Baptism Coloring Page

Filed under: Baptism, Lesson 11: Baptism, Lesson 13: The Baptismal Covenant, Lesson 26: I Will Be Baptized and Confirmed, baptism

John Taylor

“John Taylor,” Friend, Feb 1993, 35

Latter-day Prophets (puzzle-coloring page)

Instructions: Cut out the puzzle squares, put them together to create a picture of this prophet, and read some of the highlights of the prophet’s life. Glue the picture, its title, and the highlights to another piece of paper, and color it.

Art by Robert K. Brower; from Presidents of the Church coloring book: courtesy of Grandin Book, Orem, UT.

1808 November 1, is born in Milnthorpe, England

1822 (age 14) Works as a cooper (barrel maker), later as a woodturner

1824 (age 16) Joins the Methodists

1832 (age 24) Emigrates to Canada

1833 (age 24) Marries Leonora Cannon

1836 (age 28) Is baptized; placed in charge of the Church in Canada

1838 (age 30) Is ordained an Apostle

1839–41 (age 31–33) Serves a mission to Great Britain

1842–46 (age 34–38) Serves as editor of the Times and Seasons

1846–47 (age 38–39) Serves a second mission to Great Britain

1849–52 (age 41–44) Serves a mission to France and Germany

1855–57 (age 47–49) Presides over the Eastern States Mission

1857–76 (age 49–68) Serves as a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature

1877 (age 69) At Brigham Young’s death, becomes the leader of the Church as President of the Quorum of the Twelve

1880 (age 72) Is sustained as President of the Church

1885 (age 77) Makes his last public appearance before going into exile due to the laws against plural marriage

1887 July 25, (age 78) Dies

Filed under: Lesson 24: I Will Follow the Prophet, Lesson 8: The Church of Jesus Christ Has Prophets to Teach Us, Prophets, John Taylor, prophets

A Temple Is the House of the Lord

Judy Edwards, “Sharing Time: A Temple Is the House of the Lord,” Friend, Jan 1993, 14

It is thy house, a place of thy holiness (D&C 109:13).

Have you ever wondered what Heavenly Father’s house in heaven looks like? We can only imagine how wonderful it is. As we try to imagine it, we can think about our own houses here on earth. Homes are different for different people. Some children live in houses made of brick, others in houses made of wood. Homes can be apartments, simple huts, even boats.

Whatever your home looks like, the most important thing about it is what is found inside. If a house if filled with love and kindness, it is a beautiful place.

Heavenly Father also wants to have a beautiful house here upon the earth where we can visit and feel His love. He has commanded us to build houses for Him where we can hear His messages and receive important blessings. These houses are called temples. It is in God’s temple that we may best worship and make important covenants, or promises, with Him.

Because each temple is a holy place, those who enter the temple must be worthy. They must keep Heavenly Father’s commandments. In this way love, beauty, and holiness will continue to be found there.

Instructions

1. Remove page 15 from the magazine. Mount it on heavy paper or lightweight cardboard, then cut along the broken lines.

2. On page 3, draw a picture of the temple nearest your home. Color all the pictures.

3. Punch holes where indicated, and make a booklet by threading the pages together in order with yarn or heavy string. Tie the yarn in a bow on the front of the booklet. Turn the pages one by one as you sing “I Love to See the Temple” (Children’s Songbook, page 95).

I Love to See the Temple

By Janice Kapp Perry

1. I love to see the temple.
I’m going there someday

2. To feel the Holy Spirit,
To listen and to pray.

3. For the temple is a house of God,
A place of love and beauty.

4. I’ll prepare myself while I am young;
This is my sacred duty.

5. I love to see the temple.
I’ll go inside someday.

6. I’ll covenant with my Father;
I’ll promise to obey.

7. For the temple is a holy place
Where we are sealed together.

8. As a child of God, I’ve learned this truth:
A family is forever.

Sharing Time Ideas

1. Using “I Love to See the Temple” (Children’s Songbook, page 95) as a guide, list and discuss some of the things that a person does in the temple: feel the Holy Spirit, listen, pray, covenant with Heavenly Father, be sealed together as families.

