Come Follow Me 12/8/2025 – Devotionals & FHE for Kids
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Last week’s devotionals
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- Family Home Evening
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Family Home Evening for Come Follow Me 12/8 for Kids
Song
The First Article of Faith (Children’s #122a)
Scripture
Lesson
- Pick one of the Articles of Faith for your family to focus on for the week.
- Learn the song, memorize the words, if possible, and discuss what it means.
Activity
Take turns acting out how you would respond with an article of faith when someone asks what you believe.
Treat
Make an almond dessert (because the 13th Article of Faith is commonly confused as saying “and in doing good to almonds.”
Scripture of the Week for Come Follow Me 12/8 for Kids
Work on memorizing this scripture with your children during the week for Come Follow Me 12/8: Articles of Faith
Choose one of the Articles of Faith that your family can work on memorizing this week.
You can use these free printable Articles of Faith tracing sheets to help you memorize the one you chose.
Devotionals for Come Follow Me 12/8 for Kids
Remember that these are guidelines for you to use in your daily Come, Follow Me 12/8 devotionals with your children! Please don’t feel as though you have to use every single question, journal entry, or activity. Just make sure you look at the activity in advance so you can gather any materials they may require.
Here is a general outline for each devotional for Come Follow Me 12/8:
- Start by singing the song together and saying a prayer
- Read the scripture together, then your family can have a discussion using the questions/comments provided.
- Copy the journal entries into a spiral notebook. The child or the parent can write the question at the top, after which the child can write or draw an answer.
- Have fun together doing the activity as a family!
Modifications for older children for Come, Follow Me 12/8 daily devotionals:
- Explore the footnotes for each of the scriptures listed in Come, Follow Me 12/8
- Ask additional discussion questions found in the Personal Study section of Come, Follow Me – For Home and Church: Book of Mormon 2025 for Come Follow Me 12/8
- Instead of answering the journal entry with a drawing, you can create a study journal (a simple spiral notebook will work) to answer the question with a few sentences or paragraphs, depending on the child’s age.
- Here are some ideas for marking your scriptures.
Monday Devotional
Song
Choose one of the Articles of Faith songs
Scripture
Discussion
- The doctrines of our Church, the things we believe, don’t change. The Articles of Faith have many of our core beliefs in them.
- What are some of the beliefs in these first four articles of faith?
Journal Entry
Write a list of the doctrines in these Articles of Faith.
Activity
Tuesday Devotional
Song
Choose one of the Articles of Faith songs
Scripture
Discussion
- What are some of the beliefs in these articles of faith?
Journal Entry
Write a list of the doctrines in these Articles of Faith.
Activity
Make these pocket sized articles of faith.
Wednesday Devotional
Song
Choose one of the Articles of Faith songs
Scripture
Articles of Faith 9 through 13
Discussion
- What are some of the beliefs in these articles of faith?
- The ninth Article of Faith specifically talks about how we believe God will continue to reveal important truths. That is one of the reasons we need modern prophets.
- Over the next two days, we will talk about two different times that this occurred.
Journal Entry
Write a list of the doctrines in these Articles of Faith.
Activity
Make the free printable Articles of Faith quiet book to have for church on Sundays.
Thursday Devotional
Song
Choose one of the Articles of Faith songs
Scripture
Discussion
- The United States government declared plural marriage (polygamy, having more than one wife) to be illegal.
- Based on the end of this declaration, what reasons did the prophet give for the Lord ending the practice of plural marriage?
- What does this teach you about God’s work?
Journal Entry
How can I support the Lord’s work in the latter days?
Activity
Friday Devotional
Song
Choose one of the Articles of Faith songs
Scripture
Discussion
- For a long time, people of African descent were not allowed to hold the priesthood or go to the temple.
- The scriptures teach us to trust in the Lord (see Proverbs 3:5), and that’s what many Church members of African descent did when the Church withheld priesthood ordination and temple ordinances from them.
- Even though they did not understand why this policy existed—and often felt hurt by the explanations taught at the time, which the Church disavows today—many devout members of African descent trusted the Lord and stayed faithful throughout their lives.
- How you have learned to trust in the Lord even when you don’t have a perfect understanding?
Journal Entry
How can I increase my faith and trust in God?
Activity
Primary Children’s Activities for Come Follow Me 12/8
There is also an activity page in this week’s section of the CFM manual.
Sunday Ideas for Kids for Come Follow Me 12/8
Use Sundays for a time of reflection; share what you discussed that day in each of your classes. Did you learn anything new or hear a different perspective about what you studied this week?
If you went to a class that did not use the Come, Follow Me 12/8 Manual, then share what stood out to you the most in your class.
Take a few minutes to talk about what parts of Sacrament Meeting you felt like were meant for you
If your younger children are struggling during Sacrament Meeting, try using these Ideas and Activities to Keep Toddlers and Kids Quiet During Church
Here are some activities that go along with this week’s topic in Come Follow Me 12/8
Sunday Kids Activities for Come Follow Me 12/8
- Do this week’s free activity pages from Color Me Christian (or do them in the workbook if you purchased it from Amazon).
- “Fourth Article of Faith” (August 2004 Friend)
- Play with the Articles of Faith Origami that you made on Monday.
- Do the other fun activities for the Articles of Faith on the same page as the Articles of Faith Origami.
- Play Articles of Faith bingo
- “Article of Faith 6” (June 2011 Friend)
- “Sharing Time: The Gospel is Restored” (February Liahona and Friend 2003) matching activity
- “Funstuff: We Believe” (June 2015 Friend) secret code about the Articles of Faith
- Free printable Articles of Faith adult coloring pages.
- Play Articles of Faith jeopardy
- Coloring Page: “We Listen to Our Prophet Today”
- Articles of Faith word searches
- Do any of these dozens of Articles of Faith activities.
- Learning about the faith of black members of the Church could be inspiring to you. Here are some of their accounts, found at history.ChurchofJesusChrist.org:
- “Jane Elizabeth Manning James” (Church History Topics)
- “In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions” (story of Green Flake)
- “You Have Come at Last” (story of Anthony Obinna)
- “Break the Soil of Bitterness” (story of Julia Mavimbela)
- “I Will Take It in Faith” (story of George Rickford)
- Read “Witnessing the Faithfulness,” Revelations in Context, 332–41;
- Look at Gospel Topics, “Race and the Priesthood,” topics.ChurchofJesusChrist.org
- Read Ahmad Corbitt, “A Personal Essay on Race and the Priesthood,” parts 1–4
- Look at BeOne.ChurchofJesusChrist.org
- Sing the Articles of Faith songs to memorize them.
- Read “The Messenger and the Manifesto” (Revelations in Context, 323–31) and “Trust in the Lord” (June 1994 Friend). Fill in the blanks by looking up these twelve scriptures about trust. Then use the words you found to complete a word search activity.
- Read or listen to L. Tom Perry, “The Doctrines and Principles Contained in the Articles of Faith,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2013, 46–48
- Read Chapter 38: The Wentworth Letter,” in Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, 435–47
- Look at the information on “Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah”
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