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January Visiting Teaching Message Handout

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The January Visiting Teaching Message is titled: The Divine Mission of Jesus Christ: Exemplar.  It talks of how as we understand that Jesus Christ is our example in all things, we can increase our desire to follow Him.

I love this quote by Linda K. Burton Relief Society general president. She says, “As we understand that Jesus Christ is our example in all things, we can increase our desire to follow Him.”


Download the free January Visiting Teaching Handout

The handout was designed to be printed on a 4×6 photo card. Feel free to print and share with your sisters. 
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Gingerbread Family Home Evening Lesson

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Monday nights mean Family Home Evening where we have a little lesson, song and activity and teach our kids about different values. Last Monday, I made up a little FHE lesson on the fly as we decorated a gingerbread house and it turned out pretty fun so I thought I’d share.

My boys are little so we learn about simple subjects. This time the lesson was about family. Each part of the gingerbread house represented something to do with our family.

  • Base or foundation (cookie sheet)  = Eternal marriage in the temple.
  • Walls and roof = Each member of our family, we are all different, but everyone fulfills a different role and all are important.
  • Glue  = Love is the glue that holds our family together.
  • Candy = Kind words and service to one another makes our home a sweet place to be.

The kids had a blast decorating the house and it was super easy using a gingerbread house kit from Ikea and some candies we picked out at the dollar store.

Do you have fun Christmas family home evening ideas? Do you have a family Christmas tradition you do each year?

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October Visiting Teaching Message Handout

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The October Visiting Teaching Message is about The Divine Mission of Jesus Christ: Creator. The whole lesson was fabulous and I recommend reading it in its entirety, but here is one of my favorite parts of the lesson from Joseph Smith.

Sometimes in today’s hustle and bustle it is easy to forget that we are daughters of God with a divine potential. I love this simple reminder of how special we are to Him.

Download the free October Visiting Teaching Message Handout printable.
It is meant to be printed as a 4×6. Feel free to print out and share with your visiting teaching sisters.
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Cub Scout Participation Chart

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In Cub Scouts we start each week by repeating the Pledge of Allegiance, the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack. We work with the Wolves so it is good practice to help them learn it for the rest of their time in Cubs. Between asking for a volunteer for each one, them looking for it in their book and standing up and sitting it each time was taking up to 20 minutes to get through this which is ridiculous considering we only have an hour. We needed a chart to streamline so each cub scout got a chance to practice.
I threw this participation chart together with some clothes pins, cardstock and paper scraps. I covered a clothespin with paper for each scouts name to rotate through the chart. I added an “arrow point” for each assignment and we just move the names down each week so everyone gets a turn.
We are a religious pack so we start and end each time with a prayer. You could easily leave these blank or change them to something specific for your pack. The boy who says the Pledge asks the boys to stand and the boy who does the Law of the Pack says ” too” to have them sit.  I left the last one blank, but the boys decided to add treats on that one so each scout will taking a turn bringing treats to share at the end. 

To eliminate the book searching, I wrote the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack on the back of the chart for a little cheat sheet until they have it memorized. The chart has been a huge help and now it takes under 10 minutes to get through all of it so we have the bulk of the time for the activity. 
Do you work in/have boys in scouts? What things have helped you?

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