When we got home from church we were still pumped by our Sunday School class. We had a photo shoot with our personal photographer, ELO, and this one expresses our happiness.
The lesson was on teaching by the Spirit. We talked about the ways to bring the Spirit into the classroom--prayer, music, personal experiences, testimony, scriptures, and showing love. When we talked about prayer, Brian Rosenbalm told this personal experience that really brought the Spirit in. When he was in Seminary they had a new teacher, Brother Gullerud, who was a convert. The kids didn't cooperate because they thought he was nerdy. One day they were particularly bad and Brother Gullerud stopped the class in frustration and said, "I just can't go on. We'll stop for the day, but first let me say a prayer." He said a heartfelt prayer and it touched Brian's heart, so much so that he choked up telling us about it (and so did we). What a perfect example of how telling personal experiences (the teacher's or the students') can bring the Spirit into the classroom.
5 comments:
What a great photo!
I'd like to see you two in action. We had Bro. & Sis. Woods team teach Gospel Doctrine, and they were marvelous.
Yes, great photo. Thanks for sharing it!
Nerds are cool.
I agree. I married one.
That was a cool story. Maybe sometimes doing something a little shocking helps, too. (Like stopping class in frustration.)
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