tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22782754506483505752024-02-06T18:46:26.645-08:00FHE A Bit of Heaven At HomeA little place to gather for Family Home Evening...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-43757625630876754972009-12-05T17:29:00.000-08:002009-12-05T17:50:16.105-08:00It's Christmas!<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Prayer<br /></span></strong><a href="http://www.lds.org/topic/christmas/christmas-story.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">Scripture</span> </a>The Christmas Story<br />Music: Sing your families favorite Christmas songs! Let each family member tell his/her favorite! Maybe you can choose one that will be come your Family Christmas Song !<br /><br />Video<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZQ7HDIDEFV4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZQ7HDIDEFV4&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PxKas2Mcjg4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PxKas2Mcjg4&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />"Simplify your Christmas by embracing the spiritual side of the season.<br />The gift of Christmas isn't wrapped up in presents or parties. <strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color:#990000;">The gift of Christmas is Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten of the Father, the Son of God.</span></em> </span></strong>As you follow Him, you put people first. You may spend less time in lines and more time serving others. You may spend less money on - and more time with – the people you love.<br />You may lose yourself and you may find everything else that matters. "<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Older Children</span></strong><br />Family Testimony of Jesus Christ.<br />As a family, share your testimony of Jesus Christ. Take notes.... and make a compilation.<br />Include your Family Testimony with your Christmas cards this year!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Activity:</span></strong><br /></span>Think of a family or neighbor who could use a special thought from you and your family. It could be someone who has lost their job, who has lost a family member, or someone who is having a difficult time financially. You may not be able to help them in a physical way, but you can take time to write a family note, draw pictures, or give them a call and let them know you care. If your choice is someone who is suffering spiritually, include your testimony.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">The Christmas Story<br /></span></strong>Before the evening is over, plan to re-inact the Christmas story on Christmas or Christmas Eve. Tonight, choose the characters, costumes ... etc. This will give everyone time to prepare for the "performance."<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Treat:</span></strong><br /></span>Hot Chocolate... A testimony makes us feel warm inside.<br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>Merry Christmas to everyone from the Proberts!</strong></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-28411119885164295152009-11-16T22:26:00.000-08:002009-11-16T22:42:26.854-08:00Gratitude: Just Be Thankful<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7qLvEOS_FmCHRAAFLCoCS5OPbUfOweyY4ndZjme6ROAfbmloEu_Bo1hqdTV2v5qPE3cKOqM4w7SLlPzhbgAqjknsDU38tl_J0VuZ9FQhzDMGfxnHdZYGGkgbDDA1W7W6Vw2-urJ44U_T/s1600/gratitude.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 189px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404959030481717810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij7qLvEOS_FmCHRAAFLCoCS5OPbUfOweyY4ndZjme6ROAfbmloEu_Bo1hqdTV2v5qPE3cKOqM4w7SLlPzhbgAqjknsDU38tl_J0VuZ9FQhzDMGfxnHdZYGGkgbDDA1W7W6Vw2-urJ44U_T/s400/gratitude.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Hello FHE Friends... Thanks for your patience with me... I am feeling a "little" better, and feeling sooooo grateful...</div><div><br />Received this via my Face Book, with a note from the brethren asking that we post this on our blog or website. I thought this would be a great jumping off spot for a FHE. Enjoy watching with your family and taking time to "Just Be Thankful."<br />Happy Thanksgiving everyone!<br /><br />And... check out this link <a href="http://www.lds.org/topic/gratitude">http://www.lds.org/topic/gratitude</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tuwid8_O8dk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tuwid8_O8dk&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-80146677789770713402009-09-23T19:44:00.000-07:002009-10-23T20:12:36.818-07:00Be Back Soon!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTsESg6j379TT5blxVPgLWrszFw-FVYuzbNuN0QUp90FZeNL_fWk2YwE6XI9ji4fVAr1CxDfTY5JOnNRF-8ou3nmF8aGyWacJKDybQ4bI_XctydZQibaM0mAJm5FTInJvnnAFRlQgSsv0/s1600-h/young.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395998007127604690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTsESg6j379TT5blxVPgLWrszFw-FVYuzbNuN0QUp90FZeNL_fWk2YwE6XI9ji4fVAr1CxDfTY5JOnNRF-8ou3nmF8aGyWacJKDybQ4bI_XctydZQibaM0mAJm5FTInJvnnAFRlQgSsv0/s200/young.jpg" /></a><br /><div>So sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have been "purdy-dang" sick... not knowing what, or why? Recently was given a diagnosis (I can live with it!), receiving treatments... weekly... trying to get my life back. Alot of adjusting to do... I'm not getting any younger... I need to take care of me!<br /><br />I've been thinking of you all, and I can't wait to share more FHE ideas with you!<br />Thanks for your patience and prayers. Keep the Faith!<br />Heavenly Father Loves Us!<br /><div></div>He really does!<br /><div></div><br /><br /><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d5445354f5445304e544d3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: I'll Be Back!" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d5445354f5445304e544d3d0d0a.jpg" width="386" height="303" /></a><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that just one person saying to me, "you've made my day!" makes my day.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that being kind is more important than being right.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that you should never say no to a gift from a child.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that we should be glad Heavenly Father doesn't give us ever thing we ask for.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that money doesn't buy class.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that love , not time, heal all wounds.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that there's nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that life is tough, but I'm tougher.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that opportunities are never lost, someone will take the ones you miss.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.<br /><br /><br />I've learned...<br />telling my mom that I love her brings sunshine to the day where clouds once were.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that I can't choose how I feel but I can choose what I do about it.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br /><br />that when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life threatening situation.<br /><br /><br />I've Learned...<br />that the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-84023429298981417302009-05-17T22:21:00.000-07:002009-05-17T22:47:35.811-07:00* Armor of God<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifangaMmT4GaMkphQhf9n8W17KmW0-xRHGaU50nn0Evtf8Xrd4HEmgg_EZyKgulPEPczKXoQalwFdrjCMoJf3wM3MuIp2PhNWZjWPqVB44hq58WffsiglgS46z9dDbGhlcezhktL5WbxyQ/s1600-h/HOME.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337030871611227186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 108px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifangaMmT4GaMkphQhf9n8W17KmW0-xRHGaU50nn0Evtf8Xrd4HEmgg_EZyKgulPEPczKXoQalwFdrjCMoJf3wM3MuIp2PhNWZjWPqVB44hq58WffsiglgS46z9dDbGhlcezhktL5WbxyQ/s200/HOME.gif" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Lesson 21</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">The Armor of God</span></strong><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div>Always begin and end with prayer.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5cnfrTI9ZLuqCevDB-fXyDoXbUxI0Sfa86uu8BKvF2_mljVEE99GDgw4psXPV-xDNv1i0zlw285eSGAKUX3aqF3w-x9XRvvKG-i1eGspx-LKzdmMgvk4Efza2LryCguQqEY36h7dZSwB/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNKzc9q3sF7oyJxAPIutbmvVf7UwZsWW1S5Oe9nnDWN_3ywXYJyfC5IQCJUrwiJIteJKAz7yyWhm7Sph6eia0r5WQhZJEZz3KfwFLhNPOwpA_q9V0oel7AGnQwrGQIzZhJCncJD5Ydv6E/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337030796519073650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 92px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 86px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNKzc9q3sF7oyJxAPIutbmvVf7UwZsWW1S5Oe9nnDWN_3ywXYJyfC5IQCJUrwiJIteJKAz7yyWhm7Sph6eia0r5WQhZJEZz3KfwFLhNPOwpA_q9V0oel7AGnQwrGQIzZhJCncJD5Ydv6E/s200/PRAYER.jpg" border="0" /></a>Give each family member an assignment.<br />Assignment <a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html">Planner</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCvrV3_pV9_GYu_IhOLPt6b9DqBttAYuefW4nEJZaZYGAW-hAJhTfd-y13yh3tR6XyUtauoOrqU3164cETWzV08g0eBXj54-x9pP2C7ZeMLvjk5Ho33pgjDiyunU1I1j9KBlrVKnSHKHB/s1600-h/SCRIPTURES.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337030794072637522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 111px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 49px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCvrV3_pV9_GYu_IhOLPt6b9DqBttAYuefW4nEJZaZYGAW-hAJhTfd-y13yh3tR6XyUtauoOrqU3164cETWzV08g0eBXj54-x9pP2C7ZeMLvjk5Ho33pgjDiyunU1I1j9KBlrVKnSHKHB/s200/SCRIPTURES.gif" border="0" /></a>Scripture:</div><br /><div>Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.(Ephesians 6:11)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmjZliIeOAFfDtymCMF3wBfvLjXChdNtsThmIphyFcjuMOq-MnbkaShhgAb-o4G0ZJQTrfRCfxzvBhI-PaZGic4pqEi-drlZ1hxi735plTT4gpiMVJ4bYddnuveCmtUd8rMfHdKJXa8Ku/s1600-h/NOTE.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337030796778733602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 43px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 72px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmjZliIeOAFfDtymCMF3wBfvLjXChdNtsThmIphyFcjuMOq-MnbkaShhgAb-o4G0ZJQTrfRCfxzvBhI-PaZGic4pqEi-drlZ1hxi735plTT4gpiMVJ4bYddnuveCmtUd8rMfHdKJXa8Ku/s200/NOTE.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Song:"<a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=89&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=89&searchsubseqend=ZZZ">Keep the Commandments</a>" </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vtgQ-ORQJoSb2su29-c868d6XC43vq6xZoMZgZby58z9uQhL1eN5mld7qWl3-4jLhYS_oT2JmS8L5MFtmatwC5XMbMpdH1wpRCEBBlgDbWvix2Kw0DUpKjWBePD6xuv5bJv6HvqGTYjy/s1600-h/football.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337035933627089186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 189px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vtgQ-ORQJoSb2su29-c868d6XC43vq6xZoMZgZby58z9uQhL1eN5mld7qWl3-4jLhYS_oT2JmS8L5MFtmatwC5XMbMpdH1wpRCEBBlgDbWvix2Kw0DUpKjWBePD6xuv5bJv6HvqGTYjy/s200/football.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Lesson:<br />Show your family a piece of protective equipment that is essential to the safety of the person wearing it, such as a football helmet. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Ask: What is likely to happen if the person tried to play a serious football game without a helmet? </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Have your family identify what kind of serious battle we are in and who we are fighting against.</div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiipCAjniupU65nT6P_Z2C_vDjuSfD2hwFbPf32gtCSTkfumod2iEBhHRdJLDlNNlUdPlm1gEVay2WK2_wqP_g9nTA_UIo16OqUXuiwIRKvFrSx6Xan-nqHGxNBBaLv2uMkhidRaaW5vnU/s1600-h/fhe+group+002.jpg"></a>Ask your family to take turns reading D&C 27:15-18. Invite them to look for ways we can protect ourselves in our war against Satan. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Assign someone to be a scribe and have the rest of the family help him or her list on a poster or paper pieces of "armor" the Lord invites us to "put on." </div><br /><div>Next to each piece of armor, list what the Lord said it represents spiritually.</div><br /><div>Your chart may look something like this:</div><br /><div>Physical ArmorLoins girt</div><div>BreasplateFeet shod</div><div>Shield</div><div>Helmet</div><div>Sword</div><div>Spiritual Armor</div><div>TruthRighteousness</div><div>Preparation of the gospel of peace</div><div>Faith</div><div>Salvation</div><div>Spirit</div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJPjaUfexbcnj1SjcemzgMlZG-_AJYujx4G83RcnwadtZKmFti4_uZwPIDq30D9G6KdtthXoCrwlMmAsg9h79XmD7UUiisDq9VPE9NkGgCYViRJT_DWvin1ruQywkgGgpnDvDNEXpUyo9/s1600-h/armor.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337030788776914706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJPjaUfexbcnj1SjcemzgMlZG-_AJYujx4G83RcnwadtZKmFti4_uZwPIDq30D9G6KdtthXoCrwlMmAsg9h79XmD7UUiisDq9VPE9NkGgCYViRJT_DWvin1ruQywkgGgpnDvDNEXpUyo9/s200/armor.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div><div><div>Click on the picture to print visual aids!</div><div>Discuss each piece of armor with the help of the following explanations:"Loins girt about with truth." Tell your family that to be "girt about" is to have a large belt around you, and that the "loins" are your many vital organs and the sacred procreative parts of your body."Breastplate of righteousness." </div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Ask "What important organ does the breastplate cover?" (The heart.)</div><div> </div><div>"Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace." </div><div>Ask your family how far they think they could walk without shoes compared to how far they could walk with shoes. </div><div>Remind them that mortal life is like a long journey to a place we can't really see at this time.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>"Shield of faith." Have your family look again at D&C 27:17 and identify what the shield specifically does. (Stop the fiery darts of the wicked.) </div><div>Ask them why they think Satan's weapon is compared to a dart rather than a large tank or cannon. Invite them to give examples of how others (including Satan) have tried to get them to doubt the truths of the gospel. </div><br /><div>How has your faith helped you to overcome?</div><div>"Helmet of Salvation." A helmet of salvation shall guide our thinking all through our days. How would remembering Christ more regularly help us resist the influence the devil tries to have over us?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>"Sword of my Spirit." </div><div>Ask your family how the sword is different from the other pieces of armor listed. (It is a weapon rather than merely protection.) What are some ways we can receive God's word through the Spirit?</div><br /><div>(Dennis H. Leavitt and Richard O. Christensen, Scripture Study for Latter- day Saint Families: The Doctrine and Covenants, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2004], p. 55-6.)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Story:</div><br /><div>One day I was made an attractive offer by a group of marines, buddies of mine, as we were about to go on liberty. It wasn't until after we were on our way that I discovered this was not the best company to be in. It was then that I found out the reason they had invited me. It was because they knew of my standards. They knew that I would be sober when it was time to return to the base, and I could guide them back. We found ourselves in Los Angeles on a streetcar headed toward a dance hall. They had already started to drink a little, and I was ready to part their company. It was here that that protective shield took over and I knew of the prayers of my parents for my welfare. The streetcar stopped and allowed new passengers to come aboard. The new passengers separated me from my buddies and pushed me to the back of the car. It was there that I discovered a nice group of young people standing and seated. </div><br /><div></div><div>Immediately upon finding me in their company, one spoke up and said, "Hi, Marine! We're Mormons. What do you know about our Church?"</div><div>I answered, "Plenty," and got off the streetcar with them and went to a ward social. </div><br /><div></div><div>You see, the shield of faith was there. It was protecting me from the fiery darts of the wicked in order that in a proper time in my life I would be worthy to take an angle into the temple of the Lord and there at its altar be sealed together for time and all eternity.</div><br /><div></div><div>I know by personal experience the value of having noble parents to build around their children a protective shield of faith of our Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ. I give you my witness that it works. Should not every child of God be given that opportunity in their lives--to start each day having their fathers blessing their home and giving them that protective shield of faith as they depart from the home to go about their every activity.(L. Tom Perry, "Build Your Shield of Faith," Ensign, May 1974, 98)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFgB6CYXulm3u9kelBYtNqAfH4ZnNiULHytms1w2wpluR5oy9JSTiyeXWYWDB2w65SLDskeTBKRziJiFzi55KRVSb_K2DhedjmXJm8f_1ryxp-23Z8fkWYCTHYkllAM6dUEUO167qH4ay/s1600-h/WATCH.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337030791764568722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 113px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFgB6CYXulm3u9kelBYtNqAfH4ZnNiULHytms1w2wpluR5oy9JSTiyeXWYWDB2w65SLDskeTBKRziJiFzi55KRVSb_K2DhedjmXJm8f_1ryxp-23Z8fkWYCTHYkllAM6dUEUO167qH4ay/s200/WATCH.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Activity:Create a cardboard and aluminum foil armor for the smallest person in your family. Assign family members to create certain elements of the armor.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Treat:</span></strong>Angel Fluff</div><div>1 9-ounce loaf angel food cake</div><div>1 cup whipped cream, whipped until stiff</div><div>1 cup half-and-half cream</div><div>1 cup sugar</div><div>1/3 cup lemon juice</div><div>Pineapple Sauce</div><div>4 tablespoons cornstarch</div><div>1 cup sugar</div><div>2 ¼ cup pineapple juice</div><div>¼ cup lemon juice</div><br /><div>In large, attractive, 2-quart serving bowl, break cake into bite-sized pieces. In small bowl of electric mixer or with hand electric mixer, gradually whip half-and-half into a fluffy, thick liquid. Beat sugar gradually into cream mixture, then slowly beat in lemon juice. Pour mixture over cake pieces. Chill for at least 2 hours. Spoon onto dessert plates and serve with Pineapple Sauce. Makes 8 servings.</div><br /><div>For Pineapple sauce: In small saucepan, combine cornstarch and sugar; mix well. Add pineapple juice; cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, until clear and thickened, about 5 minutes. Add lemon juice. Remove from heat. Chill.<br /></div><br /><div>Credit for this lesson goes to fheinasnap.blogspot.com</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJPjaUfexbcnj1SjcemzgMlZG-_AJYujx4G83RcnwadtZKmFti4_uZwPIDq30D9G6KdtthXoCrwlMmAsg9h79XmD7UUiisDq9VPE9NkGgCYViRJT_DWvin1ruQywkgGgpnDvDNEXpUyo9/s1600-h/armor.jpg"></a></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-40443516410346209752009-05-10T20:45:00.000-07:002009-05-17T22:16:16.372-07:00* Charity<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gwsg0GYurfVMn1VdmpeOL_hW04WF-XbEG4sUOh6VycoqqrPgBzweVo3rGcHUVNtT2G7yAVwqE_cgqi4euSnYuzHr55nTuV8nMfaTPaiaXH3QL7bmFUMIR-_0d3Eq2EXgaNXwY-wzkWUw/s1600-h/HOME.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337024512924140482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 109px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gwsg0GYurfVMn1VdmpeOL_hW04WF-XbEG4sUOh6VycoqqrPgBzweVo3rGcHUVNtT2G7yAVwqE_cgqi4euSnYuzHr55nTuV8nMfaTPaiaXH3QL7bmFUMIR-_0d3Eq2EXgaNXwY-wzkWUw/s200/HOME.gif" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;">Lesson 20</span></strong><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;">Charity: </span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;">The Pure Love of Christ</span></strong> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMZPCu-oBJZMncR0tN_cKjmdLy8D1_9hKhtysKDoslKxTYbSKvYGS9fOPUI_YmY8T0joAcxgQTy0WfwExu49Wwh9jtZkVUKCPEEXxwws-jsjj-rnE_Zur-MyZTigOGrJlfkAtWjMk4VkS/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337006559732273602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 84px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 85px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMZPCu-oBJZMncR0tN_cKjmdLy8D1_9hKhtysKDoslKxTYbSKvYGS9fOPUI_YmY8T0joAcxgQTy0WfwExu49Wwh9jtZkVUKCPEEXxwws-jsjj-rnE_Zur-MyZTigOGrJlfkAtWjMk4VkS/s200/PRAYER.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMZPCu-oBJZMncR0tN_cKjmdLy8D1_9hKhtysKDoslKxTYbSKvYGS9fOPUI_YmY8T0joAcxgQTy0WfwExu49Wwh9jtZkVUKCPEEXxwws-jsjj-rnE_Zur-MyZTigOGrJlfkAtWjMk4VkS/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"></a>Always begin and end with prayer.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5cnfrTI9ZLuqCevDB-fXyDoXbUxI0Sfa86uu8BKvF2_mljVEE99GDgw4psXPV-xDNv1i0zlw285eSGAKUX3aqF3w-x9XRvvKG-i1eGspx-LKzdmMgvk4Efza2LryCguQqEY36h7dZSwB/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"></a></div><div>Give each family member an assignment.</div><div>Assignment <a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html">Planner</a></div><div> </div><div><br /> </div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5s9CpdxaCtcrXZ1qnSUJnHD4FWx8hf4sUF04Gcyj4_n3QWyGdemChgoMYuDSFZEC36NKCwl0jNOLaOzuep9EyLcO1OwoU3b9ZYGfXkn7wQuyUkq2zLwKi6puxdc1630rl3esDZpIL44b/s1600-h/SCRIPTURES.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337006560378276210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 68px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 35px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5s9CpdxaCtcrXZ1qnSUJnHD4FWx8hf4sUF04Gcyj4_n3QWyGdemChgoMYuDSFZEC36NKCwl0jNOLaOzuep9EyLcO1OwoU3b9ZYGfXkn7wQuyUkq2zLwKi6puxdc1630rl3esDZpIL44b/s200/SCRIPTURES.gif" border="0" /></a>Scripture: <a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/12/34-37#34">Ether 12: 34-37</a><br /><br /></div><div><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyVWeulqjZvoklGXoYGhlFtfqUADboqgPNuJX6xhKWENEZr0lRf3ISirg2Q4GXTGqDYSj_SbapKqVQma9W72S2fW4W5rcL-GnsG57aQbUCy82Islb1dUcVyh7yPRgNgvw1JaPjZsKQoGn/s1600-h/NOTE.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337006553577489106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 45px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyVWeulqjZvoklGXoYGhlFtfqUADboqgPNuJX6xhKWENEZr0lRf3ISirg2Q4GXTGqDYSj_SbapKqVQma9W72S2fW4W5rcL-GnsG57aQbUCy82Islb1dUcVyh7yPRgNgvw1JaPjZsKQoGn/s200/NOTE.gif" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e1fa5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=a6f78ceb1ec20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=true#1">Home Can Be A Heaven On Earth<br /></a><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=89&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=89&searchsubseqend=ZZZ">Love One Another</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=3eb6e2270ed6c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337011574743838482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 144px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm8eC0TUq4wPDQeSyIXmwPtc_lWaYWRzxiKVy73ZiVwhb4btaZ-dWzONXMANdTXYtkBeJvXZs_XxLHb2gz8nCqo7NMlaKQbE16qpkQENOsIiJd7RIuVWjhPWWnqxzQyoZF31Clc23j05IG/s200/li2006lp_nfo_o_3f.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Read and Study President Monson's message:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=3eb6e2270ed6c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Master's Blueprint</span></a>.</div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><em><strong><span style="color:#333399;">"As we increasingly think and act like Him, the attributes of the natural man will slip away to be replaced by the heart and the mind of Christ" Gene R Cook</span></strong></em></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong>Defining Charity</strong></span><a name="6"></a><br />The Lord said that charity is “the pure love of Christ,” that which is “most joyous to the soul,” “the greatest of all the gifts of God,” “perfect” and “everlasting.”</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>As difficult as charity is to describe, it is rather easily recognized in the lives of those who possess it.</div><a name="8"></a><div><br /><br /></div><div>• An aged, crippled grandmother who subscribes to an afternoon newspaper, knowing it will bring her delivery-boy grandson to her home every day where, at her knee, she teaches him to pray.<a name="9"></a><br />• A mother who, in hard economic times and scarcity of meat, seems to savor only chicken wings, to the puzzlement of all.<a name="10"></a><br />• A man who suffers an undeserved public chastisement, but humbly receives it anyway.<a name="11"></a></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>A common thread in these examples is charity, a selflessness, a not seeking for anything in return. We may have the gift of love, but charity is bestowed only upon those who are true followers of Christ.</div><div><br /></div><div><br />To develop a Christlike Charity, we can do these three things. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8c978d00422fe010VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1#footnote17">Charity: Perfect and Everlasting Love</a>, Gene R Cook</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong>1. Recognize His love.</strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div>“Pray … with all the energy of heart” for this gift. Do so in meekness with a broken heart, and you will be filled with hope and love from the Holy Ghost Himself. He will reveal Christ to you. <a class="scriptureRef" onclick="newWindow('http://scriptures.lds.org/moro/8//25-26#25')" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/moro/8/25-26#25" target="contentWindow">Moro. 8:25–26</a>; <a class="scriptureRef" onclick="newWindow('http://scriptures.lds.org/rom/5//5#5')" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/rom/5/5#5" target="contentWindow">Rom. 5:5</a>; <a class="scriptureRef" onclick="newWindow('http://scriptures.lds.org/2_ne/26//13#13')" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/2_ne/26/13#13" target="contentWindow">2 Ne. 26:13</a> It is part of the gift of charity to be able to recognize the Lord’s hand and feel His love in all that surrounds us. At times it will not be easy to discover the Lord’s love for us in all that we experience, because He is a perfect, anonymous giver. You will search all your life to uncover His hand and the gifts He has bestowed upon you because of His intimate, modest, humble way of granting such wonderful gifts.<a name="24"></a><br />Think about the following majestic gifts: the glories of all creation, the earth, the heavens; your feelings of love and joy; His responses of mercy, forgiveness, and innumerable answers to prayer; the gift of loved ones; and finally the greatest gift of all—the Father’s gift of His atoning Son, the perfect one in charity, even the God of love. </div><div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong>2. Receive His love in humility.</strong></span> </div><div><br /></div><div>Be grateful for the gift and especially for the giver of the gift.<a class="footnote" href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8c978d00422fe010VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1#footnote20"> </a><a class="scriptureRef" onclick="newWindow('http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/88//33#33')" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/88/33#33" target="contentWindow">D&C 88:33</a> </div><div>True gratitude is the ability to humbly see, feel, and even receive love.<a class="footnote" href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8c978d00422fe010VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1#footnote21"> </a><a class="scriptureRef" onclick="newWindow('http://scriptures.lds.org/alma/5//26#26')" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/alma/5/26#26" target="contentWindow">Alma 5:26</a> </div><div>Gratitude is a form of returning love to God. Recognize His hand, tell Him so, express your love to Him. As you come to truly know the Lord, you will find an intimate, sacred relationship built on trust. You will come to know He understands your anguish and will, in compassion, always respond to you in love. Receive it. Feel it. It is not enough just to know that God loves you. The gift is to be felt continually day by day.<a class="footnote" href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8c978d00422fe010VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1#footnote24"> </a><a class="scriptureRef" onclick="newWindow('http://scriptures.lds.org/alma/34//38#38')" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/alma/34/38#38" target="contentWindow">Alma 34:38</a> It will then be a divine motivator throughout your life. Repent. Remove any worldliness from your life, including anger. Receive a continual remission of your sins, and you will bridle all your passions and be filled with love.<a class="scriptureRef" onclick="newWindow('http://scriptures.lds.org/alma/38//12#12')" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/alma/38/12#12" target="contentWindow" s_oidt="0" s_oid="http://scriptures.lds.org/alma/38/12#12">Alma 38:12</a> <a name="27"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">3. Convey His love.</span></strong> </div><div><br /></div><div>The Lord’s response to us is always filled with love. Should not our response to Him be in kind, with real feelings of love? He gives grace (or goodness) for grace, attribute for attribute. As our obedience increases, we receive more grace (or goodness) for the grace we return to Him.