Simple Service / Charity activity
Give each person in your class a quarter. Tell them that they can use the quarter for themselves or place it in the jar where the jar will go to a good cause (food shelter, ophanage, etc.). Then leave the jar in the class for a week, and challenge others to help others and to give to the needy. (This…
What’s In Your Backpack?
I printed clipart of a backpack on 8 1/2 by 11 paper, and cut them out. I then glued them to the paper sacks. I used ribbon ( paper will also work ) to creat straps on the opposite side to form my back pack. We gathered at a leader’s home and watched What’s In Your Backpack by John Bytheway.…
Gospel Treasure Hunt
When all the youth arrive have them put their touches on a table to be used later. Tell the youth that you have hidden treasures around the building and that they will be allowed to look for them (he building and grounds MUST be as dark as possible) and that they have 15 minutes to do so. When the 15…
The Books of the Book of Mormon Scavenger Hunt
This is a scavenger hunt that leads the participants from one place to another to find the books of the Book of Mormon in order, and have them read one significant scripture from each. We did this with our Young Women, and they were really into it. We came up with this as a way to promote memorizing the books…
Breakfast with the Bishop
We gather the children the first Saturday of the year and have them meet for breakfast at the ward house. We have all the teachers come and meet their new classes (sometiems in PJ’s), so they each sit with their new class (we have done picnic style and tables). Then we have the bishop tell a story, sing a song…
Summer Scripture Splash
Before each activity we briefly discussed the background for the scripture on the poster or explained how it applied to us or the activity. 1. Squirt guns “The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.” Proverbs 13:9 Two to four people race to put out lit candles by squirting the flames with…
Parable’s Iron Chef
We divided the mutual into 6 groups: priests, laurels, miamaids, teachers, beehives, deacons. Each group had 45 minutes to decide on a parable or scripture story that they would demonstrate by decorating the cake. Some of the ideas our mutual came up with: Noah’s ark (make an ark out of cake, had fish in the water, made animals out of…
New Era Basketball
We used the March New Era which focused on Missionary Service. Each member of the presidency came up with 5 questions based on the articles within the Era.(About 20 questions) We divided the youth up equally into two teams based on athletic ability, gender, age and church knowledge. The two teams then took turns either shooting baskets or looking for…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
