(Also see: Second Coming)

ARTICLES FROM CHURCH MAGAZINES:
The Parable of the Ten Virgins (March 2009 Ensign)
CLIPART:
Scripture Figure from the Friend - Could be used to represent one of the Ten Virgins (duplicate 10 times)
SugarDoodle
COLORING SHEET:
Ten Virgins Coloring Sheet
GAMES:
We saved 10 milk jugs and cut the top off of them. Then we decorated them to look like oil lamps as in the story. We filled 10 buckets with water and placed them across from each other spread out. We put one big serving spoon with each bucket. We gave them a time limit and placed each one in front of their bucket which we had put a fill line. The object is to fill to the line with out moving the bucket and before the time runs out. (Credit Unknown)
FAMILY HOME EVENINGS:
Filling your lamps with oil
HANDOUT IDEAS:
Attach to a small bottle of oil, "Got oil?"
Ten Virgins Handout by Melinda Wilson
OIL LAMPS:
Check e-bay if you need to purchase several oil lamps. Type in "biblical (clay) oil lamps" and there is usually a seller that sells their clay lamps for $1.49 each (quantity unlimited)."
Make your own
Oil Lamp History
Terra Cotta Oil Lamps - Judi Peck sells them on her site for only $2.50. They are not painted, you just have to paint them with terra cotta colored paint. She does sell them painted for $6.50, but at $2.50 each unpainted they are a steal! You won't find them cheaper anywhere else...you can't burn oil in these ones because they are not fired enough for burning but for decoration and displays, they are perfect. The lamps are not shown on her site yet, but if you just e-mail her she will let you know the price for shipping and everything. She is a very sweet lady and so easy to work with!!!
OTHER:
The Ten Virgins as a Girl's Camp Theme
The Ten Virgins (Christian site)
Who are the 10 Virgins??
POEMS:
My oil lamp
PRODUCTS YOU CAN BUY:
The Ten Virgins from Deseret Book
PROGRAMS:
10 Virgin Program
10 Virgins - 2 scripts in one (Credit Unknown)
Behold the Bridegroom Cometh (Credit Unknown)
Oil in our lamps (New Beginnings Program)
The Ten Virgins
Ten Virgins (New Beginnings Program)
PUZZLES:
Word Search
Q & A:
How do I prepare for the Second Coming?
QUOTES:
One Liners
Quick Quotes
SCRIPTURE READER:
The Ten Virgins
SHARING TIMES:
Before Primary, gather a number of beanbags and a container. Place the container at the front of the Primary room. Using tape or paper, mark a yard (or meter) from the container. Make ten more marks, spaced evenly, to the back of the room. Help the children understand that the things they do to be worthy to enter the temple are the same things that would help them prepare for the Savior’s Second Coming. Tell the parable of the ten virgins (Matt. 25:1–13), and discuss what the children can do to “put oil in their lamps.” Show a copy of My Gospel Standards, and help the children see that by living these standards, they add oil to their lamps. Tell them that the container at the front of the room is the Primary’s oil lamp. The beanbags are drops of oil. The children are to try to fill the lamp with oil by saying a gospel standard by memory. The more of the standard they have memorized, the closer to the lamp they may stand when they toss the drop of oil (beanbag). Each class will have either one or two attempts to add oil to the container. The first child from one of the classes tries to say the standard from memory. For every word said correctly after “I will,” he or she gets to move one mark closer to the container (but no closer than the closest mark). The child then tosses the beanbag. If it lands in the container, the next child in the class gives an example of how he or she could live the standard, then throws another beanbag from the same spot. The turn then moves to the next class. If the first beanbag did not land in the container, the turn immediately goes to the next class. Use the same standard until the children have a good understanding of it. Sing a song that reinforces the standard. Repeat with other standards you wish to highlight. Challenge the children to do more than memorize the words of the standards. They should truly live the principles. Tell of a personal experience, or tell a story from the Friend, that shows the blessings of living one or more of the standards. (Suggestion taken from the December 2002 Friend, Sharing Time Suggestion #3)
I believe that Jesus will come again from September 1995 Friend
Oil in your lamp by Sue Hart
SKITS:
Parable of the 10 Virgins Camp Skit - this document is at Latter-day Village in their Free Sampler (Young Women Camp category). In order to see the document you must register for their free membership first.
TALKS:
Oil in our lamps by Lynn G. Robbins
Preparation for the Second Coming by Dallin H. Oaks
VIDEO CLIPS: Check your church library to see if they have any of these videos...
They That Are Wise - The Savior's parable of the ten virgins teaches about preparing for the Second Coming. 5:54 min. (Video Clip 6) |