Last Monday for Family Home Evening we had a lesson about prophets and General Conference. Keep in mind that our kids are 1, 3, and 5 years old, so our lessons are always quick and interactive. Here’s what we did:
Opening Song: Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (Heidi can enthusiastically say “BEAM!” now, so we sing it a lot–“We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet” would be equally appropriate)
Opening Prayer
Lesson:
I had one of the kids hold up a picture of the First Presidency (Pres. Monson, Pres. Eyring, and Pres. Uchtdorf) and asked them to identify the Prophet and President of the Church. They pointed him out and I asked one of them to tell us his name (“President Monson!”). One of the other kids was wiggling, so I gave her an old Conference issue of the Ensign to hold and show everyone–President Monson was on the cover, smiling, and we talked about how he loves children and wants us to be happy.
I explained that the Prophet is the one who Jesus Christ has called to lead the Church, and that when he wants the whole Church to know or do something, he tells the prophet. I asked Colin if he knew any scriptures about prophets, and he opened to Amos 3:7 and helped one of the kids read “Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” Colin explained the verse to everyone.
Then we read a scripture about prophets from D&C 21:5 that says “For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith.” Colin and I chatted a bit with each other about what “patience” means in that verse and the kids got bored.
I planned to have our family look at a talk from President Monson from the most recent General Conference and decide together what we could work on this month to do better at following the prophet, but the attention span had been exhausted and it was time to move on. Maybe we’ll do that part this week instead.
Activity: Follow the leader around the house
Closing Song: Follow the Prophet (Children’s Songbook)
Closing Prayer
Treat: Oatmeal cookies Grandma baked earlier in the day
I’ll try to come back later and add links and pictures, but the Church web page is apparently having technical difficulties at the moment. I can’t get to anything but the scriptures right now! I guess if you can only get one thing, the scriptures are the thing to get.
