especially important when new people move into our area and we all need to get to know one another. This S'mores activity is one of those times that we planned for this and it was very successful and a lot of fun! Thankfully, I still have the job in my church of teaching singing to the children ages 3-11. Over all of the callings I have had throughout my life in the church, this is my absolute favorite. I love getting to know all of the children and having fun singing with them. I love sharing my testimony with them through music. Most of all, I love how strongly the Spirit speaks to us in Primary when the children love and understand a song and sing it beautifully. All year long, I teach the children songs that they will be singing for the whole congregation in the Fall. It is called the Primary Sacrament Meeting Program. For many, it is the best Sacrament Meeting of the year because of the sweet spirit the children bring when they sing and speak. As I teach them throughout the year, it is easy to get caught up in getting them to perfect their singing, i.e. knowing the words and singing loud enough. But, I know that the most important thing I should teach is the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ through song. I want the children to learn and understand the doctrine taught within the music. When they do know and understand the message of the songs, they actually do sing their best because they love the simple truths that the Primary Music teaches. Recently, I came up with an idea that checks the children's understanding of the songs that we are singing this year. It was a sort of trivia game that made the review fun as well as informative. This idea could be adapted to any songs that your Primary is working on. I am including printable versions of the graphics that I used for my kids and I think that you will be able to see how you could personalize your own. You can simply click on each picture to get the pdf file to print them yourself!
These last 2 pictures are about verses from "Follow the Prophet." We practiced Enoch and Moses on this particular week. After you print the pictures, the prep work is easy. I used magnets to put the pictures up on the blackboard randomly. I asked the children as they came in to look at the pictures and if they could read, to read the questions and quietly think about which ones they could answer. I had them whisper to their teachers and to their other classmates who all shared what they thought the answers were. Then, one at a time I gave each class an opportunity to send up a representative to choose one of the pictures and tell us which song it was about. Then, I would discuss the song briefly with them. For example, for "My Heavenly Father Loves Me," I explained the scripture from Alma and we talked about how seeing Heavenly Father's beautiful creations remind us of his love for us. For "Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah," we talked about what it means to be fed by the Spirit. Then, we would sing the song. Everyone felt involved and the children had great insights. I was able to bear my testimony of the truths we discussed. It was a simple and effective activity. If you want to make your own graphics for additional songs, my two favorite places to do that are on Canva or on Google Drive. You could even make them on Word and just use stock pictures. I hope that if you are the chorister in your Primary, you will love it as much as I do and that you find this idea helpful! Let me know if you give it a try! PS: Here is the link to "I Will Walk With Jesus." Other Primary Ideas I've Shared
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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