Gratitude and Thanksgiving FHE Ideas
Songs
Thanksgiving
Song Friend, Nov. 1979
Scriptures
Luke
17:11-19; D&C 59:15-21; 1 Nephi 2:7; Mosiah 2:19; Mosiah 24:21;
Alma 7:23; Alma
37:37; Mormon 9:31; D&C 46: 32
; D&C 59:7, 62:7; D&C 78:19; D&C 98:1
Gratitude
Family Home Evening Resource Book
Fiction:
The Most Thankful Thank-you of All
Gratitude
and Thanksgiving
ST:
Be Grateful for the Sacrament Pictures to go with Luke
22:19-20; 3 Nephi 18:6-11; D&C 59:9; D&C 20:75-79
ST:
Giving Thanks
ST:
Gratitude for God's Creation A pioneer picture wheel.
ST:
Gratitude for Music Including "Hymn Hunt" (using the hymn book).
ST:
Count Your Blessings Including a cornucopia.
ST:
I Have Many Blessings
ST:
I Thank Thee, Dear Father Including a hidden picture activity.
The
Prophet's Counsel: The Six Bs
Thank-You
Game Story
Too
Many Peaches Story
Activities
YOUNGER CHILDREN
Blessings
of Every Color!
OLDER CHILDREN
ST:
Gratitude for the Scriptures
TEENAGERS
Gratitude
and Appreciation, Lesson 42 YW#2
"Live
in Thanksgiving Daily" Ensign
The
Message: A Grateful Heart New Era
The
Message: A Reason to Smile New Era
The
Message: An Attitude of Gratitude New Era
OTHER RESOURCES
Counting
Blessings Poem
Gratitude
Quotations
Idea
List: Go the Extra Mile
A Thankful Heart
@ Family Home Evening For A Year (Scroll down for this lesson.)
Presidents
Hinckley's - Be Grateful @ ywconnection
Gratitude
Submitted by Shay
Opening Prayer:
Opening song: I am Glad for many things (childrens song book)
Scripture: Alma 34:38
1. Name some things you have WANTED and RECIEVED
2. Name some things you would like to do.
3. Name some things you have gotten to do
4. Name some things that could happen to you
5. Name some things that have happened to you.
Its amazing how life doesn't seem so tragic.
Now write 10 things you are grateful for.
Treat: a small birthday cake, celebrating everyone!!!
Closing prayer
GAME
Gratitude Game
(I can't remember who submitted this game.)
1. Tell everyone to think of an original blessing that they are
especially
grateful for. Have them write it down.
2. After everyone has written their blessing down, pull out the dry
erase
board (or a large pad of paper) and take turns having each person draw
their
blessing. Everyone else must guess what the drawing depicts. (It's like
Pictionary).
3. Make sure you don't tell them in the beginning that they'll be
drawing,
because that will influence what they write down.
*You may wish to have small children draw their picture ahead of time.
*You may wish to use a timer and see whose picture gets identified the
quickest.