Prayers of Gratitude

Song:
Prayer: Arthur

Lesson: Kerri

I read the story, Pirates, from the Friend Magazine. We talked about how a simple prayer from a little girl helped save all the people on the boat. It is important to Thank Heavenly Father for all of our blessings in our prayers. We then talked about some of the things that we are grateful for in our live.

Activity: I used the activity from this page in the Friend. We listed all of the things that we should thank Heavenly Father for in our prayers.

Prayer: Tyler

Noah's Ark

Tyler has been very interested in the story of Noah's Ark, so I asked him to give the lesson this week.

Song: I have a Family Tree
Prayer: Arthur
Scripture: Kerri
Genesis 7:1 And the Lord said unto ^aNoah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation

Lesson: Kerri and Tyler

Picture 1: Ark on dry land with animals walking inside

The people on the Earth were very wicked. Every one except for Noah and his family were wicked. God decided to flood the Earth but wanted to preserve the faithful. So, He asked Noah to build an ark for his family the animals on the Earth

Picture 2: Ark floating on water

The rains began and the Earth flooded. The ark held up perfectly through the storm

Picture 3: Animals inside the Ark

Even though there was a terrible storm, the animals were all safe and comfortable inside the Ark.

Picture 4: The skies are clear, a dove retrieves an olive branch

Noah sent out the dove to see if there was any dry land. The olive branch was a sign that there was dry land and they could get off the Ark.

Picture 5: Ark on dry land with animals departing. Rainbow in the sky

Noah and his family and the animals were kept safe through the flood. The rainbow is a sign from God telling us that he will not flood the Earth again.

Song: The Helping Song
Prayer: Dylan

Father's Blessing

It has been a month of illness, vacation, and out-of-town conferences. We are back in full-swing with FHE and will post regularly again.

Song: The Helping Song
Prayer: Dylan

Lesson: Priesthood Blessings

This was a pretty basic lesson to introduce blessings.

1. What are blessings? A special prayer given by a member of the Priesthood to someone who is sick or in need of counsel, comfort or healing.
2. Can Mom give blessings? Can Tyler give blessings? Can Dylan give blessings? No, only Daddy can give blessings in our family because he holds the Melchizedek Priesthood.
3. Have you ever seen a blessing? Baby Blessings
4. Father's Blessings are special blessings that a father can offer to any member of the family at any time.

Tonight Arthur gave Tyler a father's blessing to prepare him for his upcoming school year.

Activity: Water Balloon Fight

As a side note to this lesson, I wanted to mention that the blessing was a great thing to witness. Tyler was very quiet and stayed still the entire time. He felt very special to be able to receive such a blessing. Immediately after the blessing concluded, he jumped off the chair and exclaimed, "I have to go pee!" and ran to the bathroom. When he finished, he came out and said, "Mommy, that was a REALLY long prayer!"

Learning about Baptism

Song: The Helping Song
Prayer: Dylan

Scripture: Arthur Alma 15:12 - this is an example of someone (Zeezrom) being baptized in the scriptures. There are many other times when the scriptures have mentioned people getting baptized, too.

Lesson: Kerri and Tyler
Learning about Baptism
I used various parts from the August 2008 Friend

We are going to learn a little about baptism tonight.
Can anyone think of someone very special and important that got baptized? (Jesus Christ)

Show a picture of Jesus getting baptized.

Jesus got baptized to show us how important it is for all of us to be baptized.

How old do you have to be to get baptized? (8 years old or older)
Where do you get baptized? (in the water)
What color do you wear when you are baptized? (white)
Who in our family could baptize you? (Dad)

Tyler used the pictures from the activity "When I am Eight Years Old" (Friend, Aug 2008 pg. 33)
to tell us what order things happen when he will be baptized.

1. He will turn 8 years old and will have a birthday party
2. He will talk to the bishop about baptism.
3. He will get baptized.
4. He will receive the Holy Ghost.

Song: Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree
Prayer: Kerri

Sons of Mosiah

Song: The Helping Song
Prayer: Dylan
Scripture: Arthur Mosiah 28:6-7

Lesson: Missionary Work

Have you ever seen a missionary? Where? (church, riding bikes on the street)

How do you know they are missionaries?(their name tags, what they are wearing)

What do missionaries do? (preach the gospel, serve others, be good examples)

Can we be missionaries? How? (be good examples of the church, invite friends to primary, help others, teach our friends)

Activity: Tyler and Kerri taught the family this activity from the Friend Magazine. It illustrates the story of Mosiah's sons and how they became successful missionaries who baptized many.

Song: Called to Serve
Prayer: Tyler

Treat: Fresh pineapple

Title of Liberty

Song: The Helping Song
Prayer: Kerri

Lesson: Kerri
I bought some white fabric and made a Title of Liberty. I attached it to a pole.

Show American Flag - what does this mean to you? (Freedom, America, Liberty, Opportunity, Peace)

Flags have been used for many years to symbolize different things for people. They unify groups of people and help to remind them of what is most important.

The Nephites were being threatened by the Lamanites. The Lamanites wanted to take their land and enslave them. If this happened, the Nephites would have lost their ability to worship freely. Captain Moroni created the Title of Liberty to remind his people about what was most important to them.

What were the most important things that Moroni valued? God, Religion, Freedom, Peace, Wives, and Children

The flag rallied his people together in a common goal and they were able to defeat the Lamanites and protect their livelihood.

Song: Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree
Prayer: Arthur

Activity: We went to a local ice cream shop for dessert

Understanding the Sacrament

I just found this great site for flannel board stories. I admit, I don't have a flannel board, but the pictures are cute and perfect for our young family.

Song: Before I Take the Sacrament (Children's Songbook #73)
Prayer: Arthur
Scripture: Tyler D&C 27:2

Lesson: Kerri

I used this lesson to teach about the Sacrament. We printed off the pictures and used them to tell the story of the Last Supper (Matthew 26:26-28). Then we related that to how we take the Sacrament each Sunday in church

Activity: Prepare Homemade ice cream
Song: The Helping Song
Prayer: Tyler