Our Mothers Knew It

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 27-4 NEPHI] Creative “There Could Not Be a Happier People” October 21 - October 27, 2024 WEEK 43: SUMMARY ================= Creative Summary: On the creative side of week 43, we’ll focus on the power of regular temple attendance by creating attendance trackers and recommend holders. Next, we’ll cha...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 27-4 NEPHI] Insights “There Could Not Be a Happier People” October 21 - October 27, 2024 WEEK 43: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: This is a week woven with warnings and promises. President Nelson just taught, “Now is the time for us to make our discipleship our highest priority.” This wee...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 20-26] Insights “Ye Are the Children of the Covenant” October 14 – October 20, 2024 WEEK 42: SUMMARY ================= Creative Summary: On the creative side of week 42 we’re exploring the words of the Special Witnesses of Jesus Christ by making mini study books. Next, we’ll create our own rainbow...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 20-26] Insights “Ye Are the Children of the Covenant” October 14 – October 20, 2024 WEEK 42: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: The Savior could have taught anything to the Nephites during His three-day visit. Interestingly, so much of His sermon was focused on their covenant connection to t...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 17-19] Creative “Behold, My Joy Is Full” October 7 – October 13, 2024 WEEK 41: SUMMARY ================= Creative Summary: On the creative side, we’ll focus on how daily discipleship creates spiritual conduits by making Dr. Strange-like glow stick portals. Next, we’ll focus on the ordinance of the...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 17-19]] Insights “Behold, My Joy Is Full” October 7 – October 13, 2024 WEEK 41: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: This week we come to know the character of the Savior in beautiful intimate ways. First, he’ll respond to the earnest, unspoken pleas of the people by healing their wounds and b...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 12-16] Insights “I Am the Law, and the Light” September 30 – October 6, 2024 WEEK 40: SUMMARY ================= Creative Summary: This week on the creative side, we’ll be studying the Beatitudes with a raw egg plunge. Next, we’ll focus on what it means to have our “eye single” by reading the fine p...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 12-16] Insights “I Am the Law, and the Light” September 30 – October 6, 2024 WEEK 40: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: This week we’ll hear echoes of the New Testament in the Book of Mormon as we study the Sermon at the Temple. Jesus will teach those ready to live a higher law and become p...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 8-11] Insights “Arise and Come Forth unto Me” September 23 – September 29 2024 WEEK 39: SUMMARY ================= Creative Summary: This week, on the creative side, we’ll be making honey wheat bread to teach repentance to discuss the blessings of having a broken open heart and a contrite spirit. Ne...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 8-11] Insights “Arise and Come Forth unto Me” September 23 – September 29, 2024 WEEK 39: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: This week we see the pinnacle moment of the Book of Mormon when the Savior finally comes among the Nephines. Before he arrives as a glorified, resurrected being, great...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 1-7] Insights “Lift Up Your Head and Be of Good Cheer” September 16 – September 22 WEEK 38: SUMMARY ================= Creative Summary: This week on the creative side, we’ll celebrate the many witnesses of the Savior’s birth. Next we’ll take a polar plunge to help our kids understand the risks of b...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [3 NEPHI 1-7] Insights “Lift Up Your Head and Be of Good Cheer” September 16 - September 22 WEEK 38: SUMMARY =========== Insights Summary: The years leading up to the Savior’s arrival among the Nephites are tumultuous. There are external struggles between the Gadianton Robbers and internal struggles with th...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [HELAMAN 13-16] Insights “Glad Tidings of Great Joy” September 9 – September 15 2024 WEEK 37: SUMMARY ================= Creative Summary: This week on the creative side, we’ll learn about thriving in hard circumstances with an anti-gravity apple challenge. Next, we’ll drop glass from great heights to unders...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [HELAMAN 13-16] Insights “Glad Tidings of Great Joy” September 9 – September 15 2024 WEEK 37: SUMMARY ================= Insights Summary: Samuel the Lamanite is an outlier in many ways. He’s an outsider - the only Lamanite prophet on record. His mission to the Nephites focuses on repentance and finding hope...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [HELAMAN 7-12] Insights “Remember the Lord” September 2 – September 8 2024 WEEK 36: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: This week, we see a prophet’s role up close. We’ll follow Nephi as he works diligently to reclaim Nephite hearts for the Lord. We’ll hear him pray for his people from his garden towe...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [HELAMAN 7-12] Creative “Remember the Lord” September 2 – September 8 2024 WEEK 36: SUMMARY ================= Creative Summary: This week on the creative side, we’ll learn about thriving in hard circumstances with an anti-gravity apple challenge. Next, we’ll drop glass from great heights to understand why N...

" Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [HELAMAN 1-6] Creative “The Rock of Our Redeemer” August 26 - September 1, 2024 WEEK 35: SUMMARY ================= Creative Summary: This week on the creative side, we’ll feel the damaging effects of leaning on our own strength by putting a chokehold on gluesticks. Next, we’ll tap into Elder Bednar’s guid...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [HELAMAN 1-6] Insights “The Rock of Our Redeemer” August 26 - September 1, 2024 WEEK 35: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: The book of Helaman is a build-up to the coming of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon. Our master editor, Mormon, sets the stage by helping us understand the depths of the darkn...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [ALMA 53-63] Creative “Preserved by His Marvelous Power” August 19 – August 25 2024 WEEK 34: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: On the creative side of week 34, we’ll test our ability to follow guidance “with exactness” like the Stripling Warriors by dunking cupcakes in water. Next, we’ll compare the...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [ALMA 53-63] Insights “Preserved by His Marvelous Power” August 19 – August 25 2024 WEEK 34: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: The second half of the war chapters are focused on reclaiming what has been lost. The Lamanites have invaded fortified cities. It will take mighty efforts of men mixed with...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [ALMA 43-52] Creative “Stand Fast in the Faith of Christ” August 12 – August 18 2024 WEEK 33: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: This week on the creative side we’ll talk about the sneak attacks of the adversary by sliding dozens of skewers into a water-filled bag. Next, we’ll sharpen our understandi...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [ALMA 43-52] Insights “Stand Fast in the Faith of Christ” August 12 – August 18 2024 WEEK 33: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: Mormon was a warrior and a general. He knew the pains of war and the power of studying the people who manage to stay valiant in it. This week, we’ll study the efforts of me...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [ALMA 39-42] Creative “The Great Plan of Happiness” August 5 – August 11 2024 WEEK 32: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: This week, on the creative side, we’ll open up conversations about the law of chastity and the sacred nature of the body with a simple patriotic connection. Next, we’ll use a comb...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [ALMA 39-42] Insights “The Great Plan of Happiness” August 5 – August 11 2024 WEEK 32: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: This week we head into Alma’s guidance to his third son. Alma loves all of his sons but he has deep concerns for Corianton. Corianton has made choices that are slowly separating h...

Our Mothers Knew It with Maria Eckersley A Creative Study of Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon [ALMA 36-38] Creative “Look to God and Live” July 29 – August 4 2024 WEEK 31: SUMMARY ================= Lesson Summary: On the creative side, we’ll study the paths of deliverance with our own rubber band marble run. Next, I’ll share my favorite freezer jam recipes to help open up conversations about preserv...