Come Follow Me 5/20/2024 – Devotionals & FHE for Children
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Family Home Evening for Come Follow Me 5/20 for Kids
Song
I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go (Hymns #270) verse 2
Scripture
Lesson
- There is a saying that you can count the seeds in an apple, but you can’t count the apples that come from one seed. What does this mean? Get an apple out and take out it seeds.
- Only one person was receptive to Abinadi’s testimony, but that one person—Alma—influenced generations of Nephites.
- How does this message apply to our family? What can we do to share our testimonies with others?
Activity
Try planting a small plant in a cup (peas work well) and talk about how that pea plant will make more peas and each one could become its own plant.
Treat
Apples with homemade caramel dip.
Scripture of the Week for Come Follow Me 5/20 for Kids
Work on memorizing this scripture with your children during the week for Come Follow Me 5/20: Mosiah 18:9
Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort, and to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that ye may be in, even until death.
You can download these tracing sheets as a PDF.
Devotionals for Come Follow Me 5/20 for Kids
Remember that these are guidelines for you to use in your daily Come, Follow Me 5/20 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 5/20:
- 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 5/20 daily devotionals:
- Explore the footnotes for each of the scriptures listed in Come, Follow Me 5/20
- Ask additional discussion questions found in the Personal Study section of Come, Follow Me – For Home and Church: Book of Mormon 2024 for Come Follow Me 5/20
- 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
Come, Follow Me (Hymns #116)
Scripture
Discussion
- These verses are what Alma taught his people about baptism.
- What do you learn from these verses about the promises you made at baptism? What does God promise you?
- What do these promises have to do with our relationships with other people?
- How does keeping your baptismal covenant help you be “filled with the Spirit”? (Mosiah 18:14). How does the Spirit help you keep your covenant?
- What does it mean to you to “stand as [a witness] of God”?
- How can we make the sacrament a special, reverent time, just like our baptisms were?
- How should we be baptized? (By immersion with someone having the authority)
- Watch “Alma the Elder Teaches and Baptizes at the Waters of Mormon”
Journal Entry
What can I do this week to (prepare to) keep baptismal covenants?
Activity
Alma Baptizes at the Waters of Mormon coloring page
Tuesday Devotional
Song
I’ll Walk with You (Children’s #140)
Scripture
Discussion
- After they were baptized, the people of Alma still had to live in a kingdon with wicked King Noah and wicked people.
- How did they learn about the gospel? How did they gain strength from one another?
- What did members of Christ’s Church in Alma’s day do to love and serve one another?
- What does it mean to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
- What can you do to help your ward or branch members be “knit together in unity and in love”? (Mosiah 18:21).
Journal Entry
How can I show unity in my ward this Sunday?
Activity
Make a people paper chain
Wednesday Devotional
Song
Latter-day Prophets (Children’s #134)
Scripture
Discussion
- King Noah found out about Alma and his people. He sent his soldiers to kill them, but they escaped into the wilderness after Heavenly Father warned Alma.
- The people were angry that King Noah wanted to kill some of their friends, so they began to threaten the wicked king. Gideon chased King Noah and was about to kill him up on a high tower, but the king saw the Lamanites coming to attack them.
- Gideon let King Noah go, and King Noah convinced his priests many men to run into the wilderness with him, leaving women and children behind. The men who left got angry, and they burned King Noah like King Noah burned Abinadi. The priests got scared and ran away.
- After the Lamanites came, Noah’s son Limhi became the king, and he was righteous. Both Limhi’s people and Alma’s people who had fled ended up being in bondage to the Lamanites.
- They were not allowed to pray, and they were treated meanly. Eventually, each group was able to escape with Heavenly Father’s help and go join King Benjamin and his people.
- We’re going to talk about each of these groups the rest of this week.
- When Abinadi was captured by Kin gNoah, he prophecied that King Noah would die the same way as he would and that the people would be captured by the Lamanites, but no one believed him. Later in Mosiah 20:21, Gideon would say that all of Abinadi’s words had come to pass.
