COME FOLLOW ME Doctrine and Covenants – APRIL (week 2) Lesson 15 “You Are Called to Preach My Gospel” D&C 30-36 – Activities and Song Visuals for Primary and Home, family home evening (individual families), Sunday School, Seminary

Even young children can share their witness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. How can you use these verses to help inspire them to do so?

• Invite a ward member to learn about one of the missionaries called in Doctrine and Covenants 30–34 and to share with the children what they learned (see “Voices of the Restoration: Early Converts” in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families or “The Faith and Fall of Thomas Marsh,” “Ezra Thayer: From Skeptic to Believer,” “Orson Pratt’s Call to Serve,” Revelations in Context, 54–69).

• Draw a large mouth on the board, and help the children find in Doctrine and Covenants 33:8–10 the Lord’s promises to us when we open our mouths to share the gospel. Let the children write these promises on the board, and help them understand what these promises mean. Ask each child to write inside the mouth a gospel truth they can share with others.
  DOWNLOAD I “Bee”lieve – Sweet Testimony Sharing post-and-present activity (HERE or below)
  

• Show a picture of a trumpet, and talk about what it means to preach the gospel “as with the sound of a trump.” How do we “lift up” our voices? (Doctrine and Covenants 33:2; 34:6).
  DOWNLOAD Moroni’s Message: The fulness of the gospel is restored! Angel Moroni’s Match Game (HERE or below) 

• Ask the children to share how they are preparing to serve missions someday. If they know someone (perhaps a family member) who is serving, invite them to tell about his or her experiences. Or invite missionaries, a returned missionary, or someone preparing for a mission to share his or her enthusiasm for missionary work. Share some of your experiences sharing the gospel, including experiences in your daily life.
  DOWNLOAD activities of Ammon the missionary in the Book of Mormon and the VIDEO (below):
  • Ammon the Missionary – “Script”-ure Scene (HERE) 
  • Ammon and King Lamoni hinged missionary dolls (HERE or below)

• Show the children a picture of the foundation of a building, and ask them to describe it. Why does a building need a strong, solid foundation? Read with the children Doctrine and Covenants 33:12–13, and explain that the Lord wants us to build our lives on His gospel. Help the children think of some ways they can build their lives on the gospel of Jesus Christ.

• Give the children some objects that they can use to build a tower, such as blocks or plastic cups. Label each object with a picture representing things the Lord said in Doctrine and Covenants 33:14–17. Invite the children to build a tower as you talk with them about how these things help us build our lives on Jesus Christ’s gospel.
  DOWNLOAD Build a Missionary puzzle (HERE or below)

• Bring to class items of differing hardness, such as a stuffed animal, a sponge, clay, and a rock. Allow the children to handle each one. Ask them to look in Doctrine and Covenants 33:12–13 to find out how the Lord describes His gospel. Why is “rock” a good word to describe the gospel? How can we build our lives on the rock of the gospel?
  DOWNLOAD “Build upon My Rock” rock and body puzzle (HERE or below)
  
• Help the children to read Doctrine and Covenants 33:12–17 and find things we can do to build our lives on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Invite the children to draw a picture of something they find, and let them guess what each other’s pictures are portraying.
  DOWNLOAD THINK What Would Jesus Want Me to Do? choose and match puzzle (HERE or below)