Videotape looks at importance of teaching gospel with spirit
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Being directed by the Spirit goes hand in hand with effectively teaching gospel principles in a classroom setting, according to Church Educational System (CES) administrators.
Focus of the CES department for the 1991-92 school year is on the precept of being directed by the Spirit. That precept also was the topic of the 1991 CES Videoconference telecast recently via satellite throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, and the Caribbean.The fifth annual CES Videoconference, featuring Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Council of the Twelve, was viewed by some 8,500 seminary and institute instructors and others involved with CES. The conference combined the elements of case studies, practical applications and live addresses.
The three-hour telecast has been packaged into two videos, which CES directors and coordinators throughout the world may make available to seminary and institute teachers for in-service training on teaching by the Spirit.
The tapes are available in English, French and Spanish. A Portuguese translation will be available in early 1992.
"We need to help our teachers understand how important the Spirit is in everything that they do - both in example and in their teaching," explained Stanley A. Peterson, CES administrator for religious education and elementary and secondary education. "We're just trying to help them focus on basic principles of the gospel."
According to the participant packet used during the video conference, being directed by the Spirit means to receive and recognize the promptings of the Spirit and to respond to those promptings.
Gary Esterholdt, a senior producer in the Audiovisual Department, explained that the videos are being distributed to all areas of the world where CES programs exist and will be available to train the approximately 23,000 teachers in the institute and seminary programs.
