YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. PORTRAIT OF MY SPIRITUAL HERO traits to follow journal. Youth can search the scriptures to find these or listen to parents and teachers to discover them, or find them in their own homes or family. Here they can sketch the hero, name the hero, and write the traits to follow next to the footsteps. Jesus is a great one to follow or pick a favorite to name and describe. Example: “Brave, obedient, strong, honors father, loves God, faithful.”
For CHURCH & HOME Primary, Sunday School, scripture study, and COME FOLLOW ME
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Portrait of My Spiritual Hero – Traits to Follow Journal
OBJECTIVE: To help the children have the desire to follow the example of righteous people and to be good examples themselves.
ACTIVITY: Portrait of My Spiritual Hero
Encourage children to draw a portrait of their spiritual hero. Then write the traits that hero has and the actions they wish to follow.
TO MAKE Print and cut out the Portrait of My Spiritual Hero for each child.
THOUGHT TREAT: Footstep Fudge. Melt 1 (11.5 oz.) package milk chocolate chips or butterscotch chips with 4 ounces sweetened condensed milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. (Melt in microwave 1-3 minutes and stir every minute.) Roll into fudge balls (1 tablespoon each). Shape into feet and add 5 miniature chocolate chips for toes. Tell children that as they follow in the footsteps of their spiritual heroes, they too become spiritual heros for others to follow.
YOUTH CAN TEACH using this LESSON 26 Ruth and Naomi from the Primary 6 Old Testament manual.
. . . Review the enrichment activity 1, for which the above activity illustrates.
SCRIPTURE CARDS: Help children Search and Ponder this scripture card by filling in the blanks. PRINT this 5 x 7 scripture card from the pdf included with the above activity. You can punch the two holes on the left and tie a ribbon to attach cards or use two metal rings to connect cards.
1 TIMOTHY 4:12
“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”
YOUTH CAN TEACH
So, please let them teach as it helps them learn the gospel and grow their testimony as they share it.
Use this BRIGHT IDEAS LESSON Planner to plan lesson objectives, activities, and discussions (included with each activity).
