2017-2018 School Year

Yearly Theme:  

"Out of the darkness and into His marvelous light"
1 Peter 2:9

Years of study:

1400 - 1850 AD

April 2017 Overview

Pillar: Citizenship

Theme: The completed vessel: Firing and glazing of life

Time Period:

Jewish History

Scripture:

"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, blessed art thou for what thou hast done; for thou hast inquired of me, and behold, as often as thou hast inquired thou hast received instruction of my Spirit. If it had not been so, thou wouldst not have come to the place where thou art at this time."

- D&C 6:14

Memorization:

"Do not rely on planning every event of your life—even every important event. Stand ready to accept the Lord’s planning and the agency of others in matters that inevitably affect you. Plan, of course, but fix your planning on personal commitments that will carry you through no matter what happens. Anchor your life to eternal principles, and act upon those principles whatever the circumstances and whatever the actions of others. Then you can await the Lord’s timing and be sure of the outcome in eternity."

-  Elder Dallin H. Oaks

March 2017 Overview

Pillar: Proper Role of Government

Theme: Entrusting ourselves to the potter: Trusting God

Time Period:

Middles Ages in the Far East

Scripture:

“Be still and know that I am God”

- D&C 101:16

Memorization:

"Without... the power of the Holy Ghost, you and I would not be able to become submissive to the will of our Heavenly Father. We would not know what his will is, except by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost. Then when we know what his will is, we must be as clay in the hands of the potter (Jer. 18:6) to permit our lives to be molded in the pattern that the Savior of mankind set for us."

- Elder Henry D. Moyle

February 2017 Overview

Pillar: Leadership

Theme: Shaping the vessel: Cleansing from the inside out

Time Period:

Scripture:

"...the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, 

but the Lord looketh on the heart."

- 1 Samuel 16:7

Memorization:

“Many people try to change themselves spiritually and they inevitably come to the same conclusion: ‘I can’t do it by myself’.  Only Jesus Christ can cleanse and change a human heart.  Only the Holy Spirit, sent by Christ to dwell in us, can guide our decision making, soften our hearts, and trigger our conscience so that we will make choices and initiate Chritlike responses.  We must never forget – we are the clay.  He is the potter!”

- Dr. Charles Stanley