Come, Follow Me

Living, Learning, and Teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Handout for Individuals, Families, and Teachers

Your stake has been selected to participate in a test of three new resources for use at home and in Sunday School and Primary. The test begins February 27, 2017, and continues through June 25, 2017. During this test, the new resources will replace youth and adult Sunday School curriculum and all Primary manuals, including the 2017 sharing time outline. Songs sung by children during the test may be used in the Primary sacrament meeting program. Nursery classes and Gospel Principles classes for new members will continue to use their current manuals. After the test is over, you can return to the regular curriculum for 2017.

Print copies of materials will be shipped to units before March 2017. Additionally, you may access these materials in the Gospel Library app and online at lds.org/test/learn (you will need to log in to the app using your LDS Account).

For Individuals and Families

You are invited to use Come, Follow Me for individuals and families to help you and your family study the gospel at home in your personal scripture study, your family scripture study, your family home evenings, and so on. Come, Follow Me for individuals and families will help you study the same scripture passages that you will learn about in your Sunday classes.

Please help us find out if this resource helps you achieve the following goals:

• Increase the frequency and improve the quality of your efforts—as an individual and in your family—to live, learn, and teach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

• Deepen your doctrinal understanding of the Old Testament.

• Enhance your experience with learning the gospel at church.

For Sunday School (for Youth and Adults)

Sunday School teachers should use Come, Follow Me for individuals and families to learn about the scripture accounts and the principles to be taught. Teachers should use Come, Follow Me for Sunday School to prepare and organize lessons that support the scripture study that class members are doing at home.

Please help us find out if these resources help you achieve the following goals:

• Support and encourage gospel learning in the home.

• Engage class members in meaningful discussions about the scriptures.

• Deepen class members’ understanding of the doctrine taught in the Old Testament and help them apply the principles they learn.

For Primary

Primary teachers should use Come, Follow Me for individuals and families to learn about the scripture accounts and the principles to be taught. Teachers should use Come, Follow Me for Primary to prepare and organize lessons that support what children are learning at home.

Please help us find out if these resources help you achieve the following goals:

• Teach children principles drawn from accounts in the Old Testament.

• Encourage more sharing by children during sharing time.

• Reinforce what children are learning at home.

Guiding Principles

• The home is the best place to live, learn, and teach the gospel.

• Our gospel learning and teaching should be part of our daily lives, not confined to Sundays.

• Classes at church support us in living, learning, and teaching the gospel.

• Our meetings provide opportunities to share what we experience as we learn and live the gospel during the week.

• Teachers inspire and motivate learners to experience the power of God’s word for themselves.

• Teachers teach and testify of gospel doctrine and principles and invite class members to share their own insights and discoveries.

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