Forever Families
Covenants
President Ezra Taft Benson
Ordinances
2015 Goals
100
This is a gift that provides perspective and power, during which we receive instructions and make covenants related to our eternal exaltation.
What are temple endowments?
100
In this covenant we promise to take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ, to always remember Him, to keep His commandments and to serve Him unto the end.
What is baptism?
100
Wife of Ezra Taft Benson for nearly 66 years.
Who is Flora Amussen
100
The definition of ordinance.
What is a sacred, formal act performed by the authority of the priesthood?
100
Liberty 1st Ward 2015 goals regarding family history.
What is indexing 20,150 names, or 20 batches per family and take one name to the temple.
200
Temple marriage or being sealed.
What is a temple ordinances which creates an eternal relationship between husband and wife that can last beyond death if the spouses are faithful?
200
These covenants are renewed when we partake of the sacrament.
What are baptismal covenants?
200
The location where Benson was born, and buried.
What is Whitney, Idaho?
200
They include baptism, confirmation, ordination to the Melchizedak Priesthood (for men), the temple endowment, and the marriage sealing.
What are saving ordinances, essential for our exaltation?
200
Liberty 1st Ward 2015 goal regarding scripture study.
What is reading the Book of Mormon for 5 minutes every day?
300
This member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has testified that family history work is one way to bring us strength and protect us from the wickedness of the world.
Who is Elder David A. Bednar?
300
These are three examples of sacred covenants.
What is baptism, priesthood and marriage?
300
US government position held by Benson.
What is secretary of agriculture?
300
Ordinances, performed by priesthood authority, that are not essential to our salvation, but are important for our comfort, guidance, and encouragement.
What is naming and blessing children, consecrating oil, and administering to the sick and afflicted.
300
Liberty 1st Ward 2015 goal regarding missionary work.
What is inviting a nonmember into your home or to a church activity sometime in the next 6 months and to invite. No member to hear a missionary discussion in the last half of the year?
400
Typing names and information from old records into a database that people can use worldwide to research their ancestors.
What is indexing?
400
Sis Linda K. Burton in the April 2014 conference talk titled "Wanted: Hands and Hearts to Hasten the Work" said, "the best way to strengthen a home, current or future, is to" do this.
What is keep your covenants.
400
Benson declared that “the whole Church [was] under condemnation” because Latter-day Saints were not studying this enough or giving enough heed to its teachings.
What is the Book of Mormon?
400
The Prophet Joseph Smith first taught about this ordinance during a funeral sermon in Aug 1840. He read much of 1Corinthians 15, including verse 29. He told gem, " the plan of salvation was calculated to save all who were willing to obey the requirements of the law of God" (Journal History of the Church, 15 Aug 1840).
What is baptism for the dead?
400
Liberty 1st Ward Relief Society goals for 2015.
What is Making/ Renewing covenants, Keepimg covenants, and Cherishing covenants?
500
This member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has taught that the key to receiving divine power to overcome opposition and move the Church forward "is the covenant we make in the temple- our promise to obey and sacrifice, to consecrate unto the Father, and His promise to empower us with 'a great endowment.'"
Who is Jeffrey R. Holland?
500
In the Oct 2014 conference, this person stated, "the sacrament becomes a spiritually strengthening experience when we listen to the sacrament prayers and recommit to our covenants. To do this, we must be willing to take upon us the name of Jesus Christ."
Who is Cheryl A. Esplin, second counselor in the primary general presidency?
500
He frequently quoted this Prophet's declaration about the Book of Mormon that people “would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book,” and he expounded on that promise.
Who is Prophet Joseph Smith?
500
This member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said, "One of the invitations inherent in the sacramental ordinance is that it be a truly spiritual experience, a holy communion, a renewal for the soul."
Who is Jeffrey R. Holland?
500
Liberty Stake theme for 2015.
What is Establishing Covenant Families Rooted in Christ?