<a class="footnote" href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8c978d00422fe010VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1#footnote28"> </a><a class="scriptureRef" onclick="newWindow('http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/93//12-13,20#12')" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/93/12-13,20#12" target="contentWindow">D&C 93:12–13, 20</a> Offer Him the refinement of your attributes, so that when He does appear you will be like Him.<a class="footnote" href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8c978d00422fe010VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1#footnote29"> </a><a class="scriptureRef" onclick="newWindow('http://scriptures.lds.org/1_jn/3//1-3#1')" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/1_jn/3/1-3#1" target="contentWindow">1 Jn. 3:1–3</a> <a name="28"></a><br />As a man first immerses his thoughts in love and conveys those feelings to God, man, or self, a magnified portion of that attribute will surely follow from the Spirit. That is true of all godly attributes. Righteous feelings generated by a man seem to precede the increase of those feelings from the Spirit. Unless you are feeling love, you cannot convey true love to others. The Lord has told us to love one another as He loves us, so remember: to be loved, truly love.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bbd508f54922d010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=9f680bbce1d98010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337020390125778498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6lyqbUfTyiTM3D46TtSYsGr0XRhBnjFtmJJKWEAhXhAe6fnDHAepvnhog7RuhHusmuLNmRTjKCDQr8-AcBCwSSsZEDbsGLUONJ_Tp_hIPdgDQ9petdukD0Wy6Zljs3A-AX_3O1arBeXzv/s200/untitled.bmp" border="0" /></a>To view more </div><div>about Charity </div><div>click on the </div><div>picture.</div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div><div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e36d5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=78087befabc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337022054606418450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nLWLSumjpQy_Pr-0OPDNoPwBjnKXj0gq0osZo3Cw8cvZxWty0vOPpKVfTUV7GA8HBl5_Lex-bGPsFM1OpYfUB-ITQsiAGz5AeSwfw1rwDOUI7j3XZpLcuaXpBZ_7qfHrQeCdbE1GlKtR/s200/tchg-pix_nfo_o_fb6.jpg" border="0" /></a> Morm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuljkhhC9MC0Aez_we16v1xJYqbZo2NCPxD21gAQm_JOAmQH7xAx5q7OqEMqmQqhb4U9rSlWvdMxIR9yIWsV0s247fgiOd2DMjsfA88o5cdWu8cZ6gZJxZ4D16fe9k4wm3ZyQXF7yQO3nV/s1600-h/WATCH.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337006550833567058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 53px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 67px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuljkhhC9MC0Aez_we16v1xJYqbZo2NCPxD21gAQm_JOAmQH7xAx5q7OqEMqmQqhb4U9rSlWvdMxIR9yIWsV0s247fgiOd2DMjsfA88o5cdWu8cZ6gZJxZ4D16fe9k4wm3ZyQXF7yQO3nV/s200/WATCH.jpg" border="0" /></a>on tried to teach hope through Jesus Christ’s Atonement and to have charity, which is the pure love of Christ. Click on the picture to read more about Mormon's Story, with pictures.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdQ0ZgcplEG5PcNAcPvII0L1vtMndZJz8WSWK3MBFlp4Liz4gfJA2EDuoI4fUVJFSDgFuafhea2PyW3OywwezRAaAeDxpWLQdcYDE_KqeKL8hrGTmvdeYL6puyg_U1eAIOMqkQinxnK2f/s1600-h/friendlp_nfo_o_59e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337023689985171442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdQ0ZgcplEG5PcNAcPvII0L1vtMndZJz8WSWK3MBFlp4Liz4gfJA2EDuoI4fUVJFSDgFuafhea2PyW3OywwezRAaAeDxpWLQdcYDE_KqeKL8hrGTmvdeYL6puyg_U1eAIOMqkQinxnK2f/s400/friendlp_nfo_o_59e.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha50gquNEAUMPqJ-mxh288X_u_FpFkVAe4absBNQeT19ft9uy1vQkFSXa2T73AEzLzc0SCFb0MDvbeRbg0XTwvr49tfZP8PsR-aGdonV-hLir3m8PNOELHrCoF7KgUlk055-ppDCWpOT8Y/s1600-h/FAMILYACTIVITY.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIq8CpP0XXjiyQ6ksyurElVHvnGenCYOnc69aO7IxlyjrE4UIhgpYeDoISjdVFMaX_Puzunkoj9ZES2zycK8Lr4c25nMfLRdLX6aF9zIWLHKIqctB_85H2761tDO-_GyaQyreiGpqwEJ-/s1600-h/LISTEN.jpg"></a>Click on the home picture. </div><div>Print and cut out the flowers. </div><div>Write your family’s name on the nameplate on the house. </div><div>When you serve your family or live gospel teachings, glue a flower on the house. </div><div>As you add flowers, your house will become a home. Place it where it will remind you to make your own house a home filled with charity.</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRCKx9ZjfSXxNkxWwtIRWSlzc7BRGdekmJrW3ske6fjrHiGsKYwVcmV2i93QDDLGwHSVAjWOeON_hiPkDtYY0DBwBA-Kb3sRiq3zMx1r38UlLfzF3TeTYwT0uGJX729Y0BpVPGnzTG9HE/s1600-h/grapes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337027467382469922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 103px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 157px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRCKx9ZjfSXxNkxWwtIRWSlzc7BRGdekmJrW3ske6fjrHiGsKYwVcmV2i93QDDLGwHSVAjWOeON_hiPkDtYY0DBwBA-Kb3sRiq3zMx1r38UlLfzF3TeTYwT0uGJX729Y0BpVPGnzTG9HE/s200/grapes.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Treat:</span></strong> Share a bunch of grapes. For each grape that you eat, share something you know that shows how much Jesus Christ loves you. Share ways you can build the true love of Christ in your life. Name charitable people who you know.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-87931403898211674612009-04-25T21:19:00.000-07:002009-04-26T21:11:34.085-07:00* Fasting With A Purpose<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielnGqbNctl6NM4l9bgi_1fwQDx6CcZKTzIp4zqqGg5MxOMQyjqKOoZcWUyLW6Pig4ZwvOmJgrbiAkaLVDsRgRAqRK9ETbeCfyTjFpnNFZ4Kewt3RKsftIzw-4dwxvVsVItdghv_CpkHot/s1600-h/NE+Fasting.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329211552781462898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 82px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEielnGqbNctl6NM4l9bgi_1fwQDx6CcZKTzIp4zqqGg5MxOMQyjqKOoZcWUyLW6Pig4ZwvOmJgrbiAkaLVDsRgRAqRK9ETbeCfyTjFpnNFZ4Kewt3RKsftIzw-4dwxvVsVItdghv_CpkHot/s200/NE+Fasting.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqx9EslWMbp06OxtZQ_l-OpDQFtAV2zoC80KnO7iUNO4lSbfsMgAX2upcFbMprep5sfRv9XUj0oENUBs6XwenANKR4Jr7PG-uMdnkyss6ZYCJFH_MOQ3Sj3PDHyquzZPvJmDJZK00FXPZh/s1600-h/HOME.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329196737660726946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqx9EslWMbp06OxtZQ_l-OpDQFtAV2zoC80KnO7iUNO4lSbfsMgAX2upcFbMprep5sfRv9XUj0oENUBs6XwenANKR4Jr7PG-uMdnkyss6ZYCJFH_MOQ3Sj3PDHyquzZPvJmDJZK00FXPZh/s200/HOME.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#993300;"><strong>Fasting With A </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#993300;"><strong>Purpose</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993300;"><strong>Lesson 19</strong></span> </span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5cnfrTI9ZLuqCevDB-fXyDoXbUxI0Sfa86uu8BKvF2_mljVEE99GDgw4psXPV-xDNv1i0zlw285eSGAKUX3aqF3w-x9XRvvKG-i1eGspx-LKzdmMgvk4Efza2LryCguQqEY36h7dZSwB/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329198153491278626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 84px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 75px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5cnfrTI9ZLuqCevDB-fXyDoXbUxI0Sfa86uu8BKvF2_mljVEE99GDgw4psXPV-xDNv1i0zlw285eSGAKUX3aqF3w-x9XRvvKG-i1eGspx-LKzdmMgvk4Efza2LryCguQqEY36h7dZSwB/s200/PRAYER.jpg" border="0" /></a>Always begin and end with prayer.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5cnfrTI9ZLuqCevDB-fXyDoXbUxI0Sfa86uu8BKvF2_mljVEE99GDgw4psXPV-xDNv1i0zlw285eSGAKUX3aqF3w-x9XRvvKG-i1eGspx-LKzdmMgvk4Efza2LryCguQqEY36h7dZSwB/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"></a></span><br />Give each family member an assignment.<br />Assignment <a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html">Planner</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6Z_eGmf9XjgO6XiRXq7eOzAH25Ti2aONH3jT6XhX4UNQP7XfrJNWEAvQvm92sJHNvlpxXymVFanTXd0_Z7d3d0SgKnoxibyAEnOqZ61vqX3xRrUBrLMuakM_UrsfBcll6PNnK7iKVmcS/s1600-h/SCRIPTURES.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329196734532689842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 72px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 47px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6Z_eGmf9XjgO6XiRXq7eOzAH25Ti2aONH3jT6XhX4UNQP7XfrJNWEAvQvm92sJHNvlpxXymVFanTXd0_Z7d3d0SgKnoxibyAEnOqZ61vqX3xRrUBrLMuakM_UrsfBcll6PNnK7iKVmcS/s200/SCRIPTURES.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Scripture: <a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=Matthew+6%3A+16-18&do=Search">Matthew 6: 16-18<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31OTPoqORaNsb3m2Uz6s2yndLDKuZcJxN-cqJrK08Gk7DTyo8_A1TzuvbgrrKnLxhlM8e5WVMzdyppM-Pwhn4rBh0-Ap5rmVj1o5KlXGF8WaXErdxRQo4t678FM9b3jjcR3tJa0TB0Eja/s1600-h/NOTE.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329196729216821314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 44px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31OTPoqORaNsb3m2Uz6s2yndLDKuZcJxN-cqJrK08Gk7DTyo8_A1TzuvbgrrKnLxhlM8e5WVMzdyppM-Pwhn4rBh0-Ap5rmVj1o5KlXGF8WaXErdxRQo4t678FM9b3jjcR3tJa0TB0Eja/s200/NOTE.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Music: <a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=89&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=89&searchsubseqend=ZZZ">Search Ponder and Pray </a><br /><br /><br /><br />The <a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bbd508f54922d010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&index=6&sourceId=586a2f2324d98010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____">Gospel Library Defines Fasting </a>as:<br /><br /></div><p><em>Fasting and Fast Offerings<br />To fast is to go without food and drink voluntarily for a certain period of time. Fasting combined with sincere </em><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bbd508f54922d010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=b6139daac5d98010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____"><em>prayer</em></a><em> can strengthen us spiritually, bring us closer to God, and help us prepare ourselves and others to receive His blessings.<br /></p></em><div><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">When do we fast?<br /></span></strong>Fasting is a monthly practice for all Latter-day Saints. We gather together on the first Sunday (typically) of the month for a special Sacrament meeting, dedicated as a Fast and Testimony meeting.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Bearing Testimony:</span></strong><br />During this special Sacrament meeting every member has the opportunity to bear their personal testimonies of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Fast Offering:</span></strong><br />We also donate a "fast offering" which is usually the amount of money for two meals. The leaders of the church have asked members to be generous, as possible, with fast offerings that are strictly used to help the needy.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Fast With Purpose:</strong></span><br />Members are taught to fast with a purpose. Fasting allows us to draw closer to heavenly Father and Jesus Christ while focusing on the spiritual rather than physical. The Law of the Fast has been taught in all dispensations-- from Isaiah in the Old Testament to Joseph Smith in the Doctrine and Covenants. Isaiah taught that by fasting we can "loose the bands of wickedness and undo the heavy burdens..."<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">What are some things we can fast for?</span></strong><br />Some of the things we can fast for are to be able to receive personal revelation, resist temptations, help with jobs, school, family, church callings, seeking specific blessings, medical and so on. Whatever your purpose, have it be a private matter between you and the Lord.<br /><br /><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/88">Doctrine & Covenants 88:119</a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Teens</span></strong><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=981118e7c379b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1">What the Scriptures Say About Fasting</a> : New Era<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Adults</span></strong><br />Read the articles below from Latter-day leaders:<br /><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=c0dd759235d0c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____">The Law of the Fast </a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBw75HpD_qEMMUIf9hQwD230FVFZXBVEigjU9t5w1gRi1fojOL14_Tt57413nitYf5Jp95UDwCBOn-4MFhOyG0rD5vjL329Aomcg-r96kGqs4P1W7Yg1MHwg5Mbzt1leRT7UnzKF8Lr5QS/s1600-h/WATCH.jpg"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329196724222206642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 113px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBw75HpD_qEMMUIf9hQwD230FVFZXBVEigjU9t5w1gRi1fojOL14_Tt57413nitYf5Jp95UDwCBOn-4MFhOyG0rD5vjL329Aomcg-r96kGqs4P1W7Yg1MHwg5Mbzt1leRT7UnzKF8Lr5QS/s200/WATCH.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"> Children:</span></strong><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=42a51bbb7961c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1">Fasting For Grandma</a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Activity</span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlMB8rnGzFt2I2JLaa5p0SEndZdIkE1mUesojLLacghAZPV-vid02Zi2N1ie6dsZzMfWvuWjaojtczSm7kcaBXJInDh7bYxEmXKQR09uI5V8Trew1FkiKUq0aRiCiamksX4OBzJAjaRZa/s1600-h/Sharing+the+Gospel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329213604366525922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 421px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 542px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlMB8rnGzFt2I2JLaa5p0SEndZdIkE1mUesojLLacghAZPV-vid02Zi2N1ie6dsZzMfWvuWjaojtczSm7kcaBXJInDh7bYxEmXKQR09uI5V8Trew1FkiKUq0aRiCiamksX4OBzJAjaRZa/s400/Sharing+the+Gospel.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>During Sacrament meeting on April 26th, we were asked by the Bishopric to use next Sunday's fast for the purpose of fasting for missionary work in our ward. As we prepare for our fas, we should pray and ask Heavenly Father to inspire our minds and hearts concerning our nonmember neighbors and friends. We should ask Heavenly Father to to help us have the spirit with us as we share the gospel as a member missionary.</div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Preach My Gospel pg 93</span></strong></div><div><em><span style="color:#003300;">"Elder M. Russell Ballard spoke of the power of the Spirit: “True conversion comes<br />through the power of the Spirit. When the Spirit touches the heart, hearts are changed.<br />When individuals . . . feel the Spirit working with them, or when they see the evidence of<br />the Lord’s love and mercy in their lives, they are edified and strengthened spiritually and<br />their faith in Him increases. These experiences with the Spirit follow naturally when a<br />person is willing to experiment upon the word. This is how we come to feel the gospel is<br />true” (“Now Is the Time,” Ensign, Nov. 2000, 75).<br />The Holy Ghost works in the hearts of people to bring about these changes. As people<br />choose to keep commitments, they will feel the power of the Holy Ghost more strongly<br />and will develop the faith to obey Christ. Thus, you should help the people you work<br />with grow in faith by inviting them to repent and to make and keep commitments."</span></em></div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#993300;">Click on the home above and print it out. </span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#993300;">Cut out the home and the five windows. </span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#993300;">Glue each window in the window outlines on the gospel-sharing home. </span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#993300;">With your family, talk about the ideas on the home. </span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#993300;">Decide together what you can do to be missionaries now. </span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#993300;">Place the gospel-sharing home where your family can see it.<br /></span></em></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Treats</span></strong> Keeping with the lesson, bake cookies and take them to a nonmember neighbor.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-86898087139714362632009-04-18T21:15:00.000-07:002009-04-19T21:31:50.186-07:00* Testimony Building<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYt96XQqgW6xuJjJ_mLD8_3fLE1_BBPCSL30nCDWLzBMIHeOBrhLjezbT6bpiost_ZleEPqx5fhQqCyWcbtg_V4qZ4YnQf3ccSGWbX8AN8no-T3wla68lW04FSIoQ7PzjH0eYN9TQPbbn/s1600-h/testimony.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326622956850760114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiYt96XQqgW6xuJjJ_mLD8_3fLE1_BBPCSL30nCDWLzBMIHeOBrhLjezbT6bpiost_ZleEPqx5fhQqCyWcbtg_V4qZ4YnQf3ccSGWbX8AN8no-T3wla68lW04FSIoQ7PzjH0eYN9TQPbbn/s400/testimony.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdv2qj1kkyMgyBMlWyDCwf21yekXymWSnAz-Ehn4VpTfnjARuwuKnd8rvvh4XE-05QR9IFTNyF_w9HirseoYCSfyBxkUWP0H1VmNH46A_uxC9lbUU8qjjvayl-SfhT9wQP_i768QRM6BDB/s1600-h/HOME.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326618948998727234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 88px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 88px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdv2qj1kkyMgyBMlWyDCwf21yekXymWSnAz-Ehn4VpTfnjARuwuKnd8rvvh4XE-05QR9IFTNyF_w9HirseoYCSfyBxkUWP0H1VmNH46A_uxC9lbUU8qjjvayl-SfhT9wQP_i768QRM6BDB/s200/HOME.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Lesson 18:</strong></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Testimony Building</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Prayer:</span></strong> Always begin and end with prayer.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Give everyone an assignment.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326619430480631650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 62px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 67px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcbggUgznxKlas08vA9sE4Lnpt0SkvnByenVoEKum1nQDS4yNqTVlamviG58Q1PkQNvtG1ANqymsE3ljFrdE6ixRIWXkUOp10zfCU87LyMv5MiPAphQZucKsPdPQInPazFepPvqqlb7x23/s200/PRAYER.jpg" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div></div><span style="font-family:verdana;">CLICK on this door sign, print and hang it where all can see it.</span><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNjcEqk2UcmV5uDRUBuLr_rNC9xu1Cy_7oMNoCv2YNnK4CbP0GOek3zNZzswqI27DutxnonKLUm_lCPAA2B2XBU2E8io-eRt5SpsinzNnj-aEd-GhOOAy37l05ULjy_0q3Hb7S0GeOMKRo/s1600-h/NOTE.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326618943541767650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 47px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNjcEqk2UcmV5uDRUBuLr_rNC9xu1Cy_7oMNoCv2YNnK4CbP0GOek3zNZzswqI27DutxnonKLUm_lCPAA2B2XBU2E8io-eRt5SpsinzNnj-aEd-GhOOAy37l05ULjy_0q3Hb7S0GeOMKRo/s200/NOTE.gif" border="0" /></a>Song:</span></strong> </span><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=109&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=109&searchsubseqend=ZZZ"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Search, Ponder, and Pray</span></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>S<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtFGIHDyQOwMyrVAIrYXKW3pMYA1Ypv1St8QdbKs7DzXD4F9sa6hfRLU4p76pTa02Ggt8QLbriCtgMnwhnDPF6JaFANyuGoxoIBlnf5YVoPCX2EhmfZeUsx-ppxdDg0GfRmSOB2XAWUXq/s1600-h/SCRIPTURES.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326618947103864690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 95px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 55px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtFGIHDyQOwMyrVAIrYXKW3pMYA1Ypv1St8QdbKs7DzXD4F9sa6hfRLU4p76pTa02Ggt8QLbriCtgMnwhnDPF6JaFANyuGoxoIBlnf5YVoPCX2EhmfZeUsx-ppxdDg0GfRmSOB2XAWUXq/s200/SCRIPTURES.gif" border="0" /></a>cripture:</strong></span> Ether 12:4"Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an</span><a title="Heb. 6: 19." href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ether/12/4e" type="A" mark="e"></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God."</span><br /></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Lesson:</span></strong><br /></div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Adult & Teens/Pre-Teens </span></strong>(Baptism age)<br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">President Ezra Taft Benson spoke about the importance of a testimony and how it is one of the greatest blessings among the members of the Church.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">"[The] Book of Mormon is of such value to Latter-day Saints. The Prophet Joseph Smith said, “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book” (History of the Church, 4:461). </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Studying the Book of Mormon helps us draw nearer to God. Is there not something deep in our hearts that longs to draw nearer to God, to be more like Him in our daily walk, to feel His presence with us constantly? If so, then the Book of Mormon will help us do so more than any other book. </span></div><a name="29"></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">It is not just that the Book of Mormon teaches us truth, though it indeed does that. It is not just that the Book of Mormon bears testimony of Christ, though it indeed does that, too. But there is something more. There is a power in the book which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">You will find greater power to resist temptation. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">You will find the power to avoid deception. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">You will find the power to stay on the strait and narrow path. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The scriptures are called “the words of life” (D&C 84:85), and nowhere is that more true than it is of the Book of Mormon. When you begin to hunger and thirst after those words, you will find life in greater and greater abundance." (Ensign, Nov. 1986, pg. 7) </span></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYA-yir3-I46qY6U4dDP8-meNkM5QkpQ2IY6Y3IA5M3_uz2fdesHMmDNv8YFdHk7C5iDHXeF92OGxVcI8i1IbTB9nmxUs5Ujs84-KUZWVoFn8K_bKwDdfp1aaM1S8-Q2McLJunuxrAez-/s1600-h/WATCH.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326618939420059490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 88px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYA-yir3-I46qY6U4dDP8-meNkM5QkpQ2IY6Y3IA5M3_uz2fdesHMmDNv8YFdHk7C5iDHXeF92OGxVcI8i1IbTB9nmxUs5Ujs84-KUZWVoFn8K_bKwDdfp1aaM1S8-Q2McLJunuxrAez-/s200/WATCH.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong>PLAN:</strong></span> Set up a plan for reading and studying the scriptures in your home. If you are already reading as a family, and studying individually, discuss how doing this is building your testimony.</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Discussion:</span></strong><br />What is a testimony?<br />How do we feel it?<br />What can make a testimony weak?<br />What can make a testimony grow?</div><br /><div>Make a list of people you know who have a testimony. Make a date to contact a few of these people via phone, personal, or email. Ask these people to bare their testimony to you either in word or written.</div><br /><div>Study these testimonies. How is your testimony the same? How is it different?</div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Activity & Treat:</strong></span> Make root beer floats and explain how each of us is the ice cream and the more we read the Book of Mormon, the more our testimony will grow or float.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-91260604779851452782009-04-08T20:30:00.000-07:002009-04-11T08:30:52.262-07:00* Reflections Of Christ<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321419942220828434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMSojYR2bWncjFWkNghWE1cSSHtSIIQEo-EVkhnf4pJROYXQPvGfJcVgia2ygjP4ZV1pNQWM9yl4ZAveFHPGH3MvPyUU0usQD_eATnegFqPbRGX_8fRNYmqmnyg2Nox_OaCVXgjUewGHE/s400/Reflections_Christ-DVDcover_product.jpg" border="0" /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Reflections of Christ</span></strong><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Happy Easter!</span></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I wanted to make this week's Home Evening Lesson about our Savior. After General Conference last week, I left the TV on and watched a program called Reflections of Christ.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">It touched me deeply. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here are a couple of links you and your family might choose to explore together, viewing the slide shows, stopping to pause and bear testimony of Jesus Christ and His Ministry. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The DVD with testimony of how the photo's were created is also available at Deseret Book. </span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong>Gather your family around the monitor and turn up your speakers...<br /></strong></span></div><div><a href="http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Click on the enlargment button ! It had me in tears.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.reflectionsmg.com/reflections-of-christ-videos.php"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.reflectionsmg.com/reflections-of-christ-videos.php</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Explore the site. It touched my spirit deeply, I hope it touches your family in a special way.</span></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-26637681262751620132009-04-05T09:00:00.000-07:002009-04-05T21:10:03.011-07:00* Our Prophet: Thomas S Monson<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4f4451304d4445304d413d3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: * Our Prophet Dear" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4f4451304d4445304d413d3d0d0a.jpg" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td>This week I thought it would be powerful to learn more about our Prophet. You may also want to refresh your memory of our Prophet's words from this past weeks General Conference.</td></tr><tr><td align="middle"><p align="left"><br />“<strong><em><span style="color:#336666;">I testify that with God, all things are possible. He is our Heavenly Father; His Son is our Redeemer. As we strive to learn His truths and then to live them, our lives and the lives of others will be abundantly blessed.” Pres. Monson</span></em></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Prophet and President:<br />Thomas S. Monson is the 16th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is a prophet of God. On February 4, 2008, after the death of President Gordon B. Hinckley, the Church announced Thomas S. Monson as the president of the first presidency with Henry B. Eyring as his first counselor and Dieter F. Uchtdorf as his second counselor.</p><p><br />Prophets are Men of God:<br />A prophet is a man who has been called of God to speak for Him and be His messenger. A prophet receives the Lord's word for mankind including revelations, prophecies, and commandments. When a prophet writes down the word of God it is called scripture.<br />"A prophet, then, is the authorized representative of the Lord. While the world may not recognize him, the important requirement is that God speaks through him. A prophet is a teacher. He receives revelations from the Lord. These may be new truths or explanations of truths already received" (A. Theodore Tuttle, "<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=199bd2b9ae76b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____">What Is a Living Prophet?</a>," Ensign, Jul 1973, 18).</p><p><br />As the prophet and president of the Church of Jesus Christ President Monson leads the Church and is the only one authorized of God to receive revelation for the entire body of the Church.<br />An Apostle of God:<br />President Monson was called as an apostle of God and a member of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles at the age of 36 in October of 1963. Apostles are sustained by the Church as prophets, seers, and revelators.As an apostle President Monson is a special witness of Jesus Christ and was one of the signers of the proclamation, <a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e1fa5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=735b862384d20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=true">The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles</a> (<a href="http://www.lds.org/languages/proclamations/livingchrist/start_here_0.pdf">pdf version</a>). </p><p><br />Known for His Compassion:<br />One of the greatest things President Monson is known for is his outstanding compassion. He was called as a bishop at the very young age of 22 and served in a huge ward of over 1000 members, 85 of which were widows. He regularly visited and took care of these women during his years as their bishop, but continued to visit them after being called to other offices within the Church. He served these women for decades and eventually spoke at each of their funerals.</p><p><br />President Monson's great love for others also includes the youth. For almost three decades he served on the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America.<br />Speaking to the World:<br />Through his calling as God's prophet and apostle, President Monson is authorized to receive revelation for the church and to reveal the word of God to the world. Every six months the Church holds a General Conference which is broadcast worldwide. President Thomas S. Monson, along with his counselors, the apostles, and other church leaders speak to the world. Their words are recorded and made available in the following edition of the church's Ensign magazine and can also be viewed in the online archives.