2. Explain that in the temple, people wear special white clothing that represents purity, cleanliness, holiness, and righteousness. In your discussion, use “They shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

“He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment.” (Rev. 3:4–5.) Talk about other times in our lives when we wear white (baptism, marriage, and burial).

3. Show a picture of the temple nearest you. Have younger children draw a picture of themselves standing outside the temple. Discuss with older children the history of their temple. Encourage them to write their feelings about it in their own journals.

4. Invite a Primary child who has been to the temple for a dedication or sealing to share his feelings about the experience, or invite an adult to briefly tell the Primary children of blessings he has received from going to the temple.

5. Invite the bishop or branch president to discuss temple worthiness and temple recommends with the children.

Filed under: Lesson 13: My Family Can Be Together Forever, Lesson 26: Families Can Be Together Forever, Lesson 35: Temples and Eternal Families, Temple, A Temple Is the House of the Lord, I Love to See the Temple, Lesson 13: My Family Can Be Together Forever, Lesson 26: Families Can Be Together Forever, temple coloring page, temple sharing time

Temples and Ordinances

Judy Edwards, “Sharing Time: Temples and Ordinances,” Friend, Mar 1993, 12

Let this house be built unto my name, that I may reveal mine ordinances therein unto my people (D&C 124:40).

What is an ordinance? The word has special meaning when we use it in the Church. An ordinance is a sacred ceremony that has a spiritual meaning. When we participate in an ordinance, we often make covenants or promises to obey Heavenly Father’s commandments.

Instructions

Look at the pictures illustrated and see if you can identify the ordinances. Write the name of each ordinance beneath its picture, using the list below. Then read the descriptions of some of the types of ordinances we have in the Church and color the frames of the pictures as indicated. Some frames may be more than one color.

Illustrated by Julie F. Young

Sacrament
Baptism
Blessing a baby
Celestial Marriage
Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost
Baptism for the dead
Sealing

1. Some ordinances are called saving ordinances. These ordinances are necessary for salvation. Jesus described two saving ordinances when He said, “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). Being born of water means being baptized, and being born of the Spirit means receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost. Other ordinances of salvation and exaltation are sealings and celestial marriage. (See D&C 131:1–2.)

Color the frames around the saving ordinances red.

2. Some ordinances are performed only in holy temples. Some of these ordinances include baptism for the dead, celestial marriage, and sealings.

Color the frames around the temple ordinances blue.

3. There are many other ordinances performed in the Church, such as partaking of the sacrament and the blessing of babies.

Color remaining frames yellow.

How grateful we should be for all the ordinances we have. We are particularly blessed to live in a time when we have holy temples upon the face of the earth and are able to receive the blessings of temples ordinances. Without temples those ordinances would not be available for us or for our loved ones who have died. Because of temples, all people who have lived upon this earth can have ordinances of salvation and exaltation performed in their behalf.

Sharing Time Ideas

1. Explain that when an ordinance is performed, we make a covenant, or promise, with Heavenly Father. (See “Covenant” in the 1993 Children’s Sacrament Meeting Presentation Glossary and in the Bible Dictionary.) Generally discuss some of the covenants that the children may one day be blessed to make in the temple: morality, obeying the commandments, sharing with others, sacrificing, and being like Jesus.

2. Ordinances always include covenants. Have children pair each ordinance with covenants that are made when the ordinance is performed.

Ordinance

Sacrament (See Moro. 4; Moro. 5; D&C 20:77–79.)

Covenant

Always remember Jesus
Take His name upon you
Keep His commandments

Ordinance

Baptism (See Mosiah 18:8–10.)

