Monday, May 31, 2010

Thank YOU for the Light!



What a great surprise! I love them! Thank you for the sweet gift!

May His Light guide you home!

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Next Time...



Last inside day of class--taking a scripture mastery test.

Next year, I will teach them differently. The numbers are going to be tricky to keep straight, and I need a head start. This is my plan:

Hymns & Scripture Mastery Doctrine & Covenants

1:37-38 Search these commandments; 271 Oh, Holy Words of Truth and Love

8:2-3 Spirit of Revelation; 143 Let the Holy Spirit Guide

10:5 Pray Always; 145 Prayer Is the Soul’s

14:7 God’s greatest gift; 76 God of Our Fathers, We Come unto Thee

18:10, 15-16 Worth of souls; 335 Brightly Beams Our Father’s Mercy

19:16-19 Christ suffered for us; 65 Come, All Ye Saints Who Dwell on Earth

25:12 The song of the righteous is a prayer; 71 With Songs of Praise

58:26-27 Anxiously engaged in a good cause; 252 Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel

58: 42-43 Repentant are forgiven; 125 How Gentle God’s Commands

59:9 Keep the Sabbath holy; 146 Gently Raise the Sacred Strain

64:9-11 Forgive one another; 220 Lord I would Follow Thee

64:23 Those tithed are not burned; 229 Today While the Sun Shines

76:22-24 JS and Sidney Rigdon saw Jesus Christ; 135 My Redeemer Lives

82:3 Greater light, greater condemnation; 277 As I Search the Holy Scripture

82:10 The Lord is bound when we obey; 41 Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise

84:33-39 Oath and covenant of the priesthood; 325 See the Mighty Priesthood

88:123 Love one another; 224 I Have Work Enough To Do

89:18-21 Word of Wisdom; 256 As Zion’s Youth in Latter-Days

121:34-36 Many Called, few chosen; 320 The Priesthood of Our Lord

130:18-19 Knowledge rises with us in the resurrection; 14 Sweet is the Peace

130: 20-21 Obedience to law brings blessings; 303 Keep the Commandments

130: 22-23 Father & Son have bodies of flesh and bones; 113 Our Savior’s Love

131: 1-4 New and everlasting covenant of marriage; 300 Families Can Be To-

137: 7-10 Heirs of celestial glory; 297 From Homes of Saints

Joseph Smith History 1:15-20, The First Vision; 26 Joseph Smith’s First Prayer

One scripture mastery a week for the first 25 weeks, then review and rotate through the remainder of the weeks?

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Daily We Need to Be Reminded of Sacred Things


Have you finished reading The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ? Have you prayed to know it is true? How have you felt this year? Any changes in your beliefs, feelings, thoughts, actions?

Just because the last day of early morning DAILY SEMINARY is tomorrow, I pray you keep studying, keep reading, keep holding on to the Iron Rod. Every day, for the rest of your life. ENDURE TO THE END!

Best wishes to our graduating seniors! Have fun in Institute--or in religion classes! Keep in touch and let us know where you go on your mission so we can write to you!

Doctrine & Covenants starts in September. It's okay to get a head start over the summer!

Love you all,
Sister Landbeck

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Build Your Testimony BONFIRE HIGH!


Five more days left! I hope you can figure out how to sleep in the last few days of school after seminary ends on Friday!

MONDAY devotional by Jameson. (Happy 18th birthday to Kris!)
TUESDAY Steven.
WEDNESDAY Devin.
THURSDAY Michelle.
FRIDAY Kris.
(Kyle did last week, and Stewart did many, many devotionals this year!)

We will miss you, seniors!

Encore firepit bonfire on Friday! Come with hoodies so you stay warm, or sit close to the fire. Think about what things you can do over the summer to keep your testimony growing and full of light. Shiny, sparkly, happy, glowing, joyful feelings.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

4 Combined Seminary Activity!

Thanks for participating! We had a great time--but wish I had taken MORE pictures! The Time Travel Tunnel, your arm bands into tribes, the weapon practice area...textile bracelets are all over my house. Glad the ancient Nephite art of macrame has made a come back!









I hope you know the impact on your participation in activities like this. The younger kids were STRONGLY disappointed they weren't included (only seminary-aged kids) and they were very HOPEFUL that we do this when they are old enough to be in seminary...

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Say NO to Secret Combinations! NO Kings!







Because of the testing going on for High School Assessments next week (somehow the kids always know about days off before parents)...

I have given all the students 4 days worth of seminary make-up work. The first page reviews early Ether scriptures, and the last 3 are in Moroni.

THERE WILL BE SEMINARY NEXT WEEK every day.

