SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. “THE FAMILY: A Proclamation to the World” paragraph 1. The Card Reads: “Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and . . . the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.”
GREAT FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH – Come Follow Me Lessons for: Primary, family home evening, Sunday School, Seminary, Bible Study
SCRIPTURE POSTER / CARDS:
“The Family: A Proclamation to the World” (Marriage)
8 pages (color/black-and-white visuals: 3 sizes for poster)
Objective: Help children/youth memorize “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” paragraph 1: “Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and . . . the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children.”
Ways to Motivate Children/Youth to Memorize Scripture:
• Give out small black and white scripture cards to memorize.
• Once they are passed off give out the colored version of scripture cards.
TO MAKE Print, color, and cut out the poster of your choice. If printing the larger size poster, mount the two parts on poster paper. The smaller cards are for children to take home.
View the poster above as you read this quote to youth.
President Henry B. Iring said,
“From my office window I see brides and grooms every day having their pictures taken among beautiful flowers and shooting fountains. The groom often carries his bride in his arms, at least for a few staggering steps, while the photographer shoots wedding pictures. Every time I see that, I think of couples I have known who in time—sometimes in a very short time after their wedding day—had to carry each other in other ways when life became hard. Jobs can be lost. Children can be born with great challenges. Illness can come. And then, habits of having done unto others as we would have them do unto us—when it was easier—will make us heroes and heroines in those trying times when it takes more than we thought we had in us.
We owe our families the kind of relationship we can take into the presence of God. We must try not to give offense or take offense. We can determine to forgive quickly and fully. We can try to seek the happiness of others above our own. We can be kind in our speech. As we try to do all these things, we will invite the Holy Ghost into our families and into our lives.
My assurance to you is that, with the Lord’s help and with repentant hearts, we can catch a glimpse in this life of the kind of life we want to have forever. Heavenly Father loves us. He wants us back with Him. The Savior, through the power of His Atonement, makes possible the change in our hearts we need to make in order to enter holy temples, make covenants we can then keep, and in time live in families forever in celestial glory—home again.”
“Families Can Be Together Forever” talk by Presiden Henry B. Iring
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!”
MORE DISCUSSION IDEAS (outline and discuss the above talk Disciples and the Defense of Marriage).
THIS ACTIVITY CAN BE USED FOR Come Follow Me
Sing songs using the song visuals that you can download from this website.
• Families Can Be Together Forever, (CS, 188)
• I Love to See the Temple, (CS, 95) using the song visuals that can be downloaded from this website (previewed right).
Mini-lesson Ideas for
“The Family: A Proclamation to the World” (Marriage – Family)
1. Discuss “The Family: A Proclamation to the World”. Study the outline The Family Is Central to God’s Plan, and: (1) Parents have important responsibilities in families. (2) Children have the responsibility to obey their parents (Ephesians 6:1).
(3) I can show love to each member of my family.
2. A Prophet’s Proclamation: “I salute fathers and mothers who are loyal to one another and who nurture their children in faith and love. There has been a wonderful response to the proclamation on the family, which we issued last October. … We hope you will read it and reread it” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1996, 90; or Ensign, May 1996, 66).
3. Show video “Marriage and Family” which tells about “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” The family is the most basic and important unit in society and the highest priority for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
4. Tell Story of Obedience to Parents – Nephi and the Brass Plates. Talk about which family members were obedient to their parents as you read the story of the Prophet Lehi sending his sons to obtain the brass plates (see 1 Nephi 3–4). Talk about your personal family and specific things your parents ask you to obey. Talk about what happened in Nephi and Lehi’s story as Nephi obeyed his father. Ask what happens in your family as you obey your parents.
5. Show video “Book of Mormon: The Brass Plates” where sacred family records (plates) were obtained (below).
6. Discuss Obedience to God’s Commandments and to Parents: 1 Nephi 3:7 “I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.”
7. Quote the Prophet Joseph Smith: “I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves.”
