Seminary Faculty Meeting

   "Early one morning, just as the sun was rising....."

I was invited to a seminary teaching meeting across the many waters. We were introduced to SST, sequential scripture teaching, another way to describe teaching how to search in the scriptures. Over the last eight years I have tried to wrap my head around this way of teaching and each year it becomes clearer. Here is my understanding of it in a step by step process.

  1. Decide which block of scripture you are going to teach

  2. Read and search for doctrine and principles

  3. Prayerfully consider which D&P best fit your class.

  4. Check with the resource teacher's manual to see how these D&P's are presented.

  5. Write some search, analysis, and application questions for your students.

  6. Give time for students to read, look, and write.

  7. Discuss their ideas

  8. Tie up and connect ideas with a summary, story, video, ect.

Sequential Scripture Teaching

 Looking for doctrine and principles in different blocks within a chapter.

What I know for sure from finally making journal writing happen is that each student needs to learn to write about what they are finding in the scriptures. My students don't love it but I see positive benefits from that consistent effort. Once a month I have a game with questions where it is open journal only. My point is made when they find the answer written in their own hand.

                            The journaling can reveal thoughts that bear testimony.

                                  We keep track of our personal reading here as well.

   As the age for going on missions went down the need is ever more urgent to understand doctrine and apply principles. Much can happen here early each morning.