We will be studying Moroni, and food-refreshments provided for several of the chapters (read them and see if you can figure out what I will feed you! Remember Jacob and the olive allegory? Well, it gets better!).

WEDNESDAY the day that nobody has HSA tests there will be a seminary send-off-the seniors breakfast, celebrating those who will be leaving us and moving on to Institute. If you would like to contribute to the pot-luck breakfast, please bring something for all 24 of us.

For the days that YOU have a HSA test, you have to be at school normal time and coming to seminary will help you "Choose the Right."

For those who DON'T have tests, and don't have to go to school until 10am or so? If your ride MUST go and take a test, and you would be hanging out that early anyway at school waiting for school to start, come to seminary and than you can hang out here and watch seminary movies for make-up work, or WII play until you need to go to class. Bro Landbeck will be here to supervise (since I have to leave at 7:30 am for work).

If your carpool situation DOESN'T have a HSA test to force them to be to school early, and you are a sleeping-in-kind of person, the 4 days of MAKEUP work is for you. Turn in all 5 pages (two for Thursday-the word search and clues of what to look for are on 2 pages) by next SUNDAY the 23rd May for makeup work for M, T, TH, F.

If you are borderline in 80% attendance, COME TO SEMINARY all week May 17-22 and the 4 days of makeup work that you turn in will be in your favor towards passing this year! Stay and watch seminary movies, and each 45 minutes of movies = a makeup day.

Originally I mentioned seminary done early--but the stake wants us to continue to teach up to the 28 MAY Friday. So TWO more weeks of seminary, and then done for the year. (so that means IF you have had stellar attendance AND you turn in the 4 days of make-up work for next week, then you COULD pass with taking 4 days off 24-28 May, but we would miss you.)

The end is near. It has been a fun year. We need to work on memorizing the scripture masteries a little harder. I still have things to hand out to you, more to tell you before your summer off begins. Some challenges to make (including starting to read the Doctrine & Covenants over the summer so you will be DONE before seminary starts in September!!!). And some invited guest speakers will be showing up the week of 24-28. Things you won't want to miss.

Missing you already, but looking forward to handshakes and eye contact each Sabbath I see you during the summer!

Sister Landbeck

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Missionary Companions


Dear Seminary Students and Families:

We are getting down to the end. Monday morning we will cross the deep sea with the Jaredites by light of glowing rocks. I have been moved to tears reading this section of the Book of Mormon again and the serious, sober stories, the warnings, the testimonies, the sadness.

BE GOOD! Grow up strong, holding on to the Iron Rod with both hands! Prepare to go to the temple! Go on missions! Get married to an amazing, strong-testimony Saint, someone who will help you live the Gospel and raise your family righteously.

My parents are newly arrived on their mission in St. Croix (rhymes with "boy"). Their adventures include a tour of the Church building and finding 3 dead lizards in the baptismal font, (because the elders really like it when they have beach baptisms...as that is the ONLY way they can get in the water).

I have believed for a long time that the ideal missionary companionship is a husband and wife, the way they can compliment each other's talents, build on one another's strengths, do things unitedly but differently based on their talents and natural abilities. It felt right teaching the Gospel that way when I was 21 (doing zone leader splits, always 2 elders and one sister in my mission back then)--and I know that was preparation for future FHE lessons for my own children. Now, I look forward to serving a mission with Bro. Landbeck. Not just us writing back and forth for two years, but serving together. It is going to be amazing!

That companionship, that trust and working together-united-wonderful feeling can be yours now, as you live worthily to have the Holy Ghost be near you. Things of the world offend him-contention is a guaranteed way to make the Spirit leave you. Dirty words, ugly thoughts, foul language, selfish-lustful-not-waiting-for-temple marriage-to-be-intimate sexually and rude actions--they all drive the Holy Ghost away, and you are left feeling hollow, alone, sorrowful, depressed, guilty, shamed, and not wanting to pray (quick--think Scripture Mastery 2 Nephi 32:8-9!).

I want so much for you to have beautiful, joyful lives! I want you to feel the love that I know Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have for you youth! I want to see you with your arms around your spouse when we bump into each other after a temple session, and we will smile at each other, knowing it is worth the awkwardness of being different, of being modest, of talking softly and being good.

Hang in there! Finals and HSAs and graduation and big projects are here. You can make it. I know you will be blessed as you sacrifice sleep for seminary. You can feel the spiritual renewal and flow of intelligence as you make it clear about your commitment to obeying the Lord. He will help you. You just need to ask. Sincerely ask. Ask with faith--which we learned last week means ACTIONS! We have to do something, believing we will get an answer. Seek help knowing He will help you.

Keep coming! There is still more good stuff ahead!