COME FOLLOW ME Doctrine and Covenants – APRIL (week 3) Lesson 16 “If Ye Are Not One Ye Are Not Mine” D&C 37-40 – Activities and Song Visuals for Primary and Home, family home evening (individual families), Sunday School, Seminary

Use this week’s activity page to show the children that when the Church was very new, the Lord asked the members to move together to Ohio (see also the map in this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families). God wanted them to learn how to love and get along with each other. Ask the children for ideas about how they can show love for each other.
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Read Doctrine and Covenants 38:25 to the children, and tell them in your own words what it means to esteem your brother or sister as yourself (see also Matthew 7:12). Help them repeat the scripture, replacing “his brother” with each other’s names.
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Sing a song about loving and including others, such as “I’ll Walk with You” or “We Are Different” (Children’s Songbook, 140–41, 263). As you sing, let the children hold pictures of children from other places in the world.
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Help the children act out a scenario in which someone new joins their Primary class. How could we help him or her feel welcome? The children might enjoy doing this role play with finger puppets or cutout figures.

Repeat several times the phrase “If ye are prepared ye shall not fear” (verse 30). After a few times, leave out a word, and let the children say the missing word. Tell the children about a time when you were prepared for something and being prepared helped you not be afraid.

Help the children think of things Heavenly Father wants them to prepare for, such as being baptized or going to the temple. Use pictures or objects to give them ideas. Talk about ways they can prepare, and let them draw pictures of themselves preparing for or participating in the things they thought of.

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Show a picture of someone being baptized and someone being confirmed (see Gospel Art Book, nos. 104, 105). Read Doctrine and Covenants 39:23, and ask the children to point to the correct picture when they hear you read about baptism or confirmation.

Read together Doctrine and Covenants 39:6, and show the children pictures or objects that represent ways the Holy Ghost blesses us (including those mentioned in verse 6). Let the children take turns holding the pictures or objects, and as they do, bear testimony about how the Holy Ghost has blessed you in these ways. Help the children recognize times when they might feel the Spirit’s influence.

Show the children this week’s activity page or the map in this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families. Read together Doctrine and Covenants 37, and help the children find on the map the places mentioned in the revelation. What did the Lord command the Saints to do?

Choose a key phrase or sentence from Doctrine and Covenants 38:31–33 that you feel describes why the Lord wanted His people to gather together. Scatter words from this sentence around the room, and invite the children to gather them, put them in the right order, and find where the sentence appears in the verses. Why does the Lord want us to gather?

To prepare the Saints to gather, the Lord taught them to see each other as equals and “be one” (verse 27). How might this instruction bless the children you teach?

Invite the children to read the section headings for Doctrine and Covenants 39 and 40, and ask them to summarize in words or drawings what they learn about James Covel.

Write questions on the board that will help the children understand section 40, such as What did James Covel covenant to do? Why didn’t he keep his covenant? Invite the children to find answers in section 40.

Help the children remember the promises they made when they were baptized (see Mosiah 18:8–10). Help the children list some fears or “cares of the world” (Doctrine and Covenants 40:2) that might prevent a person from keeping these promises. Invite the children to write themselves a short message as a reminder that obeying Heavenly Father’s commandments will help them overcome fears or worldly cares. Encourage them to keep their reminder someplace where they can see it often.