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Church History Matching Game
October 2025


“Church History Matching Game,” Friend, October 2025, 24–25.

Church History Matching Game

Match each person with what they did during the early days of the Church’s Restoration.

  1. Joseph Smith

  2. Emma Smith

  3. Oliver Cowdery

  4. David Whitmer

  5. Eliza R. Snow

  6. Mary Whitmer

  7. Martin Harris

  8. Lucy Mack Smith

  9. Wilford Woodruff

  10. Vienna Jaques

  1. I was one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon, along with Oliver and Martin.

  2. I was Joseph Smith’s mother. I joined the Church soon after it was restored.

  3. I was called by God to restore His Church on earth in the latter days.

  4. The Lord commanded me to move to Zion (see Doctrine and Covenants 90:28–29). I drove a wagon to Salt Lake City.

  5. I was one of first Apostles and the fourth president of the restored Church.

  6. The Lord called me an “elect lady” (Doctrine and Covenants 25:3). I was the first Relief Society president.

  7. I wrote many Church hymns, including “O My Father” (Hymns, no. 292).

  8. The angel Moroni showed me the gold plates while Joseph was staying in my home to translate.*

  9. I sold my farm to help pay to print the Book of Mormon.

  10. I was the main scribe for Joseph Smith while he translated the Book of Mormon.

Activity PDF of a maze to connect people to what they did during the early days of the Church’s Restoration

Illustrations by Bryan Beach