<br />Well Known Talks and Speaches:<br />President Monson is an eloquent speaker and is well known for teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ by sharing the stories and experiences of himself and others. These examples show how to come unto Christ through the service and compassion of others. Here are just a few of his numberless speeches:<br />"<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=098f3219c786b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1">The Paths Jesus Walked</a>"<br />"<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=53c73ff73058b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1">Mercy-The Divine Gift</a>"<br />"<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=92764bb52a73d110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1">Finding Joy in the Journey</a>"<br />"<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=cac194bf3938b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1">An Attitude of Gratitude</a>"<br />"<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8b666a4430c0c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1">Your Eternal Home</a>"<br />"<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=b720b850e318b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1">Never Alone</a>"<br />"<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=bffcd7630a27b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1">An Invitation to Exaltation</a>"</p><p><br />Favorite Quote by President Monson:<br />"This is a wonderful time to be living here on earth. Our opportunities are limitless. While there are some things wrong in the world today, there are many things right, such as teachers who teach, ministers who minister, marriages that make it, parents who sacrifice, and friends who help."We can lift ourselves, and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude. If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues" ("<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=cac194bf3938b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1">An Attitude of Gratitude</a>, Ensign, May 1992, 54).<br /></p><p><br />The Life of President Thomas S. Monson:<br />Born on August 21, 1927 to G. Spencer and Gladys Condie Monson, Thomas was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. At age 22 he married Frances Beverly Johnson, and continued his path in life by developing a remarkable professional career and selfless community and church service. From an early age President Monson has faithfully served in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Timeline of President Monson's Church Service.</p><p><br />02/04/2008 - Named 16th President of Church<br />03/12/1995 - First Counselor to President Gordon B. Hinckley<br />06/05/1994 - Second Counselor to President Howard W. Hunter<br />11/10/1985 - Second Counselor to President Ezra Taft Benson<br />10/04/1963 - Ordained an Apostle<br />1959-1962 - President of Canadian Mission in Toronto, Ontario<br />06/1955 - Counselor in SLC Temple View Stake Presidency<br />05/07/1950 - Bishop of Sixth-Seventh Ward in Salt Lake City</p><p><br />I know that President Monson is God's living prophet today and that by listening and following his words we will be led unto Christ</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-48464376832000524062009-03-29T17:17:00.000-07:002009-03-30T19:30:50.364-07:00* Preparing for General Conference<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA6FpL-MWPq-FA3x_j9kGJBDXTMs646D4Vn4bDUperIQ2c9pilXsIBDrNPwDw5h9-j9WSGXDv94cVu2T89ZjsbZQZViVMmDPMxtz-8DwRxC4uXrxiLfpzaQ4PvAcPArrHz537scQoE1UX/s1600-h/CheetosBag.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318812957485027186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA6FpL-MWPq-FA3x_j9kGJBDXTMs646D4Vn4bDUperIQ2c9pilXsIBDrNPwDw5h9-j9WSGXDv94cVu2T89ZjsbZQZViVMmDPMxtz-8DwRxC4uXrxiLfpzaQ4PvAcPArrHz537scQoE1UX/s200/CheetosBag.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Don't "Cheet" yourself! Watch General Conference Next Weekend! (Buy some bags, write a note... pass them out to your neighbors, family and friends! ...anonymous works too!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGYqW8mG1L0qVoHTy_E3MXCYNff3pFXhlarxBwe9mz9JGe5El5WBmEqS9ZFQ4XC78Ccyc5ChOqMBQj8oKZsJjXZJIEztw3YaJI8J299Is7TMkuRZFrirtW_dvzbLp-a0AC_pKn_hOxeUO/s1600-h/HOME.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318794297864717010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGYqW8mG1L0qVoHTy_E3MXCYNff3pFXhlarxBwe9mz9JGe5El5WBmEqS9ZFQ4XC78Ccyc5ChOqMBQj8oKZsJjXZJIEztw3YaJI8J299Is7TMkuRZFrirtW_dvzbLp-a0AC_pKn_hOxeUO/s200/HOME.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#996633;">Lesson 13<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Preparing For General Conference</strong></span></span><br /></span><a href="http://lds.org/broadcast/gc/0,5161,8584,00.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318774253465718818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 79px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdQnPrgSFleuJSg6nct3QSw7jjmXSEMbfMhYNUfytmHSaALQA6svcYXabwP4WRcqmnHBwaB2V3S5vpim1qLSwxyycEPLj9xf7X7SJ9WEArw_nqBdQhyGwsr5vbGmKIez2RXvURTS3VBQZ/s200/9718_6285_firstpresidency_st.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />179th General Conference April 4th & 5th 2009</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Click on the picture for details.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKkRaAeaWlci0FLhMw9CljXpi67MVq2Jj2VYrtJh3s3SzH3rLnmK3r1QLVi_KVh9yJF3dTYZLNVKdu8kTyagcxvAwoWqaYp1WJcGcP3qKjOvZiMcIuSYk5GyeN6mz5-i8P_bEWzs8A5pX/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318772797757066866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKkRaAeaWlci0FLhMw9CljXpi67MVq2Jj2VYrtJh3s3SzH3rLnmK3r1QLVi_KVh9yJF3dTYZLNVKdu8kTyagcxvAwoWqaYp1WJcGcP3qKjOvZiMcIuSYk5GyeN6mz5-i8P_bEWzs8A5pX/s200/PRAYER.jpg" border="0" /></span></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Don't forget to give every family member a part of the lesson!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Assignment </span><a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Planner</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Always begin and end with prayer.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318772793962698626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 90px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 52px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbVk7E_rWrz7PMl0cu2CjVnwoXJJ_Gsm47gbcOayAZFnjQayqkUZJFRZzfiF4Pu-vGzOEaryMrTNlqBIchpU_ckWKanh3qIE0glO4k2YTlFy3g5GzLS3m0ur_NRBDmnvIKBDMUNiU0FJB/s200/SCRIPTURES.gif" border="0" /></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Scripture:</span><br /><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=D%26C+58%3A56"><span style="font-family:verdana;">D&C 58:56<br /></span></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvuSxeF5nhliBDMni_lY17z7s4-G0qX_BlRo4QSmh1YWYTPZN6OgQBkuy0fkvvsfjcyz36_d5Q87496_Dv44Fr2I_mi-003xtzHaEyGbF4CUdHUosXto3-oj0ZDgCq7WjUKwL5oe2A6wx/s1600-h/NOTE.gif"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318772792395907842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 52px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 78px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYvuSxeF5nhliBDMni_lY17z7s4-G0qX_BlRo4QSmh1YWYTPZN6OgQBkuy0fkvvsfjcyz36_d5Q87496_Dv44Fr2I_mi-003xtzHaEyGbF4CUdHUosXto3-oj0ZDgCq7WjUKwL5oe2A6wx/s200/NOTE.gif" border="0" /></span></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Music:<br /></span><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=255&searchsubseq"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Come Listen To A Prophet's Voice</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=255&searchsubseq">We Listen To A Prophet's Voice</a><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKiCmOASWlNh6WqeLJl3Embvm-Rxq20fFeKsq_Qb7eQl-Ev3w9zXB0HjHCcFsZDys5rhQj1GLwr9rim0BFD8Dwz5yZnHn5snDZ4bc8AGCjdoIA83XP6L7KFoTdQ5GG7pvkbsPLAHmvlCWP/s1600-h/FAMILYACTIVITY.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318768795504551122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKiCmOASWlNh6WqeLJl3Embvm-Rxq20fFeKsq_Qb7eQl-Ev3w9zXB0HjHCcFsZDys5rhQj1GLwr9rim0BFD8Dwz5yZnHn5snDZ4bc8AGCjdoIA83XP6L7KFoTdQ5GG7pvkbsPLAHmvlCWP/s200/FAMILYACTIVITY.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This week's lesson is created to prepare your family for next week's General Conference.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>SHOW</strong> </span>the family an <span style="color:#000099;"><a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/print.html?year=2009&country=1&typ=1&display=1&lang=en&month=4&moon=on&hol=25">April Calendar</a></span>. Tell them that an important event is happening. It is General Conference. We will have the blessing of hearing the words and messages of our Prophet, some of Heavenly Father's Apostles and other leaders of our church. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Reserve the dates on the calendar April 4-5th.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Let the children know the times you will be watching conference. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">TELL</span></strong>: Conference comes every 6 months. Count back the months and talk about when the last conference was (October). When will the next conference be? (October) Talk about how people can hear the words... via satelite, TV, printed word, internet... How will we hear the messages?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">ASK:</span></strong> Do you remember last conference? </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">What do you remember about it?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>ASK</strong>:</span> What is revelation?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>DISCUSS</strong>:</span> We will receive words of revelation in each talk that is given. This revelation is given to our Church Leaders for us from our Heavenly Father.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>ASK & DISCUSS</strong>:</span> Are there any troubles we are having as an individual or family that we might need some answers from our Heavenly Father?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">(ADULTS & TEENS...Write these down! During conference listen for the answers you are seeking for.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Behavior <span style="color:#000099;"><strong>EXPECTATIONS</strong>:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">DISCUSS</span></strong> what it will look and feel like while your family is listening to the words our Heavenly Father wants us to hear.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Will we be reverent?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Will we stay alert?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Will we play?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Will all of us do the same thing?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Are the expectations of young children the same as older children?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Who will prepare the meals?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Will there be snacks?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Will we invite an inactive neighbor, family member or friend to join us?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Will our testimony grow?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">What should we do if we have questions or don't understand?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Make</span></strong> a list of expectations from the discussion above.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Ask</span></strong> each family member to sign his/her name on the list, promising to allow the spirit to be in our home while we hear these important messages.</span><br />.........................................................................................................................<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I have compiled <span style="color:#000099;"><strong>a LOT of resources</strong></span> for you to look at, print, select and use for yourself, teens, or young children. The resources are to be used as you watch General Conference next week. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiu8R7R6vsaNnry8a3KqITCzWLqgKEl6SNTwZ7TvAqv6bNLIbVJ7r10gZg5vbxtntdRWMqRVjQyIT3-xmhXfIr8IAT8qiXnfopkLJzTung5nGWvPkha57DQTUkhgtZ0JwefbTrk_oy_Qoo/s1600-h/WATCH.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318768794470272738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 113px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiu8R7R6vsaNnry8a3KqITCzWLqgKEl6SNTwZ7TvAqv6bNLIbVJ7r10gZg5vbxtntdRWMqRVjQyIT3-xmhXfIr8IAT8qiXnfopkLJzTung5nGWvPkha57DQTUkhgtZ0JwefbTrk_oy_Qoo/s200/WATCH.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Lots of good stuff here: </span><a href="http://www.sugardoodle.net/General%20Conference/index.shtml"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.sugardoodle.net/General%20Conference/index.shtml</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://giveldsgifts.com/april-2009-general-conference-activity-packet.html">http://giveldsgifts.com/april-2009-general-conference-activity-packet.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>Print out</strong></span> the resources you decide to use (kids can choose from the links below). During this family home evening, show the printed packets and discuss how they will be used next week as you watch conference sessions together as a family.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">You may need to pair up children with an older sibling or pair up with a parent to complete the projects you select.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">TEENS</span></strong> <span style="font-size:85%;">(let your teen(s) choose from the links below!)</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://theideadoor.com/General%20Confrence/General%20Conf%20workbook.pdf"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://theideadoor.com/General%20Confrence/General%20Conf%20workbook.pdf</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://lds.about.com/od/generalconferencegames/a/gen_conf_notebk.htm">http://lds.about.com/od/generalconferencegames/a/gen_conf_notebk.htm</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theideadoor.com/General%20Confrence/A%20sheet.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318772183150208850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 154px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MHH54cTzK1KgQQSdZa886QvoR1XyVAOdKU4pfdn2ZImP7m_cvAmv8tQpX7YLmIssGHtS3NCgdZCyr1bFNtfBkbjoii-Jz5SrK1qV8B8C1xYkFF_aHu-z_U60zO-uv6F6P4tPJl5iw3TQ/s200/A%2520sheet.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br />Our Priesthood Leaders<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;">Preach My Gospel</span></strong> pg 44<br /><em><span style="color:#336666;"><strong>"Prophet:</strong> A man who has been called by and speaks for God. As a messenger of God, a prophet receives priesthood authority, commandments, prophecies, and revelations from God. His responsibility is to make known God’s will and true character to mankind and to show the meaning of His dealings with them. A prophet denounces sin and foretells its consequences. He is a preacher of righteousness. On occasion, a prophet may be inspired to foretell the future for the benefit of mankind. His primary responsibility, however, is to bear witness of Christ."<br /></span></em><br /><a href="http://theideadoor.com/General%20Confrence/Apostle%20Cards.pdf"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318770843685470562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 174px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmIUw6nH81_zPew6AyNnGLhQjvJ1-AJuu8-oEa9qH08dB8bszHAjORqnb0US_rY-TANjaVjMaOaJivmjdud-_yV-kg0ImjdMAYagOeuEgUq2H1yawBd1hZCy0zJQoBdqHa2USxb_trBn-/s200/apostl1.gif" border="0" /></span></a> Our current Apostles and Prophets information cards.<br />Learn about who will be speaking to us.<br /><span style="color:#000099;"><strong>ASK: How do you think they are preparing for conference next week?</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong><em>These cards can be shared with young children too!</em></strong></span><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;"></span></em></strong><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Children and Young Children</span></strong><br /></span><a href="http://downloads.sugardoodle.net/confpacket.pdf"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318779222188824498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgMImUQ2Pq2ZbfjWi3VSkgeGy2ZIDy-xw4lJeVIAJPAaz1pEUS1SdR4GuO1OKfdEbbIEFm2SPvYLEHZX-2jdlOiMpZR6ihxfEmv2UWIcozNHfij2dJdQ-tBhvfxr1InqOlVELRXAL6OHR/s200/genconf09.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Credit to SugarDoodle.net!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A Booklet you can make.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="http://theideadoor.com/Genera7.gif"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318772177731765538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUHMNTdkAts2jzr4ie_KLPCPR0NUhxnKYMbebUHyyZD9RUy_-ez93sn7X3VFg-YBj-hCenJGY0pRUhGdMs8np8kXYVmPa6VSso_LqEZWvgSgDOlH0a5PhnvH4JF29XaDzh0ThUPAGbirju/s200/conference+bingo.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br />Bingo. Color it when you hear or see it.<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://theideadoor.com/Genera9.gif"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318770840822357874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwjOP_xecEszwW2j_t9ypmxzgI0aj9NsfKTr14cjq2Jt1tUixRejnqZfD4p5VgJ4V1md4Df1bcRkiZbKlUlZKfAxQbeUQ4pfSpXdgsxMTh5ynlVMEsYgNmx-N_epoICK7FcIrs43zpgx6/s200/Genera8.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br />Activity Page<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeywE73QQzc2ZgkGlu3j0VmnlaSLHzuiSVYMCiOCeVaB0JGFvhXNd5gBn1F70-bnYf8fXoH2bVZuGIQVY5EtXZQLc7jvpnV_plcWY52GIitGyWVtsZqcMMX08kwuOG03B2BH-AYn1WavjK/s1600-h/conference+carasel.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318770836341137826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeywE73QQzc2ZgkGlu3j0VmnlaSLHzuiSVYMCiOCeVaB0JGFvhXNd5gBn1F70-bnYf8fXoH2bVZuGIQVY5EtXZQLc7jvpnV_plcWY52GIitGyWVtsZqcMMX08kwuOG03B2BH-AYn1WavjK/s200/conference+carasel.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br />Conference Carousel<br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Treat:</strong></span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Go to the store and let each family member pick a 2 treats: 1 treat for this week (eat it on the way home!) and one treat for next weekend to be enjoyed while watching/listening to conference. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ideas: Cookies, fruit, candy bar, fruit drink, yogurt, jerkey, chips, animal crackers, fruit snacks, veggies, etc. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-18732376292148201492009-03-23T06:22:00.000-07:002009-03-23T19:12:06.605-07:00* The Temple: I'm Going There Some Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-dmzZTIoci6J1YwmmKO5QdgjmfzZW538wZcqcmi0t7VZcEkDPW1VfY0l5Rs8XYW5vebpyYl6lEP3rO8mlXp2LIWYH4TB7gdNLnilTYjqylb-SQBDEyWf3a8OyqsZRjypNRUAEZI1FCW1/s1600-h/5280_BOUNTIFULUT_st.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316571092965593618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-dmzZTIoci6J1YwmmKO5QdgjmfzZW538wZcqcmi0t7VZcEkDPW1VfY0l5Rs8XYW5vebpyYl6lEP3rO8mlXp2LIWYH4TB7gdNLnilTYjqylb-SQBDEyWf3a8OyqsZRjypNRUAEZI1FCW1/s200/5280_BOUNTIFULUT_st.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAy_hRJN6OVT0o_DUN45bqvN6QH7JqPjkdu2bkjMT61OReTVw2K40gPdIkIiaN0MnnAQzjNo3Hunj3Hj9q3_z-2-DnA5q955-UzeuNpkMlCp5gQ4d3JWE_uMDMAJpUgQnvnip7gkwgLPZ0/s1600-h/5280_BOUNTIFULUT_st.jpg"></a><strong>Bountiful Temple, Bountiful Utah<br />Click </strong><a href="http://www.lds.org/temples/geographical/0,11380,1899-1,00.html"><strong>HERE</strong></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> to explore Temples around the world!</span><br /></span></strong><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>The Temple:</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;">I'm Going There Some Day</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Lesson 12</strong></span><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Don't forget to give every family member a part of the lesson!Assignment <a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html">Planner</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKtoHpfCDirXb9g_o5Sw0hGA_2mHfYGqpGjZddfCW5WdMourz67yVNYD4SFcMTHdnn97gjos4NGSOEPz_Vgpjd1cmotLSAtJuK7RpaJ27XVKcxjImmAxJnW1A73iqeovbosBnbsxKu-9i/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316374310297238930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 82px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 78px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKtoHpfCDirXb9g_o5Sw0hGA_2mHfYGqpGjZddfCW5WdMourz67yVNYD4SFcMTHdnn97gjos4NGSOEPz_Vgpjd1cmotLSAtJuK7RpaJ27XVKcxjImmAxJnW1A73iqeovbosBnbsxKu-9i/s200/PRAYER.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Always begin and end with prayer.</span> </div><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunkzuYZ0XCoOGmhtMmwV45vc1e9TMKOTG1-A7Ie7pRUU74FM5t9CKErUmTUR5O2o0u-WJmZd9OFTYYxGgsn1JnbFq7CnEAVFOetVFcHQAZSlqIkJbvDXy3HyGN8yXNQcD6FWBbrhurXrC/s1600-h/SCRIPTURES.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316374306675282562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 91px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 40px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunkzuYZ0XCoOGmhtMmwV45vc1e9TMKOTG1-A7Ie7pRUU74FM5t9CKErUmTUR5O2o0u-WJmZd9OFTYYxGgsn1JnbFq7CnEAVFOetVFcHQAZSlqIkJbvDXy3HyGN8yXNQcD6FWBbrhurXrC/s200/SCRIPTURES.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=D%26C+132%3A46&do=Search">D&C 132:46</a> <a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=D%26C+42%3A36&do=Search">D&C 42:36</a> <a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?search=D%26C+124%3A39-41&do=Search">D&C 124:39-41</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvgEp2bZ6G9WY6ks1h9Z1-OealQRQFJLtfh58wrke8ZyNDe6Tf1xThCfUbbQr2pZOAU9jP3pLM_9AWrQpnzcvVUKZp0G_3qjn0h0xWi61-PwalO1Z6qzGoH7j4xSf1k3guZr8B3NgZn2N/s1600-h/NOTE.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316374311179218786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 52px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 73px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvgEp2bZ6G9WY6ks1h9Z1-OealQRQFJLtfh58wrke8ZyNDe6Tf1xThCfUbbQr2pZOAU9jP3pLM_9AWrQpnzcvVUKZp0G_3qjn0h0xWi61-PwalO1Z6qzGoH7j4xSf1k3guZr8B3NgZn2N/s200/NOTE.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=255&searchsubseq"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I Love to See the Temple</span> </a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Objective Lesson: The place whereon you stand is holy ground: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#006600;"><strong>You will need a door mat or other type of rug.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Explain that we should prepare to enter the temple by cleaning off the world's debris.<br />Display the doormat, and point out that it is put in front of the door to provide those who enter the opportunity to wipe the dirt and debris from their feet so that they will not soil the inside of the home.<br />Explain that Heavenly Father has also placed a doormat outside his home. It is known as repentance. Repentance enables us to remove the things from our lives that are not clean. We all make mistakes and have need to repent. We should always try to follow the commandments, but when we make a mistake we need repentance. Explain further that unless we cleanse our lives of such debris, we will not be allowed into our Father's house.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRd84Pds1va21VezUczFcfdz1LOvZWuWCqLCYWJb51f3I9jRZjiOuoRR_tcZ5IBhp0IBAvMEAfdKKQFU6LYqDJQUsKf0xIQXtw1wTs29xXxhzgCv7M3QTElwDnscVoQsG91PcqmlNGVFb/s1600-h/FAMILYACTIVITY.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316376967180773378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRd84Pds1va21VezUczFcfdz1LOvZWuWCqLCYWJb51f3I9jRZjiOuoRR_tcZ5IBhp0IBAvMEAfdKKQFU6LYqDJQUsKf0xIQXtw1wTs29xXxhzgCv7M3QTElwDnscVoQsG91PcqmlNGVFb/s200/FAMILYACTIVITY.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Plan a Family Field Trip:</strong></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">(Easter break is a great time!)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Go to the Temple Grounds. Plan to take pictures and share details about the particular temple you choose: when built, dedicated, etc. Share thoughts and feelings and help your family see the importance of preparing now to be able to enter the temple. </span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ancestry.com/trees/charts/familysheet.aspx"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316378010679192498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8DvCgSLTXbaWfjJwglkyz9Qy9sy5Vls0Zyh-uV9H2FDP9dpSOlTJgIh_BDF4WOAzYzbeeYb27hyphenhyphenf_GU5mMiQQkO6kdOsOitCwO7qPmCVV-73ZiV6BZiFv36nKthyphenhyphenZbge5pEBmOLwr3_h/s200/famgrec.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Show a completed family group sheet ( you can download one by clicking on the picture to the left) and talk about the importance of the people on the chart, the dates and the work that has been done, or needs to be done. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong>Teens:</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Work together with older children to fill this out.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Discuss the necessary Temple Work that needs to be completed for each of us. Discuss the fact that some of Heavenly Father's children did not have a chance to do their own temple work. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Why do we go to the temple after our own work is done? To do proxy work for those who did not have the chance to do thier own work. These people, who are deceased, have the opportunity to accept or reject the work we do for them as proxy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Talk about what a promise is. Share the meaning of what a covenant is.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Talk about what a blessing is. Share the fact that Heavenly Father promises us blessings when we make and keep sacred covenants.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ask any family members who have been to the temple to bare their testimony about the blessings they have received because of the covenants they have made, or because of the work they have done as proxy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#006600;"><strong>Share the following information as it fits with your family needs:</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Preach My Gospel:<span style="font-size:100%;"> pg.85</span></strong></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Eternal Marriage</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#336666;">The basic unit of the Church is the family. Within the family, people experience many of life’s greatest joys and sorrows. Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and is central to God’s eternal plan for the salvation of His children. The means by which mortal life is created is divinely appointed and is safeguarded by marriage. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to endure beyond the grave. Marriage, however, can be eternal only when authorized priesthood holders perform the sealing ordinance in sacred temples and when husbands and wives who have been sealed together keep the covenants they have made. Husbands and wives are to love each other. As they keep the commandments and live gospel principles, they are to honor their marital vows with complete fidelity (see “The Family: AProclamation to the World,” Ensign, Nov. 1995,<br />102; see also D&C 42:22).<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;">Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of Jesus Christ and when parents make their family their highest priority. “By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners” (Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102). Together, parents are to teach their children the gospel of Jesus Christ and help them live it.<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;">Satan is making a concentrated attack on families. Years ago Church leaders set aside Monday evening as a time for family home evening. Parents should use this time to teach their children the gospel, strengthen their relationships with them, and have fun together. Other ways of strengthening the family include daily family prayer and scripture study, worshiping at church as a family, and serving others. Heaven is a continuation of the ideal home. Through priesthood ordinances and righteous living, we can live as families in God’s presence eternally</span>.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Preach My Gospel <span style="font-size:100%;">pg. 86</span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Temples and Family History </span></strong><br /><span style="color:#336666;">God has commanded His people to build temples. In the temple we make sacred covenants and are endowed with, or are given, a gift of power and knowledge from on high. This power helps us in our daily lives and enables us to build God’s kingdom. In the temple we can also be married for time and eternity, thus making it possible for families to be together forever in God’s presence. After at least one year of membership, worthy adults may be eligible to receive from their bishop a recommend to receive their own endowment. After receiving their endowments, married couples may be sealed or married for eternity.