Covenant

Serve the Lord
Keep His commandments
Take His name upon you
Bear one another’s burdens
Mourn with those who mourn
Comfort those in need
Stand as a witness of God

3. Invite children to tell where they were baptized. Indicate that children living in different areas of the world may be baptized in a variety of settings: baptismal fonts, rivers, lakes, oceans, etc. (See “Our Prophets’ Outdoor Baptisms,” Friend, March 1988, pages 30–31.) Explain that when we perform baptisms for the dead, it is done only in temples. (See D&C 124:29–39.) Show a picture of a temple baptismal font and explain that the design came from the Temple of Solomon and that the twelve oxen represent the twelve tribes of Israel. (See 1 Kgs. 7:23–26.)

4. Invite an older child who has performed baptisms for the dead to speak to the Primary children about his or her experience.

5. Sing “Truth from Elijah” (Children’s Songbook, page 90) and discuss family history research and how names are submitted to the temples for sealings and other temple ordinance work.

6. Invite a faithful married couple to express their feelings to the children concerning temple ordinances.

Filed under: Lesson 26: Families Can Be Together Forever, Lesson 35: Temples and Eternal Families, Temple, Lesson 26: Families Can Be Together Forever, temple coloring page, temple sharing time, Temples and Ordinances

The Temple Is a Happy Place

Instructions

To make a mobile to remind you of happy things that happen in the temple, print and mount it on lightweight cardboard.

Illustrated by Crystal Dutson

Your Own Temple

Temple Marriage

Temple Sealings

Learning about Jesus

Baptisms for the Dead

God’s House

Next, in the space provided, draw a picture of the temple nearest your home, then color and cut out each picture, and punch holes where indicated. On the back of each picture, write about how that temple blessing makes you happy. Use string or heavy thread to tie the smaller pictures beneath the picture of your own temple and hang the mobile.

Judy Edwards, “Sharing Time: The Temple Is a Happy Place,” Friend, Jun 1993, 12

Let the hearts of all my people rejoice, who have … built this house to my name (D&C 110:6).

What makes you happiest? If you choOse between something that would last for just a little while and something that would last forever, which would it be—an ice-cream cone, or a friend? a paper plane or doll, or a Book of Mormon? a baseball game, or a trip with your family?

Ice-cream cones and comic books and baseball games are all fun, but they don’t give the lasting happiness that friends, scriptures, and family do.

The temple shows us how to choose the happiest things in life—long-lasting things like love and goodness and kindness. The temple helps us learn more about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and why we are here on earth. And temple ordinances make it possible for the best things in life to last forever.

Five Primary children said this about the temple:

“A temple is a happy place because we learn about Jesus there.” (Nicole, age 6)

“People go there to do baptisms for the dead. You have to be twelve years old, you have to go to church, and you have to live the commandments. I want to go to the temple someday.” (Melissa, age 11)

“It’s happy in the temple because you get married there. I’m going to, because that means you’ll always be sealed to your true husband.” (Amanda, age 9)

“A temple is a place where you can get a baby sealed to your family. It was pretty inside. It was quiet. I felt happy. Sometimes you have happy tears because you’re getting a baby sealed to you that you love very much.” (Corbyn, age 8)

“The temple is a place where it is always reverent. It’s a sacred place, not like any other place. It is Heavenly Father’s house.” (Joseph, age 11)

Filed under: Lesson 35: Temples and Eternal Families, Temple, temple coloring page, temple mobile, temple sharing time

George Albert Smith

“George Albert Smith,” Friend, Jul 1993, 5

Latter-day Prophets (puzzle-coloring page)

Instructions: Cut out the puzzle squares, put them together to create a picture of this prophet, and read some of the highlights of his life. Glue the picture, its title, and the highlights to another piece of paper, and color it.

