Tag Archives: Family Home Evening

An FHE Challenge

Posted on by

Yesterday in Sunday School we learned about Moses’ last sermon to the Children of Israel. We learned about the advice he gives them, about the phylacteries they wore, and the symbols they placed on their doorposts to remind them of their God. While we don’t wear these leather bands on our heads and arms, we aren’t so different today. Many LDS people wear symbols of their faith including CTR rings, Young Women medallions or scouting pins, and other visual reminders. Many of us also have visual reminders in our homes of our faith such as pictures, statues, and plaques. But … Continue reading →

Monday Nights in Nauvoo – Janet Burningham

How cool is this? With the focus this year on Joseph Smith, it only makes sense that we would undertake a deeper study of his background, surroundings, and lifestyle. “Monday Nights in Nauvoo” is a great family home evening resource book that centers the lessons around life in Nauvoo, particularly on elements of Church history. Now your family can study Church history together at home as well as at church. Each lesson begins with the background of the lesson, which ties it in to Church history. We are also told what pictures from the Gospel Art Kit would coordinate with … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening Game: The Liahona and the Holy Ghost

Object: to show family members how the Liahona led Lehi’s family according to faith and obedience, and how the Holy Ghost guides us today as we follow the commandments. Preparation: make or buy a treat and put it in a box, then hide the box somewhere in or near your home. Frozen treats not recommended. Choose where you want to conduct this activity. For some, their yard would work the best. Others would prefer to remain in the house. We used our neighborhood, as we live in a quiet area. Take your family out to the center of an open … Continue reading →

A Beautiful Family Home Evening

We do Family Home Evening whenever our schedule allows us. We most often do it on my husband’s day off, and with his work shift changing periodically, sometimes we’ll meet together on Sunday, or Tuesday, or Friday – just whenever we can work it in peacefully. We had our Family Home Evening this afternoon, strangely enough, and we found it one of the sweetest we’ve ever had. I’d like to share the highlights with you, if I may. My daughter is working on her Faith in God award and one of the suggested goals is to give a Family Home … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening: The Parable of the Pickle

This family home evening lesson is based on Elder David A Bednar’s talk “Ye Must Be Born Again.” You may want to read it. If you have teenagers in your family, you may want to ask them to read it before you teach the lesson. This talk contains important concepts to teach your children. You can open the lesson by reading Mosiah 27:25-26. You may want to begin with an object lesson. You can pass out pieces of a cucumber and a pickle for your children to look at. You should point out that the pickle started out as a … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening: Commitment to the Gospel

This week’s family home evening lesson is about helping your children to commit to keeping the commandments. You can learn more about this topic by reading “Commitment to the Lord” by Elder John B Dickson. You may want think about a personal story of how you were able to commit to the Lord. You should open the lesson with a prayer. You can begin by sharing Joshua 24:15. After you read this scripture you should discuss the meaning of the scripture briefly. You may want to pull some examples from the talk about how committing to keep the commandments can … Continue reading →

Let Your Children Teach Family Home Evening

Have you considered having your children plan family home evening? This is a great way to have your children become involved in family home evening. Teaching a principle usually helps people to grasp the concept more strongly, and this can be an added benefit for your family. It may create a little more work for you in the beginning, but the benefits will pay off in the long run. You can start by setting up a rotation schedule for your family. This can be done by creating a chart. You can include someone to conduct, someone to share a scripture … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening: Temples

One important subject to consider for family home evening is that of the temple. It is important to teach your children the sacredness of the temple, and the importance of your children going to the temple someday. It may be difficult to know exactly what is appropriate to discuss as a family. You may want to read this talk “Preparing Our Families for the Temple” by Sister Carol B Thomas. If you have Primary children you may want to talk about the temple, and how it is a special building. You can use this sharing time “Temples in All Times.” … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening: Dress and Appearance

The next section in the “For the Strength of the Youth” pamphlet is “Dress and Appearance.” This is a great time of year to review the basic principles of dressing modestly and taking care of our bodies. As you read over the suggestions you can determine which activities will work best for your family. You can open your lesson by reading 1 Corinthians 3:16-17. After you have read the scripture discuss what it means when it says that the body is a temple. Then as a family read the “Dress and Appearance” section from the pamphlet. This can be a … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening: Friends

The next topic in the “For the Strength of the Youth” guide is friends. This can be an important topic to have a family home evening lesson on because of the strong influences friends can have on you and your children. As you prepare this lesson, make sure that you are in tune with the spirit. If there are certain friends of you children who you do not approve of try not to bring up specific names in front of the whole family. This could cause a lot of unnecessary conflict. It would be better to talk to that child … Continue reading →