|
 |
|
|
|
Great Ideas for FHE
Try this one tonight!
"I Will Remember My Baptismal Covenants"
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Song:
"When I Am Baptized," Children's Songbook, p. 103
Gospel Standard:
I will remember my baptismal covenant and listen to the Holy Ghost. (Faith in God guidebooks, backcover)
Quote:
"The Lord considers this covenant, this baptismal covenant, to be of such import that he has charged us to renew it weekly." (Marion G. Romney, "According to the Covenants," Ensign, Nov. 1975, 71)
Lesson:
Display a picture of The Last Supper. Explain that the evening before Jesus died, he ate a last meal with his friends, the disciples. Jesus knew that he would soon have to die. He wanted his followers to remember him so they could carry on the work of the gospel. Jesus knew that his flesh would be torn by scourging and from crucifixion. So, he tore some bread, blessed it, and told his apostles that it represented his body. He offered the bread to his disciples to eat.
Jesus also knew that he would shed his blood while suffering for our sins and sorrows in the Garden of Gethsemane, and again on the cross, from the piercing nails and spears. He took some juice of the grapevine, blessed it, and told them it represented his blood, which would be shed. He offered it to his disciples to drink.
Do you think his disciples were laughing and playing during this Last Supper? (No.) Why not? (It was a sacred time when the disciples could ponder the atonement of Jesus Christ.)
Jesus has asked us to continue this ceremonial supper. What do we call it today? (The sacrament.) It is a sacred time when we can think seriously about the atonement of Jesus Christ. During this time should we be laughing or playing?
To prepare for next week's sacrament meeting, we are going to talk about each part of the sacrament service so we can think about how to be reverent. The chorister leads us in a sacrament song. We should try to sing along and think about the words. Then a priest blesses the bread. We should listen to the words of the prayer. The deacons, or other priesthood holders, then pass the bread. We should take one piece and slowly and carefully pass the tray to the person next to us. A priest then blesses the water and the deacons pass the water. Should we throw cups on the floor or play with them during church? We should think about Jesus Christ and the covenants we make when we are baptized.
Give each member of the family a baptism checklist (see below). Invite them to bring the list to church next week. Challenge them to be more reverent than they have ever been. Ask them to test themselves by putting a check mark next to the parts of the sacrament service where they were paying attention and thinking of Jesus.
___I can sing the sacrament song.
___I can listen to the sacrament prayers.
___I can take the sacrament reverently.
___I can think of the life of Jesus Christ.
___I can think of the death of Jesus Christ.
___I can think of my baptismal covenant.
(Christena C. Nelson, I Will Make and Keep My Baptismal Covenant, [Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000], p. 39.)
Get the complete FHE lesson Free!
 Go here to download the PDF packet >
Go here to download the text version >
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
Other Links You're Sure to Enjoy!
|
|
|
|
LDS Church Tours
|
|
|
|
|
FamilyCentral.com
|
|
|
|
|
