| Quick! The Drum!
Patriots around the world make a difference for their countries, their communities, their families. This simple Family Home Evening lesson teaches children the importance of patriotism and love for others through telling the story of two colonial girls who acted fast and stopped an attack.
By C.S. Bezas
Lean On Music
Use the gift of music to help steer your family through troubled times. This lesson teaches how.
By C.S. Bezas
Lost Boy!
What God permits is different from what God causes. This Family Home Evening lesson provides not only a great emergency preparedness moment, but it also teaches children that God can be trusted — always. Time for some FHE Fun!
By C.S. Bezas
Putting Others First
Play a board game for Family Home Evening where the object is to help somebody else to win.
By C.S. Bezas
Making a Right Turn
Here's a Family Home Evening on how each choice can be a critical one that our children make, leading to long and perhaps unforeseen consequences.
By C.S. Bezas
Drawing the Short Straw
Everybody in life has times when they draw the short straw, but God is always merciful and fair.
By C.S. Bezas
Friends are like Camels
Here's a Family Home Evening that will your children learn the importance of choosing good friends.
By C.S. Bezas
“Family” Really Can be Cool!
Here's a crazy, fun Family Home Evening idea that might help bring a spirit of togetherness to your family.
By C.S. Bezas
Meeting Elder D. Todd Christofferson
Here's a fun Family Home Evening that invites your entire family not only to meet our new apostle, but to discuss his youthful experience receiving his own “burning into his heart.”
By C.S. Bezas
The Celebration of Education
Life is sometimes confusing. The gospel is not. This simple FHE lesson will help your children understand the importance of education in the Lord's eyes and how it brings success in today's challenging environment.
By C.S. Bezas
Go on a Gratitude "Safari"
With the new iPod generation, children raised on "tech toys" sometimes can forget the most important of personality characteristics — gratitude, which leads to sensitivity of things of the Spirit. This week's Family Home Evening lesson should help.
By C.S. Bezas
Choosing Right from Wrong under Pressure
Times are increasing in challenge. With recent news of the Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac loans nearing potential collapse, things may only feel more intense. What is a family to do during all this pressure?
By C.S. Bezas
We Have Great Confidence in You
The youth of the Church are facing stiffer battles and greater odds against them than perhaps any prior generation. The next few weeks and months of Meridian FHEs will specifically help you help your youth in ways that are powerful and fun!
By C.S. Bezas
We the People
In the United States , this is the week we celebrate our independence. Freedom is not to be taken lightly, though. Here is a simple and straightforward Family Home Evening to explore what patriotism really means.
By C.S. Bezas
Focused on Christ
With the summer months upon us, kids have more free time on their hands. Here is a simple, but pointed Family Home Evening lesson to help illustrate the importance of time management.
By C.S. Bezas
Being a Tiny Red Hen
What does the Tiny Red Hen story have to do with peer pressure? Come try this simple Family Home Evening activity and be surprised what you learn.
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C.S. Bezas
Striving For Family Unity
When we work willingly together as a family, for any objective, joy increases and family life becomes better.
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C.S. Bezas
A
Lesson to End all Quarrels
Having problems with quarreling in your
family? Try this simple FHE lesson to help make a difference.
By
C.S. Bezas
The
Family that Plays Together
Ever heard the twist on an old expression:
"The family that plays together, stays together"?
Just think about it. It's true, especially from a kid's perspective.
By
C.S. Bezas
Sweet
Words to Live By
We just witnessed an historic
general conference. What can we do to remember these moments
and important messages? Time for some FHE Fun in ways that will
simplify remembering and help children hearken to the general
authorities' words!
By
C.S. Bezas
Soaking
Up General Conference
General Conference is this weekend and
we get to hear from our new prophet, President Thomas S. Monson.
Here is a fun and easy lesson to help prepare your children
for the experience.
By C.S. Bezas
We Need More Water!
This week we're going to let our kids pretend they are Einsteins in the kitchen. While having fun, they'll also be learning hands-on skills for self-survival if tragedy ever struck.