- The words of the prophets will always be fulfilled, no matter how hard it can be to believe it.
Journal Entry
When have I seen a prophet’s words fulfilled in my life?
Activity
“Prophets” An overview of various prophets and their prophecies. Includes a picture testimony matching game.
Thursday Devotional
Song
Faith (Children’s #96)
Scripture
Mosiah 19–24 chapter headings; Mosiah 21:16
Discussion
- After the Lamanites came, Noah’s son Limhi became the king, and he was righteous. Both Limhi’s people and Alma’s people who had fled ended up being in bondage to the Lamanites.
- They were not allowed to pray, and they were treated meanly. Eventually, each group was able to escape with Heavenly Father’s help and go join King Benjamin and his people.
- Even though they were in bondage, they still tried to turn to the Lord and do their best to follow Him. They also learned to turn to Heavenly Father instead of fighting on their own against the Lamanites. Only then did they become free.
- What does it mean to “prosper by degrees”? How can we apply this principle?
- We will have people treat us meanly sometimes, and we may be stuck with them (like a kid at school or someone at work). What can we do when those things happen?
Journal Entry
What should I do when people are mean to me?
Activity
Friday Devotional
Song
God’s Love (Children’s #97)
Scripture
Discussion
- Even though Alma and his people had repented of their sins, they still ended up in bondage.
- Sometimes Heavenly Father lets bad things happen to good people to help make them stronger.
- What can you do when times are hard or bad things happen?
Journal Entry
“Journal Page” about trials and how the Lord has blessed you.
Activity
Fill a bag with heavy objects (to represent burdens), and invite a child to hold the bag. Explain that when we are sad, sick, or have other troubles, it can feel like carrying something heavy. Invite the children to take turns helping the child carry the bag so that it becomes lighter. Explain that Heavenly Father can make our burdens lighter when we seek His help through prayer, serving others, and so on.
Primary Children’s Activities for Come Follow Me 5/20
The Come, Follow Me – Home and Church: Book of Mormon 2024 manual suggests that you look at this month’s issue of the Friend magazine for more ideas.
There is also an activity page in this week’s section of the CFM manual.
Sunday Ideas for Kids for Come Follow Me 5/20
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 5/20 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 5/24
Sunday Kids Activities for Come Follow Me 5/20
- Do this week’s free activity pages from Color Me Christian (or do them in the workbook if you purchased it from Amazon).
- Read President Jean B. Bingham’s message “Covenants with God Strengthen, Protect, and Prepare Us for Eternal Glory” (Liahona, May 2022, 66–69).
- Read in Elder Gerrit W. Gong’s message “Covenant Belonging” (Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2019, 80–83)
- Watch the video “Chapter 15: Alma Teaches and Baptizes”
- David A. Bednar, “Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2014, 87–90.
- Give each child a piece of paper. Read together Mosiah 18:8–10, and invite the children to write or draw on one side of their paper the promises we make at baptism and, on the other side, the blessings Heavenly Father promises us.
- Invite the children to read Mosiah 18:17–28, looking for teachings of Christ’s Church in Alma’s day that are the same in our day. Write their answers on blocks or cups, and let the children use them to build a structure that represents the Church of Jesus Christ.
- “The Baptism Covenant” (February 2019 Friend) Cut out and mix up these cards. Then take turns matching cards that go together. With each match, talk about that part of the baptism covenant.
- “The First Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel Make It Possible for Me to Live with God Again” (June 2011 Liahona and Friend) Includes an activity to make a mobile with the four principles and ordinances.
- “Fraction Puzzle” (October 2004 Friend) Combine fractions of each word to reveal a hidden message.
- Coloring page: “Alma Baptizes”
- Coloring page: “Covenants at the Waters of Mormon: What Do I Promise Heavenly Father When I Am Baptized?” (April 2000 Friend) After learning about baptismal covenants, cut out and color these scripture figures of the story of Alma.
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