Joseph Smith Restored the Church

Shared by Ember Thompson / ga05042007

 


 

I am going to tell that story but bring in an old dirty baby rocking chair that I have and have planned to restore myself someday. I will tell them what it used to look like when I was young the color, feel etc, and them say How i want for it to be the same again. What if I paint it purple with yellow polka dots to match my daughter's room, then I stencil in some giraffes on it would that make it the same as it was? Is that RESTORING the rocking chair? No, I will have to sand it and stain it a dark wood stain and wash the cushion to make is EXACTLY as it was when I was a little girl 20 years ago.

Then I'll make the comparison of how Joseph Smith restored the church to make it exactly as it was when Christ was on earth as the head of the church. He didn't change it to make it modern and flashy like the polka dot rocking chair he followed Christ to make it the same as Christ had it when he left the earth.

I will tell the first vision story and read from JS history and sing the restoration verse of "This is my beloved son" with children holding pictures to correspond with words Joseph, 2beings, sun, etc.

Then I will talk about 4 things that make our restored church the same as Christ's church each will have a picture:

- Prophets - picture of President Hinckley (Restored) / picture of Jesus Christ (Christ's church)

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Priesthood, modern picture of ordination (Restored) / picture of Christ using priesthood ordaining his apostles (Christ's church)

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Baptism, modern picture of child in font (Restored) / picture of Christ being baptized (Christ's church)

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Temple Worship, modern picture of temple (Restored) / Picture of ancient temple (Christ's church)

I will either do a memory match game with each picture and it's modern day counterpart or put them on the chalk board and have a child draw a line to match them.

As this is going on I will display 4 old pennies, one for each (priesthood baptism prophets, temple) and ask the kids to imagine what the pennies looked like when they were brand new like on the date they have on them. When match the ancient and modern picture and get it right I will give one child the chance to RESTORE the penny to how it was when it was first minted by dipping the penny in vinegar or lemon juice and let them scrub it with an old toothbrush to make it shiny.

Then I will bear testimony that the true church of Jesus Christ has been restored for us in our day. It is exact same as what Jesus established when he was on earth. He is the head of our church today, he leads it through his prophet Gordon B. Hinckley and called Joseph Smith to restore it for us in the latter days.
 

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May 4, 2007

 

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