Elder Adilson de Paula Parrella (Oct. '23): "Bearing Witness of Jesus Christ in Words and Actions"

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 As the world continues to move further and further from the true doctrine of Christ, our opportunities to witness of Christ and the importance of doing so will increase.  So, this is an important talk for all of us.  I especially appreciated the stories that Elder Parrella shared.  

The Activity:

  1. Point out that Elder Parrella mentions three ways we can bear witness of Jesus Christ.
  2. On the board write the following:
    1. Speaking of Christ in our meetings  (par. 12 "What a blessing . . . name upon us")
    2. Living the Gospel (par. 15 "Over the years . . . name of Christ."
    3. Using the full name of the Church (par. 19 "However, I later . . . in my life")
  3. Depending on your lesson and when you do this activity you may want to read the accompanying passages.
  4. Ask the class members to consider what could be done individually and as a group to more completely do each of these things.
  5. Allow the class members a few moments to think and then ask them to share and discuss in small groups of 4-5 people.
  6. After a few minutes of small group discussion, come back and talk as a whole class.

Using the Activity:

As noted in the activity itself, this could take a couple of different forms depending on what has preceded it in the lesson.  If it used at the end of the lesson when each of the three elements have been discussed this activity could act as a wrap up where the class members consider (and perhaps even set goals) how to apply the principles in this talk.  In this case, reading the passages associated with each element is most likely unnecessary.  However, it could also serve as an introductory activity.  In this case, it would make more sense to possibly read the associated passages.

As always, thank you so much for visiting my blog.  I appreciate it.  If you have time, please leave me a comment letting me know how this worked for you.  God bless.

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