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FAITH IN GOD AWARD REQUIREMENTS

NAME:______

LEARNING AND LIVING THE GOSPEL:

1. Give a family home evening lesson on Joseph Smith’s First Vision (see Joseph Smith History 1:1-20) Discuss how Heavenly Father answers our sincere prayers.

2. Give an opening and closing prayer in family home evening or at Primary. Share your feelings about how prayer protects us and helps us to stay close to Heavenly Father and the Savior.

3. Tell a story from the Book of Mormon that teaches about faith in Jesus Christ. Share your testimony of the Savior.

4. Prepare a pedigree chart with your name and your parents and grandparents names. Prepare a family group record for your family and share a family story. Discuss how performing temple work blesses families.

SERVING OTHERS:

5. Write a letter to a teacher, your parents, or your grandparents telling them what you appreciate and respect about them.

6. Help you Primary leaders plan and carry out an upcoming quarterly activity.

DEVELOPING TALENTS:

7. Write a poem, story, or short play that teaches a principle of the gospel, or is about Heavenly Father’s creations.

PREPARING FOR THE PRIESTHOOD:

8. Read “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” Make a list of things you can do to help strengthen your family and make a happy home. Share the list with your parents or Primary leader.

Religious Knot Patch Requirements For Cub Scouts

This patch is awarded through the Cub Scouting Program. The goals that are in the ‘Faith In God’ booklet can simultaneously be achieved through cub scouts. There are more than the ones with the next to it. The Cub Scout, parents and the Cub Scout leaders need to track their Achievements in order to know which ones qualify for more than one program.

The goals with the next to it can be coordinated as follows:

Learning and Living the Gospel:

FHE – First Vision

  • Wolf Book, Achievement 11 (p. 92)
  • Bear Book, Achievement 1 (p. 24)
  • Bear Book, Achievement 2 (p. 26)
  • Webelos Book, Requirement 8 (p. 416)

Prayers

  • Wolf Book, Achievement 11 (p. 92)
  • Bear Book, Achievement 1 (p. 24)
  • Bear Book, Achievement 2 (p. 26)
  • Webelos Book, Requirement 8 (p. 416)

Book of Mormon Story – Faith in Jesus Christ

  • Wolf Book, Requirement 10C (p. 90) -OR-
  • Wolf Book, Arrow Point l 6B (p. 137)
  • Wolf Book, Arrow Point l 22C (p. 214)
  • Bear Book, Achievement 1 (p. 24)
  • Webelos Book, Requirement 8 (p. 416)

Pedigree or Family Chart

  • Bear Book, Requirement 8D (p. 68)

Serving Others:

Letter of Thanks, Appreciation and Respect

  • Bear Book, Requirement 18F (p. 127)

Help Plan and Carry out Quarterly Activity

  • Wolf Book, Arrow Point 4 (pp. 122-123)
  • Wolf Book, Arrow Point 18B (p. 190)
  • Bear Book, Achievement 15 (pp. 108-111)

Developing Talents:

Write a Poem, Story, or Short Play

  • Wolf Book, Arrow Point Trail 1D (p. 108)
  • Bear Book Requirements 18 E, G (pp. 126-127)
  • Webelos Showman: Drama #4 (p. 143)

Preparing for the Priesthood:

Family Proclamation

  • Wolf Book Achievement 10 (pp. 88-91)
  • Bear Book Achievement 10 (pp. 78-81)
  • Webelos Family Member (p. 208)

LEARNING AND LIVING THE GOSPEL:

1. GIVE A FAMILY HOME EVENING LESSON ON JOSEPH SMITH’S FIRST VISION. DISCUSS HOW HEAVENLY FATHER ANSWERS OUR SINCERE PRAYERS.

Pictures you can use: The Prophet Joseph Smith (Gospel Art Picture Kit 401; 62002); Joseph Smith Seeks Wisdom in the Bible (Gospel Art Picture Kit 402) The First Vision (Gospel Art Picture Kit 403; 62470). Map of the New York-Ohio Area

JOSEPH SMITH—HISTORY
EXTRACTS FROM THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH, THE PROPHET

History of the Church, Vol. 1, Chapters 1-5

Joseph Smith tells of his ancestry, family members, and their early abodes—An unusual excitement about religion prevails in western New York—He determines to seek wisdom as directed by James—The Father and the Son appear and Joseph is called to his prophetic ministry. (Verses 1-20.)

1 Owing to the many reports which have been put in circulation by evil-disposed and designing persons, in relation to the rise and progress of the Church of Jesus Christ of aLatter-day Saints, all of which have been designed by the authors thereof to militate against its character as a Church and its progress in the world—I have been induced to write this history, to disabuse the public mind, and put all inquirers after truth in possession of the bfacts, as they have transpired, in relation both to myself and the Church, so far as I have such facts in my possession.

2 In this history I shall present the various events in relation to this Church, in truth and righteousness, as they have transpired, or as they at present exist, being now [1838] the aeighthbyear since the organization of the said Church.

