Materials:
- Some sort of drink, snack, or treat
Opening Song:
Opening Prayer:
Gain Attention: Have a drink, snack or treat of some sort that you like, for example a plate of cookies. Walk around to each family member and tell them that these are some of your favorite cookies. Then offer them a cookie. If they say they want one you give it to them and if not you don't try to pressure them you just kindly accept they refusal.
Instruction: Ask the children if they felt uncomfortable with you offering them a cookie. Ask if they think less of you because you offered them a cookie. Explain that sharing the gospel should not be any more complicated than offering someone a cookie. It would be silly if I went around the room and tried to hand feed each of you a cookie when you are completely capable of eating it on your own or worse yet tried to force it into someone's mouth. Just the same it is silly for us to think it is our responsibility to make sure someone accepts the gospel or try to force them into it. It is simply our responsibility to share and invite. As we do so some may not want what we are offering but we do not need to be discouraged anymore than if they had simply refused a cookie we have offered them. We can simply keep loving them.
Share this quote from President Nelson's talk that he shared at the conclusion of the April 2018 general conference:
I bless you to raise your voice in testimony, as I do now, that we are engaged in the work of Almighty God! Jesus is the Christ. This is His Church, which He directs through His anointed servants. I so testify, with my expression of love for each of you, in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Watch this video found on LDS.org about sharing the gospel.
Discuss as a family ways that you can share the gospel and invite others to come unto Christ. Extend an challenge if you feel one is appropriate.
Conclude with your testimony.
Activity Ideas:
Make cookies to share with some neighbors.
Go for a bike ride as a family.
Treat Idea:
Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars from Mel's Kitchen Cafe
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