Song: Families Can Be Together Forever (CS. 188)
Thought: The joining together of a man and a woman to be legally and lawfully wed not only is preparation for future generations to inherit the earth, but it also brings the greatest joy and satisfaction that can be found in this mortal experience. This is especially true when the powers of the priesthood proclaim a marriage to be for time and for all eternity. Children born to such marriages have a security that is found nowhere else. (Becoming Goodly Parents by Elder L. Tom Perry)
Object Lesson: Show your family an orange (whole). Ask them how this orange is similar to a family. After they share their thoughts you could: compare the peel of the orange to the sealing power of the priesthood that binds us together as families. Peel the orange and show how the orange is made up of different sections that are stuck together. Explain that each of the individual sections is unique alone, but when combined as a whole it makes a complete orange. Discuss how our families are more richly blessed by being unified and most importantly, by being sealed for eternity.
Video: Families Can Be Together Forever
Lesson Activity: Draw a circle on a large piece of paper. Invite a family member to draw a family inside the circle. Around the circle, write premortal life, mortal life, and postmortal life. Ask a family member to read the third paragraph of “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” and look for ways the family fits into each of these parts of the plan of salvation. Invite your family to share their feelings families and why they want to be united with them after this life.
This Week's Challenge: Invite each of the members of your family to prayerfully study "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" this week. Challenge them to look for things that specifically apply to them at this time in their lives.
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