Primary's Greatest Hits

It's Primary program season, some of the most spiritual entertainment in the Church!
 

Conference Prep: Scenes we'd like to see

There was a series I saw recently in the Church News that took us behind the scenes of getting ready for general conference. This is the part that I'd like to see: getting rid of the wiggles before the meeting begins!
 

Sing along

Another one of my favorites!
 

Raise your voice

Now how about a verse of Reverently, Quietly?
 

A joyful noise

Sometimes those songs just get stuck in your head, you know what I mean?
 

Sing your way home

I'll just leave this right here.
 

The songs they were singing

You know how family stories sometimes take on a life of their own and get modified a bit as they go on? I wonder how often that happened with pioneer stories?
 

Changes (LDS Version)

Trying to navigate the new hymns in our family has been a bit awkward. Some folks are more tech-savvy than others.
 

Sketchbook: Improvement Era

A few decades ago, Hank Ketchum had a gag in the original Dennis the Menace. Dennis and his family were sitting in church. Alice, his mom, was looking at him in a mix of shock and embarrassment, while the people in the pews round about were chuckling. Dennis said, "Because I know 'Yankee Doodle' better, that's why!"

That cartoon has always stuck with me as an example of a cartoon coming in at the perfect moment in the middle of the story. We know what happened moments before, and that makes it all the more amusing.

This sketch is, yeah, a blatant ripoff of that cartoon. But with the pervasiveness of Taylor Swift and her influence with teen/tween culture, I thought it might be fun to explore. At least in the sketchbook.
 

Sketchbook: Raised voices

Something about this just seemed wrong, so it stayed in the sketchbook. Maybe a different song?
 

Visual aids

It seems to me that the helps they use in singing time sometimes become more important than the song itself. I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn that Pinterest has entire boards dedicated to Primary song helps.

In our Primary room, there's a six-foot-tall foam core replica of the Portland Temple. Funny thing is, I've never seen anyone use it.
 

Lift up your voice

Honestly, it could go either way…
 

Primary: The gift that keeps on giving

I know I'm always worn out after we sing Once There Was A Snowman in Primary!
 

Of Primary importance.

It's Primary Program season again, some of the best sacrament meetings of the year. Primary programs are always full of surprises — some planned, some not. Ours is coming up the day before Halloween. Those kids are going to be wired!

And if you have Primary kids (or Sunday school kids, or seminary kids, or teach Gospel Doctrine, or really, anything) you'll want to add the General Conference Activity Packet to your toolkit! It's also available in Portuguese and Spanish at the Ward Cartoonist's website. Enjoy!

 

A place for everyone, and everyone in their place

As a kid, sometimes the best way I could help my dad with a project was by staying out of his way.
 

Oh, Babylon!

Have you ever had the experience of singing a hymn and hearing it in a different way than you ever have before? 

 

Safety first

Unfortunately, we've had several opportunities over these past several months to test our emergency preparedness: the pandemic, wildfires and a brutal ice storm. 

Anyone want to brush up on their provident living?
 

Light the World: Social Sing and Serve

 

I was always asked to be in the audience. Audience members are important too!

Lift up your voice and sing

 

Lift up your voice

One thing that has impressed me during the "church at home" time is the creative ways that people have fulfilled their callings.

I've heard of Primary classes that organized singing and sharing time for their kids. I've seen virtual firesides. Our stake president sends out video messages.

I just read about a Young Mens group that were scheduled to go camping last week. That was canceled, so they held a virtual campfire instead.

Let's keep up the good work!