Creating a Zion Family Culture: Monthly Online Discussions

We had a super enlightening time discussing Zion-based dating and courtship last Wednesday. It was so good I have decided to continue the discussion. We are going to have part 2 next month on Thursday Feb. 18th 7 to 9 PM Mountain Time. I have planned a topic for each month for the rest of the year, and we will be meeting on the third Thursday of every month. Each topic has to do with raising the bar as a family to bring about Zion. I am so excited! It is time we rise up and learn God’s word on each of these topics! We can find God’s word in the scriptures and the words of latter-day prophets, and learn from each other, both in and out of the LDS Church, how to apply the word in our modern culture where industrialization and Hollywood have blindsided the Biblical-based family culture.

Here are the resources we will be discussing for Zion-based Dating and Courtship Thursday Feb. 18:

February- Dating and Courtship part 2 Thursday Feb. 18

Restoring the Patriarchal Order and the Power of Prayer specifically towards a Husband
http://www.guardiansofanaltar.org/do-we-still-believe-in-the-patriarchal-order/
http://www.lifechangingservices.org/2014/09/the-cracked-foundation-and-sledge/
War Room movie, can rent to watch online like at vidangel.com

5. a father’s role in guiding the courtship process, watch Duggar videos about Jill and Jessa’s courtship on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+duggars+on+courtship+

and watch “To Have and to Hold” by Richard Wheeler of Mantle Ministries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scBHLpA0hA0

extra credit:

6. book Emotional Purity by Heather Paulsen https://www.crossway.org/books/emotional-purity-ebook/

here is a PDF summary of the book http://www.catholicnh.org/assets/Documents/Vocations/YoungAdults/Article-EmotionalPurity.pdf

7. watch the webinar “Marrying Well” on courtship by the Botkins family at

http://westernconservatory.com/products/marrying-well-practical-wisdom-for-courtship

You can go here to see the schedule for the whole year. Please email me at celestia at treeoflifemothering dot com to get the link to join the online video classroom! I only have 20 spots so respond early! If the link doesn’t work scroll down past the videos to see the full schedule.

All meetings are held online at 7 PM Mountain Time in a Zoom videochat classroom

RSVP to Celestia (celestia at treeoflifemothering dot com) to get the link to the online classroom

January- Zion-based Dating and Courtship part 1

Hannah Stoddard’s Article on Dating and Courtship with links to other resources at the bottom

excerpt from Beloved Bridegroom by Donna Nielsen on Hebrew based courtship, p. 11 to 23

Elder Oaks article on Dating vs. Hanging Out https://www.lds.org/ensign/2006/06/dating-versus-hanging-out?lang=eng

February- Dating and Courtship part 2 Thursday Feb. 18

Restoring the Patriarchal Order and the Power of Prayer specifically towards a Husband

http://www.guardiansofanaltar.org/do-we-still-believe-in-the-patriarchal-order/
http://www.lifechangingservices.org/2014/09/the-cracked-foundation-and-sledge/
War Room movie, can rent to watch online like at vidangel.com

2. a father’s role in guiding the courtship process

watch Duggar videos about Jill and Jessa’s courtship on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+duggars+on+courtship+

b. watch “To Have and to Hold” by Richard Wheeler of Mantle Ministries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scBHLpA0hA0

extra credit:

3. book Emotional Purity by Heather Paulsen https://www.crossway.org/books/emotional-purity-ebook/

here is a PDF summary of the book http://www.catholicnh.org/assets/Documents/Vocations/YoungAdults/Article-EmotionalPurity.pdf

4. watch the webinar “Marrying Well” on courtship by the Botkins family at

http://westernconservatory.com/products/marrying-well-practical-wisdom-for-courtship

March- a godly vision for young women Thursday March 31.

It’s Not About Staying Home, free download talk at

http://westernconservatory.com/store/free

2. Top Ten Things for Young Women to Study

http://botkinsisters.com/article/the-top-10-things-girls-should-study-but-rarely-do

3. Talk for young women by Elder Ballard

https://www.lds.org/ensign/2011/09/preparing-for-the-future?lang=eng

April- Media

amusements and fashions

http://www.guardiansofanaltar.org/forums/topic/amusements-and-fashions-discussion/

literature

http://www.guardiansofanaltar.org/forums/topic/june-11-2015-discussion-on-classics/

Movies

http://www.guardiansofanaltar.org/forums/topic/movies/

Music

http://www.guardiansofanaltar.org/forums/topic/music-discussion-recap-may-29-2015/

Elder Callister’s talk “Our Refined Heavenly Home”

watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9mJVbzgWVM

or read in the Ensign June 2009

https://www.lds.org/ensign/2009/06/our-refined-heavenly-home?lang=eng

May-Good Girls and Problem Guys

free talk for download at

http://westernconservatory.com/store/free

2. blog post by Maurice Harker about how to tell if your husband or boyfriend is a porn addict

http://www.lifechangingservices.org/2011/08/how-can-you-tell-if-your-husband/

June- a godly vision for young men

Created for Work by Bob Schulz
“Fatherhood Our Eternal Destiny” by Elder Larry M. Gibson, April 2015 General Conf. priesthood session
Training Young Men mp3 file for $6 by the Botkins

http://westernconservatory.com/products/quadratic-mission-training-young-men-for-life

July: Femininity and Feminism