3 aI was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, on the twenty-third day of December, in the town of Sharon, Windsor county, State of Vermont . . . My father, bJoseph Smith, Sen., left the State of Vermont, and moved to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) county, in the State of New York, when I was in my tenth year, or thereabouts. In about four years after my father’s arrival in Palmyra, he moved with his family into Manchester in the same county of Ontario—

4 His family consisting of eleven souls, namely, my father, Joseph Smith; my amother, Lucy Smith (whose name, previous to her marriage, was Mack, daughter of Solomon Mack); my brothers, bAlvin (who died November 19th, 1823, in the 26th year of his age), cHyrum, myself, dSamuel Harrison, William, Don Carlos; and my sisters, Sophronia, Catherine, and Lucy.

5 Some time in the second year after our removal to Manchester, there was in the place where we lived an unusual excitement on the subject of religion. It commenced with the Methodists, but soon became general among all the sects in that region of country. Indeed, the whole district of country seemed affected by it, and great multitudes united themselves to the different religious parties, which created no small stir and division amongst the people, some crying, “aLo, here!” and others, “Lo, there!” Some were contending for the Methodist faith, some for the Presbyterian, and some for the Baptist.

6 For, notwithstanding the great alove which the converts to these different faiths expressed at the time of their conversion, and the great zeal manifested by the respective clergy, who were active in getting up and promoting this extraordinary scene of religious feeling, in order to have everybody converted, as they were pleased to call it, let them join what sect they pleased; yet when the converts began to file off, some to one party and some to another, it was seen that the seemingly good feelings of both the priests and the converts were more bpretended than real; for a scene of great confusion and bad feeling ensued—priest contending against priest, and convert against convert; so that all their good feelings one for another, if they ever had any, were entirely lost in a strife of words and a contest about opinions.

7 I was at this time in my fifteenth year. My father’s family was proselyted to the Presbyterian faith, and four of them joined that church, namely, my mother, Lucy; my brothers Hyrum and Samuel Harrison; and my sister Sophronia.

8 During this time of great excitement my mind was called up to serious reflection and great uneasiness; but though my feelings were deep and often poignant, still I kept myself aloof from all these parties, though I attended their several meetings as often as occasion would permit. In process of time my mind became somewhat partial to the Methodist sect, and I felt some desire to be united with them; but so great were the confusion and astrife among the different denominations, that it was impossible for a person young as I was, and so unacquainted with men and things, to come to any certain conclusion who was bright and who was wrong.

9 My mind at times was greatly excited, the cry and tumult were so great and incessant. The Presbyterians were most decided against the Baptists and Methodists, and used all the powers of both reason and sophistry to prove their errors, or, at least, to make the people think they were in error. On the other hand, the Baptists and Methodists in their turn were equally zealous in endeavoring to establish their own tenets and disprove all others.

10 In the midst of this war of words and tumult of opinions, I often said to myself: What is to be done? Who of all these parties are right; or, are they all wrong together? If any one of them be aright, which is it, and how shall I know it?

11 While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the contests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epistle of aJames, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you lack bwisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

12 Never did any passage of ascripture come with more power to the heart of man than this did at this time to mine. It seemed to enter with great force into every feeling of my heart. I reflected on it again and again, knowing that if any person needed bwisdom from God, I did; for how to act I did not know, and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had, I would never know; for the teachers of religion of the different sects cunderstood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destroy all confidence in settling the question by an appeal to the Bible.

13 At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in adarkness and confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask of God. I at length came to the determination to “ask of God,” concluding that if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would bgive liberally, and not upbraid, I might venture.

14 So, in accordance with this, my determination to ask of God, I retired to the awoods to make the attempt. It was on the morning of a bbeautiful, clear day, early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty. It was the first time in my life that I had made such an attempt, for amidst all my anxieties I had never as yet made the attempt to cpraydvocally.

15 After I had retired to the place where I had previously designed to go, having looked around me, and finding myself alone, I kneeled down and began to offer up the desires of my heart to God. I had scarcely done so, when immediately I was aseized upon by some power which entirely overcame me, and had such an astonishing influence over me as to bind my tongue so that I could not speak. Thick bdarkness gathered around me, and it seemed to me for a time as if I were doomed to sudden destruction.

16 But, exerting all my powers to acall upon God to deliver me out of the power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very moment when I was ready to sink into bdespair and abandon myself to destruction—not to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from the unseen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before felt in any being—just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of clight exactly over my head, above the brightness of the dsun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.

17 It no sooner appeared than I found myself adelivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I bsaw two cPersonages, whose brightness and dglory defy all description, estanding above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My fBelovedgSon. Hear Him!

18 My object in going to ainquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)—and which I should join.

19 I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all awrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those bprofessors were all ccorrupt; that: “they ddraw near to me with their lips, but their ehearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the fcommandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the gpower thereof.”

