YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. CHARITY CHART 5 Ways to Improve. Help youth memorize Moroni 7:45 (on the chart) and write ways to improve relationships. “And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own …”
Use for COME FOLLOW ME Young Women, Young Men, Family Home Evening, Primary and Home, or Activity Days
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Charity Chart of Ways to Improve Journal in Moroni 7:45
OBJECTIVE: Help youth memorize Moroni 7:45 and think of five ways they can improve their relationship with at least one person. Write these five ways on the border of the Charity Chart.
Friendships: Encourage youth to give their best ideas on how to acquire friends and be a friend. Tell them that these skills will help them in relationships with their family, friends, dates, and eventually a marriage friendship. A friend is someone with whom you have common interests, share basic values, and learn to accept.
TO MAKE Print activity in color or black and white.
Charity Ideas: • Look people in the eye when you speak to them. • Show gratitude. • Confide in someone. • Apologize and admit when you are wrong. • Be forgiving. • Simply listen rather than give advice. • Act interested. • Thank others for their help or the compliments they give you. • Help that friend feel important; someone said: “It’s nice to feel like you’re that person’s only friend, even though you know you are not.” • Be attentive—if others say hello, or want to enter into the conversation, include them without excluding the friend you are talking to. • Remember names. • Be careful not to have so many friends that you stretch your energy too far (you need time for yourself and your family). • Find a common subject of interest about which you can communicate. • Let others know you want their friendship instead of assuming they will discover it on their own.
DISCUSSION: Ask youth about Abraham Lincoln’s words, “With malice toward none; with charity for all.”
• “Proclaim your love for all human beings, ‘with malice toward none, with charity for all.’ They as children of God are our brothers and sisters. We value their rights and feelings. But we cannot condone efforts to change divine doctrine. It is not for man to change.” Source HERE: Disciples and the Defense of Marriage, Elder Russell M. Nelson, Apostle (2015), (President/Prophet 2023). He also said, “Disciples of the Lord are defenders of traditional marriage. We cannot yield. History is not our judge. A secular society is not our judge. God is our judge!”
MUTUAL NIGHT, SEMINARY, SUNDAY SCHOOL, & FAMILY NIGHT ACTIVITIES
FRIENDSHIPS: Remind youth to treat others with respect, paying attention to their thoughts, feelings, and accomplishments. Hopefully, you will have this friendship with the person you marry. Communicate from the start—“Happy is the man that getteth understanding” (Proverbs 3:13).
“PICK”-ET A FRIEND: Gather youth and make friendship picket signs and cookies. For example, the sign might read, “We love Rachel,” etc.). Go to the youth’s home, and stick little signs on their lawn expressing love and friendship. Examples: “You are cool/great!” “We love you,” or “You’re super!”. Leave a plate of cookies on the porch, placing a sign on it to invite them to a church activity. This could be done with several youths to go in a group. Or, “PICK”-ET several youths who are not attending church or activities. If they are at home, sit on the porch and chat while you eat some of the cookies together (bring extras in this case, so you have enough to leave with them).
SOURCE: YW3.43
THIS ACTIVITY CAN BE USED FOR Come Follow Me
• OCTOBER Lesson __ “How can I become more Christlike?”
• NOVEMBER Lesson __ “What is the Lord’s way of providing for the poor and needy?”
• DECEMBER Lesson 5 “How can I help my less-active friends return to church?”
