Family Home Evening - Using the Scriptures with the Church Magazines

One of our favorite things to do for Family Home Evening is to invite another family to join with us. So this evening we had four adults and 11 children (4-13) to teach. Here is what we did.

Before: I had chosen seven random scripture references and wrote them on separate pieces of paper.

We divided into three team of five.

Each team was to have one set of scriptures and five Church magazines. (We had an assortment of all three for each group – Ensign, The New Era, and The Friend).

Each team was then given one of the scripture references. As a group they were to read the scripture  and then find a picture in one of their Church Magazines that best portrayed their scripture.

Then each group shared their scripture and their picture with everyone.

After a few times of doing that, we decided to make it a little more competitive. In which we chose only one scripture reference, read it to all the groups and the first group to come up with a picture from a magazine was the winner.

Not only was it a fun night, but it enabled us to get into the scriptures and into the Church Magazines simultaneously.

And what was even more amazing is that?  Without fail, there was a picture to represent each “random” scripture I had chosen!

It made for a fun night!

BTW: Here were our "random" scripture references:

Alma 34:9
Doctrine and Covenants 42:41
1 Corinthians 16:13
Exodus 12:11
Ezekiel 34:12
John 14:18
Mosiah 3:3
Doctrine and Covenants 50:3

Family Home Evening - The Restoration

In preparation for General Conference this week, we chose to use Church media by watching The Restoration for Family Home Evening.

The question we posed before we began was, "As you watch this DVD, think about how you would feel if you were Joseph Smith and these things happened to you."

This question asked before the presentation allowed each family member to watch and listen with more intent because they had something to think about.

The discussion afterwards was very insightful as even the younger children were able to share their feelings about how they would have felt if they had been Joseph Smith.

Because feelings were sincere, the Spirit allowed for the testifying of the reality of the Restoration and the mission of the Prophet Joseph.

I'd love to hear how you use Church media in your home!