20 He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came to myself again, I found myself alying on my back, looking up into heaven. When the light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering in some degree, I went home. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, bmother inquired what the matter was. I replied, “Never mind, all is well—I am well enough off.” I then said to my mother, “I have learned for myself that Presbyterianism is not true.” It seems as though the cadversary was aware, at a very early period of my life, that I was destined to prove a disturber and an annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the powers of darkness combine against me? Why the dopposition and persecution that arose against me, almost in my infancy?

FAITH IN GOD-REQUIREMENT FOR THE RELIGIOUS KNOT:

2. GIVE AN OPENING AND CLOSING PRAYER IN FAMILY HOME EVENING OR AT PRIMARY. SHARE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT HOW PRAYER PROTECTS US AND HELPS US TO STAY CLOSE TO HEAVENLY FATHER AND THE SAVIOR.

OPENING PRAYER

CLOSING PRAYER

Share your feelings about how PRAYER can protect us and helps us stay close to Heavenly Father and the Savior.

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FAITH IN GOD-REQUIREMENT FOR THE RELIGIOUS KNOT:

3. TELL A STORY FORM THE BOOK OF MORMON THAT TEACHES ABOUT FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. SHARE YOUR TESTIMONY OF THE SAVIOR.

Some Book of Mormon Stories:

Nephi Follows His Father, the Prophet: 1Nephi chapters 1 and 2

Obtaining the Brass Plates: 1 Nephi chapters 3 to 5

The Tree Of Life: 1 Nephi chapters 8,11, 15:21-36

Lehi and his family are led through the wilderness: 1 Nephi 16:17-32

Nephi Builds a ship: 1 Nephi 17

Crossing the Sea: 1 Nephi 18

Jacob is confronted by Sherem: Jacob 7: 1-23

Enos Prays: Enos

King Benjamin Teaches His People: Mosiah 2:1-22, Mosiah 3:2-19, Mosiah 4:11-16, Mosiah 5:5-8, 13-16

Abinadi and King Noah: Mosiah 17

Alma Baptizes at the Waters of Mormon: Mosiah 17:2-4 and Mosiah 18

The People of King Limhi and the People of Alma: Mosiah 12:2, 4-5, Mosiah 21:1-16, Mosiah 23:1-6, 29-39, Mosiah 24.

Alma and Amulek,s Mission to Ammonihah: Alma 8:8 to Alma 9: 34; Alma 11:21 to Alma 12:19

Alma and Amulek in Prison: Alma 14:1 to Alma 16:10

King Lamoni’s Father is Converted: Alma 20:1 to Alma 22:26

The Zoramites and the Rumeumptom: Alma 31

Alma Teaches the Zoramites: Alma 32 and 33

Alma Counsels his sons Helamon and Shiblon: Alma 37-38

Captain Moroni Defeats Zerahemnah: Alma 43-44

Captain Moroni and the Title of Liberty: Alma 46-49

Helaman and the Two Thousand Warriors: Alma 53, Alma 56-58

Nephi and Lehi in Prison: Helaman 5

Samuel the Lamanite: Helaman 13-14 and Helaman 16

The Signs in America of Jesus Christ’s Birth: 3 Nephi 1-2

The Savior Appears to the Nephites: 3 Nephi 8:5 to 3 Nephi 11:41

Jesus Christ Teaches the Nephites the Beatitudes: 3 Nephi 12 and 13

Jesus Christ Heals the Sick and Blesses the Children: 3 Nephi 17

My Testimony

Date:_____

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FAITH IN GOD-REQUIREMENT FOR THE RELIGIOUS KNOT:

4. PREPARE A PEDIGREE CHART WITH YOUR NAME AND YOUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS NAMES. PREPARE A FAMILY GROUP RECORD FOR YOUR FAMILY AND SHARE A FAMILY STORY. DISCUSS HOW PERFORMING TEMPLE WORK BLESSES FAMILIES.

4. Temple work blesses families by:

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FAITH IN GOD-REQUIREMENT FOR THE RELIGIOUS KNOT:

SERVING OTHERS:

5. Write a letter to a teacher, your parents, or your

grandparents telling them what you appreciate and respect about them.

Dear______

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6. Help your Primary leaders plan and carry out an upcoming quarterly activity.

Quarterly Activity______

How I helped:______

DEVELOPING TALENTS:

Write a poem, story, or short play that teaches a principle of the gospel or is about Heavenly Father’s creations.

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Some Gospel Principles that you can write a poem, story, or short play on:

Faith in Jesus Christ

Repentance

Baptism

The Gift of the Holy Ghost

The Sacrament

The Sabbath Day

Fasting

Sacrifice

Service

Word of Wisdom

Honesty

Tithing

Missionary Work

Obedience

Developing Talents

Eternal Families

The Atonement

The Creation

The Priesthood

PREPARING FOR THE PRIESTHOOD:

8. Read “The Family: A Proclamation to the World”. Make a list of things you can do to help strengthen your family and make a happy home. Share the list with your parents or Primary leader. The Family: A Proclamation to the World -The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children.
All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.
In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshiped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize his or her divine destiny as an heir of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.
The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God's commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.
We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God's eternal plan.
Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. "Children are an heritage of the Lord" (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.
The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.
We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.
We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.”