Lesson for Sunday May 9th-How do I receive personal revelation?

Please come prepared to class by considering how you receive personal revelation. (see 3 Nephi 17:2–3; D&C 9:7–8). Because it's Mother's Day, how has your mother's personal revelation influenced you and your family? Love Sister Richardson

For Sunday March 1st--What is the Atonement of Jesus Christ?

Think of some trials, challenges, or sicknesses that people face. Then read Alma 7:11–13. How do we access the power of the Atonement to help us during times of trial? Read Mosiah 24:12–14

For Sunday, February 15: What is the purpose of life?

Please read the Beatitudes in 3 Nephi 12:3–12 and look for attributes that Heavenly Father wants us to develop during our mortal lives. Think about the people in the scriptures or in your own lives who exemplify these principles. We will talk about these scriptures and I will give you time during class to share your thoughts about these principles.

Have a great week and Happy Valentine's Day!

Sister Tapahe 

lesson Sunday Feb. 8th-What happened in my Premortal life?

For this Sunday's lesson read the first three paragraphs of “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” and identify what you learn about your eternal identity.

Lesson for Sunday jan. 11th : Why is Jesus Christ important in my life?

Read the last four paragraphs of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s talk “The First Great Commandment” as you ponder the question “What can I do to show how important Jesus Christ is in my life?” Please write down you thoughts ad be prepared to share with the class. Thanks Sister Richardson My beloved brothers and sisters, I am not certain just what our experience will be on Judgment Day, but I will be very surprised if at some point in that conversation, God does not ask us exactly what Christ asked Peter: “Did you love me?” I think He will want to know if in our very mortal, very inadequate, and sometimes childish grasp of things, did we at least understand one commandment, the first and greatest commandment of them all—“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind.”13 And if at such a moment we can stammer out, “Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee,” then He may remind us that the crowning characteristic of love is always loyalty. “If ye love me, keep my commandments,”14 Jesus said. So we have neighbors to bless, children to protect, the poor to lift up, and the truth to defend. We have wrongs to make right, truths to share, and good to do. In short, we have a life of devoted discipleship to give in demonstrating our love of the Lord. We can’t quit and we can’t go back. After an encounter with the living Son of the living God, nothing is ever again to be as it was before. The Crucifixion, Atonement, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ mark the beginning of a Christian life, not the end of it. It was this truth, this reality, that allowed a handful of Galilean fishermen-turned-again-Apostles without “a single synagogue or sword”15 to leave those nets a second time and go on to shape the history of the world in which we now live. I testify from the bottom of my heart, with the intensity of my soul, to all who can hear my voice that those apostolic keys have been restored to the earth, and they are found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To those who have not yet joined with us in this great final cause of Christ, we say, “Please come.” To those who were once with us but have retreated, preferring to pick and choose a few cultural hors d’oeuvres from the smorgasbord of the Restoration and leave the rest of the feast, I say that I fear you face a lot of long nights and empty nets. The call is to come back, to stay true, to love God, and to lend a hand. I include in that call to fixed faithfulness every returned missionary who ever stood in a baptismal font and with arm to the square said, “Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ.”16 That commission was to have changed your convert forever, but it was surely supposed to have changed you forever as well. To the youth of the Church rising up to missions and temples and marriage, we say: “Love God and remain clean from the blood and sins of this generation. You have a monumental work to do, underscored by that marvelous announcement President Thomas S. Monson made yesterday morning. Your Father in Heaven expects your loyalty and your love at every stage of your life.” To all within the sound of my voice, the voice of Christ comes ringing down through the halls of time, asking each one of us while there is time, “Do you love me?” And for every one of us, I answer with my honor and my soul, “Yea, Lord, we do love thee.” And having set our “hand to the plough,”17 we will never look back until this work is finished and love of God and neighbor rules the world. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen

Lesson for December 28th--What is Zion?

Be prepared for class by reading: pages 189–90 of True to the Faith

Becoming more Christlike-October lessons

for some online cards from the New Era go to lds.org/go/cardsNE10 This Sunday Sister Tapahe will teach on how to become more Christlike The following week Sister Richardson will teach on how to develop patience and the last Sunday this month will be a combined lesson about being more grateful also taught by Sister Richardson