Vision Day 2018

Vision Day 2018

Welcome to Vanguard!  We will be having our Vision Days this year on September 13th and 14th. Please Come having read Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris.

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

January 2017 Overview

Pillar: Property & Work

Theme: Centering the clay: Having an eye single to the glory of God

Time Period:

INDIA and the Middle East

Scripture:

"And if your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth all things."

- D&C 88:67

Memorization:

“When He said, ‘Be perfect,’ He meant it. He meant that we must go in for the full treatment. It is hard; but the sort of compromise we are all hankering after is harder—in fact, it is impossible. It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.”

- CS Lewis

November 2016 Overview

Pillar: The Role of God

Theme: Preparing the clay: Submitting to Divine treatments to achieve our full potential

Time Period:

Ancient Greece & Rome

Scripture:

"As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand."

- Jeremiah 18:6

Memorization:

“The chastisements we have had from time to time have been for our good, and are essential to learn wisdom, and carry us through a school of experience we never could have passed through without.  I hope, then, that we may learn from the experience we have had to be faithful, and humble and be passive in the hands of God and do His commandments”

- Wilford Woodruff