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#336666;">The Savior loves all people and desires their salvation. Yet millions of people have died without having any opportunity to hear the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ or receive saving ordinances. Through His loving grace and mercy the Lord makes salvation possible for everyone who did not have the opportunity to receive, understand, and obey the gospel during their mortal lives. The gospel is preached to these deceased people in the spirit world. Members of the Church on earth perform the saving ordinances in behalf of their deceased ancestors and others. Deceased persons living in the spirit world have the opportunity to accept or reject the gospel and the ordinances performed in their behalf.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#336666;">For this reason, Church members search for information about their ancestors. They complete pedigree charts and family group records and submit the names of deceased relatives who need to have saving ordinances performed on their behalf in sacred temples. This is family history work. Worthy members ages 12 and over, including new members,<br />may receive from their bishop a recommend to perform baptisms for the dead. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Treat:</strong></span> Donuts: Eternal blessings are like a circle, they have no end.</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-12891227060937050352009-03-16T20:03:00.000-07:002009-03-16T21:31:49.391-07:00* Recognizing and Understanding the Spirit<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313991585751245298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOldnnckrR6cESw2N-jmnwnAcsGqeT7uwBKVlNC_sSKIGls6ptODAULIYOoUkDDisrwqOBzQawV485UEStEMBmgwX72EdazE1Y_KbuhFj5uFRDgcOoxHVzLcdYVaRE2UwD851hMhZUDvw/s200/HOME.gif" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>The Holy Spirit </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#996633;"><strong>Lesson 11</strong></span><br /></span>I have been asked by Sister Thompson to use the Preach My Gospel Manual lessons at least monthly in preparing the lessons. Most of this lesson comes from the manual pgs. 90-102. Much of the teachings on these pages are about understaning and recognizing the spirit in teaching </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtiwiYJ2oK3niZZp7Qa_ThLjcHCDvOMZmfnINg6WcdkKLLX23MMc6bb-l8VVr11DN2xjTESD_ZqMkagG3aWfs6vqvcE1hZnug5X83jivza_Gf8ZN8qLeOU5fxSoDxRQJxkLc90YxwbG6Y/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313991446734045250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 102px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 89px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtiwiYJ2oK3niZZp7Qa_ThLjcHCDvOMZmfnINg6WcdkKLLX23MMc6bb-l8VVr11DN2xjTESD_ZqMkagG3aWfs6vqvcE1hZnug5X83jivza_Gf8ZN8qLeOU5fxSoDxRQJxkLc90YxwbG6Y/s200/PRAYER.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">investigators. I have tried to make selections that would fit the needs in a family of members.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Remember to Open and Close with Prayer </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314008357737582770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 67px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGa1hNkaTF6pcL1RyFyP8g9aAhiKAeb8dKaM99G_ytkphOL1_tYfkZ9p5VNBtak9iV1k_Xxirq5-C8TcZ0VwEOStud-lpVGlnnCE049TLS26YmRJ8tWMax1fSjfos3swvS2VGG8wg14ZU/s200/SCRIPTURES.gif" border="0" /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Scripture:<br />Recognize that your Heavenly Father knows what you need better than you do. Rely on the Spirit to know what to pray for (see </span><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?type=references&last=D%26C+59%3A9-13&help=&ro=checked&search=3+Nephi+19%3A24&do=Search&show=%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A"><span style="font-family:verdana;">3 Nephi 19:24</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">; </span><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?type=references&last=3+Nephi+19%3A24&help=&ro=checked&search=D%26C+46%3A28%2C+30&do=Search&show=%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A"><span style="font-family:verdana;">D&C 46: 28,30</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">)<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghv_0MG4xevULZNRq3RhgfVlyPHjSLwladLd-D2488G8QMvUvXbNmUmABRgUnIgB2zYUKTS4cnlcPF5b8erwvgH7VdxIiyCWEVFOqEavBrgrXcyTEVGBlsKHAChkUqb8iOQbrqdKDBtvDm/s1600-h/NOTE.gif"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313991301802667986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 54px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 74px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghv_0MG4xevULZNRq3RhgfVlyPHjSLwladLd-D2488G8QMvUvXbNmUmABRgUnIgB2zYUKTS4cnlcPF5b8erwvgH7VdxIiyCWEVFOqEavBrgrXcyTEVGBlsKHAChkUqb8iOQbrqdKDBtvDm/s200/NOTE.gif" border="0" /></span></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Musical Selections: </span><br /><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=109&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=109&searchsubseqend=ZZZ"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Still Small Voice</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=109&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=109&searchsubseqend=ZZZ"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Spirit of God</span></a></div><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=109&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=109&searchsubseqend=ZZZ"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Holy Ghost</span></a></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">QUESTIONS TO PONDER during this lesson:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">• Why do we need to receive personal revelation?<br />• Who is the Holy Ghost and how does He work?<br />• Why must we pray in faith?<br />• How can we recognize the promptings of the Spirit ?<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>The Holy Ghost</strong><br /></span><strong><em><span style="color:#996633;">The personage of the Holy Ghost</span></em></strong></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead. He isa personage of spirit and does not have a body of flesh and bones (see D&C 130:22). He<br />is the Comforter, who the Savior promised would teach His followers all things and bring to their remembrance all things that He had taught them (see John 14:26.)</span></div><br /><div><em><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">The power of the Holy Ghost</span></strong></em></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The witness that comes to sincere investigators before baptism comes through the power of the Holy Ghost. “The power [of the Holy Ghost] can come upon one before baptism, and is the convincing witness that the gospel is true. It gives one a testimony of Jesus Christ and of his work and the work of his servants upon the earth” (Bible Dictionary, “Holy Ghost,” 704). The Holy Ghost testifies of truth. All people can know the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon through the power of the Holy Ghost. “By the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things” (Moroni 10:5).</span></div><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;">The gift of the Holy Ghost</span></em></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">“The gift of the Holy Ghost comes after one repents and becomes worthy. . . . The Holy Ghost bears witness of the truth and impresses upon the soul the reality of God the Father and the Son Jesus Christ so deeply that no earthly power or authority can separate him from that<br />knowledge.”<br />– PRESIDENT JAMES E. FAUST<br />“THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST—A SURE COMPASS,”<br />ENSIGN, APR. 1996, 4</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">“There is a difference between the Holy Ghost and the gift of the Holy Ghost. Cornelius received the Holy Ghost before he was baptized, which was the convincing power of God unto him of the truth of the Gospel, but he could not receive the gift of the Holy Ghost until after he was baptized. Had he not taken this sign or ordinance upon him, the Holy Ghost which convinced him of the truth of God, would have left him” (History of the Church, 4:555).<br />“The gift [of the Holy Ghost] can come only after proper and authorized baptism, and is conferred by the laying on of hands. . . . The gift of the Holy Ghost is the right to have, whenever one is worthy, the companionship of the Holy Ghost” (Bible Dictionary, “Holy Ghost,” 704).</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Elder M. Russell Ballard spoke of the power of the Spirit: </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000066;"><em>“True conversion comes through the power of the Spirit. When the Spirit touches the heart, hearts are changed.<br />When individuals . . . feel the Spirit working with them, or when they see the evidence of the Lord’s love and mercy in their lives, they are edified and strengthened spiritually and their faith in Him increases. These experiences with the Spirit follow naturally when a person is willing to experiment upon the word. This is how we come to feel the gospel is true” (“Now Is the Time,” Ensign, Nov. 2000, 75).</em></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">As a member of the Church, you have received the gift of the Holy Ghost by priesthood authority. This gift entitles you to the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost as you remain worthy of it. Pray for the Spirit’s guidance, and valiantly follow the promptings you receive.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Gifts of the Spirit.</strong></span> </div><div>The gifts of the Spirit are special spiritual blessings that the Lord gives to worthy individuals for their own benefit and for their use in blessing others.</div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Let the Holy Spirit Guide Hymn 143</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Let the Holy Spirit guide;</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Let him teach us what is true.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">He will testify of Christ,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Light our minds with heaven's view.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Let the Holy Spirit guard;</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Let his whisper govern choice.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">He will lead us safely home</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">If we listen to his voice.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Let the Spirit heal our hearts</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Thru his quiet, gentle pow'r.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">May we purify our lives</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">To receive him hour by hour.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">T</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">ext: Penelope Moody Allen, b. 1939. (c) 1985 IRI</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;">Learn to Recognize the Promptings of the Spirit<br /></span></strong>The Spirit is always available to guide and direct you. However, the Spirit speaks quietly, through your feelings as well as your mind. One great challenge for you and those you work with is to recognize the quiet, subtle promptings of the Holy Ghost.<br />President Boyd K. Packer taught: “The voice of the Spirit is described in the scripture as being neither ‘loud’ nor ‘harsh.’ It is ‘not a voice of thunder, neither . . . voice of a great tumultuous noise.’ But rather, ‘a still voice of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper,’ and it can ‘pierce even to the very soul’ and ‘cause [the heart] to burn.’ (3 Ne. 11:3; Hel.5:30; D&C 85:6–7.) </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Remember, Elijah found the voice of the Lord was not in the wind, nor in the earthquake, nor in the fire, but was a ‘still small voice.’ (1 Kgs. 19:12.)<br />“The Spirit does not get our attention by shouting or shaking us with a heavy hand. Rather it whispers. It caresses so gently that if we are preoccupied we may not feel it at all. (No wonder that the Word of Wisdom was revealed to us, for how could the drunkard or the addict feel such a voice?)<br />“Occasionally it will press just firmly enough for us to pay heed. But most of the time, if we do not heed the gentle feeling, the Spirit will withdraw and wait until we come seeking and listening and say in our manner and expression, like Samuel of ancient times, ‘Speak [Lord], for thy servant heareth.’ (1 Sam. 3:10.)” (“The Candle of the Lord,” Ensign, Jan. 1983, 53).<br />Many voices in the world compete for your attention, and they can easily drown out spiritual impressions if you are not careful.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em><span style="color:#003333;">In answer to the question, “How do we recognize the promptings of the Spirit?” President Gordon B. Hinckley read Moroni 7:13, 16–17 and then said: “That’s the test,when all is said and done. Does it persuade one to do good, to rise, to stand tall, to do the right thing, to be kind, to be generous? Then it is of the Spirit of God. . . . “If it invites to do good, it is of God. If it inviteth to do evil, it is of the devil. . . . And if you are doing the right thing and if you are living the right way, you will know in your heart what the Spirit is saying to you. “You recognize the promptings of the Spirit by the fruits of the Spirit—that which enlighteneth, that which buildeth up, that which is positive and affirmative and uplifting and leads us to better thoughts and better words and better deeds is of the Spirit of God”<br />(Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, 260–61). God answers your prayers through personal inspiration and revelation. Through the Holy Ghost He will guide you in your finding efforts, as you teach the restored gospel, and as you strengthen l</span></em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAIZA_q-XZ44jBZDvWDpMg2fJ1ZU3JdnA77EakogtJYARdzIlzC7xAcN6ksPfjypywnS_YpYJFPy2HiNYxB_0FDCIBbUMDgvF9VXJO0Z-JtFdHb99ua8scXkWccZWE9FBUQmZ8RObYTAd6/s1600-h/WATCH.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#003333;"><strong><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313991286428641506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 113px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAIZA_q-XZ44jBZDvWDpMg2fJ1ZU3JdnA77EakogtJYARdzIlzC7xAcN6ksPfjypywnS_YpYJFPy2HiNYxB_0FDCIBbUMDgvF9VXJO0Z-JtFdHb99ua8scXkWccZWE9FBUQmZ8RObYTAd6/s200/WATCH.jpg" border="0" /></em></strong></span></a><strong><em><span style="color:#003333;">ess-active members and new converts. Your task is to live worthily, pray<br />fervently, and learn to recognize and follow courageously the Spirit’s guidance.</span></em></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong>Young Children</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ask who the Holy Ghost is and what he does for us. Read Doctrine and Covenants 11:12. How can we follow the Spirit? Get a blindfold and place chairs randomly all over the room. Assign one person to be the spirit and lead the blindfolded person thought the chairs. Have everyone else (temptation) yell different directions. see how long it takes the person to get through the chairs. Discuss how this experience is similar to listening to the Spirit.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#996633;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Treat:</strong> </span><span style="font-size:85%;color:#000000;">Microwave S’mores - Place two pieces of a Hershey’s candy bar on a graham cracker, then place a large marshmallow on each of the two pieces of candy bar and place in the microwave. Be sure not to over cook, you only need about 30 seconds. Its fun to watch the marshmallows expand. After you warm the chocolate and the mallows place another graham cracker on top and squish together. Let cool for a few moments and dive in………. </span></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-37531759527359916082009-03-07T08:10:00.000-08:002009-03-10T08:28:14.309-07:00* The Sabbath Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eLvKfuYAGwgrXzg7UjCM0tGq2uxxwSsAQ1e00zLjY0Jmx1ewJDAECFF-xZMXbGb_g2IUgu34WyaLdEyGmzAvsnYLB9WsjjE8OcXiQK5bId-TR9hrUourygitpAhsjsPWR_H1927eZTkJ/s1600-h/HOME.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310881964568475682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 107px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6eLvKfuYAGwgrXzg7UjCM0tGq2uxxwSsAQ1e00zLjY0Jmx1ewJDAECFF-xZMXbGb_g2IUgu34WyaLdEyGmzAvsnYLB9WsjjE8OcXiQK5bId-TR9hrUourygitpAhsjsPWR_H1927eZTkJ/s200/HOME.gif" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#666600;"><strong> <span style="color:#996633;">* FHE Lesson 10<br /></span></strong></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#666600;"><strong><span style="color:#996633;">The Lord's Day</span><br /></strong></span><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Remember to give every family member a part of the lesson!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Assignment </span><a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Planner</span></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AqfENzjL9vSI-LkUDWvDf1BfoHTMxbuQlmwHvyzYYtSzanIugYPKuJgceRNyIgRqCaSN-9AiQ-CWZsw1NJJevBPa3AINR5_KzGAnds352YoyKHrarPXLsPhqI4n4vcxyHMvtOj0wb2kZ/s1600-h/PRAYER.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310882041548391250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 87px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 84px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AqfENzjL9vSI-LkUDWvDf1BfoHTMxbuQlmwHvyzYYtSzanIugYPKuJgceRNyIgRqCaSN-9AiQ-CWZsw1NJJevBPa3AINR5_KzGAnds352YoyKHrarPXLsPhqI4n4vcxyHMvtOj0wb2kZ/s200/PRAYER.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Open & Close with Prayer</strong></span> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtMhNPDt60HZeF7dFlTb1Bl0sPOGNuHUTQvvUHc3YO3aGVkOYTPnQAxmdmaIX1Xk8JdI-LSrPUodNi_hs5HiwczMHRY66V5ptU0aypKPe6dgds1DKcn5NnbgRe4wn1Z7koyfqN2rp7AHY/s1600-h/SCRIPTURES.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310881956198577874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 93px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 47px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtMhNPDt60HZeF7dFlTb1Bl0sPOGNuHUTQvvUHc3YO3aGVkOYTPnQAxmdmaIX1Xk8JdI-LSrPUodNi_hs5HiwczMHRY66V5ptU0aypKPe6dgds1DKcn5NnbgRe4wn1Z7koyfqN2rp7AHY/s200/SCRIPTURES.gif" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Scriptures: <a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?type=references&last=D%26C+68%3A29&help=&ro=checked&search=Exodus+20%3A8%0D%0A&do=Search&show=%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A">Exodus 20:8</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?type=references&last=D%26C+59%3A9&help=&ro=checked&search=D%26C+59%3A9-13&do=Search&show=%0D%0A%0D%0A">D&C 59:9-13</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/search?type=references&last=D%26C+59%3A9&help=&ro=checked&search=D%26C+68%3A29&do=Search&show=%0D%0A%0D%0A">D&C 68:29</a> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Invite members of the family to memorize a scripture and it's reference!</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUpcFopoyrcO2DzEP4JV92yZuRV9G_eDj4_F3a3DUS2uJL2grimKrIWWwPSQZN_h7AAmEYcLT9MU8Oc9wtos3fLUOs86Zz61YL8sKzsFT5AfkzNuDUCe7YE-Bxp1QMQzpydfoz2p0g_p4/s1600-h/NOTE.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310883919483584354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 48px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 84px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUpcFopoyrcO2DzEP4JV92yZuRV9G_eDj4_F3a3DUS2uJL2grimKrIWWwPSQZN_h7AAmEYcLT9MU8Oc9wtos3fLUOs86Zz61YL8sKzsFT5AfkzNuDUCe7YE-Bxp1QMQzpydfoz2p0g_p4/s200/NOTE.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Music Selections (Use anytime during the lesson! Use the songs throughout the week too! </span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=109&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=109&searchsubseqend=ZZZ">Search Ponder and Pray</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=109&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=109&searchsubseqend=ZZZ">Remember the Sabbath </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=109&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=109&searchsubseqend=ZZZ">Saturday Day</a> </span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div><br /></div></span><div> </div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#996633;"><a href="http://broadcast.lds.org/Missionary/PreachMyGospel___09_03-4_TheCommandments__36617_eng_009.pdf">GOSPEL DOCTRINE pg. 74</a></span></span></span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#000066;">Keep the Sabbath Day Holy...<br />"Our Sabbath-day behavior is a reflection of our commitment to honor and worship God. By keeping the Sabbath day holy, we show God our willingness to keep our covenants. Each Sabbath day we go to the Lord’s house to worship Him. While there we partake of the sacrament to remember Jesus Christ and His Atonement. We renew our covenants and show that we are willing to repent of our sins and mistakes.<br />On this day, we enjoy a rest from our labors. As we attend Church services and worship together, we strengthen each other. We are renewed by our association with friends and family. Our faith is strengthened as we study the scriptures and learn more about the restored gospel.<br />When a community or nation grows careless in its Sabbath activities, its religious life decays and all aspects of life are negatively affected. The blessings associated with keeping the Sabbath day holy are lost. We should refrain from shopping on the Sabbath and participating in other commercial and sporting activities that now commonly desecrate the Sabbath.<br />Latter-day Saints should set this holy day apart from activities of the world by entering into a spirit of worship, thanksgiving, service, and family-centered activities appropriate to the Sabbath. As Church members endeavor to make their Sabbath activities compatible with the intent and Spirit of the Lord, their lives will be filled with joy and peace."</span></em></strong></div><div><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=5aa86052b3ff3110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310944054821134226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 189px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 232px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX50tqt7WxEvifvjaBR6j7srrPSuVGFtZx5pq7IuAUhvGrkVWAA8T4g8c5HRSSyznWqwBc2Y9rscMwnj0Y8DLPEg15bO9go29x2I4iKcFqQmllxYjWPJfwa78v_jUFII_u_-qvMJvm6D7B/s400/neweralp_nfo_o_1235.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Tell your family that this family home evening you will be talking about an important commandment. This commandment is to Keep the Sabbath Day Holy. As a family you will discuss ways you can keep this commandment each Sunday.<br /><br />Discussion Questions:</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Discuss the commandment of keeping the Sabbath Day holy along with it's blessings. (see scriptures above)<br />How do we keep the Sabbath day holy?<br />Why is it important to attend Church on Sunday?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">What are the blessings promised us when we follow this commandment?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">** Discuss ways you can prepare on Saturday for the Sabbath Day.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>TEENS:</strong></span> Click on the Mormon Add above. It will take you to a Q&A from a past Era publication.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong>Do Something Good!</strong></span> </div><div></div><div>Just as it is important not to do certain things on the Sabbath day so that we can keep it holy, it is also important to do some things. We should do those things that will help us feel close to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. They have taught us that Sunday is the day we worship Them. The Lord said, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy” (<a class="scriptureRef" onclick="newWindow('http://scriptures.lds.org/ex/20//8#8')" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/ex/20/8#8" target="contentWindow">Ex. 20:8</a>). We can keep the Sabbath day holy when we go to church, take the sacrament, and do other things that will help us feel the Spirit on the Lord’s day.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Young Children:</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"></span></strong></div><div></div></span><div><a href="http://lds.org/Static%20Files/PDF/Magazines/Friend/English/2009/FR_2009_03_11___04263_000_014.pdf"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310881797060408274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 84px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FhrsHJr8H_lQkVOhkrLZD9Wh_2FN2oAQdFfa1YVISEie61-18Yd2GVCFszMlvCunjt0NTdCRH6ZrzPVICXP7ppQoDQlsJdMiOB6qP_cCZif89Rnp1L-a5dx-0djKmiUo912odKvvDJx-/s200/Friend.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><a href="http://lds.org/Static%20Files/PDF/Magazines/Friend/English/2009/FR_2009_03_11___04263_000_014.pdf"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">S</span></a><a href="http://lds.org/Static%20Files/PDF/Magazines/Friend/English/2009/FR_2009_03_11___04263_000_014.pdf"><span style="font-family:verdana;">UNDAY STATIONS</span></strong></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Click on the Friend Picture, or read from the March Friend Magazine if you have it in your home. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">** Make a plan with your family to set up Sunday Stations if you choose to. </span></div></div><br /><div></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgv3m6445mtLCee6i6DqIKV4u4eGoVypOz4_3v8sjH8IzX08l8KkGMK_cDf8oJqIofr6KUEMCTglxn7IeXy7KPPHNOsB7-m8XCrDAJPZzy_-w8aHV8KE5UKghK1XvAWar9SLl-zXIe_Qwh/s1600-h/1.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310935174538520562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 139px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgv3m6445mtLCee6i6DqIKV4u4eGoVypOz4_3v8sjH8IzX08l8KkGMK_cDf8oJqIofr6KUEMCTglxn7IeXy7KPPHNOsB7-m8XCrDAJPZzy_-w8aHV8KE5UKghK1XvAWar9SLl-zXIe_Qwh/s200/1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Finger-Fun</strong></span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sunday Activity Reminder<a name="9"></a><br />Make this Finger-Fun Sunday Activity Reminder to help you remember some things you can choose to do that will help you keep the Sabbath day holy.<a name="10"></a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">1. Click on the picture to the left to enlarge and print it. Then cut out the square along the brown-and-white dashed lines.</span><a name="11"></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">2. Fold each corner backward along the purple-and-white and the green-and-white dashed lines so that it forms a bright-pink-and-blue square on the back.</span><a name="12"></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">3. Fold each light pink corner forward along the orange-and-white dashed lines so that the front of the square is blue.</span><a name="13"></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">4. Fold the square in half along the red-and-white dashed line to make a bright pink triangle; unfold so that the blue square is showing again.</span><a name="14"></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">5. Fold the square in half along the yellow-and-white dashed line to make a bright pink triangle; unfold.</span><a name="15"></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">6. Fold the square in half along one of the black-and-white dashed lines; unfold.</span><a name="16"></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">7. Repeat step 6 with the other black-and-white dashed line.</span><a name="17"></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">8. Fit fingers under the outside flaps, and open and close the Finger-Fun Sunday Activity Reminder. Lift the inside flaps to find ideas for Sunday activities.</span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Play as you did as a child (Teens may know how!). The "Cootie" game.</span> </div><div><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtQiSLyQzTyPteMzVQ29EzeCnK9zzwE5OzCH0Kf1ahM41dJVHdGV5k8gGjlbynjvDmBdFWB-172C7A6N6_wZXNgGJHBrkh5YTI0i_KBkLsPXU7Xgxa8Yl_g3qIGW0591n66nGLlH-WXBG/s1600-h/FAMILYACTIVITY.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310881805596377970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtQiSLyQzTyPteMzVQ29EzeCnK9zzwE5OzCH0Kf1ahM41dJVHdGV5k8gGjlbynjvDmBdFWB-172C7A6N6_wZXNgGJHBrkh5YTI0i_KBkLsPXU7Xgxa8Yl_g3qIGW0591n66nGLlH-WXBG/s200/FAMILYACTIVITY.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Activity:</strong></span> Make a family poster of activities to strengthen the family on the Sabbath Day. You can let the children pick out pictures from old copies of The Friend or the Ensign and glue them to the poster. A teen family member may be assigned to help a younger family member with this activity during the week.