Family History and Temple Work

Preparation: Read Elder Renlund’s talk, Family History and Temple Work 

Materials:

·        Scriptrues

·        Supplies for Activity

Opening Song: Family History: I Am Doing It #94

Opening Prayer:

Gain Attention: (Pick One)

Play Guess Who with you children. Tell them facts about one of their ancestors and see if they can guess who you are talking about.

Show children pictures of their ancestors and see how many of them they know the names of.

Instruction:

Read Malachi 4:6:

“And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the world with a curse.” 

Discuss with your children what this scripture means and how it teaches us that we need to do family history.

Read this quote from Elder Renlund’s talk:

When God directs us to do one thing, He of has many purposes in mind. Family history and temple work is not only for the dead but blesses the living as well.

Discuss how family history blesses our ancestors’ lives. Next discuss how it blesses our lives. Here are a few of the blessing we can enjoy from family history that Elder Renlund mentioned. Refer to his talk for more:

·        Increased understanding of the Savior and His atoning sacrifice;

·        Increased influence of the Holy Ghost to feel strength and direction for our own lives;

·        Increased faith, so that conversion to the Savior becomes deep and abiding;

To close, share your testimony of family history work.

Activity Ideas:

·        Look up a story about one of your ancestors and act it out.

·        Visit the grave of one of your ancestors and talk about memories you have of them.

Closing Prayer:

Treat: Easy Peanut Butter Fudge Bars from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe