Everyone loves to tell their mission stories. Missionaries serving across the world, from Alaska to Albania, share experiences with their families to teach important principles of faith and trust in the Lord. Alma was no different, sharing his experiences with his sons as they took on more responsibility in the Church.
One of the most important lessons Alma imparted to his sons was that God loved them and the value of a strong relationship with Jesus Christ. He admonished them to “counsel with the Lord in all thy doings” (Alma 37:37), and if they did, God would lead them to do good. Our children should be taught the same truth, that if they will “look to God” (Alma 37:47) in all things, they will find joy.
This week’s Come Follow Me FHE lessons teaches principles straight from the scriptures. They include everything you need to make Come, Follow Me fun for your kids! Join our membership for only $10 a month, and you’ll gain access to a treasure trove of resources to strengthen your family’s spiritual foundation and growth.
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The elementary bundle is a treasure trove for kids aged 4-11, featuring activities that instill key principles. Let’s explore three highlights:
Scripture Study
Make an “Alma Shares His Story” mini book for each of your children. After you read the story as a family, pair everyone up and let them retell the story to their partner. Explain that when Alma was converted, he dedicated his life to bringing others to Christ. Then play the “Bring Others to Christ” game from the lesson. Remember, you also have a “Scripture Story Guide & Stickers” this week!
Go & Do Activity
As a family read and discuss Alma 37:38-47. In these verses, Alma has given the Liahona to Helaman. Alma then testifies that Heavenly Father has prepared a way for His children to return to Him. He has given us the “word of Christ which will point to a straight course to eternal bliss.” Teach your children that scriptures can be our own Liahona. Then use the lesson guide to make covers for your scriptures!
Coloring Activity
Read and discuss Alma 38:9 with your family. Talk about how Christ makes it possible for us to repent and be saved. To help you remember this, do the pin-poke art together that says: “He is the life, light of the world, the word of truth.” When you are done, shine a light behind your paper, or hold it up to a window to see the light shine through.
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For kids ages 1-4 at home and in nursery or sunbeams. The toddler bundle Includes a full lesson plan with THREE activities that align with scripture written by an early childhood educator. These include a coloring page, another printable activity, and a movement activity that helps young children understand the scriptures. Here are a couple of highlights from this week’s lesson.
Hands-On Activity
Remind your child of Alma the Younger’s conversion to the gospel. Describe how Alma had once hurt people who chose to believe in Jesus. One day an angel came to him and told him that what he was doing was wrong. The angel made it so Alma could not speak. Ask your child, “Can you close your lips together like you can’t speak?” During the time he couldn’t talk, Alma began to feel bad for the things he had done. He remembered his mistakes and it made him really sad. Ask your child to make a sad face. Alma decided to ask God to forgive him. Read Alma 36:20. Tell your child that he felt joy when he repented! He felt happy inside after telling God sorry for what he had done. Ask your child to make a happy face. Using the lesson materials, cut out the smile/frowny face and rotate to show the different faces as you sing the song “Smiles” (Children’s Songbook, pg. 267a). Give your child a few scenarios of situations that may make them happy or sad. Have them jump if it makes them happy and stand still if it makes them sad. For example: Your brother or sister calls you a mean name. Your friend shares their toy. Your dad gives you a big hug, etc. Help them recognize that good choices make them happy and mistakes/sin make us sad. Tell them they can feel happy again by saying sorry and repenting for wrong choices.
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The Teen Bundle includes a study page with four thoughtful questions each week that align with a scripture from Come, Follow Me, an applicable challenge to accept each week, and an awesome video done by a current seminary teacher that brings a topic from the study to life for teens. Plus: each week comes with a scripture print to hang on their bathroom mirror, in their locker, etc. Check out this week’s Book of Mormon-themed teen bundle now!
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Though we have reached the end of the Doctrine and Covenants, the work of the Restoration is still ongoing: “We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God” (Articles of Faith 1:9). Prophets still reveal the will of God. The Church is still growing to fill the Earth.
“What happens after we die?” This is a question commonly asked by all of God’s children. Because of continuing revelation through living prophets, we know! Doctrine and Covenants Sections 137 and 138 reveal that our loved ones who have died go to a place of rest if they were faithful in their testimony of Christ, where they are then prepared to teach the gospel in the spirit world. Those who died who were not faithful are given the opportunity to learn about Jesus Christ and accept ordinances performed by the living: “and thus was the gospel preached to the dead” (D&C 138:30).
Doctrine and Covenants Section 135 could be viewed as the conclusion of the entire Doctrine and Covenants scriptures, were it not for additional revelation given to the saints. This section witnesses the divinity of the Prophet Joseph’s calling. It declares Joseph’s work to be of God and that it will never fail. It also testifies that those who read the Doctrine and Covenants, as well as the Book of Mormon, “will be reminded that the Book of Mormon, and this book of Doctrine and Covenants of the church, cost the best blood of the nineteenth century to bring them forth” (D&C 135:6).