Come Follow Me 5/27/2024 – Devotionals & FHE for Children

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Last week’s devotionals

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Family Home Evening for Come Follow Me 5/27 for Kids

Song

The Wise Man and the Foolish Man (Children’s #281)

Scripture

Mosiah 25:24

Lesson

  • After nearly three generations of living in separate lands, the Nephites were one people again. Limhi’s people, Alma’s people, and Mosiah’s people—even the people of Zarahemla, who were not descended from Nephi—were now all “numbered with the Nephites”
  • But before long, unbelievers began persecuting the Saints. What made this especially heartbreaking was that many of these unbelievers were the believers’ own children—the “rising generation” including the sons of Mosiah and one son of Alma.
  • What kinds of choices were they making? This week, we’ll talk about those choices.
  • Making a choice is like picking up a stick. When you pick up one end of a stick, the other end always comes with it. When you make a choice, a consequence always comes with it.
  • What were the consequences of Alma the Younger’s choices? (An angel came and told him he would be cast off if he didn’t repent.)
  • Some consequences come quickly after you make a choice. Sometimes you may not recognize a consequence until long after you make the choice. But eventually there is always a consequence.

Activity

Consequences object lesson

Treat

Eat your slushies from the activity.

Scripture of the Week for Come Follow Me 5/27 for Kids

Work on memorizing this scripture with your children during the week for Come Follow Me 5/27: Mosiah 27:26

And thus they become new creatures; and unless they do this, they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God.

You can download these tracing sheets as a PDF.

Devotionals for Come Follow Me 5/27 for Kids

Remember that these are guidelines for you to use in your daily Come, Follow Me 5/27 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 5/27:

  • 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 5/27 daily devotionals:

  • Explore the footnotes for each of the scriptures listed in Come, Follow Me 5/27
  • 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 5/27
  • 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

Search, Ponder, and Pray (Children’s #109)

Scripture

Mosiah 26:1–6

Discussion

  • Even though the parents who heard King Benjamin speak told their children about the gospel, their children refused to believe.
  • What are some of the possible reasons “the rising generation” fell away?
  • We are responsible for our own testimonies.  No one can give our testimony to us.
  • We can share our testimony with others to help theirs grow, but they choose whether or not they listen.

Journal Entry

What can I do to grow my testimony this week?

Activity

“A Growing Testimony” coloring page

Tuesday Devotional

Song

Fathers (Children’s #209) verse 2

Scripture

Mosiah 26:6–39

Discussion

  • When people make wrong choices, a church leader like a bishop is there to help.
  • The people went to Alma about the wrong choices of others.  Alma didn’t know what to do – it had never happened before.  What did Alma do?
  • Some of the Lord’s answers were not in direct response to Alma’s question. What does this suggest about prayer and receiving personal revelation?
  • What does Alma’s experience suggest about how you might approach difficult problems in your family or your Church service?
  • Our own church leaders don’t always know what to do, and they aren’t perfect, but they can go to Heavenly Father in prayer to know how to help us.

Journal Entry

What can I do to help others in my ward?

Activity

“A Day with the Bishop” activity

Wednesday Devotional

Song

Help Me, Dear Father (Children’s #99) both verses

Scripture

Mosiah 26:30–31

Discussion

  • Sometimes others mess up. Sometimes we mess up. Some people may wonder if God really does forgive them. How do you imagine Alma the Elder would counsel a member of the Church in Zarahemla who had that concern?
  • How many times the word “forgive” appear in these verses? What do these verses teach about forgiving others?
  • Read Luke 23:33–34. What did Jesus ask Heavenly Father to do for the people who put Him on the cross?
  • Sometimes it is difficult to forgive ourselves when we make mistakes. How can God’s words to Alma help?

Journal Entry

Who can I work on forgiving this week?

Activity

Jesus Teaches Me to Forgive Coloring Page

Thursday Devotional

Song

Come, Follow Me (Hymns #116)

Scripture

Mosiah 27:24; 28:4

Discussion

  • Watch “Chapter 18: Alma the Younger Repents” in Book of Mormon Stories, 49–52.
  • What did you learn from this story? With the Savior’s power, anyone can change!
  • Alma the Younger, like everyone, needs to be “born again.”  What does this mean?  Think of it like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.
  • What things are you doing that should change and not be part of the “new” you?

Journal Entry

What can I do today that is part of the new me?

Activity

Make pipe cleaner butterfly rings

Friday Devotional

Song

We Ever Pray for Thee (Hymns #23)

Scripture

Mosiah 27:14, 19–24

Discussion

  • Alma the Elder prayed for his son Alma the Younger when he was making wrong choices.
  • Heavenly Father answered those prayers.
  • Who do you know that you could pray for?
  • Who is praying and supporting you?
  • Watch Alma the Younger Is Called to Repentance by an Angel

Journal Entry

Who can I pray for this week?

Activity

“I Can Always Pray” activity page

Primary Children’s Activities for Come Follow Me 5/27

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 5/27

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 5/27 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 5/27

Sunday Kids Activities for Come Follow Me 5/27

  • Do this week’s free activity pages from Color Me Christian (or do them in the workbook if you purchased it from Amazon).
  • Watch “Alma the Younger Testifies He Has Been Born of God
  • Read “Ye Must Be Born Again,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2007
  • “Picture Puzzle” (October 2016 Friend)  Figure out this puzzle to discover how you can get help whenever you need it.
  • Read Alma the Younger Repents and do the coloring page.
  • How did Mosiah’s people feel after he read to them the records of Zeniff’s people and Alma’s people? Has your family kept any records you could read from? Maybe you could add to your records or start keeping your own. What would you include that might help your family (including future generations) be “filled with exceedingly great joy” and learn about “the immediate goodness of God”? (Mosiah 25:8, 10).
  • Help the children role-play forgiving one another.
  • Read Mosiah 28:1–8.  After their conversion, the sons of Mosiah were eager to share the gospel with everyone, including their enemies, the Lamanites.  Decide to pray as a family each day that week to find someone to share the gospel with.  Role-play sharing the gospel with people you think of.
  • Alma the Younger spot-the-difference
  • Read together Mosiah 27:8–24, and ask the children to identify what Alma and his people did to help Alma the Younger. Share an experience in which you fasted and prayed for someone, and encourage the children to share their own experiences.
  • Make your own Steps of Repentance mobile

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