First Presidency & Apostles Matching Game

I always like to talk about the First Presidency and members of the Quorum of the Twelve just before we have General Conference. I think learning about our leaders helps us and our children make a connection with them and find it more interesting to listen to them speak.

So, this week we are having a lesson to prepare for General Conference and then next week we will have an Easter lesson.

My kids love matching games! This one has pictures of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve. When you get a match, read a little bit about them.

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Below is a copy of the info I am using with each picture. I found the info from their biographies on the church's website found here. You could read the entire biography if you wanted (they are short, but still too long for 4 year olds!)

President Thomas S. Monson has served as the 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since February 3, 2008. His testimony from General Conference October 2008: “I bear my testimony to you that this work is true, that our Savior lives, and that He guides and directs His Church here upon the earth. I leave with you my witness and my testimony that God our Eternal Father lives and loves us. He is indeed our Father, and He is personal and real.

President Henry B. Eyring is currently the First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has a degree in Physics, as well as a doctorate degree in business from Harvard. He has 4 sons and 2 daughters.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf was born on November 6, 1940 Czechoslovakia. He was raised in Germany, where his family joined the Church in 1947. He is a trained fighter pilot. He is now the Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Boyd K. Packer is the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He taught seminary and was also a bomber pilot during World War II. He is also an artist and loves to paint birds.

L. Tom Perry was born in 1922 in Logan Utah. He is 6-foot-3 inches tall.

Russell M. Nelson is an internationally renowned heart surgeon and medical researcher. He has earned many awards and honors. He has also written chapters for medical textbooks.

Dallin H. Oaks was called to be an apostle in 1984. He practiced and taught law in Chicago. He also served as a member of the Utah Supreme Court.

M. Russell Ballard sold cars and real estate. He served a mission for the Church to England. He was also a mission president in the Canada Toronto Mission. Much of his ministry has been focused on missionary work.

Richard G. Scott has a degree in mechanical and nuclear engineering. He worked for the Navy making nuclear fuel that made submarines go.

Robert D. Hales was born in New York City. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a jet fighter pilot. He was also a business man who held positions with three major national companies.

Jeffrey R. Holland served as the ninth president of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He is the author of eight books. He was called to be an apostle in 1994.

David A. Bednar was president of BYU-Idaho. Prior to his call to the Quorum of the Twelve, Elder Bednar served as an Area Seventy, Area Authority Seventy, Regional Representative, twice as a stake president, and as a bishop.

Quentin L. Cook served as a missionary in the British Mission. He also served as an area Seventy in the Philippines and also the Pacific Islands.

D. Todd Christofferson was an attorney in Washington DC. He was also the senior vice president of a bank in Tennessee. He served a mission in Argentina.

Neil L. Andersen was called to be an apostle in April 2009. He was raised on a dairy farm in Idaho. He was involved in the production of The Testaments: Of One Fold and One Shepherd. He speaks French, Portuguese and Spanish in addition to his native English.