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong>Here are some ideas:</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I will choose to keep the Sabbath day holy</span><a name="20"></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Say my prayers</span><a name="21"></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Write in my journal</span><a name="22"></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Help prepare the meals</span><a name="23"></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Write a thank-you letter</span><a name="24"></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Visit relatives and friends</span><a name="25"></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Go to church</span><a name="26"></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Listen to uplifting music</span><a name="27"></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Keep the commandments</span><a name="28"></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Read my scriptures</span><a name="29"></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Write 10 things I am grateful for in my journal</span></div><div><a name="30"></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Learn to play or sing a Primary song</span></div><div><a name="31"></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Write letters to or draw pictures for the missionaries</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Treat:</strong></span> Sabbath Day Sundaes</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Get your favorite ice cream and topping flavors. </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-70886340546777461382009-03-02T21:18:00.000-08:002009-03-02T19:15:34.330-08:00* Lesson 9 FHE Manners<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cCmH3FzKv0KZBUc2k4P_ymb8UJ61OfbJpZhx2Gsv3OpQQg0rk0WDo1WYGPDYJcTBFyG7shJeHW779UhRCur5OUWYEB00sqafJFqNyG6HND2JXGlnWS3vAH5YDlqsrHATF1T_lY3OsbhK/s1600-h/FHEHOME.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308734197030468850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 81px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 86px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cCmH3FzKv0KZBUc2k4P_ymb8UJ61OfbJpZhx2Gsv3OpQQg0rk0WDo1WYGPDYJcTBFyG7shJeHW779UhRCur5OUWYEB00sqafJFqNyG6HND2JXGlnWS3vAH5YDlqsrHATF1T_lY3OsbhK/s200/FHEHOME.gif" border="0" /></a> * <span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">FHE LESSON 9</span></strong><br /><br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">It is important to always make a great first impression- but, it is also equally important to make every impression a good one.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Being polite, kind, courteous and helpful are all attributes of Jesus Christ. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">We should strive to become more like him in all of our day-to-day actions. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Creating good behaviors will help us become more peculiar in a world full of road-rage, negativity, rude and unkind behaviors.</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4XiFl0wo6jBXU1Jjw5-FkT9XqMLCswPqtKQsbkNzhPDzNIwnXfuhxfJsZZEGtBIpoDB88c8XNrEOYQt6pm-oO0BssoY4trbVREGdVGow3NI8gBW3mYX83DoqT9Bu1l6f79Zl0Tg9Wl6b/s1600-h/FHEPRAYER.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308734196428268690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 84px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 74px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4XiFl0wo6jBXU1Jjw5-FkT9XqMLCswPqtKQsbkNzhPDzNIwnXfuhxfJsZZEGtBIpoDB88c8XNrEOYQt6pm-oO0BssoY4trbVREGdVGow3NI8gBW3mYX83DoqT9Bu1l6f79Zl0Tg9Wl6b/s200/FHEPRAYER.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Always begin and end with prayer.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Give each family member an assignment.<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQxQT3UljBUKVLAax27ORFxGD5X2zhyphenhyphencvJoktBv0AROu5VZutG1LftGtGdwEjVOapXhOlWQNvD14g3kQir_UDpwTVfff_iTdjPCs-Ge4Xx5PT9qNeGZItaZXXU-kC2hz0XG5gKU9NHD_9/s1600-h/FHENOTES.gif"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308734195866110050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 47px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 82px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQxQT3UljBUKVLAax27ORFxGD5X2zhyphenhyphencvJoktBv0AROu5VZutG1LftGtGdwEjVOapXhOlWQNvD14g3kQir_UDpwTVfff_iTdjPCs-Ge4Xx5PT9qNeGZItaZXXU-kC2hz0XG5gKU9NHD_9/s200/FHENOTES.gif" border="0" /></span></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=232&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=232&searchsubseqend=ZZZ"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Song</span></a> Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoOyHUIyTPi2DuwcVx6sWhsN2fEZNk7I5P7OWLwuNYl0TqdyzSDkteH2_1WJj6WZxDtCOn7no3cgTyoqF6fYMlSqU2KYHsQh-F1BDSyQnNiIsTFbVanqmMlaGsXOKBTLH_XLhaP66ARj2/s1600-h/FHESCRIPTURES.gif"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308734196565962946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 79px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 43px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoOyHUIyTPi2DuwcVx6sWhsN2fEZNk7I5P7OWLwuNYl0TqdyzSDkteH2_1WJj6WZxDtCOn7no3cgTyoqF6fYMlSqU2KYHsQh-F1BDSyQnNiIsTFbVanqmMlaGsXOKBTLH_XLhaP66ARj2/s200/FHESCRIPTURES.gif" border="0" /></span></a><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/4/5-6#5"><span style="font-family:verdana;">S</span></a><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/4/5-6#5"><span style="font-family:verdana;">cripture</span></a> D&C 4:5-6</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A great place to learn about manners.... </span><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Have-Good-Manners"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Manners Guide</span></a></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Activity:</strong></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">List 5-10 ways each person can improve their manners during the next week. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Discuss: Talk about why it is important to have good manners. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">What are some bad manners that people have?</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">For one week, write down ways that people use bad and good manners as you make trips to the store, park, community center, church, social groups and so on. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Compare your lists before the next FHE lesson and see how people in your community act.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#996633;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Challenge</strong>:</span></span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Practice 3 new good manner techniques listed on the "Manners Guide" or other manners not currently practiced.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">*Remember, it is not an insult to say "Yes/No 'Mam and Sir" to adults and children of any age.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong>*It is also polite to give respect to our church friends as we give reference to them as "Brother," or Sister," "Bishop" Explain to your family why we refer to our church member friends in these ways.</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Teens:</span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Study the Manners link with your teen(s). </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ask them to name people they know who show specific manners.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">How do these people act?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">How does it feel to be around these kinds of people?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Write a note to a friend, teacher, or family member telling them how you have noticed their good manners. Express thanks for their good example. Make sure you deliver the note to him/her.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Treat: </strong></span><a href="http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/How-to-Make-Ice-Cream-in-a-Bag/Detail.aspx"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ice-Cream in a Bag</span></a></div><div>Prepare and serve it using manners.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-20800433192607519462009-02-22T09:11:00.000-08:002009-03-08T13:24:52.216-07:00* FHE Lesson 8 Baptism<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e36d5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=ded90f9856c20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1&contentLocale=0"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305797542298638578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHNyaqABnBMexsKHoojK0rBX5ErUVY96bEuBbxQcJlHIlb1gq_c0zwiUeYUqKbxLf8F9viTGN6K-O6UnKjtQnIv0t07StkDsqJm1ePrH7XU9LgLnjnIUGJC8PFZCEznxmKeerA0piO1nm/s200/baptism.bmp" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6e38duo_5kLLvGBw2Zue6TU3Rdf8dTlZnX-p6Kg6YTkenxCJobCVTgD2Sk-ZSyagCd6O8peSlAubpgLsp9RXsrTDsoOX1D6n6iOvEPExf221Log7EqfnORj8U9uXOJ78_lvp4z6sErkYm/s1600-h/house_thm.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305787178387347106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6e38duo_5kLLvGBw2Zue6TU3Rdf8dTlZnX-p6Kg6YTkenxCJobCVTgD2Sk-ZSyagCd6O8peSlAubpgLsp9RXsrTDsoOX1D6n6iOvEPExf221Log7EqfnORj8U9uXOJ78_lvp4z6sErkYm/s200/house_thm.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Click on the picture to read about Jesus' baptism.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;">FHE LESSON 8</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Baptism</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><strong><span style="color:#660000;"></span></strong></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><strong><span style="color:#660000;">**For: My grandson Dax who's being </span></strong></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><strong><span style="color:#660000;">baptized this Saturday! And for my grand-daughter Jaycee who will be baptized this summer!</span></strong></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Don't forget to give every family member a part of the lesson!Assignment </span><a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Planner</span></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMIMMorzBbGI5jpm8p-20yxLUbAjqApCRV3ykJw9w7Pdgq7E4scNXjB9H3snQl8x_YVVyUALJc9IAGmj3tcE3B9UOBfAEEgQFL27Khj0Auc0PsVp8hyphenhyphenKxnrVH00SX9mpDrFfFOjYbRVBF/s1600-h/prayer.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305787176588898306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 87px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 85px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMIMMorzBbGI5jpm8p-20yxLUbAjqApCRV3ykJw9w7Pdgq7E4scNXjB9H3snQl8x_YVVyUALJc9IAGmj3tcE3B9UOBfAEEgQFL27Khj0Auc0PsVp8hyphenhyphenKxnrVH00SX9mpDrFfFOjYbRVBF/s200/prayer.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Open & Close with Prayer</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oSaTUFNW3jVYEIIojoiP2ge2Qj5W8SsCViiM2r_2BulfAwX77x6eYFSd-t5YqOS-ZTiRMl-3jW2Xf7s7hbtz1DaG809FodZDomMGv7Qg-xfTjIuWWFBessTy0RMiSiVgGDLLr90FDmz6/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div></div><div><br /></div></span><div><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhtk7bq85vf6gda7-hwBnQkrGxS9mWpDnESkDN956dPpZuLTiVw3Kws86X6zLFFZBRB9m-fQAjjdX5yx92Yhy4Aqj7s564_PIm5bIb8VE_8RsD3M-Wfo0laWzxNQ-8ZtYPXy771EYZrXu/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305787182725586226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 76px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 34px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhtk7bq85vf6gda7-hwBnQkrGxS9mWpDnESkDN956dPpZuLTiVw3Kws86X6zLFFZBRB9m-fQAjjdX5yx92Yhy4Aqj7s564_PIm5bIb8VE_8RsD3M-Wfo0laWzxNQ-8ZtYPXy771EYZrXu/s200/Scriptures.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Scripture: </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/33/11#11">D&C 33:11 </a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The scripture is highlighted on the page from this link.Invite members of the family to memorize this scripture and it's reference! </span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IkQcwxcZ-NjpDzaDFKn0b0AQ0K5LQEn96e1IcPMJfHVD-2FQh8JBT15d5cxaC7Jw6Bm-Qdg_7Z1YGaQQfm998yJav5qrF6awMDQyPmI63kEkA6GkmojYZDjFBlvTs1sYHXmO2rhxwyc2/s1600-h/notes4.gif"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305787175890419346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 62px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 68px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-IkQcwxcZ-NjpDzaDFKn0b0AQ0K5LQEn96e1IcPMJfHVD-2FQh8JBT15d5cxaC7Jw6Bm-Qdg_7Z1YGaQQfm998yJav5qrF6awMDQyPmI63kEkA6GkmojYZDjFBlvTs1sYHXmO2rhxwyc2/s200/notes4.gif" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Music Selections (Use anytime during the lesson! Use the songs throughout the week too! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=158&searchsubseq">Baptism</a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=158&searchsubseq">Come Follow Me</a></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Print the letters: B A P T I S M</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">You can click and print these festive balloons or you can make your own fun letters.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">You will need to tape these up during the lesson.</span><br /></div><div><a 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style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong>Use these letters to talk about baptism.</strong> </span></span></span></div><div><br 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style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong><em></em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong><em>SHORT LESSON....</em></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Young </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44_qgDytHa__k5swk-JoMmK5bgylTQyxGTgrm2i6l0VS3xw-DrZNz_6K2zJ1TSteide4s0lFK6f-Y7e3trEWEqVnKDZoth9abHSnmuezB7ZbeEcz2JSXsrdhYwIRicb8oMBlxnNte5zQa/s1600-h/bapmobile.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305819586168286114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 315px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44_qgDytHa__k5swk-JoMmK5bgylTQyxGTgrm2i6l0VS3xw-DrZNz_6K2zJ1TSteide4s0lFK6f-Y7e3trEWEqVnKDZoth9abHSnmuezB7ZbeEcz2JSXsrdhYwIRicb8oMBlxnNte5zQa/s400/bapmobile.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Children:</span></span></strong> </span></div><div><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=6e7f9aa07a0ab010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305818816771411186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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style="font-family:Verdana;">Mobile</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Talk about each letter and let the children take turns taping it on the wall/board to spell "Baptism." As each letter is taped ups, tell something about baptism that begins with that letter... some ideas follow: (Use ideas from the extended lesson below)</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">B: Born again, Baptism, Beginning, Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A: Always remember Him, Actions </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">P: Perfect, washed clean (talk about imersion)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">T: Time for baptism age 8, Testimony, Time of Choice & Accountability, Taking His Name upon us</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">S: Sacrament, Stand and take His Name, Stand as a Witness</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">M: Making Covenants (promises)</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6FCsF-1DbgeeSqkPt6Boo0_wlR4DDddOptrlVZV91KT-QFlBF47oUNBbgTPYT7mUUOefkrwGieEfZ8rcPmO2TmAeUGjrDh3r1GiytgCISF_pUHZ3RzNGsTBfFtmh8D9RNMjO8t5CcYQY/s1600-h/BAPTISMDIA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305813175632388066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6FCsF-1DbgeeSqkPt6Boo0_wlR4DDddOptrlVZV91KT-QFlBF47oUNBbgTPYT7mUUOefkrwGieEfZ8rcPmO2TmAeUGjrDh3r1GiytgCISF_pUHZ3RzNGsTBfFtmh8D9RNMjO8t5CcYQY/s200/BAPTISMDIA.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Click and print to make a popup.</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>My Baptismal Covenant Diorama <a name="10"></a><br />1. Mount it on heavy paper. Cut out the large rectangle. <a name="11"></a><br />2. Cut slits on the nine solid lines, and fold along the broken lines. <a name="12"></a><br />3. Cut out the figures. Insert the tab on the baptism figure into the slit in the baptism scene (see illustration). <a name="13"></a><br />4. Glue the back of the sacrament figures to the tab that folds out of the sacrament scene (see illustration). <a name="14"></a><br />5. Cut out the scripture boxes, and read the references. Insert the tabs into the remaining slits.<br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=97c23c4445e9b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305817652584912818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSFPXidG0s_ZNGAypC10Z76zv2S7b5NRoEDV4PB0VWe6C0MUKjHj2CuFu6STt3YVYY28K6vEAERYHceFamYlcs58uNCRr3oY4YGhrIOzzd08XnEq0gFpgHT53sJ4GWXumcd7X1RxkUkxp/s200/bappuzzle.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div>Click here for a puzzle!<br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Teens:</span></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Give them the letters and have them tell all they know about baptism that begins with that letter, for example, "P" - partaking of the sacrament - is what we do to renew our baptismal covenants. Teens could ALSO use each letter to tell something they remember from their baptism day, for example, "B" Grandma Betty came from Wyoming because it was such a special day. That made me feel....</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong>Adults:</strong></span> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Talk about the experience when you were baptized. Or tell about when your ancestors first joined the church and their experiences getting baptized.Bare your testimony about the importance of baptism. (Take time this week to write in your journal about the memories you have of your baptism.)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">----------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#660000;"><strong><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=2cf7e97864a6b110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1">QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT BAPTISM </a></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><em><span style="color:#336666;">Honoring the Family Member </span></em></strong></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><em><span style="color:#336666;">to Be Baptized</span></em></strong><br /></span>Tell your family to listen carefully as you mention some dates. Have them tell why each date is important to some member of your family. Mention such dates as those on which family members were born, baptized, married, or engaged to be married. Give the birth date and planned baptismal date of the person to be baptized as the last two dates.</span></div><div><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=02dc94e53aeab010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305814466870118850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyadz7uPoITnV2YU9rmohfMW14Wm6qzjOHAYP6ncUtA9M9d_qS-hBjOxiIPz9LiCuT3v7yZq6m0-V-0OpgdSiWVrizcJl2Fs2QglfC0ba8N3RyDWcW_wkEJY6IbsqAe6mvV9JFfj0KtlPX/s200/bapti.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">State that this baptismal date will be one of the most important days in this person's life. Tell your family that because this is such an important event you will honor him during this family home evening. </span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8eda94859a4bb010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305815132787823874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 151px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MbBa4BK2cplkobd60sDC3Bvv6lzqbfCvogQ4KaDFj4me49bppL-hjSv9Zoli8OSMCermG0N3VdCEHkB9vs4ylhMb2h0xBinmGh5Z2gb47A0sZdx5Nn_j1xJYEfb2dbysoj0JkjUaxh61/s200/bapp.jpg" border="0" /></a> Keeping on the right path... Click on the picture. </div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">You might want to display the certificate of baptism of a family member. Explain to the person you are honoring that he will receive a certificate that will be an official record of his baptism. You might also want to show your family group sheet, and point out the space where this date will be recorded. </span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;"><em>Learning about Baptism<br /></em></span></strong>Show a picture of Christ being baptized (ABOVE)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Baptism is so important that even Jesus was baptized.</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Look at the picture and talk about how Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan.</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#993300;">ASK: What does immersion mean?</span></strong> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(To be completely covered by water.)<br />Bring out that we are baptized by the same authority as Jesus was-the priesthood of God.</span> </span></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div><br />READ: Mosiah 18:10 together.<br /><strong><span style="color:#993300;">What do the words "as a witness before him" mean when you think of your baptism?</span></strong> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(I will show by the act of being baptized how I feel in my heart. I witness, or show, that I believe in Heavenly Father, that I loves him, and that I want to obey his commandments.)</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=d562735f764bb010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305815915784888978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7TkGHX5Ovfm_u1wiF_5xW7in32t-QPuxx1ZQncUOXD2xgSoS76FQtXDGl-7y54nyKTRpUk5DEYnCEqarjAHIEAJsPGXvdU1lRIvE7_pB-3na7usnKy1g2Zq00xToZPOmu-eOdt8_nrOdi/s200/bappp.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#993300;">ASK: What is a covenant?</span></strong> <span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(An agreement or promise between two persons that each will do certain things.)<br /></span><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Stress that the baptismal covenant is a sacred agreement.</span></strong> Click on the picture for more information.</div><div><br /></div><div><strong><span style="color:#993300;">ASK:- What is the promise that the person being baptized will make to Heavenly Father at baptism?</span><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(He will promise to keep Heavenly Father's commandments and to serve him.)</span></div><div><br /><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>ASK: What will Heavenly Father promise when our family member is baptized?</strong></span> <span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(To forgive him of his sins if he repents [see D&C 33:11], to accept him as a member of the Church [see D&C 20:37], to give him the gift of eternal life if he is faithful [see 3 Nephi 11:33].)</span></div><div><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">The Way to the Kingdom of God</span></em></strong><br />If we follow the commandments, we will return to our Heavenly Father and inherit a place in his kingdom. In fact, only by obeying the commandments can we receive these great blessings.</div><div><br /><strong><span style="color:#993300;">ASK: Why do you think that our Heavenly Father has asked us to make a sacred covenant or promise to obey his commandments when we are baptized?</span></strong> <span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(Because he loves us, he wants us to be happy, and he wants us to be with him in the kingdom of heaven.) </span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;"></div></span><div><strong><span style="color:#993300;">ASK: How is it possible for all of our mistakes or sins to be forgiven when we are baptized?</span></strong> <span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(Because Jesus loved us so much that he was willing to suffer in the Garden of Gethsemane and upon the cross. He had the power to save himself from suffering and death, but he did not use it because he wanted to make it possible for our sins to be forgiven.)</span></div><div><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=3f5de3bfad6bb010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305816772248101218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9Ha1vK-F_YYIwdaEgKsZJQ3WZ2nYJvh1fSic5vxeHk9GUPMfzMUoYSCWsNH-O4iT93evx8-gf61DTVVRlKzWGf3flksGQJmuHc_7DqWKyYVZp6LFpLg6SiMJVL_qAyLt2sWNnLt9LFK-/s200/choose+the+right.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#993300;"><strong>ASK: Does our Heavenly Father expect those who are baptized to keep all of his commandments perfectly from now on?</strong></span> <span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(No. He knows that we need to learn how to keep these commandments and that we will make some mistakes while we learn. Heavenly Father expects us to try to live the commandments as completely as possible. But if we make a mistake, we can repent and do better next time. This is how we will learn. The Savior has given us the great gift of forgiveness for our mistakes when we repent.)</span></div><div><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Being Confirmed a Member of the Church</span></em></strong><br />Explain that after your family member has been baptized, he will be confirmed and receive two wonderful blessings.<br /><strong><span style="color:#993300;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#993300;">ASK: What are these two blessings?</span></strong> <span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(First, he will be accepted as a member of the church and kingdom of God here upon the earth. He will share in all of the privileges and blessings of this great kingdom. This kingdom is different from any other organization upon the earth because Jesus stands at its head, and its leaders act for him. Second, the person being baptized will also receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and have the right to the companionship of the Holy Ghost if he is faithful.)</span></div><div><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">Plans for the Day of Baptism</span></em></strong><br />After the discussion, plan ways to make your family member's baptism day a special day for him and for your whole family. You could make plans like the following:<br />1. Have the entire family attend the baptismal service. Plan transportation and other details <strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">with the person being baptized.<br /></span></em></strong>2. Eat dinner at a special place together, or enjoy a special treat. You might choose to have a special meal at home, serving favorite foods of the person you are honoring.<br />3. Have this person write the date of his baptism on your family group sheet. To emphasize the importance of this date, your entire family could be there when he does this. You could do this after you return home from the baptismal service or during your next home evening.<br />4. You may want to give this person a small gift after his baptism, such as his own copy of one of the standard works.<br />5. To help this person feel more secure when he goes into the water to be baptized, his father or an older brother could show him how he will be held by the one who will baptize him. Time could be taken to let him actually practice the way he will place his hands, bend his knees, and so forth.</div><div><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#336666;">A Sacred Experience</span></em></strong><br />Explain that the person you are honoring should go to his baptism with a desire to show Heavenly Father and Jesus that he loves them and wants to make a covenant that he will serve them all of his life. If he does this, he will know that he is doing what they want him to do and that they are pleased with him.<br /><em><span style="color:#336666;"></span></em></div><div><em><span style="color:#336666;">Read <strong>President Joseph F. Smith's description of the time when he was baptized:<br /></strong></span></em><em><span style="color:#336666;">"The feeling that came upon me was that of pure peace, of love and of light. I felt in my soul that if I had sinned-and surely I was not without sin--that it had been forgiven me; that I was indeed cleansed from sin; my heart was touched and I felt that I would not injure the smallest insect beneath my feet. I felt as though I wanted to do good everywhere to everybody and to everything. I felt a newness of life, a newness of desire to do that which was right. There was not one particle of desire for evil left in my soul. I was but a little boy, it is true, when I was baptized; but this was the influence that came upon me, and I know that it was from God, and was and ever has been a living witness to me of my acceptance of the Lord."</span></em> <span style="font-size:78%;">(In Conference Report, Apr. 1898, p. 66.)</span></div><div><br />Have family members who have been baptized tell about their feelings at the time of their baptisms. </div><div><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000066;">Tell how you feel about your child's baptism, and explain the responsibility you have to prepare him/her for baptism (see D&C 68:25-28).</span></em></strong> </div><div><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Treat:</span></strong> Serve favorite refreshments of the person you are honoring. </span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-25233123773300961452009-02-15T20:52:00.000-08:002009-02-22T09:28:28.439-08:00* FHE Lesson 7 Making Work Fun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOg4Le5msWkZGUdQEM6jrhNZOrtlUcaC3SnVUIHP_yqcHC-n0Y4SYWgXnXnOPMjvvJlUNpXHhvf0QMB1eKOhLcZWr-A3aDoBFYCWejWBlpBR7IALUNj7erybZuKaQ8hKKqf48YsxIotSBZ/s1600-h/house_thm.gif"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303275824890827746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOg4Le5msWkZGUdQEM6jrhNZOrtlUcaC3SnVUIHP_yqcHC-n0Y4SYWgXnXnOPMjvvJlUNpXHhvf0QMB1eKOhLcZWr-A3aDoBFYCWejWBlpBR7IALUNj7erybZuKaQ8hKKqf48YsxIotSBZ/s200/house_thm.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>FHE LESSON 7<br />Making Work FUN !</strong> </span><br />Happy Presidents Day!