ACTIVITY: “Note”able Hymns Secret Code Message

1. Using the codebreaker, have youth find the hidden messages that tell us the kinds of blessings we receive from singing hymns.
   ANSWERS: Strengthen our faith, teach the gospel, help us want to repent, help us choose the right, make us feel happy, and help to give us good thoughts.
2. Sing “Wise Man and Foolish Man” Children’s Songbook 281 (see below*). This song reflects the decisions (answers) in the above activity, e.g., “good thoughts,” “choose the right,” and “repent.” Tell youth, this might be a great song to sing along with more below, like “Choose the Right” Hymnal 239 (below*) and more. TO MAKE: Print or copy, color, and cut out the Secret Code Message.
   
   THOUGHT TREAT: Note Cookies. Frost a music note on each cookie then sing your favorite gospel song.
   
   TESTIMONY: Share your testimony of the importance of singing hymns, and express your ideas about the blessings that can come from righteous hymn singing. Tell the children that Heavenly Father loves to hear us sing. Encourage the children to participate joyfully in hymn singing, at Church meetings and on their own.
   
   
   SCRIPTURE CHALLENGE CARD: Help youth 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.Doctrine and Covenants 25:11-12Emma Smith was asked to select sacred hymns (see lesson below): “And it shall be given thee, also, to make a selection of sacred hymns, as it shall be given thee, which is pleasing unto me, to be had in my church.”On the Scripture Challenge Card (in the pdf file):
   “For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads.”