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Sunday School: Temple and Family History Work – Who Needs Their Work Done?

So you’ve done research and have names, along with their date of birth or death, and you know where these events took place. You are now ready to move on to the next phase of the process – determining what temple work has already been done for those individuals, if any. Your greatest tool will be the guidance of the Holy Ghost. Perhaps you need to do just a bit more research before taking the name to the temple. Maybe you have enough and feel prompted to go ahead with the work. As you stay close to the Spirit, you … Continue reading →

Sunday School: Temple and Family History Work, Information Needed for Ordinances

A nice long title for a blog, is it not? Once your ancestors have been identified, the next step is to prepare the information that is needed in order to complete the ordinance work in the temple. Some of the information can be estimated, as long as most of the data is as accurate as you can possible make it. You need to have at least: For the baptism and endowment – The name of the ancestor Their gender An event date (for instance, a birth date or death date) An event place (where they were born, died) For sealing … Continue reading →

Sunday School: Temple and Family History Work, Identifying Your Ancestors

Of course, the first step in providing temple work for your kindred dead is to identify your ancestors. It can be a rewarding process. As you dig up information on who they were, what kinds of things they enjoyed doing, and where they came from, you can learn more about yourself as well. Don’t forget to contact your family history consultants if you need help locating a difficult piece of information. When you’re just beginning, you’ll want to start with your parents and grandparents. If you already have a great deal of information gathered, you’ll want to start finding out … Continue reading →

Gospel Questions: What Are Temples?

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has built over a hundred beautiful temples all around the world. With spires reaching toward the heavens, these buildings look like mighty cathedrals. What is the purpose of the temple? The temple is a holy place where the Spirit of God feels free to dwell. Only the finest materials are used in the construction. The building is dedicated to the worship of God, and while there, patrons make promises to Heavenly Father and renew the promises they’ve already made. A feeling of peace pervades the atmosphere as the patrons put aside their … Continue reading →

Sunday School: Temple and Family History Work, “Temple Ordinances for the Dead”

The next section in our Temple and Family History Work handbook is entitled “Temple Ordinances for the Dead.” In this segment, we begin to discuss the importance of doing temple work for our kindred dead. Billions of people have lived on the earth since the dawn of time. Most of them passed to the other side without having the chance to hear the gospel, and some of them were your ancestors. As their descendants, it is our job to find them and submit their names to the temple so that they might have the opportunity to have their saving ordinances … Continue reading →

Temple Recommend Interviews

Tonight my husband and I loaded up all four kids into the van and headed up to the church to have our temple recommend interviews, as I’m sure many of you did, as well. With the new barcode system being implemented and the need for new recommends for everyone, bishops and stake presidents have been busier than ever, making sure that everyone has the proper documentation. My kids busily drew on the bishop’s whiteboard while he wrote out our information. He doesn’t mind that they leave his office decorated – he actually likes it and asks them not to erase … Continue reading →

Sunday School: Temple and Family History Work, Temple Ordinances for You and Your Immediate Family

As we continue our look at the alternative Sunday School class “Temple and Family History Work,” let’s move on to the chapter entitled, “Temple Ordinances for Your and Your Immediate Family.” The first ordinance mentioned is the endowment. It explains the purpose of life and helps us to understand Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation. The ordinance of the endowment is necessary for us to return to our Heavenly Father and to live with Him again. When we are faithful to the promises we make in the endowment, we not only feel the Spirit more, but we have an enlarged capacity … Continue reading →

Sunday School: Temple and Family History Work, Salvation for the Living and the Dead

The first lesson in the Temple and Family History Work manual as used by the Church for this alternative Sunday School class is entitled, “Salvation for the Living and the Dead.” We learn that the Atonement was provided to enable us to overcome death, and to give us the chance to gain exaltation. Because of this marvelous gift, everyone will be resurrected, not just the righteous. But in order to attain eternal life, which is, to live forever in the Celestial Kingdom, we must have faith, repent, and receive the saving ordinances which are done in the temple. These ordinances … Continue reading →

Sunday School: Temple and Family History Work, An Overview

For the last several weeks, I haven’t gone to Gospel Doctrine. I’m not sluffing, I promise. I’ve been attending the Temple and Family History Work class. My husband is the ward temple committee chairman, and so he works closely with the family history library that’s located in our building. In concert with the others called to similar positions, they work to educate the ward about the importance of family history work, and part of that education is the Temple and Family History Work class. The curriculum for the class is fairly simple and straightforward and is found in the booklet … Continue reading →

Joy and Sorrow – The Cost of Procrastination

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I’ve already told you several times that I have a strong testimony of eternal families, and of the need to do genealogical work. Now I have a confession to make – despite having completed a great deal of my family history, I have yet to take a single name to the temple. The reason is quite foolish – I just haven’t taken the time to offload the names I need to a disk and take it to the family history center. I very rarely do any research at the FHCs, and so I just have not yet made the time … Continue reading →