How can I explain the importance of marriage and family/family history to others?
This past Sunday I taught our Youth Sunday School class. I wanted to do a review of sorts for the topic of the month of August. I loved talking to the youth about their families and what they are looking for in their own future families! Eternal marriages lead to eternal families so I wanted them to make sure to recognize that! So we talked about how they can prepare now for the marriage and family they want later. Which is perfect because they are all 15 turning 16 so dating is in full swing.
We talked about families, our siblings and parents, and how we can make our families stronger now. We also talked about family history and the temple. I loved talking about the Spirit of Elijah with the class!
I'm not the best example of doing my own family history, but I love my ancestors and I'm so grateful for what they did for me. And I'm hoping to get better at family history! It's our job to make sure we do something for them! :)
We talked about how we can research family history and do their work, and also what we could set aside now to do work that will last-not just on earth but in heaven too!
For the handout I could not get this quote from Elder Andersen out of my head, "Families are the treasure of heaven." So treasure theme it was! I filled little treasure boxes I found a template for on Pinterest with gold candy, jewels and gold coins. To make the coins even cuter I topped them with little sayings or quotes to remind them how important their family from the past, now and later in life really are! I also made a little worksheet for them to write how they can treasure their own families.
I found the gold coins at Winco and the jewels in a big bag at Hobby Lobby, I found a few options online if you wanted to check them out below!
Here are the FREE printables for this lesson:
Family Coins
How Can I Treasure My Family Worksheet
Online options:
Treasure chests How cute are these?! You could fill them with a few coins and leave them open or fill with any small candies!
Plastic Gold Coins
If you love Disney as much as I do, be sure to check out my last post. I'm hosting a giveaway with some amazing Etsy shops! Go HERE to read all the details on how to enter and to see all the fun things the winner will receive!
This post may contain affiliate links, all opinions are my own.
This past Sunday I taught our Youth Sunday School class. I wanted to do a review of sorts for the topic of the month of August. I loved talking to the youth about their families and what they are looking for in their own future families! Eternal marriages lead to eternal families so I wanted them to make sure to recognize that! So we talked about how they can prepare now for the marriage and family they want later. Which is perfect because they are all 15 turning 16 so dating is in full swing.
We talked about families, our siblings and parents, and how we can make our families stronger now. We also talked about family history and the temple. I loved talking about the Spirit of Elijah with the class!
I'm not the best example of doing my own family history, but I love my ancestors and I'm so grateful for what they did for me. And I'm hoping to get better at family history! It's our job to make sure we do something for them! :)
We talked about how we can research family history and do their work, and also what we could set aside now to do work that will last-not just on earth but in heaven too!
For the handout I could not get this quote from Elder Andersen out of my head, "Families are the treasure of heaven." So treasure theme it was! I filled little treasure boxes I found a template for on Pinterest with gold candy, jewels and gold coins. To make the coins even cuter I topped them with little sayings or quotes to remind them how important their family from the past, now and later in life really are! I also made a little worksheet for them to write how they can treasure their own families.
I found the gold coins at Winco and the jewels in a big bag at Hobby Lobby, I found a few options online if you wanted to check them out below!
Here are the FREE printables for this lesson:
Family Coins
How Can I Treasure My Family Worksheet
Online options:
Treasure chests How cute are these?! You could fill them with a few coins and leave them open or fill with any small candies!
Plastic Gold Coins
If you love Disney as much as I do, be sure to check out my last post. I'm hosting a giveaway with some amazing Etsy shops! Go HERE to read all the details on how to enter and to see all the fun things the winner will receive!
This post may contain affiliate links, all opinions are my own.
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