1870 April 4, is born in Salt Lake City

1880 (age 10) Father is ordained an Apostle

1883 (age 13) Works in ZCMI overall factory

1891 (age 21) Serves a mission to Southern Utah in the interests of the YMMIA (Young Men)

1892 (age 22) Marries Lucy Emily Woodruff

1892–94 (age 22–24) Serves a mission to the Southern States

1898 (age 28) Is appointed Receiver for the U.S. Land Office and special Disbursing Agent for Utah by U.S. President William McKinley

1903 (age 33) Is ordained an Apostle

1909–12 (age 39–42) Is very ill

1916 (age 46) Is elected president of the International Irrigation Congress

1917 (age 47) Is elected president of the International Dry Farm Congress

1919–21 (age 49–51) Serves as president of the European Mission

1921 (age 51) Is appointed general superintendent of the YMMIA

1922 (age 52) Is elected vice president of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

1931 (age 61) Is elected a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America

1938 (age 68) Tours the missions of the South Pacific

1945 (age 75) Is sustained as President of the Church; dedicates the Idaho Falls (Idaho) Temple

1951 (age 81) April 4, dies

Filed under: Lesson 8: The Church of Jesus Christ Has Prophets to Teach Us, Prophets, George Albert Smith, prophets

David O. McKay

“David O. McKay,” Friend, Aug 1993, 11

Latter-day Prophets (puzzle-coloring page)

Instructions: Cut out the puzzle squares, put them together to create a picture of this prophet, and read some of the highlights of his life. Glue the picture, its title, and the highlights to another piece of paper, and color it.

1873 September 8, is born in Huntsville, Utah

1897 (age 24) Graduates from the University of Utah; was class president and valedictorian

1897–99 (age 24–26) Serves a mission to Great Britain

1899 (age 26) Becomes a faculty member at Weber Stake Academy (Utah)

1901 (age 27) Marries Emma Ray Riggs

1906 (age 32) Is ordained an Apostle; becomes the second assistant superintendent of the Sunday School

1917 (age 44) Writes his first book, Ancient Apostles

1918–34 (age 45–61) Serves as general superintendent of the Sunday School

1919–21 (age 46–48) Is Church commissioner of education

1920–21 (age 47–48) Makes a tour of missions worldwide

1922–24 (age 49–51) Serves as president of the European Mission

1934–51 (age 61–77) Serves as Second Counselor in the First Presidency

1951 (age 77) Is sustained as President of the Church

1955 (age 82) Dedicates the Swiss Temple

1956 (age 82) Dedicates the Los Angeles (California) Temple

1958 (age 84) Dedicates the New Zealand Temple, the Church College of New Zealand, the London Temple, and the Church College of Hawaii

1961 (age 88) Overseas the beginning of the Church correlation effort

1964 (age 91) Dedicates the Oakland (California) Temple

1970 (age 96) January 18, dies

Filed under: Lesson 8: The Church of Jesus Christ Has Prophets to Teach Us, Prophets, David O. McKay, prophets

Harold Bingham Lee

“Harold Bingham Lee,” Friend, Oct 1993, 5

Latter-day Prophets (puzzle-coloring page)

Instructions: Cut out the puzzle squares, put them together to create a picture of this prophet, and read some of the highlights of his life. Glue the picture, its title, and the highlights to another piece of paper, and color it.

1899 March 28, is born in Clifton, Idaho

1916 (age 17) Earns a teaching certificate at Albion State Normal School in Idaho

1917 (age 18) Is appointed the principal of the one-room Silver Star School at Weston, Idaho; serves also as the teacher, the custodian, and the groundkeeper.

