Photo courtesy Creative-Commens License by Monkey Junkie 2/23/2006 Flickr.comGet out mixing bowl, wooden spoon, apron, spatula, measuring cup and baking pan. Have word strips with simple pictures for the following words: (To go in the bowl) kindness, respect, love, concern, (to go out of the bowl) happiness in the home, kinder feelings, love, spread the gospel of peace. And of course, have displayed one of your favorite pictures of Christ.
Read the following as a family. Put aprons on everyone. Stress the highlighted words as you read and have the children hold up the proper cooking utensil it relates too. Mix in words as they are read, then pour out the words into the baking pan
Gordon B. Hinckley, “A Glorious Season,” NewEra, Dec 2007, 2–5
"And so at this Christmas season, we sing His praises and speak our words of faith and gratitude and love. It is His influence in our lives that stirs within us more kindness, more respect, more love, more concern. It is because of Him and His teachings that we reach out to those in trouble, distress, and need wherever they may be.
What a glorious season is this time of Christmas. Hearts are softened. Voices are raised in worship. Kindness and mercy are reenthroned as elements in our lives. There is an accelerated (stir faster) reaching out to those in distress. There is an aura of peace that comes into our homes. (pretend to smell the air) There is a measure (measuring cup) of love that is not felt to the same extent at any other time of the year.
Said Jesus: “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” (Matthew 7:12.) (point to picture)
May I remind us at this Christmas season that if only each of us would reflect occasionally on that Christ-given mandate and make an effort to observe it, this would be a different world. (Pour from bowl into pan)There would be greater happiness in our homes; there would be kinder feelings among our associates; there would be much less of litigation and a greater effort to compose differences. There would be a new measure (measuring cup) of love and appreciation and respect.
There would be more generous hearts, more thoughtful consideration and concern, and a greater desire to spread the gospel of peace and to advance the work of salvation among the children of men."
Read the following as a family. Put aprons on everyone. Stress the highlighted words as you read and have the children hold up the proper cooking utensil it relates too. Mix in words as they are read, then pour out the words into the baking pan
Gordon B. Hinckley, “A Glorious Season,” NewEra, Dec 2007, 2–5
"And so at this Christmas season, we sing His praises and speak our words of faith and gratitude and love. It is His influence in our lives that stirs within us more kindness, more respect, more love, more concern. It is because of Him and His teachings that we reach out to those in trouble, distress, and need wherever they may be.
What a glorious season is this time of Christmas. Hearts are softened. Voices are raised in worship. Kindness and mercy are reenthroned as elements in our lives. There is an accelerated (stir faster) reaching out to those in distress. There is an aura of peace that comes into our homes. (pretend to smell the air) There is a measure (measuring cup) of love that is not felt to the same extent at any other time of the year.
Said Jesus: “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” (Matthew 7:12.) (point to picture)
May I remind us at this Christmas season that if only each of us would reflect occasionally on that Christ-given mandate and make an effort to observe it, this would be a different world. (Pour from bowl into pan)There would be greater happiness in our homes; there would be kinder feelings among our associates; there would be much less of litigation and a greater effort to compose differences. There would be a new measure (measuring cup) of love and appreciation and respect.
There would be more generous hearts, more thoughtful consideration and concern, and a greater desire to spread the gospel of peace and to advance the work of salvation among the children of men."
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To anyone who wants to advertise on the blogs I create, NO THANK YOU. I WILL DELETE YOU. The whole idea of this blog was to defeat the idea of commercialism and put the true meaning of Christ back in Christmas.
Thank you for the wonderful ideas, I am planning for next year!
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