Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the Come, Follow Me reading of Doctrine and Covenants 60-62. All links are to church websites or websites approved for further gospel study. Chose one thing a day to do with your children or chose a couple to do for family home evening.
Everyone
Saints, volume 1 – After Much Tribulation – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Saints, volume 1 – The Gift Has Returned – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Saints, volume 1 – Visions and Nightmares – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Saints, volume 1 – Holy Places – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations
Sing Along – My Power to Chose – Gather the family to sing this Primary song together.
Sing Along – I Want to Be a Missionary Now – Gather the family to sing this Primary song together.
Sing Along – I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus – Gather the family to sing this Primary song together.
Children
Activity – Jesus Christ wants me to share the gospel – Color these puppets
Activity – Doctrine and Covenants 60–62: Make simple missionary name tags out of paper. Help your little ones say, “I can be a missionary!” – From Scripture Time Fun for Little Ones in the Friend
Activity – I Can Be a Missionary Now – Coloring page
Activity – I Will Share the Gospel with Others – Coloring page
Activity – “Missionary Basketball” – Play this game to practice sharing the gospel.
Activity – “Agency Is the Gift to Choose for Ourselves” – A message and printable game about choosing the right.
Activity – “Choosing the Right through Study and Prayer” – Includes a maze activity that takes you through the steps of making a choice.
Activity – “Try, Try, Try” – Use your finger to trace a path through a maze. Every time you come to a choice in the maze, decide what Jesus would do.
Article – “How can I be a missionary now?” – Elder Russell M. Nelson shares how children can be missionaries.
Article – “Missionary Friends” – Gary J. Coleman shares how friendly Church members helped him feel comfortable when he was learning about the gospel.
Article – “Following the Crowd” – Gordon B. Hinckley shares about a time in his youth when he learned the importance of making his own decisions and not following the crowd.
Article – “The Lighthouse” – Thomas S. Monson teaches that Heavenly Father is there to help us make good decisions.
Video – One in a Million: Allison – Allison finds a way for friends of all faiths to be part of her baptism day.
Youth
Article – Sharing the Gospel Worldwide – Let us all stand firmly and speak with faith in sharing our message with the world.
Article – You Can Share the Gospel Naturally – Sharing the gospel doesn’t have to be hard!
Article – 6 a.m. Missionary – A story about inviting a friend to seminary.
Article – Friendship Made the Difference – My conversion took six years. If I hadn’t had good friends, I never would have made it.
Article – How to be a Digital Missionary – Try these six ideas to level up your digital-missionary game.
Article/Poster – Five Ways to Share the Gospel – Print and hang this up to remind you of simple ways to share the gospel with others.
Youth & Adults
Article – How Emily Richards Had Something to Say – Insights from the Doctrine and Covenants from the Liahona
Article – Missionary Work: Sharing What is in Your Heart – A General Conference address by Dieter F. Uchtdorf.
Article – Our Talents – A Choice Gift of God – A BYU Devotional address by Franklin D. Richards who teaches the importance of recognizing, developing, and sharing our talents.
Article – The Power of the Word – A General Conference address by Ezra Taft Benson
Article – Emigration – Church History Topics
Article – Sealing – Church History Topics
Video – Love One Another – Book of Mormon Central (9:30 minutes)
Video – Don’t Bury Your Talents – Book of Mormon Central (5:30 minutes)
Adults
Article – Chapter 22: Doctrine and Covenants 59–62 – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual
Article – Section 60, “Thou Shalt Not Idle Away Thy Time nor Bury Thy Talents” – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual
Article – Section 61, The Lord Has Blessed the Land and Cursed the Waters – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual
Article – Section 62, “Ye Are Blessed, for the Testimony Ye Have Borne” – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual
Article – Gathering the Lord’s Words into One – BYU Religious Studies Center
Video – Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: D&C 60-62 – A Commission to Testify – Religious scholars from BYU discuss these sections. BYUtv.
Video – Act in Doctrine: D&C 60-62 – We focus on three doctrinal takeaways: 1) Use your journey to progress your life and bless others, and the details of the journey often don’t matter to the Lord. 2) The early saints are examples of taking up the Lord’s charge to be latter-day missionaries to the world. 3) The Lord condemns idleness, and He will magnify the purposeful use of our time. Book of Mormon Central (27:18 minutes)
Video – Come, Follow Me Insights: D&C 60-62 – Taylor and Tyler talk about the early saints’ missionary efforts in Missouri, seeing Satan on the water, and accessing the powerful and redeeming grace of God. Book of Mormon Central (57:18 minutes)
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