NOAH'S 120-YEAR WARNING
How many years did Noah warn and teach people before the flood came?
120 years
This majestic creature with a single horn was tragically left behind when Noah loaded the ark, and now exists only in legends and Lisa Frank stickers.
What is a unicorn?
According to Sister Denys's repeated teaching, finish this phrase: "There is no such thing as ___________."
Perfection!
Every single day, Sister Denys serves this warm beverage to the class.
What is hot chocolate?
It rained for 40 days and 40 nights during the flood. If rain falls at 2 feet per minute, what is the sum of 10 plus 120?
130
This is how many days per week Sister King serves hot chocolate.
What is every day? / 5 days (all seminary days)
If Noah taught for 120 years and people still didn't listen, what does this teach us about our job when sharing the gospel?
We're responsible to teach/warn, not to force people to listen or change (or similar - accept reasonable answers about agency, persistence, doing our part)
The unicorn missed the ark because it was too busy doing this, according to absolutely no scriptural sources whatsoever.
playing with rainbows, getting its mane braided, arguing about whether narwhals are sea unicorns, etc.
What is the actual PURPOSE of our life on Earth?
To make mistakes and learn how to fix them / to learn and grow (not to be perfect!)
This person is always in charge of running the computer and TV in seminary.
Who is Brother King
Noah sent out a dove, and it returned with an olive leaf. If the olive tree was 30 feet tall and the dove flew at 20 mph, what is the chemical formula for water?
H₂O
Hot chocolate contains this delicious ingredient that Sister King also loves on its own.
What is chocolate?
Noah kept building and teaching even when people mocked him. What's one thing in your life you should keep doing even when it feels like nobody's listening or it's not working?
(Accept personal answers - prayer, scripture study, being kind, inviting friends to church, etc.)
Some people think unicorns are mentioned in the King James Bible, but scholars say the Hebrew word probably referred to this very real, very grumpy animal.
What is a wild ox / aurochs / rhinoceros? (Accept any of these)
If perfection is impossible, why do we even try to improve and do better?
Progress not perfection, growing toward Christ, becoming better than we were, learning line upon line, etc.
Sister King was born in this small East Coast state, the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What is Delaware?
The ark was 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. If one cubit equals 18 inches, write a thesis statement for an essay about symbolism in "Lord of the Flies."
(Accept any reasonable thesis statement - because apparently we're doing English class now!)
Hot chocolate is the perfect drink for seminary because it's warm, and Sister King prefers being _____ rather than cold.
What is warm/hot?
For 120 years, Noah didn't see results - just ridicule. Why would God ask someone to do something that seemed to "fail" for that long?
(Accept thoughtful answers about faith, trusting God's timing, building our own character, planting seeds we may not see grow, etc.)
TRUE or FALSE: If unicorns had made it onto the ark, they would have achieved perfection and never made mistakes.
FALSE - because there's no such thing as perfection, even for unicorns!
Name one mistake you made this week and one thing you learned from it.
Accept honest, appropriate personal answers
Brother King was baptized in a very special location - where?
What is this building / this very building / right here? (He was baptized in the seminary building!)
Noah was 600 years old when the flood came. If he aged at a rate of 1 year per year, and you're analyzing cell mitosis in biology, what are the three parts of the Godhead?
Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Ghost
TRUE or FALSE: You can achieve perfection in making hot chocolate.
FALSE - there's no such thing as perfection, even in hot chocolate! (Though Sister King probably comes close)
If Noah had decided "I've tried for 100 years, that's good enough" and quit with 20 years to go, what would have happened?
No ark = no survival = end of humanity (Also accept: God's plan requires our complete follow-through, enduring to the end matters)
This critical safety item was unavailable in Noah's time, making it impossible for unicorns to board the ark without risking injury to other animals with their pointy horns
What are corks?
If someone in class says "I messed up so bad, I'm the worst," what would Sister Denys say back?
"That's just not true - mistakes are part of the plan!" "No such thing as perfection!" "That's how we learn!" or similar encouraging responses
Brother and Sister King both served missions. Can you name the countries in which they served?
Brother King - Germany
Sister King - Portugal and Cabo Verde
Two of every unclean animal and seven pairs of every clean animal entered the ark. Using the quadratic formula, solve for why there's no such thing as perfection.
Because mistakes are part of God's plan for our growth! (The quadratic formula is: completely unnecessary, just like expecting perfection!)
If hot chocolate has been served every day of seminary this year, and there are approximately 180 school days, but we've only been in session for about 100 days, and mistakes are part of the plan, what's the real lesson here?
(Accept: Don't overthink it / Be grateful for hot chocolate / The math doesn't matter, the kindness does / That's just how my brain works!)