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<p style="text-align: justify;">Sunday evenings in the Bates family home are spent drawing pictures of Book of Mormon characters and stories in compliance with President Benson&rsquo;s challenge to display Book of Mormon pictures in the home.</p>


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	<p style="text-align: justify;">When President Ezra Taft Benson challenged us to display Book of Mormon pictures and quotes in our homes, I decided to order some prints of Book of Mormon scenes to frame and display. But before I had a chance to send in my order, my husband, Reid, came up with a creative way to heed the prophet&rsquo;s words. He suggested that we draw our own Book of Mormon pictures.</p>
	<p style="text-align: justify;">Now, on Sunday evenings, we get out crayons and paper and each make a simple drawing of a scene from a particular Book of Mormon story we have discussed. One Sunday evening, for example, our six-year-old drew a picture of Lehi and his family in the wilderness; our three-year-old, a &ldquo;picture&rdquo; that he explained was Laman talking to Laban about the brass plates; and Reid drew the angel appearing to the four brothers. After we talk about our drawings, we hang our &ldquo;story&rdquo; in our home.</p>
	<p style="text-align: justify;">We have found that our pictures reinforce our study of the Book of Mormon﻿&mdash;and they also give us a chance to have fun together and develop our talents.﻿&mdash;Kathryn Ricks Bates, Danville, California</p>
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Scripture Sketches

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Scripture Sketches

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Ensign

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1991

Authors

Bates, Kathryn Ricks (Primary)

Number of Pages

67

Date Published

June 1991

Volume

21

Issue Number

6

URL

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1991/06/random-sampler/scripture-sketches?lang=eng

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