Priesthood and Auxiliary Leaders’ Guidebook

Local leaders and other members may obtain Church materials, including scriptures, courses of study, Church magazines, garments, and temple clothing, from their Church distribution center or service center, from the Salt Lake Distribution Center, or through the Church’s official Internet site, which is located at www.lds.org.Information on family history work is available on the Church’s ...

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Branch Guidebook

Local leaders and other members may obtain Church materials, including scriptures, courses of study, Church magazines, garments, and temple clothing, from their Church distribution center or service center, from the Salt Lake Distribution Center, or through the Church’s official Internet site, which is located at www.lds.org.Information on family history work is available on the Church’s ...

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Priesthood and Auxiliary Leaders’ Guidebook

They learn about the interests and needs of family members and show a genuine interest in them. These leaders should help fathers prepare and be worthy to perform ordinances for family members.

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Teaching Guidebook

Local leaders and other members may obtain Church materials, including scriptures, courses of study, Church magazines, garments, and temple clothing, from their Church distribution center or service center, from the Salt Lake Distribution Center, or through the Church’s official Internet site, which is located at www.lds.org.Information on family history work is available on the Church’s ...

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Teaching, No Greater Call: A Resource Guide for Gospel Teaching

You can also teach the importance of family prayer.Scripture StudyYou will receive great blessings as you study the gospel individually and hold daily scripture study as a family. Regular Occasions for Teaching in the HomeDaily family prayers and scripture study, family home evening, and even family traditions can weave the gospel into every part of children’s daily living (see “Regular Occasions for Teaching in the Home,” pages 137–39).

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Gospel Art Picture Kit

Family prayer is essential to building strong families. Family prayer unites family members, strengthens faith, and helps families gain answers to their prayers.SummaryHeavenly Father loves us and wants our families to be strong and live righteously.

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Teaching, No Greater Call: A Resource Guide for Gospel Teaching

Although parents have the primary responsibility for teaching the gospel to their children, other family members can be a great help. That decision changed his life, and he later served a mission faithfully.A mother told of the positive influence her brother and his family had when she and her husband sent her son to live with them and work at their gas station one summer.

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Gospel Art Picture Kit

The Lord commanded Lehi to take his family away from Jerusalem and go into the wilderness. See 1 Nephi 2:5–7.)SummaryThe Lord spoke to Lehi in a dream and told him to leave Jerusalem with his family and go into the wilderness.

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Teaching, No Greater Call: A Resource Guide for Gospel Teaching

Personally direct family prayers, daily scripture reading, and weekly family home evenings. Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings.

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Teaching, No Greater Call: A Resource Guide for Gospel Teaching

However, personal or family study is not intended to be a replacement for participating in the course when you are invited. Perhaps you can ask a family member, a friend, or a priesthood or auxiliary leader.

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Gospel Art Picture Kit

All members of the family should do their best to live together in harmony and love. Living together in a family is part of Heavenly Father’s plan.

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Teaching, No Greater Call: A Resource Guide for Gospel Teaching

And children feel a great sense of love when they hear family members pray for them.Each family member should be given an opportunity to lead the family in prayer. A family home evening may include family prayer, gospel instruction, hymns and Primary songs, and family activities.In planning family home evenings, consider the current needs, concerns, and interests of family members.

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Teaching, No Greater Call: A Resource Guide for Gospel Teaching

As parents, many of your teaching opportunities come in unplanned moments—in conversations, as you work with your children, and as family members face challenges together.

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Young Women Personal Progress: Standing As a Witness of God

If possible, ask a family member to share an experience that has strengthened his or her faith. Using this picture, explain the plan of salvation to your class, your family, or a friend.

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Aaronic Priesthood: Fulfilling Our Duty to God [Deacon]

Keep a written record of your family history. Complete additional family history work, such as a family group record showing your parents as children with the other members of their families.

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Being part of a family is a great blessing. Participate in family activities and traditions, including family prayer, family home evenings, and family scripture reading.

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The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.WE CALL UPON responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.

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True to the Faith

A suggested outline for family home evening follows: • Opening song • Opening prayer • Scripture reading • Lesson • Activity • Closing song • Closing prayer • Refreshments As you prepare lessons for family home evening, remember to base them on the scriptures, the teachings of latter-day prophets, and personal experiences and testimony. In addition, you may want to refer to other Church publications, such as the Family Home Evening Resource Book (item number 31106), Gospel Principles (31110), the Family Guidebook (31180), and Church magazines.

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Young Women Personal Progress: Standing As a Witness of God

The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.WE CALL UPON responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.

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True to the Faith

The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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