Come, Follow Me Teaching Ideas for April 10-16, 2023 {Matthew 15-17; Mark 7-9}

Each week I gather ideas and resources for teaching about the Come, Follow Me reading.   The activity pages are created by me (though the artwork generally comes from the church website) and most of the other ideas are collected from different places on the internet.   This week I really focused in on the keys of the priesthood.  Enjoy learning the gospel together!   :) 

Matthew 15-17 and Mark 7-9  

See here for the catalog of other Come, Follow Me posts. 

PRINTABLE ACTIVITY PAGE (original word puzzle, priesthood keys, Mount of Transfiguration coloring page, fill-in-the-blank scripture): 

These activity pages are perfect for reviewing or introducing some of the topics found in the CFM reading each week.  Some people like to hand them out with the sacrament programs, others use them as an attention activity in their classrooms, and others use them as a conversation starter in their families.   In any case, I hope you enjoy learning about the priesthood each week! 


OBJECT LESSON: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc-LHq7cnTU

VIDEOS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peuQPUwOWys

Another one from the church website:   https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2011-07-0370-the-keys-of-the-priesthood?lang=eng&alang=eng


QUOTE ABOUT PRIESTHOOD KEYS:  

"If you are like me, you may often find yourself in daily life asking, “Where are the keys” to the car, the office, the house or apartment? When this happens to me, I can’t help but smile inside, for as I am looking for the keys, I find myself reflecting on restored priesthood keys and on President Thomas S. Monson, whom we sustain “as prophet, seer, and revelator” and as the only person on earth who possesses and is authorized to exercise all priesthood keys. Yes, the keys are safely in the possession of prophets, seers, and revelators. They are conferred, delegated, and assigned to others in accordance with the Lord’s will, under the direction of the President of the Church.

I testify that priesthood authority and priesthood keys start the engine, open the gates of heaven, facilitate heavenly power, and pave the covenant pathway back to our loving Heavenly Father.

I pray that you, the rising generation of young men and young women, will “press forward with a steadfastness in Christ,” that you may understand that it is your sacred privilege to act under the direction of those who hold the priesthood keys that will unlock blessings, gifts, and powers of heaven for you."
{Elder Gary E. Stevenson, "What Are the Keys and Authority of the Priesthood", April 2016,

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2016/04/where-are-the-keys-and-authority-of-the-priesthood?lang=eng}


GOOD BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT PRIESTHOOD KEYS:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2012/05/priesthood-keys?lang=eng

ANOTHER GREAT RESOURCE: 
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2007/12/holding-priesthood-keys?lang=eng