1920–22 (age 21–23) Serves a mission to the Western States Mission

1923 (age 24) Marries Fern Lucinda Tanner; she dies in 1962

1930 (age 31) Is called to be president of Pioneer Stake in Salt Lake City; serves during the Depression

1932 (age 32) Is appointed to the Salt Lake City Commission

1935 (age 36) Organizes the Church Security Program (later called the Church Welfare Program)

1941 (age 42) Is called as an Apostle

1961 (age 62) Helps organize the Church Correlation Program

1963 (age 64) Marries Freda Joan Jensen

1970 (age 70) Is called to serve as a counselor in the First Presidency

1972 (age 73) Is sustained as President of the Church; serves only 538 days

1973 (age 74) December 26, dies

Filed under: Lesson 8: The Church of Jesus Christ Has Prophets to Teach Us, Prophets, Harold Bingham Lee. prophets

Spencer W. Kimball

“Spencer W. Kimball,” Friend, Nov 1993, 5

Latter-day Prophets (puzzle-coloring page)

Art from Presidents of the Church coloring book: courtesy of Grandin Book, Orem, Utah

Instructions: Cut out the puzzle squares, put them together to create a picture of this prophet, and read some of the highlights of his life. Glue the picture, its title, and the highlights to another piece of paper, and color it.

1895 March 28, is born in Salt Lake City, Utah1898 (age 3) Moves with family to Thatcher, Arizona

1898–1905 (age 3–10) Suffers from typhoid fever, facial paralysis, and a near drowning

1906 (age 11) Mother dies

1909 (age 14) Teaches a Sunday School class

1914–16 (age 19–21) Serves a mission in the Central States Mission

1917 (age 22) Marries Camilla Eyring

1927 (age 32) Establishes insurance and real estate agency in Safford, Arizona

1936 (age 41) Is elected leader of the Arizona Rotary Club

1938 (age 42) Is called to serve as president of the Mount Graham Stake in Arizona

1943 (age 48) Is called to be an Apostle

1946 (age 51) Receives the assignment from President George Albert Smith to work with the Indians

1946–50 (age 51–55) Supervises missionary work in South America; begins missionary work among the Indians of the Andes

1968 (age 73) Is named Supervisor of the missions in Great Britain

1973 (age 78) Is sustained as President of the Church

1974 (age 79) Dedicates the Washington (D.C.) Temple

1978 (age 83) Receives a revelation extending the priesthood to all worthy male members; dedicates the São Paulo Temple1979 (age 84) Oversees publication of the LDS edition of the King James version of the Bible

1980 (age 85) Dedicates the Tokyo Temple and the Seattle Temple

1981 (age 86) Oversees publication of the new edition of the Triple Combination

1985 (age 90) November 5, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah

Filed under: Lesson 8: The Church of Jesus Christ Has Prophets to Teach Us, Prophets, prophets, Spencer W. Kimball

Thankful for Temples

Judy Edwards, “Sharing Time: Father, We Thank Thee,” Friend, Dec 1993, 14

Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things (D&C 59:7).

Judy Edwards, “Sharing Time: Father, We Thank Thee,” Friend, Dec 1993, 14

Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things (D&C 59:7).

Heavenly Father has given us many temple blessings for which we should be grateful. Several primary children have made comments about the temple blessings that they feel especially thankful for:

“I am thankful for the temple because when a mommy and daddy get married in the temple, they’re still married after they die.” (Stephanie, age 6)

“I’m thankful we can go to the temple and learn more about Heavenly Father, like how we came to earth and got our bodies and how the earth became the earth. We can learn what is right and how to obey Heavenly Father better.” (Anson, age 11)

“You go to the temple to get power to do things that are right.” (Jean, age 9)

“I think it’s a blessing to go to a holy place. You are happy when you are in the temple.” (David, age 9)

Illustrated by Julie F. Young

“We go to the temple to do baptisms for the dead. I am thankful for that because if some of our ancestors are not members of the Church, we can baptize them so that they can become members if they want to.” (Martha, age 11)

“I am thankful we can go to the temple and bless the people who died.” (Glendon, age 9)

“I’m thankful families can all be together—like grandmas and grandpas, moms and dads, and us.” (Susan, age 6)

What blessings of the temple are you especially thankful for?

Instructions: In each temple block, write or draw a picture about a temple blessing that is important to you.

Filed under: Lesson 35: Temples and Eternal Families, Temple, blessing of the temple, temple coloring page, thankful for temples