HELPING OUT
“Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on
principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love,
compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.”
Opening song: Have I Done Any Good in the World Today? Hymn 223
Mormon Message: Have I Done Any Good In the World Today?
Ask:
- How can we relate President Monson’s message to our families?
- Do you give service in your family and homes?
- Do you have chores you do together?
Importance of family work:
- Read Moses 5:1-3
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What example was set by our first parents, Adam
and Eve?
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Did they labor alone, or did the children help
them?
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They had to leave the ease of the Garden of Eden
in order to receive the blessings of work and to follow the Savior.
- Family work provides opportunities to recognize and fill others’ needs and teaches us to be more like the Savior by serving others.
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Mormon message: Unselfish Service
- Working as a family helps us learn and grow together
- “We are so thoroughly convinced that the relationship itself, abstract and apart from life, is what matters that, a relationship free from lasting obligations--to marriage, children, or family labor--is fast becoming the ideal. At every turn, we are encouraged to seek an Eden-like bliss where we enjoy life's bounties without working for them and where we don't have to have children, at least not interrupting whatever we're doing. However, back to Eden is not onward to Zion” – Family work
- We need to be careful not to believe that a life away from work and obligations is ideal. Work is the way we come closer and grow together.
- Family work links us together
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“Some people dislike family work because, they
say, it is mindless. Yet chores that can be done with a minimum of
concentration leave our minds free to focus on one another as we work together.
We can talk, sing, or tell stories as we work. Working side by side tends to
dissolve feelings of hierarchy, making it easier for children to discuss topics
of concern with their parents. Unlike play, which usually requires mental
concentration as well as physical involvement, family work invites intimate
conversation between parent and child”- FamilyWork
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When I graduated high school, I was able to take
a trip to Africa with my sister, Mandi. We went with a group called Mother’s
Without Borders. While we were there we had the opportunity to give service for
the people there, and helped to build an orphanage for some children without a
place to life. It was an amazing experience. My sister and I become so close on
that trip. We painted together, we sang together, we had opportunities to talk
and understand each other better, and we learned important life lessons
together. Because we worked together and served together, we will always have a
special connection unlike the relationships I have with my 4 other siblings.
Closing Song: “When We’re Helping” (Children's Songbook)
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