Helps for teaching about scripture study
Deseret Book has released a free book called Please Pass the Scriptures by John Hilton III. The book is full of ideas of how to get more from your scripture study. A good resource for both teachers and learners. Available (for free) at http://deseretbook.com/free. That site has several other books available for free as well.
Temple Trip Activity
For our Primary Quarterly Activity we attended the Houston Texas Temple. We met in the waiting room of the temple and had an opening song and prayer then listed the ‘dos and don’ts’ / rules while at the temple. We then divided the children into two groups (each child received a colored sticker upon entrance). The entire group walked to…
Find Someone Who
This is a good activity to do with students at the beginning of a course. It provides a quick way for students to connect with one another and helps them overcome initial shyness in a new situation. Introduction Tell students that they are going to play a game to find out things they might not know about each other. They…
Here Am I; Send Me
The following video presentation was made at the General Relief Society Meeting broadcast on September 28, 2002. You can use the video (which should be in your stake library) during a RS birthday activity, or you could use the transcript below as a skit. “Video: Here Am I; Send Me,” Ensign, Nov. 2002, 101 Bonnie Parkin: “One hundred sixty-one years…
Project Noah: Theme for Preparedness Activities
Use the theme “It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark!” to promote your next food storage activity. One ward created Project: Noah handbooks for each family. With the goal of encouraging families to focus on collecting items that will sustain life, they included a description of the importance of building food storage on the basics: beans, wheat, water, salt,…
Ward Auction Questionaire
The following questions were used at a Relief Society Enrichment activity. Women brought stuff from home or offered services that were “auctioned” using the play money that women earned from this form. ————————– If you have gotten up on time regularly for the past 3 months $5 If you have read the scriptures regularly for the past month $5 If…
FHE lesson on the First Vision
Begin by telling your family a little about the Great Apostasy using Preach My Gospel page 35. This will give a little background information about why a restoration was needed. Then describe Joseph Smith, and how he was confused by the different churches and their different religions. Then use Preach My Gospel pages 36 and 37 and read some of…
Family Home Evening Lesson Group
We do this once at the beginning of each year. The group meets twice: once to receive instructions and choose lesson topics (so there aren’t repeats) and once to distribute the lessons to group members. We have a few rules. Each lesson must include a lesson plan, song, scripture, story (with visual aids colored and laminated), game idea or family…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
