Week 37 Road to Repentance
2 Corinthians 1-7 “Be Ye Reconciled to God”
Song: “Help Me, Dear Father”
Videos:
A Visit With Elder Soares
Reunited By Faith
The Goal: A Story of Faith, Friendship, and Forgiveness cartoon
More Church Stuff:
10 Tips for Teaching Repentance from the Liahona
Repentance Stories from The Friend
Repentance Come Create with Me craft video (you’ll need cotton balls and blue and yellow paper)
From the Manual:
2 Corinthians 5:17. Can your family think of or find examples in nature of things that go through remarkable transformations and become new creatures? (see the picture at the end of this outline). How can the gospel of Jesus Christ change us?
Treat:
Make a white treat (such as one from the links below) to review how sins can become as clean as white snow through Christ (Isaiah 1:18).
Week 38 Cheerful Giving
2 Corinthians 8-13 “God Loveth a Cheerful Giver”
Song: “Give, Said the Little Stream”
Videos:
Helping Others As Jesus Did
The Old Shoemaker video from the church
How to Teach the Joys of Service church video for parents
Conference Talk from Russell M. Nelson, “The Second Great Commandment,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2019, 96–100
From the Manual:
Read 2 Corinthians 8:1–15; 9:6–15, making note of principles Paul taught about caring for the poor and needy. What inspires you about Paul’s counsel? You might pray for guidance about what you can do to bless someone in need. Be sure to record any impressions you receive and act on them.
2 Corinthians 9:6–7 Does your family know someone who could be described as “a cheerful giver”? How can we make our service to others more cheerful? Younger family members could make badges that say “I am a cheerful giver.” You could award the badges to family members whenever you see them serving one another cheerfully.
Free Badges:
2 Corinthians 10:3–7 How could you teach your family about our “warfare” against wickedness? Would your family enjoy building a wall or a fort with chairs and blankets? This could lead to a discussion about how to cast down things that lead us away from God and how to “[bring] into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” What are the spiritual “weapons” we use to control our thoughts? (see Ephesians 6:11–18).
From The Friend:
Friend Stories and Activities about Service
Friend Stories and Activities about Sharing
Treat:
Play this cookie service game from Fashions by Lynda and then eat Oreos.
You could also make these easy homemade Oreos from Six Sisters. Read/discuss the following quote: “A person (can) not give a crust to the Lord without receiving a loaf in return” (L. Tom Perry “The Law of the Fast”). Give some plates of these cookies to neighbors and talk about how even though it’s hard to give away some of our cookies, the blessings the Lord gives us for giving our own possessions/time/talents are much bigger than the things we give away. Discuss thought from manual: “Are our sacrifices expressions of love? After all, it’s love that makes a giver cheerful.”
Week 39 Fruit Snacks of the Spirit
Galatians “Walk in the Spirit”
Song: “Teach Me to Walk in the Light”
Videos:
Paul’s Letters
Fruit of the Spirit video from Latter Day Kids
From The Manual:
Read Galatians 5:22–23 with the children, and explain words they may not be familiar with. Invite each child to select a fruit of the Spirit mentioned in these verses, and help them think of a time when he or she has experienced it. Invite the children to draw simple pictures of their experiences.
Give each child a piece of paper (you could cut the paper into fruit shapes), and ask the children to find a “fruit of the Spirit” listed in Galatians 5:22–23. Invite them to write one of the fruits on one side of their paper and a word that means the opposite on the other side. (Help them understand words they aren’t familiar with.) Invite them to share their fruits with the class. What can we do to have the Holy Ghost with us always?
Show the children several kinds of vegetables, and help them find the seeds in each. Put the seeds in a container, and let the children take turns choosing one and telling what vegetable will grow if they plant it. Help them see that just as the seeds we plant determine the vegetable we get, the choices we make determine the consequences and blessings we ultimately receive.
Super Cute Sowing/Reaping Activity Created by TheRedCrystal:
From the Friend:
Stories/Activities about the Holy Ghost
Treat:
Eat some fruit snacks to go along with this week’s activity in 52 Weeks of New Testament Activities.
Week 40 Armor of God
Ephesians “For the Perfecting of the Saints”
Song: “Hope of Israel”
Videos:
The Armor of God video from the church
Put on the Armor of God video from Latter Day Kids
Armor of God Come Create With Me drawing tutorial (18 minutes)
From the Manual:
Ephesians 6:10–18 Your family could make their own “armour of God” using household items. The video “The Armour of God” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org) can help family members visualize this armor, and they can find simple explanations in “The Whole Armor of God” (Friend, June 2016, 24–25). How does each piece of armor protect us spiritually? What can we do to help each other “put on the whole armour of God” (Ephesians 6:11) every day?
From the Friend:
The Whole Armor of God
Treat:
Make sword treats like these ones while talking about specific things we can do to arm ourselves with the sword of the Spirit (read scriptures, pray, go to church, obey righteous instructions from parents/leaders, serve others, etc.).
Come, Follow Me Kid 