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This weeks Activity Days we colored and cut out pictures of the first Articles of Faith (2)

vision for the girls to use in their upcoming Family Home Evening. This christmas (1)
covers Learning & Living the gospel #2. Here is the packet for Family Developing Talents (7)
Home Evening: journals (2)
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modesty (1)
recognition night (2)
Serving Others (4)
temples (1)

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Opening Song: “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer” #26 in Hymns

Prayer:

Scripture: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth
to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him
(James 1:5)
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Quote: President Joseph F. Smith said: “The greatest event that has
ever occurred in the world, since the resurrection of the Son of God
from the tomb and his ascension on high, was the coming of the Father
and of the Son to that boy Joseph Smith. … Having accepted this truth,
I find it easy to accept of every other truth that [Joseph Smith] …
declared” (Gospel Doctrine, 5th ed. pp. 495–96).

Lesson: Tell the story of the first vision, use the cutouts to help you.
1. Joseph plowing the field - When Joseph was fourteen years old;
many people in his hometown were excited about religion. Preachers
gave sermons to try to get people to join their churches. Joseph learned
about the different churches, but he couldn’t decide which one to join.
The preachers disagree with each other. They can’t all be right!
2. Joseph reading the scriptures - One day, as he was studying the
Bible, he read James 1:5. “ If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of
God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be
given him.” Then he knew what to do. Joseph decided he would do
what the scripture said—ask God. He went into the woods to pray.
3. Joseph kneeling and praying - Joseph had never prayed out loud
before. He looked around to make sure he was alone, then knelt down.
As soon as he tried to speak, he was surrounded by thick darkness and
he was afraid he would be destroyed. He prayed to be saved from this
evil power.
4. Joseph looking up to the sky - Joseph later said: “Just at this
moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of light exactly over my head,
above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell
upon me. … I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all
description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me,
calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved
Son. Hear Him!”
5. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ - Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ had appeared to Joseph. They told him not to join any of the
churches because they were all wrong. When the pillar of light and the
Heavenly Beings left, Joseph was lying on his back. He felt peace and
joy. Joseph returned home and told his family about his experience.
Joseph’s family loved God and wanted to keep his commandments.
They read the Bible and prayed together often. Like Joseph, they were
confused about which church was the true church of Jesus Christ. After
Joseph received his first vision, his family believed him and supported
him in the great work he was called to do.
6. Joseph talking with a preacher - When Joseph told others about his
vision, they made fun of him. Ministers of other religions persecuted
him, even though he was only a boy. “There are no such things as
visions anymore! You’re either lying or you’ve been deceived by the
devil.”
7. Book of Mormon - Joseph never denied his testimony. He said:
“Though I was hated and persecuted for saying that I had seen a vision,
yet it was true; … I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could
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not deny it.”

8. Children praying - We, too, can go to Heavenly Father in prayer and
receive answers to important questions in our lives. Through prayer we
can also receive a testimony from Heavenly Father that Joseph Smith
was a prophet.

Discussion:
There are two reasons why we pray:
1-We pray to thank Heavenly Father for our blessings
2-We pray to ask for Heavenly Father’s help
Just like Joseph Smith’s prayer was answered, our prayers will be
heard and answered when we sincerely speak to Heavenly Father. Ask
the family if anyone would like to tell about a time they had a prayer
answered. Share your own testimony of prayer or ask one of your
parents to share their testimony.

Activity: Play stick pulling, one of Joseph Smith’s favorite games.

Contestants sit on the ground facing one another with their feet braced
sole to sole. Grasp a round stick, a 1 1/4-inch hardwood dowel, between
them, parallel to the ground and lengthwise over their braced feet. On a
given signal they begin to pull against each other until one is lifted off
the ground enough to see daylight beneath him. The best out of three
pulls determines the winner of the contest.

Closing Song: “On a Golden Springtime” (Children’s Songbook p. 88)

Closing Prayer:

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9 COMMENTS:

Trinity said...

this is wonderful. thank you!

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The Redmond Family said...

Thank You!!!
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ryan + carly said...

i'm just wondering if there are larger images available to make

the pictures a full sheet size?
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Karen Woodruff said...

I have been looking all over for these pictures. I have printed a
color version and had the picture attached to popsicle sticks
with the background glued to the inside of a shoebox. It came
from the Friend years ago, but I can't find it. Can you pleeease
tell me where you found these?
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Callie said...

Karen Woodruff the original lesson plan comes from The

Friends magazine in July 2001
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Dannon Loveland said...

Here is a link to the lesson on the LDS.org website:

https://www.lds.org/friend/2001/07/sharing-time-joseph-
smith-prophet-of-the-restoration?lang=eng.

Not all of the images are included, but those that are, are higher
quality.
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littlelibrarian said...

from the ones above--that are black and white you can copy the
image and them paste them into a Google word document--
and then enlarge them.. It works. I like the idea of the kids
coloring them in-- it gives them a part in making the lesson
theirs
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Penelope said...

You can also find copies of the black and white images on
sugardoodle. This is the link for the first page:
http://c586412.r12.cf2.rackcdn.com/Joseph%20Smith%20pict
ures.jpg
This is the link for the black and white grove picture:
http://c586412.r12.cf2.rackcdn.com/grove.jpg
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Jaelle Kaylor said...

Sharing your post on my blog ! It's so cute! I am also doing a

post on FHE on the First Vision and I want to share with my
readers another resource that they can look into and I found
this on Pinterest and it's perfect ! Hopefully you will get some

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of my readers over here on your blog ! If you ever want to

collaborate let me know !
my email is jaellekaylor (@) gmail (.com) :) Have a happy New
Year !
oh and my blog is www.ldsparenting.blogspot.com lol ! I'm
redoing everything right now so it looks crazy but thought I
should let you know where I'm sharing your post at haha ! :)
Love, JL~
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