SCRIPTURE ACTIVITY. PREPARING FOR MY LIFE’S MISSION statements match game. Youth match cards as they ponder ways to prepare for the Latter-days. DOING NOW: Receiving baptism; Reading scriptures; Attending Church; Serving others; Working hard; Praying with purpose – DO IN THE FUTURE: Serve a mission; Marry in the temple; Teach my children the gospel; Learn another language; Receive my patriarchal blessing; Build the kingdom of God on the earth.
USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Young Women, Primary and Home, Family Home Evening, Seminary, Sunday School, Bible Study
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Preparing for My Life’s Mission
Mission Statements (Match Game)
OBJECTIVE: To help the children understand that they are beginning to prepare for their own earthly missions.
ACTIVITY: Mission Statements match game
Say to the children, “By choosing to come to earth we chose to accept our mission in life so that we can return to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus in the celestial kingdom. We must prepare for our mission by the things we do now and in the future.”
Read clues from cards (mission statements) that follow:
• Things I Am Doing Now: Receiving baptism, attending church, serving others, working hard, praying with purpose.
• Things I Will Do in the Future: Serve a mission, marry in the temple, teach children the gospel, learn another language, receive my patriarchal blessing, build the kingdom of God on the earth.
To Play: Lay two sets of cards facedown. Take turns turning two cards over to make a match. The one with the most matches wins. Talk about each action and how it helps us fulfill our mission here on earth.
TO MAKE Print and cut out the Mission Statements match game for each child.
THOUGHT TREAT: M&M Mission Statements. Offer 12 M&M candies as children each name one action to prepare for their mission in life—what they can do now and in the future (as described on the mission statement cards).
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.
THE ABOVE D&C 127:4 SCRIPTURE READS:
(answers to blank words)
“And again, verily thus saith the Lord: Let the work of my temple, and all the works which I have appointed unto you, be continued on and not cease; and let your diligence, and your perseverance, and patience, and your works be redoubled, and you shall in nowise lose your reward, saith the Lord of Hosts.”
LESSON IDEAS (for the above activity):
Present Lesson 18 – Primary 6 Manual – Old Testament: The Birth and Calling of Moses.
To get to the manual click above or HERE and go to the #18 lesson (noted above).
Review enrichment activity 5 (detailed below*), for which the above activity illustrates.
*Enrichment Activity #5
Have the children tell what they are doing to prepare for their mission in life. List the responses on the chalkboard under the heading I Am Doing.
Suggestions might include being baptized, attending church, reading the scriptures, serving others, working hard, and so on. Then have them list what they can do in the future under the heading I Will Do.
Ideas here could include serving a mission, marrying in the temple, teaching their children the gospel, receiving their patriarchal blessings, learning another language, and so on.
Encourage the children to decide now to work toward goals that will prepare them to serve the Lord throughout their lives.
Share the following quotation from President Gordon B. Hinckley:
“Every one of you was endowed by your Father in Heaven with a tremendous capacity to do good in the world. Train your minds and your hands that you may be equipped to serve well in the society of which you are a part. Cultivate the art of being kind, of being thoughtful, of being helpful. Refine within you the quality of mercy which comes as a part of the divine attributes you have inherited” (“The Light within You,” Ensign, May 1995, p. 99).