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2H8Sb21m0ISbuoMI4cbK2hWgPCiIhc-J_h0TalCb-ffVXa3WC5h-rduNIwwn18meWwmERzuZFkUJffjPu6VsM7QspTTqtqDwZP8S49dY_wY5Cx7v7K9t-IMldan0GDQZrca7Gy9B1OQtU/s1600-h/lincoln2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303283777642271154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 53px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 73px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2H8Sb21m0ISbuoMI4cbK2hWgPCiIhc-J_h0TalCb-ffVXa3WC5h-rduNIwwn18meWwmERzuZFkUJffjPu6VsM7QspTTqtqDwZP8S49dY_wY5Cx7v7K9t-IMldan0GDQZrca7Gy9B1OQtU/s200/lincoln2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Don't forget to give every family member a part of the lesson!Assignment </span><a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Planner</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKdAM5lP-BnfEIX9AzTluZIVsDAlGytM38dSJa-YAzcBUBYZC6Fnoc5I3WAQFNDT2SaheP_e0u5YKE0zUEOEDwQcy8RYGq_2D8mtM6ZutsG1SNBjqtGn2oacYvXzz3kCoFOKnHLpIMs_L/s1600-h/prayer.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatR6Fsc_YI5VFAwZFBcgVkd8DDTMlj91y_sclnJMX05P343obcG9BgwZsaJNEDDsDndJxdBoYd2k8p6eVm946bEMUIVGy7kBVynOUTV6-Fk58JjdjTcOV7LuTDPeJ31txxEiiWtIxS_6Y/s1600-h/prayer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303284592120087026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 67px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhatR6Fsc_YI5VFAwZFBcgVkd8DDTMlj91y_sclnJMX05P343obcG9BgwZsaJNEDDsDndJxdBoYd2k8p6eVm946bEMUIVGy7kBVynOUTV6-Fk58JjdjTcOV7LuTDPeJ31txxEiiWtIxS_6Y/s200/prayer.jpg" border="0" /></a>Open & Close with Prayer</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oSaTUFNW3jVYEIIojoiP2ge2Qj5W8SsCViiM2r_2BulfAwX77x6eYFSd-t5YqOS-ZTiRMl-3jW2Xf7s7hbtz1DaG809FodZDomMGv7Qg-xfTjIuWWFBessTy0RMiSiVgGDLLr90FDmz6/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BaM6xh8Asb2TEUZyyzQhKU_c5TNxpstzSKyfQVIiborM_Sea1vfwBe0wQVRARahfJIodMHVnUM2l8TEeOs4mrerIgP8sF2pUv-_bFEw_zgZJBG8gnpjlRoGUctLpyAtqnkYtxX8X8RoM/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_t_G6A4jpuho24SxIZ-Q9wDFGool1bWQX-jQpPdeyTH2345xx4PlD4Es3dxqvq8K1YvTif89e2jKuWVlcUjcJtUNJpCbrAAlkjN38Uj1WgNSrCu8XyvTMUvdDL1S5dgp4dgkUiTsrWQIq/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303274668780433666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 90px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 49px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_t_G6A4jpuho24SxIZ-Q9wDFGool1bWQX-jQpPdeyTH2345xx4PlD4Es3dxqvq8K1YvTif89e2jKuWVlcUjcJtUNJpCbrAAlkjN38Uj1WgNSrCu8XyvTMUvdDL1S5dgp4dgkUiTsrWQIq/s200/Scriptures.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Scripture: </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/88/119,127-128#119">D&C 88:119 </a>The scripture is highlighted on the page from this link.Invite members of the family to memorize this scripture and it's reference!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">How does being organized help Heavenly Father... our family???</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7ui8P_pQqp8FxPi6D-onhGdTDiHjbo7s9JkJeQ4TsGL6b77PHQJ6jUfxKW_VeUdhlaMN6aypgMZy56fKIQVfWo4-T0CcC3_q9XvQIKV6o_vuODBCHN381bmr2g6LMbU6Sg4HDj79_HUJ/s1600-h/notes4.gif"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303274663459747442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 68px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 91px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7ui8P_pQqp8FxPi6D-onhGdTDiHjbo7s9JkJeQ4TsGL6b77PHQJ6jUfxKW_VeUdhlaMN6aypgMZy56fKIQVfWo4-T0CcC3_q9XvQIKV6o_vuODBCHN381bmr2g6LMbU6Sg4HDj79_HUJ/s200/notes4.gif" border="0" /></span></a></div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Music Selections (Use anytime during the lesson! Use the songs throughout the week too!<br /></span><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=158&searchsubseq"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When We're Helping</span></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If the word dishes triggers your family's disappearing act, or if you hear "just a minute, mom" from a distance, this lesson is for you. Helping your family enjoy working will take creativity. Try some of the ideas given below.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Begin by asking family members what they do at home to help their family such as set the table, take out the trash, feed the pet, etc. Also ask how they would feel if they were the only one at home who had chores to do.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tell your family that they will be listening to a story about a hen who had to work hard while others relaxed. Use the links below, or read the story if you have it at home.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong>Teens:</strong></span> Ask your teen to tell the story to <span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong>YOUNG CHILDREN</strong></span>. They may choose to "act it out."<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERyNrw5zTEEWSYcVpktr7kBYIb_gg382mnqKeyIi0wwi0nKf1A891KY8vLFqw_OgxSV3xHUNIUEFgvMNKChPOTV15-u8iaXBTbs5wCzBwYAXV6TqVxOCoAsY2LA-JYiURzzbe-fkBk_N9/s1600-h/img011.gif"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303274859279988162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERyNrw5zTEEWSYcVpktr7kBYIb_gg382mnqKeyIi0wwi0nKf1A891KY8vLFqw_OgxSV3xHUNIUEFgvMNKChPOTV15-u8iaXBTbs5wCzBwYAXV6TqVxOCoAsY2LA-JYiURzzbe-fkBk_N9/s200/img011.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Creative_Resources/slides/sld001.htm"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Little Red Hen</span></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.speakaboos.com/story/little_red_hen?gclid=CKusz7Sg4JgCFRFWagodKjyjdQ"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Little Red Hen</span></a></div><br /><br /><div>(Click on Watch the Video)<br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After reading the story have the family recall the steps the little red hen takes to make the bread. Write each step on the board/chart with small illustration of each action. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Review the ideas for making work fun below with your family. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Choose a plan.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Decide how the plan will be implemented.... who, what, where when, how?</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR FAMILY TO HELP IN ALL THE STEPS TO IMPLEMENT ONE OF THESE PLANS... INCLUDING CHOOSING THE PLAN.</strong></span></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15WdlS_mdXjnwW7sAzhEUQy_zWBYStQ-_ijpNkre8FBkah3z30Qlfl6Qq6n41iLBtUGo6P0mzi5RiKk1sMilZN-zZukbV11d9-cZKXNTDdxpOX471yVQV-8Wl-2wbx_sOkzF8gVHZk1ZS/s1600-h/vest.gif"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303274862424688354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 66px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 121px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi15WdlS_mdXjnwW7sAzhEUQy_zWBYStQ-_ijpNkre8FBkah3z30Qlfl6Qq6n41iLBtUGo6P0mzi5RiKk1sMilZN-zZukbV11d9-cZKXNTDdxpOX471yVQV-8Wl-2wbx_sOkzF8gVHZk1ZS/s200/vest.gif" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Awtv6HzipOloqbaisHrhM30UoKfLHmOXC8CDCiJvpVw8Xp9QxBnrEJDsYENXybaspa-YBZ5Dc_HvEsCBL0qyInPmqeF4GnVBozfPXROpTjxiqu_fKByJF38lQVQdJH4p_cZJ3GjDBi1q/s1600-h/turtle.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303274862772652882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 96px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 88px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Awtv6HzipOloqbaisHrhM30UoKfLHmOXC8CDCiJvpVw8Xp9QxBnrEJDsYENXybaspa-YBZ5Dc_HvEsCBL0qyInPmqeF4GnVBozfPXROpTjxiqu_fKByJF38lQVQdJH4p_cZJ3GjDBi1q/s200/turtle.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5anH362tHu6eSseUyE6vlj7zCNt1hkezAV5fK0xTkLJtRhtmDQwTtt11fF9WljlM6gZi1yBp6yeulrog5SACeQb_wEc9fDqFOV3phqzN2JQmY3_5Ee1u3WAfvST9kvgBBcsP0voV2gsIi/s1600-h/rabbit2.gif"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303274666545151666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 58px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 102px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5anH362tHu6eSseUyE6vlj7zCNt1hkezAV5fK0xTkLJtRhtmDQwTtt11fF9WljlM6gZi1yBp6yeulrog5SACeQb_wEc9fDqFOV3phqzN2JQmY3_5Ee1u3WAfvST9kvgBBcsP0voV2gsIi/s200/rabbit2.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Make a vest with two pockets for each child. Attach a turtle on one pocket and a rabbit on the other. Write jobs to be done on three-by-five-inch cards and put them in the turtle pocket. (If the child is too young to read, use a picture for the job description.) You may wish to start out with tasks as simple as brushing teeth or washing hands. The child can put the cards for the jobs he completes in the rabbit pocket. Discuss how rabbits are quick and "get it done," while turtles are slow and "they job might take hours of complaining."</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Make an apron for each major household job with a job description written on each one. The person responsible for the job wears the apron until the job is finished. You may even include a hat for the cook. Use your favorite apron pattern and embroider, iron, stencil, or write the jobs on the aprons. Sew a ring o</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEewzxj8M3eNJSjtdntQyMJQv_XLjMITdllQfjiSzk68QlR0XcCsp-kck3T2Ntq2FdCCp4ES-aad0H9H_rgm3DNP2ZiswW5kvSzVmjaA841e9xPomVLL1jQbnTSr8sFwFVCMFRcQWnhduN/s1600-h/272b.gif"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303274862277109778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEewzxj8M3eNJSjtdntQyMJQv_XLjMITdllQfjiSzk68QlR0XcCsp-kck3T2Ntq2FdCCp4ES-aad0H9H_rgm3DNP2ZiswW5kvSzVmjaA841e9xPomVLL1jQbnTSr8sFwFVCMFRcQWnhduN/s200/272b.gif" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">nto this apron to hang a dust cloth from. Make this apron of vinyl or plastic.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Make a chart to show whose turn it is to set the table or wash the dishes. Slip the spoon of the assigned member of out of the container and into the paper strip on the day that it is his turn to set the table. On the day that someone is to wash the dishes, put his plate into the dishpan.<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Make a "Looking Good" chart and hang it in your bathroom. List on it the things each person is to do as he gets ready. This is especially good for little children, who may need to be reminded of what they should do each morning.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#666600;"><strong>Teens:</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Make a work list for family duties. Have family members brainstorm for a minute, thinking of all the jobs that need to be done around your house (prepare meals, go shopping, iron clothes, set the table, cook the food, do dishes, tend the baby, take out the garbage, pick up the clutter, mow the lawn, wash windows, or sweep the sidewalks).Next, arrange these jobs according to how often they need to be done—daily, twice weekly, weekly, monthly, semiannually, or annually.Now decide together who is capable of performing these duties and who enjoys doing them. Write those names beside the duties. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">To assign unwanted jobs, write them all on slips of paper. Place these slips inside balloons; blow up the balloons and tie them. Attach the balloons to a board or heavy cardboard with tape. Pass out darts and let the family throw them at the balloons. Each family member gets the job inside the balloon he pops. Decide together how long each person will keep doing the job. Record this on the work list.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Brainstorm for a few minutes of the subject of the unwanted jobs. Think together of ways to make the burden light. For example, what are five fun ways to carry out the garbage? (Whistle while you're doing it, carry it out on a skateboard, walk backwards, grumble and mumble, carry it in a wagon, pay somebody to do it for you.) Come up with all the creative solutions you can, and use them.Instead of a list, you may want to use a job jar to draw your jobs from. A job wheel works well with older children.</span></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#996633;">Play games with <span style="color:#006600;">YOUNG CHILDREN</span> to make work pleasant:</span></strong></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Have your children pretend to be puppets, robots, or soldiers. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wind them up and let them do their work.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When the house is wall-to-wall clutter, hold a family "panic-pick-up-time." </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Set your timer and see how many things can be picked up and put away in ten minutes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Scrub to music, especially fast, rousing music.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wash the dishes for ten minutes; then dry them for ten minutes.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Play "Beat the Clock." Time a job to see how much time it normally takes to complete it. Then set your timer and race against the clock. Try to cut down the time without giving up quality. You can even have a family contest to see who can set the family time record.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Reward yourself</strong></span> when you have completed all your work. Hold a victory party. Have a wiener roast, an ice cream party, or a water fight. You may want to divide the family into two teams and see which one can get their work done fastest. The losing team could then cook dinner for the winners, take them to a movie, or do anything else they can think of.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong>Make dinner time more fun.</strong></span> (Eat at the table MORE OFTEN)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Try some of these ideas:<br />Have a formal dinner party in the middle of the week. Brush up on table manners.<br />Have all the boys, including dad, become waiters for an evening. Dress them like waiters and make sure they use good manners all evening.<br />Let your family go shopping with you through the advertisement section of your newspaper. Let them help decide on good buys. Write the items you choose on a sheet of paper and plan your next week's menu around them. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Use shopping time as a one-to-one time with your children. Tasks such as peeling potatoes, folding napkins, or cleaning out drawers also provide moments for listening and sharing.<br />As a family, set some basic guidelines for table manners, eating schedules, snack times, and cleanup. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Treat:</strong></span> Sliced Bread or Scones and Honey or Jam (Make it as a family if you have time)</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-22888170562548087042009-02-05T21:20:00.001-08:002009-02-09T06:26:06.209-08:00* FHE LESSON 6: Service: Love One Another ~ Valentines<div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTdS4jUSf6XHTKI4vnQhn0FvlXo0j_TzFOhrePbrJV4p7xcl9kB8qYXHZEflM-XqrDeItcGBr-FqlC2GHFT9JtLMs9gto6cOy6qyat0oSPG-VQ9_j0CL1wIIcIxq8Ly9V_6zOg3qvU1JS/s1600-h/HEARTS.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300795189471453650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 107px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 111px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTdS4jUSf6XHTKI4vnQhn0FvlXo0j_TzFOhrePbrJV4p7xcl9kB8qYXHZEflM-XqrDeItcGBr-FqlC2GHFT9JtLMs9gto6cOy6qyat0oSPG-VQ9_j0CL1wIIcIxq8Ly9V_6zOg3qvU1JS/s320/HEARTS.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#663366;">FHE LESSON 6<br /></span></strong><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663366;">Service: Love One Another </span></strong><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Have a perfect Valentine Week everyone!<br /></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">You don't need to be a member of every community charity board, or even have the specific church calling as a compassionate service leader to serve those around you. Service comes in a variety of forms, but always should be done with love. It's true that you always receive more when you give rather than when you receive. To put that to the test, use this simple Family Home Evening lesson to help your family learn of ways to serve one another and others.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Don't forget to give every family member a part of the lesson!<br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Assignment </span></strong></span><a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Planner</strong></span></a></div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKdAM5lP-BnfEIX9AzTluZIVsDAlGytM38dSJa-YAzcBUBYZC6Fnoc5I3WAQFNDT2SaheP_e0u5YKE0zUEOEDwQcy8RYGq_2D8mtM6ZutsG1SNBjqtGn2oacYvXzz3kCoFOKnHLpIMs_L/s1600-h/prayer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300796512091571954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 65px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 75px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKdAM5lP-BnfEIX9AzTluZIVsDAlGytM38dSJa-YAzcBUBYZC6Fnoc5I3WAQFNDT2SaheP_e0u5YKE0zUEOEDwQcy8RYGq_2D8mtM6ZutsG1SNBjqtGn2oacYvXzz3kCoFOKnHLpIMs_L/s200/prayer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Open & Close with Prayer</strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oSaTUFNW3jVYEIIojoiP2ge2Qj5W8SsCViiM2r_2BulfAwX77x6eYFSd-t5YqOS-ZTiRMl-3jW2Xf7s7hbtz1DaG809FodZDomMGv7Qg-xfTjIuWWFBessTy0RMiSiVgGDLLr90FDmz6/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"></a></div><br /><div> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BaM6xh8Asb2TEUZyyzQhKU_c5TNxpstzSKyfQVIiborM_Sea1vfwBe0wQVRARahfJIodMHVnUM2l8TEeOs4mrerIgP8sF2pUv-_bFEw_zgZJBG8gnpjlRoGUctLpyAtqnkYtxX8X8RoM/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300796678225547506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 74px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 37px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4BaM6xh8Asb2TEUZyyzQhKU_c5TNxpstzSKyfQVIiborM_Sea1vfwBe0wQVRARahfJIodMHVnUM2l8TEeOs4mrerIgP8sF2pUv-_bFEw_zgZJBG8gnpjlRoGUctLpyAtqnkYtxX8X8RoM/s200/Scriptures.gif" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Scripture</strong>:</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/john/13/34-35#34">John 13:34,35</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">The scripture is highlighted on the page from this link.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Invite members of the family to memorize this scripture and it's reference!</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrucOOBNwutrnqTRMkPrpdmpJgvZcJUS47Gh6P4XIlGU7KfUd9daU-iywS2ABvIygYZEqB1_fbdg4buvHv6GvEEIxEhyixgAXDvNO98_mGqR4_OpJcONCX1GBy_Mnf_iDc9-FIAqqXDe8P/s1600-h/notes4.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300796850656831730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 42px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 59px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrucOOBNwutrnqTRMkPrpdmpJgvZcJUS47Gh6P4XIlGU7KfUd9daU-iywS2ABvIygYZEqB1_fbdg4buvHv6GvEEIxEhyixgAXDvNO98_mGqR4_OpJcONCX1GBy_Mnf_iDc9-FIAqqXDe8P/s200/notes4.gif" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=158&searchsubseq">Love At Home<br /></a></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=158&searchsubseq">Love One Another<br /></a></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Music Selections (Use anytime during the lesson! Use the songs throughout the week too!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Questions and links to ponder and pray about as you teach your family:</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#996633;">MAKE AHEAD OF TIME: </span></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#663366;">Several <span style="color:#ff99ff;">pink</span>/purple paper hearts about 3 inches in size.</span></strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000066;"><em>Family members can make these during the lesson, if you choose. The hearts can be left anonymous or you can have each person decorate, write his/her name, write I love you...etc.<br /></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">During the mortal ministry of our Savior Jesus Christ, His days were spent in the service of others. While it was done out of pure love, so should our service to others. King Benjamin also taught this to the people that gathered themselves and their families to listen to his teachings. In one of the greatest scriptures of the Book of Mormon, he teaches valuable lessons. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Not only that when you serve others, you're in the service of God--but, he also taught that we should learn wisdom. Don't do an act of service just to do it. Learn from it. Take the time to realize how you grow as an individual and as a Christian--doing what Christ would do if he were here on earth. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The wisdom we learn as we serve is apart of the reason we 'receive' as we 'give.'</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Use the following ideas in your family adjusting for </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Teens and Young Children</span></strong>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#993300;"><strong>Activity:</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Decide as a family how you would like to do service together for someone, a family or an non-profit organization in your community. Plan on what service will be done, how it will be done and who will contact the appropriate arrangements if needed. In addition, discuss ways to serve one another in the family and write down how each person will give service over the next week at home. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Follow up on the service completed at your next family home evening.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ideas for service outside the family: (heart attack (tape hearts to the door!) using the hearts your family made!)</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">1. Take a snow-plower/snow-shovel around the neighborhood and remove snow for free.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">2. Offer to wash the windows of elderly peoples homes, run an errand, visit with them and learn about their life history.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">3. Sing to people in nursing homes. (My mother lives at Family Tree in West Point. They love it when people come to visit, sing, read, tidy up!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">4. Walk and bath animals at a local animal shelter.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">5. Help serve meals at a local homeless shelter.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">6. Ask the Elder's Quorum President or Relief Society President who needs service in your ward.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">7. Bake cookies or other treats and deliver them to neighbors you haven't met.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">8. Find a non-profit organization in your community and find ways your family can serve them.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">*Enlist other families to join in service projects with your family. Make it a combined effort to help those in need.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbVSD9xhnfDUxSoHqYi3Bt01uTxU27yJnW1zzRx8a8ipn9wQ208TLUFBTdbAr-0G6q0a7jZHyQq54JAlBwgzBYcPmk9etp-LuQWWyZtFZgFS3VnFOMGYv1bkINKjan_4Qm2mTRSEaAXk/s1600-h/FHE-blog-jill_edited-1.png"></a></div><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ideas for service within the family: (heart attack (tape hearts to the person's bedrom door!) using the hearts your family made! Or leave a heart under a pillow...in a shoe, etc.)</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">1. Take out the trash without being asked.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">2. Take turns doing the dishes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">3. Make up someone else's bed for an entire week.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">4. Clean out the car(s).</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">5. Read to little siblings before bed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">6. Help someone with their homework.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">7. Polish shoes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">8. Tidy up a closet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">9. Sort the laundry-bundle the socks.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Treat</span></strong>: </span><a href="http://kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/recipes/fruit_kabobs.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Fruit Kabobs</span></a></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-25929139533880134872009-01-25T12:20:00.000-08:002009-02-01T10:09:04.120-08:00* FHE Lesson 5 Super Bowl: Setting Goals<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_bmTFzUDQYKuP6MLQEuSjQTVfqI_sMcTYxwhm1YjHTuKrAty6PeKrsswxEUkG0X4H1PzgDDdWrH6b7WZv5VHFMLNeUTnPKOMDJU816nCxqnV9_h73_W0CjF53o0XwkmFXGiX8-kWa3Uz/s1600-h/goals.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296568863729770546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_bmTFzUDQYKuP6MLQEuSjQTVfqI_sMcTYxwhm1YjHTuKrAty6PeKrsswxEUkG0X4H1PzgDDdWrH6b7WZv5VHFMLNeUTnPKOMDJU816nCxqnV9_h73_W0CjF53o0XwkmFXGiX8-kWa3Uz/s400/goals.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvei411saWMvnDz1VhqTlcLWWPAb-3BT9UlnMw6xvaCnOE3spubjTlqpmI0SAQk-m1Z11cD587quHR4R_4cXb-ftDCRLv-qtSSvayWqwBr7WW-iMluXftOai_mNBpXYUfyBVlgzGFonai4/s1600-h/football.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296544030441376322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvei411saWMvnDz1VhqTlcLWWPAb-3BT9UlnMw6xvaCnOE3spubjTlqpmI0SAQk-m1Z11cD587quHR4R_4cXb-ftDCRLv-qtSSvayWqwBr7WW-iMluXftOai_mNBpXYUfyBVlgzGFonai4/s400/football.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj281L5DYveNapgkbdHRxbf-Qga04Df6KRPwcjTOB_SwqRnglSGkCZCAxtVA6XKtNnJ7eaDagypF4TcNXLzypODBQZnYu9ZP8J3mAJDtqCvdyXYhfMF1oeapAfQR0Xa2K8RvF9pFAFDcR_h/s1600-h/football.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BaJ9PX_Drg-KdzNE4uHoepcCt2jzyKyJnKO9redbpcpwaac05phg4rdbZKV7i8hyphenhyphenQVn0zLXr5NJnC3R0Z4ujY79omPYAWjQruM8OOAcE2r4rjUMYB_uD6jBRaz2FsYfgSwup70AY1brV/s1600-h/football.jpg"></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Week 5 February 2009 </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Super Bowl: Setting Goals</span></strong></span><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div><strong><em><span style="color:#006600;"></span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">Don't forget to give every family member a part of the lesson!</span></em></strong> Assignment </span><a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Planner</span></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYygFPpPurAw2cWVMBH2By0MYuHvZw8drT9ZraMgeK_1L55tsRVvsYIVkPuHrX73Qpzf4eC8By4Q2dQTS-QMkf_LpaUGWFMzrOyVoZo-c6FodehAnzSmmp6x9kV42D-x2szdbgnL9xRQy/s1600-h/prayer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295338588983865986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 87px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNYygFPpPurAw2cWVMBH2By0MYuHvZw8drT9ZraMgeK_1L55tsRVvsYIVkPuHrX73Qpzf4eC8By4Q2dQTS-QMkf_LpaUGWFMzrOyVoZo-c6FodehAnzSmmp6x9kV42D-x2szdbgnL9xRQy/s400/prayer.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Open & Close with Prayer</strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oSaTUFNW3jVYEIIojoiP2ge2Qj5W8SsCViiM2r_2BulfAwX77x6eYFSd-t5YqOS-ZTiRMl-3jW2Xf7s7hbtz1DaG809FodZDomMGv7Qg-xfTjIuWWFBessTy0RMiSiVgGDLLr90FDmz6/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2UV__cyeBN4OLU2iKW1LNk5ccPzIlqA1D7LWYOsdNo3GCoL2bnZEAMjp4qF0X5BZADkQLM2xNvzqAbg9dYv822GCy83a8KFaxJSyR2nZzNuSjNUK4muOc_jn6ziD2vzOgEojoz1j2cFS/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295338695376348690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 85px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 38px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2UV__cyeBN4OLU2iKW1LNk5ccPzIlqA1D7LWYOsdNo3GCoL2bnZEAMjp4qF0X5BZADkQLM2xNvzqAbg9dYv822GCy83a8KFaxJSyR2nZzNuSjNUK4muOc_jn6ziD2vzOgEojoz1j2cFS/s400/Scriptures.gif" border="0" /></a>Scripture</strong></span><br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Proverbs 12:24, 'The hand of the diligent shall bear rule."</span></strong><br />The Book of Proverbs, in particular, encourages us to check our work habits.<br /></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R7XFWQ8uW7nKZdwfdFIq2tf04bjIq3-GiMXGZeayj25oA69W8V7qz2IG3lNFFC_iwKhyiEhzbpTHSMYxx35Aom1s6xxnZYaI0AgsXoPigslUVE_9KXeqW_oZLiX-FjJWsAD_tRn4x1rQ/s1600-h/notes4.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295338821581467282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 34px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 63px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R7XFWQ8uW7nKZdwfdFIq2tf04bjIq3-GiMXGZeayj25oA69W8V7qz2IG3lNFFC_iwKhyiEhzbpTHSMYxx35Aom1s6xxnZYaI0AgsXoPigslUVE_9KXeqW_oZLiX-FjJWsAD_tRn4x1rQ/s400/notes4.gif" border="0" /></a>Music Selections</span></strong> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=158&searchsubseq">Today While the Sun Shines</a></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=158&searchsubseq">Put Your Shoulder To the Wheel </a></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=158&searchsubseq">When We're Helping We're Happy<br /></a></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#993300;"><em>(Use anytime during the lesson! Use the songs throughout the week too!)</em></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Tell the following true life experience: </span></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#003300;">Just 15 Min-a-Day</span></em></strong> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">by Charlotte Hale Allen</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div>What's the biggest dream of your life?