WHAT IS Family Home Evening?

WHAT IS FAMILY HOME EVENING??

Members of my church, The church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, have set aside one night a week to be devoted to spending time together as a family. Typically this is Monday night. This means that Monday nights are reserved for Family Time. As a family we spend time together having lessons, playing games, or doing activities. Each Family Home Evening usually starts and ends with a prayer. Many families sing a song, we are not the best singers but even we try to include a song some of the time. And the kids' favorite part of Family Night is a treat after the closing prayer.

This is a great time to interact as a family and actually talk to each other without TV, phones, gaming systems, music devices or any other technology toys interupting.







Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Repentance/Washed Clean Demonstration

This boy does not get a name as I don't want to make anyone feel bad.
The demonstration goes something like this.
"This boy has already been baptized."
Give age appropriate sins...keep it light.
"This week in school he looked at his friends test to get the answers he did not know."
Color his eyes with the marker.
"Yesterday when his mom asked him how long he played games he lied and only told her about half the time he really played."
Color his mouth with the marker.
At this point or in between the sins you can go into the steps he needs to take to repent of these two sins.
"He started feeling really bad during class when his teacher gave him back his test with the grade on it. He knew it wasn't his work that he was getting credit for. As soon as class was over he went up to his teacher's desk and told her what had happened. He took full responsibility for cheating, he had to take the "0" grade that was required by the school. This means he will now have to work harder to get a good grade in this class, but he won't feel bad inside about the choice he made anymore. That night in his prayers he asked Heavenly Father to forgive him."
When the boy repents in your demo wipe the appropriate spot with the wet rag. If you will talk about each sin separately be careful to only wet the mark he just repented of, they all come off with water and if the fabric is wet you can't get the marker on!




After repenting he is "Washed Clean"!




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