Joseph Smith and the Restoration
We did this activity in the Copenhagen, Denmark Stake in the Soborg ward yesterday April 11th 2010, and it was really really fun. To illustrate to the children the confusion Joseph Smith at felt at the many Churches and conflicting messages about the truth we did the following: I asked two brothers to act as priests of two different Churches.…
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…
Race-storation 2
We had an awesome opening social using the 2005 Mutual theme. We called it the Race-storation. We held this activity outside while the weather was still good but you could certainly modify it for indoor use too. The kids were in teams of 4-6 and all events were timed. Each team was given a time sheet to record their score…
Racetoration
For the mother daughter activity this year we did a version of the amazing race. We called it the Racetoration. All teams were given a airline ticket as an invitation. Then they were given their first clue. Different rooms in the church had answers on the doors. They had to get to the correct room and do the task inside.…