Showing posts with label temple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label temple. Show all posts

March 13, 2011

Super Service

I have visit taught a fun girl and neighbor for the last two years. She went to the hospital to be induced and I hung out at her house watching her cutie pie son until he woke up from his nap.

While there, I was reminded of one of the handouts I had done last fall. I think it was August? Anyhow, the lesson was on temples and there was a meaningful story about the sisters who sacrificed to help build the temple. They crushed their china and used it to build shining temple walls. Such sacrifice from women who had so little and who have already given so much! What an amazing example of putting the gospel first and ding whatever it takes to have the temple in their lives. I wanted to give the women something personalized to this lesson that would encourage them to make the small sacrifices required to get to the temple.

This is what I came up with.




 The quotes say:


“Through His prophets, the Lord invites those who have not yet received the blessings of the temple to do whatever may be necessary to qualify to receive them. He invites those who have already received these blessings to return as often as possible to enjoy again the experience, to increase their vision and understanding of His eternal plan.
“During the construction of the Kirtland Temple the women were called upon to grind their china into small particles to be mixed with the plaster used on the walls of the temple, which would catch the light of the sun and the moon and reflect that light to beautify the appearance of the building.

I printed quotes from the lesson out on card stock matching same the plate's background and choose a coordinating font color. I specifically choose plates that had a old look about them, but also found them at TJ Maxx which helped the project come under my predetermined price point of $2.50 a person.

All the girls have had these displayed in their homes since the lesson so I guess it was a success.