Come Follow Me 4/7/2025 – Devotionals & FHE for Kids
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Family Home Evening for Come Follow Me 4/7 for Kids
Song
I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go (Hymns #270)
Scripture
Lesson
- This week, we are talking about some of the early missionaries of the Church.
- Parley P. Pratt had been a member of the Church for about a month when he was called “into the wilderness” to preach the gospel. Thomas B. Marsh had been a member for even less time than that when he was told, “The hour of your mission is come.” Orson Pratt, Edward Partridge, and many others had likewise barely been baptized when their mission calls came.
- What were some of the blessings that Thomas Marsh was promised because of his mission?
- Have those in the family who have served missions to share some of the blessings they have received as a result of their missionary service.
- Share some examples of blessings you have seen by doing missionary work (not as a full time missionary)
- If you can’t think of any examples to the two above prompts, make some plans to share to gain some!
Activity
Look at some missionary photos from friends or family members.
Treat
Scripture of the Week for Come Follow Me 4/7 for Kids
Work on memorizing this scripture with your children during the week for Come Follow Me 4/7: D&C 30:5
And your whole labor shall be in Zion, with all your soul, from henceforth; yea, you shall ever open your mouth in my cause, not fearing what man can do, for I am with you. Amen.
You can download these tracing sheets as a PDF.
Devotionals for Come Follow Me 4/7 for Kids
Remember that these are guidelines for you to use in your daily Come, Follow Me 4/7 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 4/7:
- 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 4/7 daily devotionals:
- Explore the footnotes for each of the scriptures listed in Come, Follow Me 4/7
- 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 4/7
- 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
I Hope They Call Me on a Mission (Children’s #169)
Scripture
Discussion
- Whether or not you have a formal calling as a missionary, the Lord wants you to share His gospel.
- This week, we will study about the Lord calling early Saints to be missionaries. Many of them had only been baptized a few months!
- If you know enough to accept the restored gospel by baptism, you know enough to share it with others.
- These verses also apply to us and our responsibility to share the gospel. What stands out to you?
Journal Entry
How can I share the gospel with people I know?
Activity
Tuesday Devotional
Song
“I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go” (Hymn #270)
Scripture
Discussion
- Brother Marsh was worried about his family if he were to go away for a mission. What did the Lord say?
- Sometimes we worry about our families when the Lord asks us to do hard things. How does what He said to Brother Marsh apply to us?
Journal Entry
How can I help my family in their callings?
Activity
“You Found Me, Bishop” (January 2014 Friend). Activities to go along with a story about President Monson as a young bishop.
Wednesday Devotional
Song
I Want to Be a Missionary Now (Children’s #168)
Scripture
Discussion
- Parley P. Pratt had been a member of the Church for about a month when he was called “into the wilderness” to preach the gospel.
- Orson Pratt, Edward Partridge, and many others had likewise barely been baptized when their mission calls came.
- If you know enough to accept the restored gospel by baptism, you know enough to share it with others.
- Each of them had different types of assignments and callings – none were more important than another.
- How does this apply to us?
Journal Entry
What can I do to share the gospel in my own way?
Activity
“The Gospel Will Be Preached in All the World” (September 2011 Friend). Memory game.
Thursday Devotional
Song
The Wise Man and the Foolish Man (Children’s #281)
Scripture
Discussion
- This section was addressed to Northrop Sweet and Ezra Thayer, two recent converts.
- Northrop left the Church soon after this revelation was given. Ezra served faithfully for some time, but he also eventually fell away.
- What does the Lord say about building firmly on His rock? (verse 13). How can we do this?
Journal Entry
What can I do to remain faithful to the Lord?
Activity
The Lord is my rock learning activity (halfway down page). Just draw faces on cups.
Friday Devotional
Song
We’ll Bring the World His Truth (Children’s #172)
Scripture
Discussion
- When Oliver Cowdery, Peter Whitmer Jr., Parley P. Pratt, and Ziba Peterson set out to preach to the American Indians west of Missouri, they believed they were fulfilling Book of Mormon prophecies about the Lamanites receiving the gospel in the latter days.
- And yet by the end of their mission, even though they had positive encounters with some groups, they had not baptized a single American Indian.
- But they had baptized over a hundred people near Kirtland, Ohio, where they had stopped along the way to Missouri. Among those converts were future influential Church leaders, including Sidney Rigdon, and Kirtland later became an important gathering place for the Church.
- What does this experience teach you about how the Lord accomplishes His work?
Journal Entry
What should I do if I feel like I’ve failed at something?
Activity
Print out these missionary preparation bookmarks. Color the back and laminate them.
Primary Children’s Activities for Come Follow Me 4/7
There is also an activity page in this week’s section of the CFM manual.
Sunday Ideas for Kids for Come Follow Me 4/7
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 4/7 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 4/7
Sunday Kids Activities for Come Follow Me 4/7
- Do this week’s free activity pages from Color Me Christian (or do them in the workbook if you purchased it from Amazon).
- Read “The Faith and Fall of Thomas Marsh,” “Ezra Thayer: From Skeptic to Believer,” “Orson Pratt’s Call to Serve,” in Revelations in Context
, 54–69. - I Hope They Call Me on a Mission coloring page
- The Wise Man coloring page
- Read The Voices of the Restoration section in the Come Follow Me manual for this week.
- Do The Wise Man and the Foolish Man object lesson.
- Watch the video: Matt and Mandy, “A Missionary Cousin”. Matt learns from a cousin about what it’s like to be a full-time missionary.
- Read “A Mission to the Lamanites,” Revelations in Context, 45–49
- Watch Testimony of Truth, a 3 minute video of Elder Uchtdorf
- Play The Lost Sheep singing time game.
- “I Can Choose to Be a Missionary Now” (November 2012 Friend). Talk with your family about how you would answer the questions in the situations on these pages.
- “Missionary Basketball” (February 2020 Friend). Play this game to practice sharing the gospel.
- Complete the “Preparing for a Mission” activity (October 2007 Friend). Draw a circle around the pictures of activities that you are already doing to prepare for a mission. Then choose one activity you would like to start doing.
- Watch Chapter 12: Samuel Smith’s Mission (June 1830)
- Play Pin the Tag on the Missionary
- Watch Chapter 15: A Mission to the Lamanites
- Play “Missionary Basketball”
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