Bro. Ahmad S. Corbitt (Apr. '21): "You Can Gather Israel"

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 I really love talks that teach me something beyond the actual message-- talks that take it for granted that I know something that I have actually never thought about.  This is one of those talks.  In retrospect, I guess I knew all of the things about the pre-existence shared, but I had not necessarily thought of them in this way.  

The Activity:

  1. Make sure that everyone has access to the talk either digitally or physically.
  2. On the board, create a 2x4 table.  Above the second column, write "What is it?"; above the third column, write "How do we know this?"; and above the fourth column, write "How does this help?"
  3. Read par. 1 "I am absolutely . . . power within you."
  4. Now, in the first column, fill in the two boxes:  "identity" and "power"
  5. Ask the class members to scan through the talk and identify the answers to the questions heading each column for the two characteristics that Bro. Corbitt identifies as reasons he knows the youth (and adults) can gather Israel.
  6. As answers are found, write them in the appropriate box and discuss them.  Note that there are more than one answer for some of the boxes.  

Using the Activity:

Although my work might suggest otherwise, I love a good table to organize things.  There is something about the visual arrangement of information that helps me to internalize and understand it.  I don't believe I am alone in that.  For some people, graphically organizing information (like this or in other ways) helps them to see the layers of complexity that are present and to be able to recall it later with more ease and in greater detail.  Putting information in this way, then, helps those class members to understand better and to be in a better position to hear Father speak to them about it.  

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I hope that this idea will prove helpful to you-- even if it just sparks a completely different idea.  God bless.

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