Use For: CHURCH and HOME children and youth activities
ACTIVITY DAYS Activity
Learning and Living the Gospel –
Goal 7
Living the gospel,
post and present with
invitation
THEME: Wise Man “Built His House Upon a Rock” – Testimony Building Project
INVITATION
Invite Activity Days youth to this activity using invitation.
Other Uses For This Same Invitation: Use to invite youth to the following other types of activities. (1) Nature Walk to gather rocks for rock painting to use or a craft project (Activity Days Goal). (2) Use painted rocks for a gift to give to youth missing Activity Days in your neighborhood. (3) Use for a Building My Foundation Lesson for this Goal 10 on ways to increase your faith in Jesus Christ (painting rocks with gospel principles to stack up. (See list below: Gospel Principles and Testimony Builders*.)
PREPARATION FOR ACTIVITY:
• Print invitations, color, and give out a week ahead or have them ready to give to youth at a current activity, inviting them to the next.
• Have youth who are more active take the invitation to those less active.
ASSIGN TREATS:
• See matching THOUGHT TREATS below each activity.
• Have youth share their favorite recipes with you and you could make them during Activity Days or have them make them ahead to share.
• With the Activity Days budget have youth help you plan treats ahead for the next activity – hopefully treats that go along with the goal or lesson theme.
. . . ACTIVITY DAYS PLANNER . . .
Wise Man “Built His House Upon a Rock” (Testimony Building Project)
Instead of building your house upon sand to be washed away, build your house upon rock like the wise man. Your house will not fall if you build it upon the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the rock, our sure foundation. By building our house upon the rock we will be able to withstand “winds of the devil” and destruction. Read 3 Nephi 11:40, Matthew 7:24-27, and Helaman 5:12.
1. Print, color, and cut out the house and rock pieces.
2. Build your house upon the rock by increasing your testimony.
Step 1: Build Your Foundation: Post the rocks on a door or wall. Then write on each rock a gospel principle you will obey and make a specific goal for each (see ideas below).
Step 2: Strengthen Your Foundation: Learn about and live each of the gospel principles you have chosen.
Step 3: Build Upon the Rock: For each gospel principle you have lived, add to the visual, building your sure foundation.
*Gospel Principles and Testimony Builders: FAITH, FASTING, FORGIVENESS, HONORING PARENTS, HONESTY, MISSIONARY WORK, MODEST DRESS, OBEDIENCE, REPENTANCE, REVELATION, REVERENCE, HONORING SABBATH, SACRAMENT, SCRIPTURES, SERVICE, TITHING, WORD OF WISDOM, OBEDIENCE, PRAYER
THOUGHT TREAT #1: (TESTIMONY Treats). Any food that begins with the letter in the word TESTIMONY, e.g., taffy, egg, sandwich, toast, iceberg lettuce, mustard, orange, nut or noodle, yogurt or yam.
Activity 1: Place food items on a tray for girls to see, then play the memory game. Girls can look at the tray for 60 seconds (identify each item for them). Remove tray, then give each girl a pencil and paper to write what they saw on the tray. Try to write the word “TESTIMONY.” Award a treat to everyone, but a double treat to those who spelled the word. Treat Ideas: dyed, hard-boiled egg, orange, nuts.
Activity 2: If you don’t have much time, simply have girls write “TESTIMONY” by placing treats in order, e.g., toast first and egg second.
THOUGHT TREAT #2: Sure Foundation Sugar Cookies. Make house- and smile-shaped sugar cookies as shown. Tell children/youth that as we follow Jesus Christ we can build a house that is strong and can withstand the tests of time and temptation. This will make us happy. Create a smiley face sugar cookie as well.
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MORE CHOICES – COMING SOON
for Learning and Living the Gospel
– Goal 10 (found in the Activity Days and Socials book) (not yet available to download):
• Theme #1: Wise Man “Built His House Upon a Rock” (Wise Man “Built His House Upon a Rock” testimony building project)
• Theme #2: B.E.A.R.S. Be Enthusiastic about Reading Scriptures
(bookmarks and scripture chase)
• Theme #3: My Gospel Standards Help Me (My Gospel Standards review and symbols to decorate hat or vest)
• Theme #4: Sunday Fun Activities (Sabbath day activities brainstorm and activity box)