</div><div>How important is it? </div><div>How much would you give up to make it happen?</div><br /><div>Let me pass along to you one of the most powerfully creative facts that anyone ever taught me, and it's astoundingly true. You can do just about anything you want to do, if you spend just 15 minutes a day at it.</div><br /><div>Consider this: In three years you can become an expert on any subject you care to study-Chinese art, computer programming, cooking, chess, bridge, bricklaying, anything if you work at is 15 minutes a day.</div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#003300;">In just one year or less you can accomplish some tremendous tasks by investing just 15 minutes a day. For example, you could:<br />1. Read the entire Bible or Book of Mormon<br />2. Plant and keep up a small garden<br />3. Become physically fit.</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#003300;">4. Learn to play a musical instrument.</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#003300;">5. Paint a house.</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#003300;">6. Learn foreign language.</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#003300;">7. Write a book.</span></strong></div><br /><div>Remembering the day I discovered the magic of 15 minutes still makes me smile. My husband and I had driven to a small town to call on a friend who was the town's only doctor. He'd recently bought a sprawling Victorian house and we discovered him sitting in the middle of a room surrounded by paint cans and a clutter of tools, gazing toward the ceiling and muttering, "That thing's gotta come down!"</div><br /><div>We thought he'd flipped- especially when we learned that George intended to repair, repaint or refurnish every room in that three-story monstrosity by himself.<br />How long would it take? Where would he find the time? How unrealistic could he get?</div><br /><div>A quick tour of the already-completed rooms, however, aroused our interest and excitement. I admired a charming "new" bathroom in which George had lowered the ceiling, installed and painted new storage cabinets, hung wallpaper, changed light fixtures, and even provided heated towel racks.</div><br /><div>"I work fifteen minutes at a time, but never stop before my time is up," George explained. "That's the secret: Work fifteen minutes a day, without fail."</div><br /><div>Still, I was skeptical, I couldn't believe such a simple plan could possibly help me. I decided to give it a try. </div><br /><div>That was more than 20 years ago, and since then I've had great fun with those magic chunks of time. </div><br /><div>My first project was to tackle a badly neglected flower garden which was chocked with weeds. Every time I looked out the dining room window, I fretted, because I thought I had no time whatever to try to redeem that impossible garden.<br />That's when I learned how many weeds I could pull in 15 minutes! It took just one week, snatching a quarter hour here, another there, to get that flower border tidy and ready for new transplants.</div><br /><div>The beauty of 15 minutes a day is that it helps me to stop postponing those things I really want or need to do and get them underway. IT banishes discouragement and halts procrastination. The method works on any job or goal that matters to me, whether it's writing a book or cleaning all the kitchen cupboards.</div><br /><div><strong>What can you do in 15 minutes time? Setting goals and working for just 15 minutes a day can move life forward. It can strengthen purpose. It establishes habits of industry. </strong></span><br /></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx6YyAxTKj4waBWeJ8Pw24CrHWu-MxIcxvf9SICyebpWVACwqHd_xCdUKqBusmmAs76DI3QesIbwchwgmU3XKbw16vMGuRLMJlC3DNDc7DhiXSnc5SdP1gx-Oznt-ghZkfZLshIlUpumf/s1600-h/00o_thm.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296541922796109074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 97px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJx6YyAxTKj4waBWeJ8Pw24CrHWu-MxIcxvf9SICyebpWVACwqHd_xCdUKqBusmmAs76DI3QesIbwchwgmU3XKbw16vMGuRLMJlC3DNDc7DhiXSnc5SdP1gx-Oznt-ghZkfZLshIlUpumf/s400/00o_thm.gif" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>ACTIVITY:</strong></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Take 15 minutes right now and ask yourself these questions:</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>What is my biggest dream?</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>How can I make it happen?</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>What if I worked at this important goal every day for just 15 minutes? </strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Is it worth trying it for a week?</strong><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Teens</span></strong> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Ask: How much time do you think the football players who play for the Super Bowl put into playing their best? </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">How do you think they spend their time? </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Talk about, then memorize this poem:</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">FAME<br /></span></strong>The heights of great men reached and kept</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Were not attained by sudden flight</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But they, while their companions slept, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Were toiling upward in the night.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFs0t83OGmmcUCs0-EyEV5odEIt67VKYb8SAWwNadpBGQDMZF7VjC6HzhRePQSIErjM2aJWr-SSYgMuMM_p6QNwPazCOo_rBuJhYpwpNQThjw9TKNZVD0_o_oHFIx94RTyDhnjmK4UxrhP/s1600-h/football.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296543471540176210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFs0t83OGmmcUCs0-EyEV5odEIt67VKYb8SAWwNadpBGQDMZF7VjC6HzhRePQSIErjM2aJWr-SSYgMuMM_p6QNwPazCOo_rBuJhYpwpNQThjw9TKNZVD0_o_oHFIx94RTyDhnjmK4UxrhP/s400/football.jpg" border="0" /></a>--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>TOSS A FOOTBALL</strong></span> (You can wad up a piece of paper and tape it together in the shape of a football if you don't have a football ! )</div><div align="left">Toss and catch the ball as a family. Each time a member of the family catches the ball, he/she can tell a goal they have for themself. Another way to play is to have the person who catches the ball help another family member set a goal. Example: "Son, it would be nice if you would keep your floor cleaned up every day by picking up your clothes and putting them in the hamper." </div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong>SCORE!</strong></span> Save the goal post above as a picture file. </div><div align="left">Save the football as a picture file.</div><div align="left">Print the goal post and several footballs for each family member.</div><div align="left">Or... Draw your own goal post and footballs.</div><div align="left">Write a goal inside the goal posts.</div><div align="left">Throughout the week, family members will earn a football each time they invest 15 minutes on their goal. Be realistic in your goals, so that 15 minutes spent each day will show progress by next family home evening.</div><div align="left">Post the goals and footballs someplace where everyone can see them throughout the week. ie: Refrigerator.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Young Children</span></strong><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=9b865a5d9221f110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1">Matt and Mandy</a></div><div>Dad (or Mom) have many responsibilities.</div><div>Dad (or Mom) can be an example to us.</div><div>Watch your Dad or Mom this week as they put 15 minutes into each day toward his/her goal. Compliment them when you see them working at it. </div><br /><div></strong></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#996633;">Activity</span></strong> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UfOEM0ff_2AyNhHLqXooi13Gr0Hf2BuC4jWd3Q374GNQHn2e4EKiOck1Q0aGnDiIY_6JBnVWbmSxoHGYYlypbiiq5sZ3GB7tMXiReev3Dr7Mn5AJyOTLor47_tkhW54FxtWplrQaU6lX/s1600-h/bug_thm.gif"></a></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Do the activities listed above under teens.</span></strong><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>Treat Idea:</strong></span></span> Nachos - Put corn chips on a cookie sheet and put on shredded cheese we like the four cheese blend the broil in the oven until the cheese is melted. don't bake it too long! hard cheese is not very good. (A super bowl favorite at our house!)</div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc6600;"><em><strong>Throughout the week, return to the links as you reflect and re-teach! </strong></em></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-23496920905570516422009-01-22T17:44:00.000-08:002009-01-25T12:19:50.536-08:00* FHE Lesson 4 Peaches, Prunes & Spiritual Progress<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQnr1TXO8L8YtYKiCMMT_3K5Qz-XXS3Pc39Nbw2_1J5fNNOZIRKnF5A8UOU60fQrvsCI4-76eKr271XeTz1-XI8vasasP6yE70fsa9m4VIUsZdIKCJVQZhSMIalVW3-YBQPtxdAQgIlNP/s1600-h/neweralp_nfo_o_92d.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294737621759384146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQnr1TXO8L8YtYKiCMMT_3K5Qz-XXS3Pc39Nbw2_1J5fNNOZIRKnF5A8UOU60fQrvsCI4-76eKr271XeTz1-XI8vasasP6yE70fsa9m4VIUsZdIKCJVQZhSMIalVW3-YBQPtxdAQgIlNP/s400/neweralp_nfo_o_92d.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKn1lQTMQl5XhUyl6APmLu4Pt1zIHQxR5UyrYmFLgEA_gmtx-yuBBpc7bDaLvsnNm-OY9P1yBn-zn-dm17N9TVyfN9mRYoA5JjumLEbFxc6jfWF5BMA1aigYuY7ny4Ee6UU2c71HbIkpg/s1600-h/ne2006lp_nfo_o_51.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294737541856576898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKn1lQTMQl5XhUyl6APmLu4Pt1zIHQxR5UyrYmFLgEA_gmtx-yuBBpc7bDaLvsnNm-OY9P1yBn-zn-dm17N9TVyfN9mRYoA5JjumLEbFxc6jfWF5BMA1aigYuY7ny4Ee6UU2c71HbIkpg/s400/ne2006lp_nfo_o_51.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03ZDKHMnfTMoW0J5ZKTQLrYgEZ8-lZvIm3Z8DLIU1gbfD51v2LDd4H1SkRPDgCxAdhy_nriV7H8pY99_Ku1iLQnkLQMOAh3uvvglaOUESb2zn2iQNptwNwLkiycvXlUlSFASgdaNaAWWw/s1600-h/house_thm.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294727477242778978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03ZDKHMnfTMoW0J5ZKTQLrYgEZ8-lZvIm3Z8DLIU1gbfD51v2LDd4H1SkRPDgCxAdhy_nriV7H8pY99_Ku1iLQnkLQMOAh3uvvglaOUESb2zn2iQNptwNwLkiycvXlUlSFASgdaNaAWWw/s400/house_thm.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Week 4 January 2009 </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Peaches, Prunes & Spiritual Progress</span></strong></span> </div><br /><div>Don't forget to give every family member a part of the lesson!</div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Assignment <a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html">Planner</a></span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYfMSWHCMbnBwTpuaLsxucLjJM5xhubOsTX53qI_wDo6II8vvpQlOf5VwwhOPjo6xerP_uEH-4D51YztysSJLrLOPZ4E2XJ4a90_wic0ULBs3l1veF-JktaDIPaFa3SJ-eQRBdzaWXV47/s1600-h/prayer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294727599611168658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYfMSWHCMbnBwTpuaLsxucLjJM5xhubOsTX53qI_wDo6II8vvpQlOf5VwwhOPjo6xerP_uEH-4D51YztysSJLrLOPZ4E2XJ4a90_wic0ULBs3l1veF-JktaDIPaFa3SJ-eQRBdzaWXV47/s400/prayer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Open & Close with Prayer<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oSaTUFNW3jVYEIIojoiP2ge2Qj5W8SsCViiM2r_2BulfAwX77x6eYFSd-t5YqOS-ZTiRMl-3jW2Xf7s7hbtz1DaG809FodZDomMGv7Qg-xfTjIuWWFBessTy0RMiSiVgGDLLr90FDmz6/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294727751018134514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 111px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 51px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oSaTUFNW3jVYEIIojoiP2ge2Qj5W8SsCViiM2r_2BulfAwX77x6eYFSd-t5YqOS-ZTiRMl-3jW2Xf7s7hbtz1DaG809FodZDomMGv7Qg-xfTjIuWWFBessTy0RMiSiVgGDLLr90FDmz6/s400/Scriptures.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Scripture</span><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/3_ne/18/21"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://scriptures.lds.org/3_ne/18/21</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Music Selections (Use anytime during the lesson! Use the songs throughout the week too!)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdZJjSOSq5vmRRvkwYlpsX-Yf-u_tIS-wEVo81t9xChfdZjehRxDJLXKKFTOxfni6EU0NngE_Kg2CnCNld45Td2skidckfojvhvlTS-Wml1lqd192dWPDoXdk8vZQYEwJTKPlPvLTprwR/s1600-h/notes4.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294727905587307250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 47px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 70px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdZJjSOSq5vmRRvkwYlpsX-Yf-u_tIS-wEVo81t9xChfdZjehRxDJLXKKFTOxfni6EU0NngE_Kg2CnCNld45Td2skidckfojvhvlTS-Wml1lqd192dWPDoXdk8vZQYEwJTKPlPvLTprwR/s400/notes4.gif" border="0" /></a></span><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=158&searchsubseq"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Dare to Do Right</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=276&searchsubseq"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Do as I’m Doing</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=223&searchsubseq"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Have I Done any Good?</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Questions and links to ponder and pray about as you teach your family:<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>The Ensign January 2009</strong></span><br /></span><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=e703515e04f5e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Peaches, Prunes & Spiritual Progress</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeF0UmZ01_5Bdd8sdg1E1fOtcByvr9H8JazzKvchRqT6oqw3Z9xtQBkJyPoZUi8mhhzOLoVeAtHxRgO3nHxElBJaaBukiHTLSjMpHuT6oaFqcUHYcBycRKSPDHpx4QyIuCVqoJCVXKATd/s1600-h/pd027wbu_thm.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294732567987972770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeF0UmZ01_5Bdd8sdg1E1fOtcByvr9H8JazzKvchRqT6oqw3Z9xtQBkJyPoZUi8mhhzOLoVeAtHxRgO3nHxElBJaaBukiHTLSjMpHuT6oaFqcUHYcBycRKSPDHpx4QyIuCVqoJCVXKATd/s400/pd027wbu_thm.gif" border="0" /></a></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong>ACTIVITY:</strong></span><br />Draw a large picture of a tree with many branches. Have family members label the branches with activities in which the family participates. Discuss which family activities might weaken our testimonies or lead us astray. Use scissors to cut off the branches and discuss how pruning can make us stronger. When we have a "bad" branch on the tree it makes it hard for the healthy branches to survive.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Discuss how a tree needs a solid root system.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Encourage your family to include positive and negative activities. Some ideas are:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Telling a lie</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Taking things that don't belong to us</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Disobedience -- Doing what our parent(s) ask</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Saying our prayers</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Reading our scriptures</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Helping a family member or friend</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Not doing our chores</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Helping a neighbor</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Being on time</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Going to Primary and other church meetings</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* What TV programs do you watch?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* What kind of music do you listen to?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* What kind of movies do you watch?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Do you attend the temple reguarly?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Giving a talk in primary or sacrament meeting</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Dressing modestly</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* No secrets</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Communicating in a loving way</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Loosing our temper</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Singling people out of our group at school or home</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Being a good friend</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Saying bad words</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">* Saying good words</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#006600;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Teens</span> </strong></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>SCRIPTURE SEARCH</strong> </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Search the scriptures to see how many times pruning and trees are used. Ask how the idea of pruning is represented in the scriptures.<br />ASK:<br />How does this apply to us as individuals in the family?<br /><strong>The New Era</strong><br /></span><br /></span><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=3ffbb9b658f5e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1"><span style="font-family:verdana;">An Example of Believers</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>For the Strength of the Youth:</strong></span><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ed462ce2b446c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=83c6be335dc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1&contentLocale=0"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Dress and Appearance</span></a><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ed462ce2b446c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=1dc6be335dc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1&contentLocale=0"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Entertainment & Media</span></a><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ed462ce2b446c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=8ae6be335dc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1&contentLocale=0"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Music & Dance</span></a><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ed462ce2b446c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=94f6be335dc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1&contentLocale=0"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Language</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;"><strong>VIDEO<br /></strong></span><a href="http://broadcast.lds.org/magazines/newera/NewEra_300k.wmv"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Staying Strong to the Standards</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#006600;">Young Children</span><br /></span></strong><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=fa06a1e325b2d110VgnVCM100000176f620a____">Being a Helper</a></strong><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Hidden Pictures:</strong><br /></span><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=a27a7af2bf05e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Choose the Right</span></a> </div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">A story from the Friend: </span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">(Includes a beautiful Picture of Jesus and the Children!)</span></strong><br /><a href="http://lds.org/Static%20Files/PDF/Magazines/Friend/English/2009/FR_2009_01_03___04261_000_006.pdf"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Trying to Be Like Jesus</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Do the Activity</strong> - Branches on a tree as describe above. </span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UfOEM0ff_2AyNhHLqXooi13Gr0Hf2BuC4jWd3Q374GNQHn2e4EKiOck1Q0aGnDiIY_6JBnVWbmSxoHGYYlypbiiq5sZ3GB7tMXiReev3Dr7Mn5AJyOTLor47_tkhW54FxtWplrQaU6lX/s1600-h/bug_thm.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294734341981846258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 62px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 67px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UfOEM0ff_2AyNhHLqXooi13Gr0Hf2BuC4jWd3Q374GNQHn2e4EKiOck1Q0aGnDiIY_6JBnVWbmSxoHGYYlypbiiq5sZ3GB7tMXiReev3Dr7Mn5AJyOTLor47_tkhW54FxtWplrQaU6lX/s400/bug_thm.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#993300;"><strong>Treat Idea:</strong></span><br />Enjoy some ice cream.<br />Add a plastic toy bug on top!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9xkV2TRGjIHtqa52tJLra-votzVvEjYSeBngTgWfpn0FoFMBmQ5ieX3loMEaFNmk2-UkR9cy1vUarlpfn66MMlQG-u24KbVkL-8Blou3k9Fgpr1l2imdrN00yLvK8kSaJUeqQP4IOUkX/s1600-h/cone.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294733919213382962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 56px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 128px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9xkV2TRGjIHtqa52tJLra-votzVvEjYSeBngTgWfpn0FoFMBmQ5ieX3loMEaFNmk2-UkR9cy1vUarlpfn66MMlQG-u24KbVkL-8Blou3k9Fgpr1l2imdrN00yLvK8kSaJUeqQP4IOUkX/s400/cone.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#993300;"><em></em></span></strong></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><span style="color:#993300;"><em>Throughout the week, return to the links as you reflect and re-teach!</em></span></strong> </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-84009973686171800122009-01-20T15:42:00.000-08:002009-01-24T15:31:19.867-08:00* FHE Lesson 3 A Voice of Warning<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3M2CPaHWQMmrmLI9GourGjrV3ywCFrbGcowRIqbUkKNeVJ3RhnKyTAleMJC5HQmqCSY01pzFe2PL40H5rTSYkMS9Pow5gdgkLJ7fktKDinqJ49VHWBOTMIDmRY6-M9GOiwGeZ9L9Dznvb/s1600-h/neweralp_nfo_o_148b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293528410754097778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 307px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3M2CPaHWQMmrmLI9GourGjrV3ywCFrbGcowRIqbUkKNeVJ3RhnKyTAleMJC5HQmqCSY01pzFe2PL40H5rTSYkMS9Pow5gdgkLJ7fktKDinqJ49VHWBOTMIDmRY6-M9GOiwGeZ9L9Dznvb/s400/neweralp_nfo_o_148b.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Gw6o7wmDjnLGiKYquN-tEqogvrfh3qeIk1TgSiVaahks_KyuL1fzXIZwf4vZDX8sYHHKNBaNxqSoZLzdKgl_Hx8x9fai_1rfaXanIJ4BvW8kuQ34GE8pxVclXSEfDaz3xipydOR8ater/s1600-h/ne07may17_poster.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293528344431788690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Gw6o7wmDjnLGiKYquN-tEqogvrfh3qeIk1TgSiVaahks_KyuL1fzXIZwf4vZDX8sYHHKNBaNxqSoZLzdKgl_Hx8x9fai_1rfaXanIJ4BvW8kuQ34GE8pxVclXSEfDaz3xipydOR8ater/s400/ne07may17_poster.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5nucLGlpLQbw-tzrfUGg9QrcoxVYOlS1pu7DOKcq8kI47NRvwrTjijXF_jdaEui93EfjrVpJpDC_SHLeu6UeKqtuYmzyk-ybTcnMKO3O90lteVDCWAuTLUozn6B2iHtZcJV6PgQZmi7e/s1600-h/ne07mar25_poster.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293528222385200210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5nucLGlpLQbw-tzrfUGg9QrcoxVYOlS1pu7DOKcq8kI47NRvwrTjijXF_jdaEui93EfjrVpJpDC_SHLeu6UeKqtuYmzyk-ybTcnMKO3O90lteVDCWAuTLUozn6B2iHtZcJV6PgQZmi7e/s400/ne07mar25_poster.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP37kreEv37B72bwfv79VjgiUs7aHn5rV9z5bOEoEW1Yzox2EjAres7ZtwpEmWJ1UotvOk7rVLPlzhd6SBG-wYrsOgREJC0BaoQS8MAtuBkRklovE4krfuRHAJCu9pDPUE8CsqBgLEBGZO/s1600-h/family+home+evening.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293560661368589090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 79px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 89px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP37kreEv37B72bwfv79VjgiUs7aHn5rV9z5bOEoEW1Yzox2EjAres7ZtwpEmWJ1UotvOk7rVLPlzhd6SBG-wYrsOgREJC0BaoQS8MAtuBkRklovE4krfuRHAJCu9pDPUE8CsqBgLEBGZO/s400/family+home+evening.gif" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div>Week 3 January 2009<br /><br /><span style="color:#666600;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">A Voice of Warning</span> </strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="color:#666600;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#666600;">***Plan for everyone in the family to participate. <a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234-1,00.html">Click Here</a></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#666600;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#666600;"></span></strong><span style="color:#666600;"><strong><br /></div><div></strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMP87wopVCkDnPn6g4qXwcxbJYIIuX2swIBRgcOtqnUVSJlGDRa_95x8sIwNX5zt5-0nxDYiVs591p7vk7LRiCdSohJY12qnjZDslDAvrUBlaG6xkD6FiMPMQ8W7p3ep8HcyLqhK4wtiPF/s1600-h/prayer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293560911566334578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 71px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 68px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMP87wopVCkDnPn6g4qXwcxbJYIIuX2swIBRgcOtqnUVSJlGDRa_95x8sIwNX5zt5-0nxDYiVs591p7vk7LRiCdSohJY12qnjZDslDAvrUBlaG6xkD6FiMPMQ8W7p3ep8HcyLqhK4wtiPF/s400/prayer.jpg" border="0" /></a>Open & Close with Prayer </div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZO74fHzBroRBzGFM5Ahd2xV3RL2gkCqb6OgN17pSD_49S8C_LtNFetfsv0Mq_YrH8bKG3xJRvl6rIigHOn-pMA3pA7pxA6vOI29KYfiFABzDYbEFCNPxvlRLfxCbQXP1O_wM7zTaZBr4/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293563091043580530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 64px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 42px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZO74fHzBroRBzGFM5Ahd2xV3RL2gkCqb6OgN17pSD_49S8C_LtNFetfsv0Mq_YrH8bKG3xJRvl6rIigHOn-pMA3pA7pxA6vOI29KYfiFABzDYbEFCNPxvlRLfxCbQXP1O_wM7zTaZBr4/s400/Scriptures.gif" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Scripture<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/3_ne/18/21">http://scriptures.lds.org/3_ne/18/21</a> </div><div><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc00;">It's highlighted in yellow on the link above:</span></em></strong> </div><div>3Nephi 18:21<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFjnLFajMt3PL3JZqvMqJZHaucNvI1KVFbhHPtWV-NMV3MXlhZVIhQxcHU7PvHm7vPZEB_cAWDFYjua0pCraUkNA2c04Ha-q3Q2O-1QKOMqAWAOxLFomT1M2fRNGUgd9J_kuWLNv7WK33/s1600-h/notes4.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293561196433571058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 32px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 34px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFjnLFajMt3PL3JZqvMqJZHaucNvI1KVFbhHPtWV-NMV3MXlhZVIhQxcHU7PvHm7vPZEB_cAWDFYjua0pCraUkNA2c04Ha-q3Q2O-1QKOMqAWAOxLFomT1M2fRNGUgd9J_kuWLNv7WK33/s400/notes4.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Music Selections (Use anytime during the lesson! Use the songs throughout the week too!)<br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=197&searchsubseq">Helping Others</a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=86&searchsubseqs">An Angel Came to Joseph Smith</a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=255&searchsubseq">Come With Me to Primary</a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=136&searchsubseq">Love One Another</a> </div><br /><div><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc6600;">Questions and links to ponder and pray about as you teach your family:</span></em></strong><br />Ensign January 2009 pg.5<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=d622515e04f5e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1">Voice of Warning</a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc9933;"><em>Preach My Gospel pg 1<br />Every Member a Missionary:<br />Your Purpose:</em></span><br /></strong>Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end.</div><br /><div><br />PRAYER Challenge: Pray to Heavenly Father that your family will be an example to others, and ask Him to help you seek for those who are ready to hear the gospel message.<br />Videos:<br /><a href="http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/">God Speaks Today</a><br /><a href="http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/">Jesus Christ is Real</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#006600;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#666600;">Teens</span></strong><br /></span></span><br />The New Era January 2009 pg 43<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=172db9b658f5e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1">Missionary Service</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIIYBTUEPJQ_7LgkOo_RGSmYedg5b3HEdauF3EwrU1sIgVkfVdPJALomOFUwZVGCY1ZJBXgy8KoJ50wj2piJkc0V1BpBfiIp6BIV4HElvI8-2fTOPb4k-1YEaEFZr0mjH2oxqzhaEeoXB/s1600-h/family2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293559494347339714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIIYBTUEPJQ_7LgkOo_RGSmYedg5b3HEdauF3EwrU1sIgVkfVdPJALomOFUwZVGCY1ZJBXgy8KoJ50wj2piJkc0V1BpBfiIp6BIV4HElvI8-2fTOPb4k-1YEaEFZr0mjH2oxqzhaEeoXB/s400/family2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#993300;"><span style="font-size:180%;">ACTIVITY</span><br /></span></strong>Invite family members to describe people they love and respect. These people could include friends, neighbors, parents, siblings, or Church leaders. Write the words on a piece of paper. On another piece of paper ask family members to describe some of the Savior’s characteristics. Point out similar words on the two lists. Explain that one of the reasons why the people they described are loved and respected is because they have some of the same characteristics as the Savior.<br />ASK: How can becoming like Jesus Christ help us be an example to others in teaching the Gospel?