Last week as part of our Senior primary's (ages 7-11) Sharing Time, the primary president had the kids write their testimonies on a post-it note then stick it on the chalkboard surrounded by pictures of various prophets.
I was sitting in-between 2 rambunctious boys (they're twins) who are new to our primary. (They're foster kids who are staying with a family in our ward.) One of them said to me, "What's a testimony?" and I said, "It's what you believe." Then he wrote this...cue tears.
I was so touched by this Sharing Time and by all the testimonies the kids wrote down.
I think many of them didn't even realize what they believed until they were given this chance to write it down.
I loved seeing how happy it made them!
What a great opportunity for these kids, and what a sweet way to feel the Spirit and think about what I believe. One of our teachers is a huge, deep-voiced man, and he was in tears as the primary president wrapped things up and shared her own testimony. He continued to weep as we had singing time, it's was rather tender.
I'm so glad our whole family was in the room for this great experience, and that Landon and Whitney both added their testimonies to the board.
**Have you ever written your testimony?
Thoughts??**
Thoughts??**
Comment Window Tidbit: I was in charge of Sharing Time today and it went great. It always feels like a dressy workout to me, but I love doing it!
12 comments:
I find that my testimony grows and deepens when I write it down. It's different to articulate it on paper, and I've found that doing so periodically really gives me new insights and perspectives. What a neat Sunday for you to witness the testimonies of so many children!
I am struck every time by the greatness of you taking pictures in Primary! I just love it.
How wonderful for the children to discover their own testimonies through this exercise, and what a great thing for your family to be a part of.
I think I need to steal this idea. What a powerful experience!
I love seeing your pictures of Primary! You inspired me to take some pictures of my little 4 yr old giving his first talk last week. So precious!
Wow...I LOVE this idea. I think would go over really well with our Sr. primary, I may have to do this! thank you for posting it!!
I love that your church encourages kids to express what they believe starting at such an early age so that they are more comfortable expressing it.
What a great idea... I hope the kids got to take their testimonies home... a cool thing to have.
Primary makes me emotional.
So powerful and simply sweet!
I love how children remind me of the power of the gospel in its simplicity.
Some of those testimonies got me choked up, thank you very much.
"A dressy workout" is the perfect way to describe serving in primary. Hilarious.
Your primary really comes up with the best sharing time ideas. And I'm so jealous of your primary room! It's so big and nice!
We are doing the scripture journals every month as suggested in the Jan Friend so they're getting the chance to write their testimony every month on different topics. It's work out really great and I love to see what they write or even draw (for the little ones).
The board looks really really cool with all the stick notes surrounding Christ.
What a great idea to have kids write down their testimonies... I like too that it was a Post-It note... not too overwhelming to come up with a whole page full of their beliefs. You have great ideas!
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