"As you become more aware of teaching ideas around you, it will be helpful for you to keep track of impressions you receive. Carry a small notebook with you, and write about things that strike you as potential teaching ideas. Record insights from talks you hear or lessons in which you participate. Write about faith-promoting experiences. As you develop the habit of noting these things, you will become more and more aware of the rich teaching resources that are all around you.
Do not worry about how you might use the ideas. Just write them down. Sometimes your observations will apply to a lesson that you will soon teach, but other times you will see wonderful examples or illustrations of principles that you will not teach for weeks or even years. You may forget them if you do not record them." (from Teaching No Greater Call)
I think this can be useful in all areas of our lives--parenting, creativity, running a household, being a friend, work ideas, etc.
**Thoughts??**
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Hey! This quote is referring directly to your Sunday notebooks, I'm quite sure! You're awesome.
Yes! I can see how this could apply to so many areas of my life. Basically, if I don't write it down, I will forget it. And soon.
i love your sunday posts. and your comment on comments. 2pm!!!
i was just thinking i should carry a notebook with me for the thoughts that occur to me about the boys. often, i find myself thinking, "remember he is only 5." or "kellen needs a hug." yikes. :) time to keep track so i can be better.
Hey, I didn't know you were one of the contributors to that manual! :)
Great idea!
So how are your primary kids doing with this new time change? We go at 11 and the kids are so antsy and it is just chaotic! We had such a good thing going with the 9 am.
I really like this exert. I really see the benefits of writing things down. I am doing sharing time this sunday and I am really nervous. Since I do it for the 5th Sunday and there are no ideas for what to do I really have to think and rely of the Spirit on what to teach.
Brilliant. What do you find is the best way to organize all of your impressions? By topic? By date? By place received?
I think this is a great idea. I got moved this year from teaching the 6 year olds to teaching the 4 year olds, and one Sunday into it, and I've already noticed that I am definitely going to have to do things differently than I had been with the 6 year olds. So, writing ideas down is a great idea. Just today a friend had emailed me something about desert soil that I thought was so profound and would make a great metaphor for a talk or a lesson. (Though that one wouldn't really apply to my 4 year olds.) In some other application it could be great, and I'd like to think I'll just remember it in the future, but I totally won't. Thanks for the idea!
Oh how glad I am to give up our 2pm church!!! Seems like we wait all stinkin' day to go to church. I am LOVING our 9-12 - home for lunch. Ha!
I have a little notebook that I write things down. I always seem to get a great idea when reading a magazine at the dentist office, or a thought about something that I need to do, etc.. It is helpful to have that written down as I know I would totally forget.
I love how you keep your sunday journals. That is great references for talks, parenting, vt, etc...
Great idea!
I guess each member of the church should have this mindset, since we're all currently or will be teachers in the future. We'd be so much stronger as gospel saints if we did. I am committing myself now to have to the mindset of a teacher so that I can better teach myself and others.
Also, when we have the mindset of a teacher I think we learn more about the Savior and His perspective not just on ourselves, but on the gospel as well. I think this will make us more receptive of the times that He is trying to teach us something.
All the teachers in your ward need are the sunday posts by you and Michelle and they are set!
We switched to 9am church & it killed me the first sunday. I couldn't keep my eyes open the whole 3 hours??? what's with that? I still slept in earlier than usual--
My husband is in the bishopbric & he was working on setting up that class recently until he found out that it has been dicontinued? As soon as I saw this post- we were both pleasantly surprised someone is still teaching the class. Maybe he got some bad info.
that manual is FANTASTIC- truly!
i love the idea of carry a notebook with you all the time and jotting down ideas. I think about this often when the ideas come, but they are always at the worst time like when I'm sleeping or exercising and I don't want to stop to write it down. Problem is I never remember to. I need a better system.
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