COME, FOLLOW ME Activities to Make Learning Fun!
BOOK OF MORMON
Children and Youth Activities For:
• Primary opening/music
• Primary classes
• Home Devotionals
• Family Home Evening
• Sunday School
• Seminary
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BOOK OF MORMON
Lesson 45: November 16-22, 2020
Ether 6-11
“That Evil May Be Done Away”
Discussion Topics (activities below) ⇓
PRIMARY – HOME
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• Heavenly Father can comfort me when I am scared.
• I can be thankful.
• I am blessed when I follow the prophet.
• I can trust Heavenly Father to guide me to eternal life.
• Remembering what the Lord has done for me brings peace.
• The Lord is merciful when I repent.
INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES
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• The Lord will lead me toward my promised land.
• The Lord blesses me when I am humble.
• Righteous leaders bless the people they lead.
• What is a secret combination?
SUNDAY SCHOOL / SEMINARY – TEENS
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• The Lord will guide us through our mortal journey.
• The Lord blesses us when we are humble.
• Righteous leaders direct people to God.
Lesson 45 Scripture Scholars
Week’s Scripture Scholars BOOKMARKS & scripture POP-UP Includes:
• BOOKMARKS with Come, Follow Me scriptures to read and discuss topics for Primary and Individuals and Families. Also, for Sunday School (teens).
• POP-UP to glue in scripture binding next to scripture you underline.
EXTRA ITEMS (not included) … THERE’S MORE:
• STAMP. Award readers with a STAMP for the week’s scripture reading. See below to find matching STAMPS.
• STAMP KEEPER. These can be placed on the STAMP KEEPER (see below) where you can collect 50 stamps for the year.
Lessons 42-46 Scripture Scholars
November’s BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (below).
November STAMPS
For NOVEMBER Lessons 42-46 (Book of Mormon). STAMPS to award scripture readers for reading scriptures on the BOOKMARKS. Place these on the STAMP KEEPER (found below/right)
LESSON LIFESAVER Activities
LESSON 45 “THAT EVIL MAY BE DONE AWAY” SUBJECTS:
• TRUST IN GOD
Heavenly Father can comfort me when I am scared.
• REMEMBER BLESSINGS
I can be thankful.
• PROPHETS GUIDE US
I am blessed when I follow the prophet.
• HUMBLE REPENTANCE
The Lord is merciful when I repent.
(over 100 activities to choose from) ⇓
. . . TRUST IN GOD . . .
Heavenly Father can comfort me when I am scared.
It must have been frightening for the Jaredites to be “tossed upon the waves of the sea before the wind” (Ether 6:5). But the Lord kept them safe and helped them. How can you help the children turn to the Lord when they feel afraid?
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Using words and phrases from Ether 6:2–12, describe to the children the Jaredites’ journey across the sea. Invite the children to pretend to climb into the barges and pretend that their barge is being moved and covered by waves. How would it feel to be in a real barge in rough waters? What can we do when we are scared? Read together verses 7 and 9 to see what the Jaredites did when they were frightened.
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Tell about a time when you were afraid and Heavenly Father comforted you. Share with the children a hymn or song that helps you “thank and praise the Lord” (Ether 6:9) for His help. Let the children share their favorite Primary songs, and sing some of them together.
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Use this week’s activity page to help the children make paper barges.
DOWNLOAD the paper barges Jaredites Go to the Promised Land! crossword puzzle (HERE or below)Explain that the barges helped the Jaredites stay safe even when they were surrounded by water (see Ether 6:7, 10). What has Heavenly Father given us to keep us safe on our journey back to Him?
I can trust Heavenly Father to guide me to eternal life.
The account of the Jaredites’ voyage across the sea can be compared to our journey through mortality. Both journeys are sometimes dangerous and require faith that the Lord will guide and protect us.
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Read together Ether 6:2–12, pausing frequently so the children can draw pictures of what they are reading. How is the Jaredites’ journey like our lives? Help the children identify and label what different parts of their drawings might represent in our lives. For example, the Jaredites could represent us. The barges could represent our homes, the Church, or the gospel. What might the wind, the water, the shining stones, and the promised land represent?
• DOWNLOAD Faith Brings Miracles story starter activities (one is The Brother of Jared stones) – (HERE or below)
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Help the children find words and phrases in Ether 6:2–12 that show how the Jaredites trusted God. Share examples of how relying on God has helped you during difficult times in your life. Encourage the children to share any similar experiences they’ve had.
DOWNLOAD “We love to have family prayer!” poster or coloring page (HERE)
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AGES 8-11
TEENS
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. . . REMEMBER BLESSINGS . . .
I can be thankful.
After arriving safely in the promised land, the Jaredites were so thankful that they “shed tears of joy” (Ether 6:12). How can you encourage a spirit of thankfulness in the children you teach?
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Read to the children phrases from Ether 6:9 and 12 to teach them how the Jaredites showed their gratitude to the Lord for helping them reach the promised land. Ask the children to name some things they are thankful for. Sing together, like the Jaredites did, a song that expresses gratitude, such as “I Thank Thee, Dear Father” (Children’s Songbook, 7).
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Read to the children Ether 10:2 to show that even many years later, the Jaredites remembered how the Lord had helped their ancestors cross the ocean. Help the children think of ways the Lord has blessed them. Then let the children draw pictures to remind themselves of these blessings (or help them choose from some pictures you bring, perhaps from a Church magazine).
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AGES 8-11
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. . . PROPHETS GUIDE US . . .
I am blessed when I follow the prophet.
The book of Ether clearly shows that when the Jaredites followed the prophets they were blessed, and when they rejected the prophets their lives were harder. Think of ways you can help the children see that the same is true for us.
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Show a picture of the living prophet, and ask the children what they know about him. What does a prophet do? Explain that the Jaredites had prophets too, and whenever they followed the prophet, they were blessed and happy (see Ether 7:24–27). How can we follow the prophet.
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Sing together a song about prophets, such as “Follow the Prophet” (Children’s Songbook, 110–11; see also Gospel Art Book, nos. 4–27, 67–87). Talk with the children about things the prophets have taught us to do (for example, reading our scriptures daily, keeping the Sabbath day holy, or serving others), and invite them to act out obeying that counsel when you say “Follow the prophet!”
FOLLOW THE PROPHET song visuals:
• DOWNLOAD Follow the Prophet song visuals (HERE)
• DOWNLOAD We Listen to a Prophet’s Voice song visuals (HERE or below)
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AGES 1-5
AGE 4-7
AGES 8-11
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. . . HUMBLE REPENTANCE . . .
The Lord is merciful when I repent.
Even though the Jaredites often rejected the prophets and became wicked, the Lord always forgave them when they humbled themselves and repented.
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Read together Ether 9:28–35, and help the children think of three or four short sentences that summarize what happened in these verses. Then read Ether 11:5–8, and help the children identify similarities between the two accounts. What do we learn from these stories?
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Ask the children to think of other people in the Book of Mormon who humbled themselves and were forgiven. Use pictures from the Gospel Art Book or Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families to help them remember. Bear your testimony that the Lord forgives us when we sincerely repent.
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