Opening Song: Because I Have Been Given Much (Hymns, 219)
Prayer: Dad
Scripture: Acts 20:35
Lesson:
What Have I Done for Someone Today?
Help children learn the proper way to set the kitchen table. (Tip: Provide a placemat with an outline of a plate, glass and utensils.) Then recount the story Pres. Monson shared in general conference about the McConnell family. What question did the father ask his children each night at the dinner table? (Answer: What did you do for someone today?) Share how this tradition inspired the McConnell children to help others throughout their lives.
How Can I Provide Service for Others?
Invite each family member to share one way they can serve others. Then list the examples Pres. Monson shared. (Tip: Younger children can act out a service and invite others to guess what it is; older children can list as many acts of service as they can on paper and earn points for unique answers.) Read Matt. 25: 34-40. Testify that when we serve others we are serving the Lord.
Service Placemats
Talk about what you can do as a family to follow the prophet's counsel and serve others. Decorate placemats and write on each mat the phrase "What have I done for someone today?". Remember to ask yourselves this question each night at dinner, as the prophet counseled us to do.
Challenge
Plan a family service project, or introduce a "warm fuzzy" jar to encourage daily service. That is, place a colorful pom-pom inside a jar each time you give service to represent the warm fuzzy feeling you get when you show kindness to others. Similarly, you can place a piece of straw (or rafia) in a manger each time you give service to ready the manger for the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day (see photo below).
Activity: Decorate the Christmas tree. Have a family sleepover in the living room under the tree and reminisce about Christmases past.
Treat: Leftover pie from Thanksgiving
Closing Song: Have I Done Any Good? (Hymns, 223)
Prayer: Mom
Credits:
Conducting= Luke
Lesson= Collin
Activity= Mom
Treat= Dad
We are doing this lesson today for fhe. I am so thankful for it as we made dinner for someone else, and our's burned. I am feeling very bummed. This lesson cheers me up and it will be perfect.
ReplyDeleteBTW, our family loves our Jesus cradle Merritt made for us all last year! Thank you. It must have been fun having a sleep over under the tree! :) :) We will have to do that next year in Minnesota :) Love Emily