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Family Home Evening Idea
Great Ideas for FHE
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"Peace, Be Still"
Preparation:
 • Get picture 214, “Stilling the Storm” from the LDS Gospel Art Kit or a similar illustration of Jesus calming the tempest
• Gather a lightweight blanket or scarf for every two children
• Read Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:36-41, and Luke 8:22-25 and be able to tell the story in your own words
• Cut up pieces of paper and write gospel words on them then fold them in half and place them in a bowl. Suggestions for words to choose are found under Activity/Treats.
• Make a cake and use frosting to make waves on the cake. For special effect, add blue food coloring to the frosting.
Hymn: “Keep the Commandments,” (Hymns, 303 or Children’s Songbook, 146)
Scripture: John 16:33. “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
Lesson: Show the picture of Jesus stilling the storm. Tell the family you are going to stage that scene. Assign each family member a role: at least one pair of children to make waves, one person to be the wind, and one person to voice the disciples’ cry.
Explain each role. To make waves, hold a blanket or scarf at opposite ends and shake it evenly. For the wind, have someone hiss and moan. For the disciples’ part, cry out “Save us; we perish” on cue.
Tell the story, allowing time for family members to ct out the tempest. Cue the disciples’ part. Firmly deliver Jesus’ reply: “Peace, be still.” Wait for the winds and the waves to stop.
Ask your family to think of a time when their lives felt stormy. What caused these “stormy” feelings? How did they overcome them? What are they afraid of now? (For older children, a brief discussion of how they feel about world events might be appropriate.) What could they do that the disciples did during the storm?
Read Psalm 145:18-20 and ask what it means to call upon the Lord. How does prayer help us feel peaceful?
Read the following quote: “The everlasting peace Jesus promises is an inner peace, born in faith, anchored by testimony, nurtured with love, and expressed through continual obedience and repentance. It is a peace of spirit that echoes through the heart and the soul. If one truly knows and experiences this inner peace, there is no fear from worldly disharmony or discord.” (M. Russell Ballard, “The Peaceable Things of the Kingdom,” Ensign, May 2002, 87).
Discuss how the principles Elder Ballard mentioned help us to feel peaceful. Ask what else we can do to find peace in our lives.
Share the following quote by Elder Richard L. Evans: “To find peace—the peace within, the peace that passeth understanding—men must live in honesty, honoring each other, honoring obligations, working willingly, loving and cherishing loved ones, serving and considering others, with patience, with virtue, with faith and forbearance, with the assurance that life is for learning, for serving, for repenting, and improving. And God be thanked for the blessed principle of repenting and improving, which is a way that is open to us all.”
What are the blessings of having peace in our lives and in our home? Share a time in your life when you were able to find peace during a difficult situation and how that peace blessed your life. Explain that in turbulent times, we can find peace as we become true disciples of Christ, calling upon the Lord and following his commandments.
Activity/Treats: Play Scripture Pictionary. Fill a bowl with pieces of paper, each of which should have a gospel word written on it. Split up into two teams and give each team paper and a pencil. Teams take turns choosing a word from the bowl and drawing it while the rest of the team guesses. For each correct guess within a minute, the team earns one point. Go back and forth until both teams have had an equal number of turns and whoever has the most points, wins. Clues could include Samuel the Lamanite, tithing, sacrament, church, temple, baptism, the Book of Mormon, Nephi, Noah, Moses, prayer, Primary, fasting, etc.
Afterwards, enjoy a “peace” of your stormy cake.
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