ALL AGES. MY BODY IS A TEMPLE: Dress Modestly and Show Respect sewing card. Have a modesty talk so children can know the difference between modest and immodest dress. This gospel standard is shown on the card “I can dress modestly to show respect for Heavenly Father and myself.” Children can weave yarn or ribbon through punched holes on the card as they ponder this sacred promise.
GREAT FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH – Come Follow Me Lessons for: Primary lessons, family home evening, Bible Study
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity:
My Body Is a Temple (sewing card)
LESSON OBJECTIVE: Dressing modestly shows respect for others, Heavenly Father, and myself.
ACTIVITY: My Body Is a Temple (sewing card)
1. Help youth color in the modest outfit on the card and sew the sides with yarn to frame it for their room so they know the standards of modesty.
2. Have a modesty talk. Help youth know the difference between modest and immodest dress. Read the gospel standard found on the card. “I can dress modestly to show respect for Heavenly Father and myself.” GO HERE ⇒ to find this in My Gospel Standards.
TO MAKE Print, color, and cut out the sewing card, or enlarge grou a group presentation. Have enough yarn for each youth to sew their card, punching holes in the card to thread yarn through as shown.
MORE LESSON IDEAS ON “My Body Is a Temple”
ARTICLES / LESSON IDEAS
• Doctrinal Mastery: Your Body Is a Temple
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”
