FHE Prayer

Family Home Evening

Welcome: _____________

Opening Prayer: __________________

Opening Song: A Child's Prayer Primary Children's Songbook #12

Preparation: Print and color the flannel board pages Enos Repents
Print a copy of "What Should I Know About Prayer" Activity sheet
Objective: To understand that we can pray for forgiveness.

Gathering Activity:  Talk about what do we do when we hurt somebody. We say sorry.  What do we do when we sin? We also say sorry, but we do it through prayer. 

Lesson: Read most of Enos Repents by Diane L. Mangum (part to read is included) Use the Flannel board papers to tell the story. 

Enos Repents

One day Enos went into the forest to hunt. Walking alone through the trees, he started thinking about what his father had taught him.

All his life Enos had heard his father, Jacob, teach aboutJesus Christ. Jacob was a prophet to the Nephites. He had seen a vision of Jesus Christ, who would be born about 500 years later.

Enos had not always done what his father taught him. As he hunted, he thought about his sins. He began to feel hungry—not hungry for food, but hungry to be forgiven for his wrongdoings.

Enos stopped hunting. He knelt and began to pray. Hour after hour, all day long, he prayed for forgiveness. When the night came, he was still raising his voice to heaven in prayer.

At last, a voice came to him saying, “Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.” Enos knew that God could not lie. His guilty feelings were swept away, and he knew Heavenly Father had forgiven him. Heavenly Father said the reason Enos could be forgiven was that he had faith in Christ.

Enos spent the rest of his life teaching the people about faith in Jesus Christ.

Conclusion: We can pray to Heavenly Father to be forgiven when we do things that are wrong. 

Activity:  Color the spaces with dots on the activity sheet to reveal the hidden picture. 

Closing Prayer:_______________

Sources: 
The Friend April 2012 "Enos Repents" by Diane L. Mangum
The Friend March 2009 "What Should I Know About Prayer" by Russel M. Nelson

FHE Learning by Faith

Family Home Evening

Welcome: _____________

Opening Prayer: __________________

Opening Song: Faith Primary Children's Songbook #96

Preparation: 

Objective: To understand what it means to "learn by faith" and how to begin doing so.

Gathering Activity:  Read and act out the action poem "Faith is Like a Seed" by Chad E. Phares. Have family join you and repeat it.

Lesson:

Ask: What does it mean to learn by faith?

Read: "Learning by faith and from experience are two of the central features of the Father’s plan of happiness."

"as learners, you and I are to act and be doers of the word and not simply hearers who are only acted upon."

Point out that the last step of the poem talks about doing our part. 

To learn by faith we need to read the scriptures and listen to the prophets and then we need to act.  We need to follow the commandments and we need to act as the Savior would want us to. 

As we do this we will be able to feel the confirmation of the Spirit testifying the truth of what we are learning. 

Conclusion: 

To learn by faith we need to use our agency to act. We need to follow the commandments and use our agency to choose the right!

Activity:  Do the connect the dots.  Point out that as we act and connect the dots the picture becomes clear.  This is often how it is as we learn by faith.  We act and what we are learning will become clear.

Closing Prayer:_______________

Sources: 

Seek Learning By Faith from Elder Bednar

LDS.org 

The Friend March 2009

The Friend January 2011

Faith is Like a Seed -By Chad E. Phares

1. My faith is like a tiny seed (Hold thumb and index finger close together.)

2. That is hard for me to see. (Make circles around eyes with thumbs and index fingers.)

3. But when I read the scriptures (Open hands in front of self.)

4. Faith grows inside of me. (Put both hands on chest.)

5. And when I say a prayer (Fold arms.)

6. I feel it in my heart. (Put hand on heart.)

7. My seed of faith becomes a tree (Put hands above head.)

8. When I do my part. (Point thumb at self.)

Connect the Dots