Ward Thanksgiving Family Home Evening
Start with song and prayer. Games involving the whole ward begin the festivities. A lesson is given on gratitude. After a closing song and prayer the children split off into a room to color turkeys on paper or make a craft. The adults help assemble gift baskets for the needy in the ward. The ward members have brought donations for…
A Christmas with Joseph Smith
4 rooms were set up. Decorated like an old fashion Christmas. In the different rooms you could have activities set up, such as the children making cinnamon knots, oranges decorated with cloves,decorating cookies, pioneer games and a room for wrapping a toy. In the last room you would have a set made with an old brick fireplace, a real Christmas…
Journal Jar
President Spencer W. Kimball gave this counsel: “Every person should keep a journal and every person can keep a journal. It should be an enlightening one and should bring great blessings and happiness to the families. If there is anyone here who isn’t doing so, will you repent today and change-change your life?” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1979, p. 117;…
Remembering the Birth of our Savior
Last Christmas we had a wonderful activity to help us remember the birth of our Savior at Christmas time. Only a few leaders knew what was going on. I’m a leader and I didn’t even know the plot, which actually made the activity mean that much more to me in the end. We had some leaders bake some cookies prior…
Christmas Shoppers’ Babysitting Service:
Choose an evening or afternoon to sit any children in the unit whose parents would like to do some Christmas shopping together without children. Set a time limit for the baby sitting (2-4 hours), and bring lots of toys and treats to entertain the children in your building’s gym or multi-purpose room. You may also wish to collect names and…
Christmas Card Delivery and Caroling
(Works best in an smaller geographic area, and takes one class activity to prepare, and a combined youth activity for card delivery.) Announce in Sacrament Meeting or on your bulletin that the youth will be delivering Christmas Cards to members of your ward or branch. Our unit collects the cards in a box in the foyer that is decorated and…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
