When We Obtain Any Blessings From God, It is By Obedience – Doctrine and Covenants 129-132

**I’m on vacation for the next couple of weeks so the resources will not be as many or detailed as usual because I’m scheduling these ahead of time before my trip**

Links to free resources for children, youth, and adults to enhance the Come, Follow Me reading of Doctrine and Covenants 129-132. Choose one thing a day to do with your children or choose a couple to do for family home evening. All links are to church websites or websites approved for further gospel study.

Everyone

Saints, Volume 1 – Incline Them to Gather – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Saints, Volume 1 – United in an Everlasting Covenant – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Saints, Volume 1 – God Must Be the Judge – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Saints, Volume 1 – Round Up Your Shoulders – Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Sing Along – I Love to See the Temple – Gather the family to sing this Primary song together.

Sing Along – The Family is of God – Gather the family to sing this Primary song together.

Video – Home and Family – Through Small Things –Challenged by their bishop, three youth learn what it takes to make their home a holy place. (3:33 minutes)

Video – Renaissance of Marriage – Hear what President Eyring says we all must do to have a renaissance of happy marriages and productive families. (2:36 minutes)

Video – What is the Purpose of Family? – The family is the divine building block of society. (1:16 minutes)

Children

Activity – Heavenly Father Made it Possible For Families to Be Together Forever – Make paper dolls representing each member of your family.

Activity – Article of Faith 1 –Fill in the blanks with words about Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost. Find names for Jesus in a word search.

Activity – First Article of Faith Coded Message  – Write the letters above each clue shape to complete the first article of faith.

Activity – 15 Ways to Strengthen Your Family – This word game gives ideas on how to strengthen family.

Activity – Counting on Family – An activity that allows young children to count how many family members they have.

Activity – Different Families – Follow the lines to match the kids with the adults in their family.

Activity – Eternal Marriage – Draw and Color

Activity – I Came to Earth as Part of a Family – Coloring page

Activity – Heavenly Father Planned For Me to Come to a Family – Coloring page

Activity – I Love My Family – Coloring page

Activity – Temple Blessings Unite Families – Coloring page

Article – The Holy Ghost Is . . .” – An explanation of who the Holy Ghost is and some of the ways He can help us.

Audio – A Revelation About Marriage – A Primary teacher and children learn about God, angels, and temples. Joseph Smith told the Saints what angles look like. He told them what Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father look like. Joseph Smith received a revelation on temple marriages. If a couple married in the temple is faithful and obedient, the couple will be married for eternity.

Video – God and Angels – Doctrine and Covenants Scripture Reader

Video – A Revelation About Marriage – Doctrine and Covenants Scripture Reader

Youth

Article – How can we explain polygamy when someone asks about it? – To the Point from the New Era

Article – Preparing for a Heavenly Marriage – from a devotional address by Robert D. Hales

Article – Why a Temple Marriage? – We talk a lot about temple marriage in the Church. Have you ever wondered why?

Article – Questions and Answers – My parents were married in the temple, but now they’re divorced. Why should I even try for a temple marriage if that’s how it might end up?

Video – What Family Means to Me – A music video for youth about the meaning and importance of family. (3:09 minutes)

Youth & Adults

Article – “Our Hearts Rejoiced to Hear Him Speak” – Revelations in Context

Article – Mercy Thompson and the Revelation on Marriage – Revelations in Context

Article – Anointed Quorum (“Holy Order”) – Church History Topics

Article – Joseph Smith and Plural Marriage – Church History Topics

Article – Sealing – Church History Topics

Article – Temple Endowment – Church History Topics

Video – Developments in Nauvoo – Explores the evolution of church doctrines and liturgy in Nauvoo. Joseph Smith Papers Project Documentary (28:38 minutes)

Video – Why was it necessary for Joseph Smith and others to practice polygamy? – Scroll down to this video segment in a Face to Face with Quentin L. Cook (10 minutes)

Adults

Article – Chapter 50: Doctrine and Covenants 129–30 – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Chapter 51: Doctrine and Covenants 131; 132:1–33 – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Section 129, Keys for Determining If Administrations Are from God – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Section 130, Items of Instruction – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual 

Article – Section 131, Keys to Exaltation – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Section 132, Marriage: An Eternal Covenant – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual

Article – Chapter 52: Doctrine and Covenants 132:34–66; Official Declaration 1 – Doctrine and Covenants Institute Student Manual 

Article – A Reconciliation of Polygamy – “That is, we are going to talk about the doctrinal ins-and-outs of it rather than historical practices.” A presentation given at FAIR by Valerie Hudson.

Article – Doctrine and Covenants 129:8 and the Reality of Satan’s Physicality – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Doctrines, Covenants, and Sweet Consolation, 1843 – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Eternal Marriage – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Marriage and Family Relationships—The Lord’s Way – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – Scenes and Incidents in Nauvoo – BYU Religious Studies Center

Article – “A Subject That Can Bear Investigation” – BYU Religious Studies Center

Podcast – Saints, Volume 1: Plural Marriage in Nauvoo – Plural Marriage in Nauvoo tests the faith of Church members and leaders including Joseph Smith’s wife Emma Hale Smith and his brother Hyrum. Historian and Women’s History Specialist with the Church History Department Lisa Olsen Tait brings her perspectives to the conversation.

Video – Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: D&C 129-131 The Order of Heaven – Religious scholars from BYU discuss these sections. BYUtv

Video – Discussions on the Doctrine and Covenants: D&C 132-133 – A New and Everlasting Covenant – Religious scholars from BYU review some of the most groundbreaking revelation received by Joseph Smith during the Restoration of the gospel. BYUtv

Video – Scripture Roundtable: Kingdom’s of Glory – This is Scripture Roundtable 24 from The Interpreter Foundation, in which we discuss Doctrine & Covenants Gospel Doctrine Lesson #20, “The Kingdoms of Glory,” looking at D&C 76, 131, 132:19-24, 137, bringing in various insights to help us better understand the scriptures.

Video – Scripture Roundtable: Sealed…for Time and for all Eternity – This is Scripture Roundtable 35 from The Interpreter Foundation, in which we discuss Doctrine & Covenants Gospel Doctrine Lesson #31, “Sealed … for Time and for All Eternity,” focusing on D&C 131, and 132, bringing in various insights to help us better understand the scriptures.

Video – Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Polygamy – Historians Lisa Olsen Tait and Matthew J. Grow discuss how polygamy started in the early Church and how participants learned about and accepted the practice. (2:42 minutes)

Video – Latter-day Saint Polygamy Q&A – Historians Lisa Olsen Tait and Matthew J. Grow discuss polygamy in the early years of the Church: how it began, how it changed over time, and how it was discontinued. (7:40 minutes)

Website – Joseph Smith’s Polygamy – The most complete online source of information on Joseph Smith’s plural marriage practices and teachings. Several places on the official church website link to this site.