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Teach your child that Heavenly Father calls prophets to teach us what we need to know and what we need to do to return to live with Him. Through Joseph Smith, Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ restored the gospel. Read D&C 135:3. We can live like Joseph Smith by keeping the commandments and helping others. Play the “Treat Walk Game” as you listen to the song “Praise To The Man” (Hymn #27).
Joseph was brought up in a small log cabin. Using Lincoln Logs, create a small log cabin. Scan the QR code on your lesson plan page to watch a short video of a tour of the Smith home.
Review the importance of prayer. Sing the song “I Pray In Faith” on page 14 of the Children’s Songbook. Challenge family members to pray everyday. Use the “Prayer Chart” to track your prayers this month.
Teach that restore means to bring back. Show your family a clean penny (this represents the priesthood when Christ was on the Earth). Show a dirty penny (this represents the changes other religions made to the priesthood and it being taken from the earth). In a shallow bowl, place 1/4 cup of white vinegar and 1 teaspoon of salt. Mix until it’s dissolved. Place the penny in the bowl for 10-20 seconds on each side. Pull it out and notice the change. Just like this penny was restored to be shiny, Joseph Smith restored the priesthood.
Create the “Temple File Folder Game.” Let the children match the puzzle pieces as you listen to a song about the temple.
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Returning to Jerusalem after 70 years in captivity, the Israelites were eager to restore that which they had lost. The prophets Ezra and Nehemiah helped lead the people in rebuilding the wall around the city and in repairing the temple. But this was more than rebuilding their place of worship: it was a return to their covenants with God.
After many years of living separately, King Hezekiah of Judah invited the people of the Kingdom of Israel to come down to Jerusalem and worship the Lord during the Passover. Many who came to the temple did not remember all the cleansing ordinances and were not fully prepared to participate. Rather than scorn them, Hezekiah made sure that no one who attended Passover was left out: “The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God” (2 Chronicles 30:18-19). Because of this, “there was great joy” during the Passover in Jerusalem as the people grew closer together in worship (2 Chronicles 30:26).
Josiah was a righteous king of Judah. He desired to bring the people back into their covenant relationship with the Lord, yet there was no way to remember the Law of Moses: the people had forgotten it. However, when ancient scripture texts were found in the temple, Josiah was able to remind his people of the law and blessings of their covenant. The people began to feel God’s presence again as worship of the Savior resumed “with all their heart and all their soul” (2 Kings 23:3).