For the Perfecting of the Saints-Come Follow Me For Individuals and Families- Sept 30-Oct 13

For the perfecting of the saints- Come Follow Me for Individuals and families- easy lesson ideas with key concepts from this weeks reading of the New Testament to share with your families this week! Sept 30-Oct 13

If you have been following me on social media you may already know that this post was coming! I had sort of an ah ha moment as I was photographing my lessons for Sunday and Primary this week. As I grouped them into the different topic ideas and laid out each of the lesson segment it hit me! I realized that each set was really the perfect little FHE idea! Even though we are 9 months into CFM at home I still haven’t nailed down the best syestem for teaching in my own home.

Come Follow Me Simplified for your unique family needs

Ultimately I just want my kids to learn and understand the key ideas! At this stage in my own families life with 5 kids 8 and under reading each chapter of CFM is hard and a lot of these “key ideas” get lost for the sake of completing all the reading. I decided a few weeks ago we were going to re-evaluate how we are doing Come Follow Me. That meant picking one or two ideas . We then focus on the verses, instead of just reading every chapter start to finish.

What I have compiled here for you today is all of the key ideas for this week with fun interactive teaching tools one for older kids and one for younger kids. You can decide what feels right for you each week! Maybe one week you want to share all 3 or 4 key ideas!! But perhaps the next week you feel like really just focusing on one! Either way, I hope this is a simplified way to teach CFM in your home and takes the pressure. No need to be perfect and do it all just! I hope it helps you feel like you have the support and tools you need to just sit down and start learning as a family:)

For the Perfecting of Saints-Key Ideas

This weeks key ideas include the following. This is the list you get to pick from as you teach your families this week! I will then break them down into teaching segments with a whole set of ideas for each one!

• The Church is founded on apostles and prophets, and Jesus Christ is the chief cornerstone.
• Members of the Church should be friends and “fellowcitizens.”
• I can strengthen my family relationships.
• Putting on “the whole armour of God” will help protect me from evil.

The Church Is Founded on Apostles and Prophets and Jesus Christ is the Chief Cornerstone (older kids 11-18)

This first idea will teach older kids about the chief cornerstone of the gospel of Christ it includes:

• Prompt Card (tells you what scriptures and questions to ask your kids)
• Chief cornerstone pyramid work page
• General conference writing prompt
• What and How chief cornerstone work page
• 8 prompt cards to engage your family

Members of the Church Should Be Friends and Fellowcitizens (younger kids 2-12)

This is the first idea I have for little kids this week it will help you teach your kids about being fellow citizens and friends with other members of the church and their neighbors. Whats included:

• Christ on the world printable art
• Christ on the world coloring page
• Strangers prompt page
• Strangers prompt coloring page
• Getting to know you exercise (great for neighbors or kids at school!)

The first idea will help you teach younger kids about how they can be fellowcitizens and friends in the church

I can strengthen my family relationships (Ideas both ages)

Now I will share ideas for the Key idea strengthing families! Here are some great teaching ideas for younger kids! This segment includes:

• Prompt Card
• Honor thy father and mother scripture printable art
• Honor thy father and mother coloring page
• What does it mean to honor thy parents work page
• Honor thy parents story

Next we discuss Family relationships: This is geared towards older kids it includes:

• Prompt card
• 8 printable prompt cards
• Work-page to dive into honoring our parents

Putting on “the whole armor of God” will help protect me from evil. (Ideas both ages)

This next section will help you teach younger kids about the armor of God Included:

• Prompt card
• armor of god worksheet with visuals
• Put on the armor of God printable art page
• Put on the armor of God coloring page

This last segment is for older kids and will also teach about the armor of God. Great to mix and match for families of older and younger children!

• Prompt card
• 5 printable prompt cards
• examine your armor story/quote
• full armor of god work page
• and deep dive into the armor of god work page

Conclusion:

I hope that these different ideas are helpful as you teach come follow me in your homes! If you are looking for additional resources to teach either Sunday school or primary I have you covered here:

XO Haley