What is it?
This person is set apart to give patriarchal blessings.
The Stake Patriarch
Most members of the Church are part of this tribe.
Ephraim
Patriarch is an office in the _________ Priesthood.
Melchizedek
Appropriate age to receive your patriarchal blessing.
When you are old enough to appreciate the sacred nature of the blessing
Our Stake Patriarch's Name
Patriarch Dixon
The patriarchal blessing is most commonly compared to this ancient tool.
The Liahona
This is why lineage is important.
There are blessings and missions specific to each tribe
When a patriarch is released from his calling.
When a patriarch dies
You should share your patriarchal blessing with a) Anyone who is willing to listen b) No one c) Only your close relatives if you want to d) Only people who are close to you if you want to
d) Only people who are close to you if you want to"
Name the scripture! "For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God..."
Alma 34:32
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The prophet Lehi was a member of this tribe.
Manasseh
The only time you can receive a patriarchal blessing from a patriarch outside of your stake.
Being directly descended from someone who is a patriarch in a different stake
Free 300 points if you can sing the first line of your favorite hymn!
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How can you get a copy of your own and your dead parent's, grandparent's patriarchal blessing, if they did get one when they were alive?
Requesting it on your LDS.org account under Patriarchal Blessings.
These are the two primary purposes of patriarchal blessings.
The declaring of lineage and providing promises and cautions
The role of the tribe of Ephraim in the last days.
Preaching the gospel and gathering Israel
He was the first Presiding Patriarch of the Church.
Joseph Smith Sr.
Which President of the Quorum of the Twelve said this in regards to the blessings of patriarchal blessings: "It is well to know that things happen in the Lord’s due time, not always in ours. Things of an eternal nature have no boundaries."
President Boyd K. Packer
President Nelson was born in this year.
1924
Times in the scriptures people were blessed with patriarchal blessings.
When Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraim’s head:Gen. 48:14, Jacob blessed his sons and their seed:Gen. 49, Lehi blessed his posterity:2 Ne. 4:3–11
Name the twelve tribes of Israel (according to inheritance).
Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Benjamin, Ephraim, Manasseh
The current Presiding Patriarch of the Church.
Trick question! This position was abolished in 1979.
Tell us about a time when your Patriarchal Blessing helped you with a trial in your life.
(Teachers Only
Thank you!
What Mormon singer was a part of the cast in Disney's "Mulan"?
Donny Osmond