<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><span style="color:#666600;">Young Children</span><br /></span></strong>The Friend December 2008<br />Listen to the story here: </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-iN0TlXrLBQJqE1I_FUOjfYuESCQ5c8lGOuXt8tB5gaJhYmODVPJQNukTbPHUOjdPOd8ERzwRUB_hY4nI-LRbE2wAc-l4x_cweEujOK7Q4pENmxA98AcxNH-ysA5IuZ8PP8GwHxY_1cC/s1600-h/ear.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293562034088782242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 61px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 62px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-iN0TlXrLBQJqE1I_FUOjfYuESCQ5c8lGOuXt8tB5gaJhYmODVPJQNukTbPHUOjdPOd8ERzwRUB_hY4nI-LRbE2wAc-l4x_cweEujOK7Q4pENmxA98AcxNH-ysA5IuZ8PP8GwHxY_1cC/s400/ear.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://broadcast.lds.org/Handheld/Magazines/2008/FRD_2008Dec/FRD_2008_12_06_NashMB_GrowingATestimony_02272_eng_009.mp3">Growing a Testimony</a><br />The Friend Matt and Mandy<br />October 2008 </div><div></div><div>Questions to Discuss:</div><div>*If a friend asks you "What is primary?" What would you tell them?</div><div>*How do you know the Church of Jesus Christ is the true church upon the earth today?</div><div>*Do you have a testimony of Jesus Christ?</div><div>*How can you get answers to your questions about the gospel?</div><div>*Is your testimony big like a Redwood Tree, or is it small like a sappling?</div><div>*Do you believe you have a Heavenly Father who loves you? How do you know?</div><div>*What can you do to help your testimony grow?</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IPCY4do2Er8yN6x3YFzCellOA8R2L1B0O6lKEgpNgAe_oLfgVlWIf3EYUwe61A9J9myJ29wTpe43pPdh1OI1VqlPCgnMMM2FOT7_K_kfmx3PiYW697Pif5YqJzIEDEfX-R_hs1gZUm20/s1600-h/watch.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293562749399192994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 57px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 69px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IPCY4do2Er8yN6x3YFzCellOA8R2L1B0O6lKEgpNgAe_oLfgVlWIf3EYUwe61A9J9myJ29wTpe43pPdh1OI1VqlPCgnMMM2FOT7_K_kfmx3PiYW697Pif5YqJzIEDEfX-R_hs1gZUm20/s400/watch.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Watch the story here:<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=f29c2642d83ec110VgnVCM100000176f620a____">Being a Missionary</a><br /></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0_a4vJgjgxcDSsE0N1AnRvzEP9rSX_-56DkaHCcISW4gn-E0f4GzMoqTqyaU7bPWFR244OLVuhK-SEH39fwdvsuuWFImfpD2J3HXgNb94r8_AYey_LNs3xEzf2DyDR5N5LazPkAlIB24/s1600-h/ear.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7W6S3BzzvUS4CjQGRPZFcxJG3bpDAzE0BTdsNWO9Yu_nF5hYuL657qsTeKFoKM89OgX0gJBjwBUQJQXmd-PbX-56JFezYSB4eKxfgAC25uAr3W7FN98IAXppOVLjqyWeUd6CEmtlpQuJ/s1600-h/read.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293566549387757026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 61px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 52px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7W6S3BzzvUS4CjQGRPZFcxJG3bpDAzE0BTdsNWO9Yu_nF5hYuL657qsTeKFoKM89OgX0gJBjwBUQJQXmd-PbX-56JFezYSB4eKxfgAC25uAr3W7FN98IAXppOVLjqyWeUd6CEmtlpQuJ/s400/read.gif" border="0" /></a>The Friend January 2009<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=6713d4c196f5e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1">Becoming Like Jesus Christ<br /></div></a><br /><br /><div>Book of Mormon Story: </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrRn3agUgq4Z2E5ZIMJp0g7TqmpdU_SCq3X8dw5JNwySVC1IuBKUvjch10TSn_ZUqLtF_Ff1OhgmHKjDDyETQIUkhrd7-VoLfcl5GMaD7_-_NYT3nXLr5mJkzYu7jQGXKV6jsSuhyphenhyphenvtie/s1600-h/book_of_mornon.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdHwlogVToBU0ttVF8iB92E8wJuFFKtrA1dxx1bkubm28_W3kSTKdCDCV2sR1HuzHzvnwIb0T4b13aMJli0lgSUElZ_sMkJ8SSHKoT_VZlHnxqwWeM5aWPOD6QDzEPHiGc8pGRQyOkTmU/s1600-h/book_of_mornon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293532399970516498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 116px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdHwlogVToBU0ttVF8iB92E8wJuFFKtrA1dxx1bkubm28_W3kSTKdCDCV2sR1HuzHzvnwIb0T4b13aMJli0lgSUElZ_sMkJ8SSHKoT_VZlHnxqwWeM5aWPOD6QDzEPHiGc8pGRQyOkTmU/s400/book_of_mornon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e36d5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=7f87c106dac20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1&contentLocale=0">Lehi Warns the People</a> to Read the Story as a Family<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,8187-1-4473-2,00.html">Lehi Warns the People</a> Click on <span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"><strong>Chapter 2</strong></span> to Listen to the Story</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div>Do the <span style="font-size:180%;color:#993300;"><strong>ACTIVITY</strong></span> listed under Teens.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><span style="color:#666600;">Treat Idea:</span><br /></span></strong>Bake cookies and take them to a neighbor. Be a friend to someone on your street you haven’t met yet! </div><br /><div><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#cc6600;">Throughout the week, return to the links as you reflect and re-teach!</span></em></strong></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-15075716221001349392009-01-20T13:44:00.000-08:002009-01-20T20:35:00.330-08:00* FHE Lesson 2 Joseph Smith: An Apostle of Jesus Christ<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJ5W3oMn50EPmCpVmYRLh6s9ip8UvIr6CVSfmhTxmGnuMY50RweOmRRhiZz-xQ5Bcrf4ThGtOg55RKMVy-P9qdnTbkf_yu8DKHYIeMg-8i_w34KR0AhVpBtwgjFL7C8nciVRiEMSsfFxa/s1600-h/neweralp_nfo_o_75.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293577862593129202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJ5W3oMn50EPmCpVmYRLh6s9ip8UvIr6CVSfmhTxmGnuMY50RweOmRRhiZz-xQ5Bcrf4ThGtOg55RKMVy-P9qdnTbkf_yu8DKHYIeMg-8i_w34KR0AhVpBtwgjFL7C8nciVRiEMSsfFxa/s400/neweralp_nfo_o_75.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsV8LgSZ1joE75vcjBvsTqQfqWp5EmS8l-4Bc80EluDSpVrOvuO2kxzLfbAUNdPDK3WJPlzWvcrnaGYFkeN8mweHAgU3Ulmumf6RrPlZhfcrbFXMmVF1l70uT4qCgiohHTpXCcg2D7zqoW/s1600-h/friendlp_nfo_o_dd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293499330770965346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsV8LgSZ1joE75vcjBvsTqQfqWp5EmS8l-4Bc80EluDSpVrOvuO2kxzLfbAUNdPDK3WJPlzWvcrnaGYFkeN8mweHAgU3Ulmumf6RrPlZhfcrbFXMmVF1l70uT4qCgiohHTpXCcg2D7zqoW/s320/friendlp_nfo_o_dd.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDbxj_e96Nz5bm6t4w5EEalh-8DU7d_kNU8SzDn9BZnSBNkqr892BppxNZtS1NaiV2Vg1joMy5yBZJVYb69M_22at3jpcOHhNBt4GWbiHtq4_erAmtYzBqFRYb6CvRlOOra6Nw9kQ-Spe/s1600-h/family+home+evening.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293568180150062226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 58px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 54px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDbxj_e96Nz5bm6t4w5EEalh-8DU7d_kNU8SzDn9BZnSBNkqr892BppxNZtS1NaiV2Vg1joMy5yBZJVYb69M_22at3jpcOHhNBt4GWbiHtq4_erAmtYzBqFRYb6CvRlOOra6Nw9kQ-Spe/s400/family+home+evening.gif" border="0" /></a> January Lesson 2:<br /></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Joseph Smith</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong>***Plan for everyone in the family to participate.</strong></span> <a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234-1,00.html">Click Here</a></div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczg2EeaVPTufwcjO4gdd2Dyz7rk0T3lxBb6_YnmsgEkeSVF0Gf4IXnyw3-6Uwqs2NdWhIYS6yvkTB4VvyJVrKbKL1VS_c5gPNHj8VDbZ1S0cy_eusEQUBw61ml0prfFWQiIbxyshNnMQX/s1600-h/prayer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293568540407459538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 58px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczg2EeaVPTufwcjO4gdd2Dyz7rk0T3lxBb6_YnmsgEkeSVF0Gf4IXnyw3-6Uwqs2NdWhIYS6yvkTB4VvyJVrKbKL1VS_c5gPNHj8VDbZ1S0cy_eusEQUBw61ml0prfFWQiIbxyshNnMQX/s400/prayer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Open & Close with Prayer </div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGtzruggOT-yWvjIS7HzyDfQTT5D7qCV-7eOioskFtK2Bm53e2IU9XWwVvQDABqRhqXlBba_cGZ_dMIBac_Lx-xZbKl1m8F4H44Ebz8b2FyAi5_BzRYzeFftT4PAE1jvtu_C8T1_f9Kn6/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293568838825455474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 86px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 40px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGtzruggOT-yWvjIS7HzyDfQTT5D7qCV-7eOioskFtK2Bm53e2IU9XWwVvQDABqRhqXlBba_cGZ_dMIBac_Lx-xZbKl1m8F4H44Ebz8b2FyAi5_BzRYzeFftT4PAE1jvtu_C8T1_f9Kn6/s400/Scriptures.gif" border="0" /></a> Scripture <a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/js_h/1/11-20">Joseph Smith History 11-20</a> </div><br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjri8kNj_uZsr4Q6oK-cDBNPHk69padvcpFENLebdheyozjC93P-iGOaSxj-h5ImlKFnJfweblQxr5RSCYgKhiewXTRlqW4Oyj59J3rVOFEVQ6imhQoZ3P6CwuLlN8hixCAbbnG6OTHnF9G/s1600-h/notes4.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293569079272089410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 35px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 35px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjri8kNj_uZsr4Q6oK-cDBNPHk69padvcpFENLebdheyozjC93P-iGOaSxj-h5ImlKFnJfweblQxr5RSCYgKhiewXTRlqW4Oyj59J3rVOFEVQ6imhQoZ3P6CwuLlN8hixCAbbnG6OTHnF9G/s400/notes4.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Music Selections (Use anytime during the lesson! Use the songs throughout the week!) </div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=110&searchsubseq">Follow the Prophet</a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=86&searchsubseqs">An Angel Came to Joseph Smith</a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=136&searchsubseq">Love One Another</a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=255&searchsubseq">Oh Come with Me To Primary</a> </div><div><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#996633;">Questions and links to ponder and pray about as you teach your family: </span></em></strong></div><strong><em><span style="color:#996633;"><div><br /></span></em></strong>The Ensign January 2009<br />Joseph Smith An Apostle of Jesus Christ pg. 17<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=aec2515e04f5e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____">Who was Joseph Smith?</a><br />Witnesses of the Prophet Joseph Smith pg. 10<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=4e32515e04f5e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____">Who bore witness of Joseph Smith?</a> </div><br /><div><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith<br /></span></em></strong>Historical Summary xiv<br /><br />The Restoration DVD<br /><a href="http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/">Online Here</a><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#cc9933;"><strong><em>Preach My Gospel</em></strong></span><br /></span>The Great Apostasy pg. 35<br />The Restoration pg. 36<br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Teens</span></strong> </span><br />The New Era pg. 2<br />January 2009<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=78dbb9b658f5e110VgnVCM10">The Truth is on the Earth Once More</a><br />The Restoration DVD<br /><a href="http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/#d">Online Here </a><br />Mormonads: See Above</div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Young Children<br /></span></strong>Show a picture of Joseph Smith (Above)</div><div><br />Tell the story of the First Vision. (See Scripture Above) </div><div><br />Discuss how Heavenly Father answers our sincere prayers.</div><div><br />Bear your testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith. </div><br /><div>Summarize a few of the testimonies (<a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=4e32515e04f5e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____">Witness’ of Joseph Smith</a>) and have your children draw a picture of an event in Joseph Smith’s life. Combine the pictures in a booklet, and have it available for family members to review. </div><div><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,8187-1-4473-3,00.html?">Online Stories. </a></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">Click on Chapter 1 and Chapter 2</span></em></strong></div><div><br />Coloring Page (above):<br />The Church was Organized </div><div><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Treat Idea:</span><br /></span></strong>Make a Birthday Cake for Joseph Smith. He was born on Dec. 23, 1805 </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-46835390323431272922009-01-20T13:14:00.000-08:002009-01-20T20:45:16.883-08:00* FHE Lesson 1 FHE The Big Picture<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfd6q8rDC6sxnmTAUMoXZuWGzeujUdhz1Cx3XzB6vIkDMxyyhLpF0-TL0DSYGjMokgjiKHyK7a5Mfi_11rV3rRi8NGnE2A1hKp6KOqh1X5E85YWoLptDYmZ9POxMuc5yH5Yo6rVy6mOjY/s1600-h/fr08jan43_colorpage.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293504171723295842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfd6q8rDC6sxnmTAUMoXZuWGzeujUdhz1Cx3XzB6vIkDMxyyhLpF0-TL0DSYGjMokgjiKHyK7a5Mfi_11rV3rRi8NGnE2A1hKp6KOqh1X5E85YWoLptDYmZ9POxMuc5yH5Yo6rVy6mOjY/s400/fr08jan43_colorpage.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02cUZCjJL13MrpSGsqAnIIrYXW1mYVxMrn5qz3i65gYSUqhXChWWbc36rEldAh3lN6mR7QdT4tZb1dB5sSUlRBnVlgRGPlkJRQz0vtH0ogsMVaGepv56t9smFqhatXFcGklD7_kqV-Qs5/s1600-h/A+Plan+for+Me.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293501994974612594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 309px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02cUZCjJL13MrpSGsqAnIIrYXW1mYVxMrn5qz3i65gYSUqhXChWWbc36rEldAh3lN6mR7QdT4tZb1dB5sSUlRBnVlgRGPlkJRQz0vtH0ogsMVaGepv56t9smFqhatXFcGklD7_kqV-Qs5/s400/A+Plan+for+Me.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL0eRd6RociuPusziEVhmT9qzJkJfvy8RwAOU5wvqF63kS8lMcAhWgYb4U7NVS1xJA3C7e_hFaZEzWSVBPwqVqpIKOPgEy26RXbkdA0_BUcB9PO2_ZBF8qcYnpDX2eDcb9xxT3BD2gWP3/s1600-h/family+home+evening.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293582116331012034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 58px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL0eRd6RociuPusziEVhmT9qzJkJfvy8RwAOU5wvqF63kS8lMcAhWgYb4U7NVS1xJA3C7e_hFaZEzWSVBPwqVqpIKOPgEy26RXbkdA0_BUcB9PO2_ZBF8qcYnpDX2eDcb9xxT3BD2gWP3/s400/family+home+evening.gif" border="0" /></a> Week 1 January 2009 </div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#666600;"><strong>A Family Home Evening INTRODUCTION</strong></span></div><br /><div><em><strong><span style="color:#996633;">It is important that your family understand your purpose in gathering together as a family each week. Plan for a specific time, day and place. </span></strong></em></div><br /><div><br />A special song for parents: <a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=182&searchsubseq">How Will They Know?</a><br />For the Youth <a href="http://abrandnewyear.lds.org/index.html">Brand New Year</a> Check it Out!!<br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong>***Plan for everyone in the family to participate.</strong></span></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234-1,00.html">Click Here</a></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGYCLvsDQz8liL7d-836DckjwDEDQ1I_tKiRLlrmBkUQUvBbXW7WBDGd4V4p_q4ophkMU6KjSBcY6_oCbUrufnNFcEBt75Ffroel0eIZ-aW4VpPc1kgK2DGOo1B2kJAcA_gKynU4CA7Ai/s1600-h/prayer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293580440549728866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 43px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 46px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGYCLvsDQz8liL7d-836DckjwDEDQ1I_tKiRLlrmBkUQUvBbXW7WBDGd4V4p_q4ophkMU6KjSBcY6_oCbUrufnNFcEBt75Ffroel0eIZ-aW4VpPc1kgK2DGOo1B2kJAcA_gKynU4CA7Ai/s400/prayer.jpg" border="0" /></a>Open & Close with Prayer </div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqF_doTjzA9qANxMMBWx81a-9cCmM3Ce9q6ud6iU-PS4nl7nNSZ6RT3XARlaMJJmyVPXKcxvyhdd_1M9IXTkzm_iFfj7Pt_3OSiYILcKmJ-BSJL9In4XGLnsZ7qm0Wl4-pcmP1VI7Dr7bH/s1600-h/Scriptures.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293580686621568946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 59px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 38px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqF_doTjzA9qANxMMBWx81a-9cCmM3Ce9q6ud6iU-PS4nl7nNSZ6RT3XARlaMJJmyVPXKcxvyhdd_1M9IXTkzm_iFfj7Pt_3OSiYILcKmJ-BSJL9In4XGLnsZ7qm0Wl4-pcmP1VI7Dr7bH/s400/Scriptures.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Scripture<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/3_ne/18/21"> 3 Nephi 18:21</a> </div><br /><div><br />"Pray in your families unto the Father, always in my name, that your wives and your children may be blessed"<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUstIDoG5k7blACx8eUZybDbO9HHzO1I60VwgrFVzBDhY36vB9F_clt_HygrWNRrsdDiA4jsWqj6tXdUvKUmEclZsOlIDTdSGdWlHlW8dQFzVAp-qI2meQ52mFTn7WxBs9AYXfUGXe4Vl/s1600-h/notes4.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293580871889597778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 29px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 33px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUstIDoG5k7blACx8eUZybDbO9HHzO1I60VwgrFVzBDhY36vB9F_clt_HygrWNRrsdDiA4jsWqj6tXdUvKUmEclZsOlIDTdSGdWlHlW8dQFzVAp-qI2meQ52mFTn7WxBs9AYXfUGXe4Vl/s400/notes4.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Music Selections (Use anytime during the lesson! Use the songs throughout the week too!)</div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=188&searchsubseq">Families Can Be Together Forever</a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=198&searchsubseq">A Happy Family</a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=195&searchsubseq">Family Night</a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=192&searchsubseq">Home</a> </div><br /><div><br /><span style="color:#996633;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Questions and links to ponder and pray about as you teach your family:</span></strong><br /></span><a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/display/0,16783,4224-1,00.html">What is Family Home Evening?</a><br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234-1,00.html">How do we plan for Family Home Evening?</a><br /><a href="http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/heavenly-father-s-plan-of-happiness/your-life-on-earth">What is Our Purpose in Life?</a> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br />*(Click on each picture for video!)<br /><a href="http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/basic-beliefs/heavenly-father-s-plan-of-happiness/heavenly-father-s-plan-of-happiness">What is Heavenly Father’s Plan for Us?</a> </div><br /><div><br />An Important Message for Families:<br /><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e1fa5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=1aba862384d20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____">Proclamation to the World</a><br />The Family is the fundamental unit of society. We must value and protect it. As a family we study together to learn about the Gospel and how we can make choices that will help us return to our Heavenly Father.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;"><span style="color:#009900;">Teens</span><br /></span></strong><a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ed462ce2b446c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=90e6be335dc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1&contentLocale=0">For the Strength of the Youth: Family</a><br />The New Era January 2009:<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=588cb9b658f5e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1">The Armor of God</a><br />Momonad</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293502791460317106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KkBE-bixgNYU-vySFsjuIiqwoaJicLzRZcRYwmJ_riJhnt4WkXXcmOOq5ZFkLybrTZyDvvrh19e5VDvf7P07oAjlqGTEqIGCqP5gmx0mWdJVgaj-QuQJ3eYCqX_JQGy_VcpmkK4r_Uub/s400/neweralp_nfo_o_b71.bmp" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Don't be a "Missing Person in your family." No Empty Chairs<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293503228756351490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMnYQo9J51D2viga_lYEP6oUL9LBmPIKXN0Wpt0OV54rGmGncBWZd8vgjgamZrFMz4lE41G3uvBHyRtbOyjt6d79EtFYKRyw24Tufn7z9y8-z1ojzN7B_cqPLH02hBI3nHT2Y7mvjeL3F/s400/neweralp_nfo_o_965.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQE6hNmgzWMyLCSZeyUYuH2FIje9ShsvTkZH-owxxd3DKgGMgtaNzB2e6z2ZDif3-vZ5ksRZ7SoR8f8_9cAStwJV3wnaU6bO69y7eN7L564TcrEsKPTi6uZox96Gh4wlcOIq-iiSPZiUL/s1600-h/family2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293581312482575282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQE6hNmgzWMyLCSZeyUYuH2FIje9ShsvTkZH-owxxd3DKgGMgtaNzB2e6z2ZDif3-vZ5ksRZ7SoR8f8_9cAStwJV3wnaU6bO69y7eN7L564TcrEsKPTi6uZox96Gh4wlcOIq-iiSPZiUL/s400/family2.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Activity:</span></span></strong> </div><br /><br /><div><strong><em><span style="color:#996633;">Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith</span></em></strong> pg.279<br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">Provide <span style="color:#cc9933;">a rope</span> for the family to hold onto</span>.</em></strong> What happens if we tug against each other? What happens if we tug in different directions? What happens if we pull together on a straight course with our Savior leading us?<br /><br /><span style="color:#009900;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Young Children</span></strong><br /></span>The Friend January 2009<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=eca3d4c196f5e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1">A Plan for Me</a><br />See Poem and Photo Activity at the top of the page.</div><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUfl8uvTSBLGmLIqGMmR7vjpFViiYXH2yv-z6gwHbZrgg6p0GeCeI65yAJNm48336MpcV5gv7Pc5RrNEuOwclbn1sXhYJh2sSDwTYwB_LEh6l1IQpUUuj4IlzEf8y3uapmiK7gnzUgzjd/s1600-h/euy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293583120591838386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 61px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUfl8uvTSBLGmLIqGMmR7vjpFViiYXH2yv-z6gwHbZrgg6p0GeCeI65yAJNm48336MpcV5gv7Pc5RrNEuOwclbn1sXhYJh2sSDwTYwB_LEh6l1IQpUUuj4IlzEf8y3uapmiK7gnzUgzjd/s400/euy.jpg" border="0" /></a>Matt and Mandy January 09<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=9be003dd3c78e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____">A Child of God</a><br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&contents=..%2Fmagazines%2FLDSMagazinesArticleContents.jsp&vgnextrefresh=1&sourceId=ed7c0dc51638e110VgnVCM100000176f620a____">For Little Friends</a><br /><a href="http://lds.org/images/Magazines/Friend/Archive/fr09jan36_crown.jpg">Make Paper Crowns</a> </div><br /><br /><div><br />Family Home Evening<br /><a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=e0e90d564654d110VgnVCM100000176f620a____">Color Online</a> </div><br /><br /><div><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;">Treat Idea:</span></em></strong><br />Give each member an orange: "Orange you glad you are part of our family?"<br />LOL!</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278275450648350575.post-65150152463641817162009-01-20T12:38:00.000-08:002009-01-20T20:35:47.595-08:00* FHE Introduction BEGIN HERE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyz4yGhMuqk-KksupZ4TbW_8to1yINHYrVQLH-IdVx7LOK4nut3ALM9OsSNoFfmUkUuWZ-dTqP-wSHSxB0pA88w1LlmzrXT91sK2FVlQkC3sco1ZBZ7UIr_B_smbxVHkkVzk65c-gKEXT/s1600-h/family+3.jpg"></a>Date: January 1, 2009<br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>I'm going green! No Paper - Electronic FHE</strong><br /></span></span><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Dear Friends & Family,</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;">THE TASK!!!!</span></strong><br />I have pondered and prayed greatly on the task of organizing ideas for Family Home Evening lessons to be used weekly in our homes. I pondered the idea of making packets (as have been done in the past), or going electronic. I decided to go green: Electronic. If you would like to print any part of the lesson, that is something you can do! Whatever works best for you and your family. There may some activities that require printing for your family to participate, ie: coloring pages, games, or other activities.<br /></div><br /><div>INDIVIDUAL FAMILY UNITS WITHIN OUR WARD FAMILY<br />As I gathered, I needed to take into consideration the different family units we live in. I hope I have included something in each lesson that fits your specific family.</div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em><span style="color:#cc9933;"><strong>A Family Unit may consist of:</strong><br /></span></em></span>Single Family Member<br />Married Couple Members<br />Single Parent with Children<br />Parents with Young Children<br />Parents with Teen Age Children<br />Grandparent Members<br />Empty Nester's<br />..... and the list goes on.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong>FHE Family Home Evening.</strong></span> </div><div><a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/display/0,16783,4224-1,00.html">What is it?</a><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;">INDIVIDUALIZING THE LESSONS</span></em></strong><br />You will need to prayerfully study and select those parts of the lesson that will best fit your family. Although you may not have a teen in your home, you may feel the spirit to use selections from The New Era, and even though you may not have young children in your home, you may feel the spirit to use selections found in The Friend in your study/lesson. You are responsible to supplement, through the spirit, areas that are not “gathered” in the lesson. You are the person whom your Heavenly Father has called to teach your family. My job is to give you some ideas! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="color:#996633;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:180%;">RESOURCES</span></em></strong> </span><br />Ideas for each lesson will be compiled from any combination of the following:<br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;">1. The Scriptures<br />2. Preach My Gospel<br />3. Ensign<br />4. The New Era<br />5. The Friend<br />6. Teachings of the Presidents of the Church : Joseph Smith<br />7. The Church Web Sites</span></strong> (see sidebar links)</div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#006600;">8. Church Music Files</span><br /></span></strong><br />Lessons will include links to these amazing sites! </div><br /><div>A Brand New Year just launched TODAY, January 1, 2009, and promises to be amazing!!! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;">ELECTRONIC WORLD</span></strong><br />We live in an ever growing and powerful technological world. There is A LOT of GOOD things available for teaching our family on the Internet. The Church is on the “cutting edge” of using these tools to help us learn and teach the Gospel. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>In each lesson I have included links to follow allowing you to view media of many types:<br />Talks<br />Pictures<br />Stories<br />Music<br />Video<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;"><strong>Planning for the Lesson Night<br /></strong></span>Family Home Evening <a href="http://www.lds.org/hf/fhe/planner/0,16809,4234=1,00.html">Planner</a> </div><br /><div>This link will take you to a planner which lists a variety of items and activities that might be included in a family home evening. Use it to plan your family home evening and to print an agenda if you like. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#996633;">Possible Assignments May Be:</span></strong></div><br /><div>Opening Song<br />Opening & Closing Prayer<br />Poem or Scripture<br />Lesson<br />Activity<br />Treat<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>WHERE DO I START?</strong></span><br /><br />1. Always begin preparing to teach with Prayer!<br /><br />2. Gather your family together and determine a time and day of the week that best fits your families needs. The LDS Church has set aside Monday as FHE Night. If Monday doesn't work for you... find a date and time that does. Be consistant each week.<br /></div><br /><div>3. Look through the lesson on the blog. Decide which parts of the lesson will fit the needs of your family. The lessons require some reading, and may require simple props or materials. Gather these ahead of time.</div><br /><div><br />4. Make assignments. Who will pray? Who will lead the song? Who will give a scripture?<br />Who will help with the treat? Who will help with the activity? Try to give everyone a responsibility. Make it FUN. You can make a simple rotating chart or FHE Assignment Board if you choose to, or you can keep a log of how each family member participates each week. Keep the log in a document file... go green!<br /><br />5. Because everything is easily accessed, you can come back to any link as needed! For example: One of your children (or you) is struggling with a challenge. Pull up the link and review it with the child. Pray together with the child asking Heavenly Father to help the spirit teach as you re-teach. HOW WILL I GET THE LESSONS?<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#006600;">“I’m going GREEN!” (No paper!)</span> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></strong><br />Okay... If all goes as planned, I will email you when a new lesson is posted— 4 per month. If there are 5 Monday’s... you will need to plan something for that extra FHE.<br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"><strong>And so... </strong></span><br />I felt inspired to begin with the January 2009 Ensign, New Era, and Friend... and spring (bounce, Tiger!!! Wa-ha-ha-hooo) from some of the material there! This makes it easy because we should all be reading these materials every month, and the material is given to us by inspiration from our Prophet and the Leaders of the Church! Feel free to broaden any topic to fit your family’s specific needs. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0