Come Follow Me Teaching Ideas for June 12-18, 2023 {Luke 22; John 18}

 This blogpost features some learning resources to complement the Come Follow Me reading for June 12-18, 2023.    Click here for an index and links to my CFM blogposts for other weeks.

 PRINTABLE ACTIVITY PAGE:  This activity page is geared for kids 8+, but has the coloring section that's good for all ages.   Print them double sided and get an easy 1/2 sheet activity page that's perfect for handing out in sacrament meeting or for using as an attention activity in your classrooms and families.  

 
OBJECT LESSON ABOUT TRUSTING GOD (AND HIS WILL): This cute and easy object lesson would make for a great launching point for a discussion about trusting God, which I believe is a fundamental part of "Not my will, but thine...." {Luke 22:42} I'd love to hear how it goes if you try it with your class or family.  :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmXpgqxr4VM 

VIDEOS:  Luke 22:  Jesus Warns Peter and Offers the Intercessory Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL5jobrN3ck




I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus:  Music Video by Emily Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIAMDF81w8k

QUOTES: 

"Whatever questions or problems you have, the answer is always found in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Learn more about His Atonement, His love, His mercy, His doctrine, and His restored gospel of healing and progression. Turn to Him! Follow Him!" Russell M. Nelson, "The Answer is Always Jesus Christ," April 2023

"The essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ entails a fundamental and permanent change in our very nature made possible through the Savior’s Atonement. True conversion brings a change in one’s beliefs, heart, and life to accept and conform to the will of God and includes a conscious commitment to become a disciple of Christ."  David A. Bednar,  "Converted Unto the Lord," October 2012


“If I could spiritually stretch enough to draw the Savior’s power into my life, I would know how to handle my heart-wrenching situation. I would know what to do. And I would have the power to do it.” When you reach up for the Lord’s power in your life with the same intensity that a drowning person has when grasping and gasping for air, power from Jesus Christ will be yours. When the Savior knows you truly want to reach up to Him—when He can feel that the greatest desire of your heart is to draw His power into your life—you will be led by the Holy Ghost to know exactly what you should do.21 When you spiritually stretch beyond anything you have ever done before, then His power will flow into you." Russell M. Nelson, "Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into Our Lives," April 2017


Enjoy learning the gospel together!  💗

Come, Follow Me Activity Sheet about the Living Water of Christ for February 6-12, 2023 {John 2-4}

 "Ye must be born again."

The concept that stood out to me in this week's CFM reading was that Christ is the "Living Water".   It's a powerful concept to realize that we can spend our whole lives trying to meet our physical needs and yet we will still be empty if we neglect to nourish our spirits.   Our spirits crave and need Christ and it is up to us to find that source of the "Living Water".  We can't just sit back and expect to have it handed to us at church; it has to be an active process of finding, seeking, AND partaking of it.  This week's activity sheet is meant to reinforce those concepts and to provide a jumping off point for talking about it in more depth.  See below for a teaching idea and a relevant quote.  

February 6-12, 2023
John 2-4

These pages are created to be printed double-sided, so that each activity page is 1/2 of  an 8-1/2x11" piece of paper.

ANOTHER TEACHING IDEA:  (adapted from LDSLiving)
Have a pitcher filled with water and empty glasses for each person.  In one of the cups, put a slip of paper with the scripture John 4:13-14 written on it.  Have each person share a time when they were especially thirsty and ask how they felt.  Go on to discuss how important water is to our bodies and how quickly we would die if we didn't have access to water.  Then pour everyone a glass of water...EXCEPT for the one person who has the scripture in their cup.    Use this as a launching point to discuss how Christ is every bit as important to our spirits as water is to our physical bodies. 


A GREAT QUOTE:  I found in a BYU Speech about how the Living Water of Christ can change our lives and about how it is our responsibility to share it: 

"It is this living water, freely offered by Jesus Christ, that we all seek to quench our own spiritual thirst and that is critically needed to end the gospel drought that continues to plague mankind. As His disciples, we are the primary distribution system for delivering the living water from its everlasting source to His cherished children in need. We largely determine who will receive the water as we, by our ­service, control the irrigation system headgates. We preserve the purity of the water as we reflect to the world the value of the ­living water in our own lives. If we irrigate when the living water is required, rather than when it is convenient for us, we determine its vitality. It is only the living water of Jesus Christ that can and will bring a happy, successful, and everlasting life to the children of men."  {The Living Water of Jesus Christ, H. David Burton, BYU Speeches, January 2000}


LET ME KNOW
If you end up using these activities to reinforce the CFM reading in your homes or in your classroom, I'd love to hear how it goes.  Did it spark a great conversation?  Did your kids show interest in a gospel concept?   Does it make learning a little more fun?  I hope these are meaningful for you!


Click here to see my other Come, Follow Me activity pages.  

Come Follow Me Activity Page for 1,2,3 John and Jude (12/8/19)

Here is the "Come Follow Me" activity and coloring page to go along with 1,2,3 John and Jude.   The activities and word search are original as always.  They make for great quiet sacrament activities for kids and teens, as an introductory activity for a primary or Sunday School lesson, or just as a fun way to review/learn the material for the week.   I try to make them engaging and meaningful, so they're not a waste of time.  



See this post for a listing of previous week's sheets.

I don't know if anyone out there is actually using these, but if you are, I welcome feedback on how I can improve them.  

Happy December!   💓