By C.S. Bezas
Storing
Water for Your Family
What if your children were separated
from you during a traumatic event? Would they know they
need drinking water within three to five days or they might
die? This week's FHE lesson will empower your kids and help
them to make a difference in storing life-giving water for
your family.
By C.S. Bezas We're
Out of Water!
This week we're going to approach family
preparedness in a general way. If you are perfectly prepared
in all ways, you might consider inviting another family over
for FHE who could use a little help (or perhaps a big push)
to get started on a home preparedness program.
By C.S. Bezas 10
Steps to Selfishness
It can be challenging to teach children
to be selfless. So let's take the opposite approach in a light-hearted
FHE. It will get your kids thinking and discussing why selflessness
is so important.
By C.S. Bezas Respecting
Family Members
When home is a sanctuary, a hospital
of sorts for the soul's wounds, it feels that all else can
be conquered. But remove the "sanctuary" out of
home, and life becomes much more challenging, even destructive.
By C.S.
Bezas One
Who Strengthens the Weak
Let's
have some FHE fun this week learning about our new prophet,
President Thomas S. Monson!
By C.S.
Bezas Fun
Family 72-Hour Kits
Prophets through
the ages have admonished God's children to be safe —
physically and spiritually. Not only will we be better prepared
for sudden emergencies after this week's Family Home Evening,
we'll have fun doing it!
By C.S. Bezas The
Blessing Ball
Gratitude is the sign of a refined soul.
With a simple "Blessings Ball" you can teach your children
how easy and fun a "gratitude attitude" can be!
By C.S. Bezas Memories
in the Making
The year 2007 just passed. 2008 now is
upon us. Here is a Family Home Evening that makes the best
of both years.
By C.S. Bezas To
Do All His Commandments
Are
you ready to make the year 2008 for your family an awesome
one? Great. Let's have some FHE Fun!
By C.S. Bezas 2008, Here We Come!
Well, it's done. Or nearly so. 2007 is finished. Regardless of whether that statement brings a sigh of sadness or a tear of relief, it is fact nonetheless. So before the next year gets too much past us, let's have some FHE Fun to start off year 2008 right!
By C.S. Bezas The
Spirit of Singing
Make
your Christmas merry by creating your own songs of praise
to the Lord.
By C.S. Bezas The
Spirit of Gift-Giving
Don't we all want
our children to understand the significance of Christmas and
the gift God gave by sending His Son? This week's Family Home
Evening lesson serves that purpose. So it's time for some
FHE Fun!
By C.S. Bezas A
Month Full of Sundays
What better gift to your my children
this Christmas season and the Lord, than to give a "month
full of Sundays" during the month in which we celebrate
His birth — the month of Christmas. So for Family Home
Evening this week, let's have some fun prepping for a "month
full of Sundays"!
By C.S. Bezas The
Weak Shall Come Forth
There is nothing wrong with being
weak, if a lot of weak people act together. In fact, some
Family Home Evening activities can show your family how weak
things can be made strong.
By C.S. Bezas Following
the Leader
"Following the leader"
is a simple concept. Children learn this quickly, especially
in a school environment. Even as adults, we understand the
principle of "following leaders." But how imperative
to ensure the leader is a good one, a sound one, one called
by God.
By C.S. Bezas United
We Stand, Divided We Fall
Unity is essential if we are
to build strong relationships, most importantly within the
family. But how do we build unity within the family —
especially if there are wide-ranging differences?
By C.S. Bezas A
Family's Finest Hour
A family's finest hour is when
it stands united. Because of that, this week's Family Home
Evening lesson is a fun lesson on unity.
By C.S. Bezas Family
Home Evening and Recreation
Family living can get very serious
sometimes. In today's world, many families are challenged
just to get by. But even during times of stress (and perhaps
even more during that time), families need to set aside time
to have fun together.
By C.S. Bezas Love
through the Cracks
What do we do if we have a child insistent
on making errant choices? The solution may be as easy as adopting
a little bit of team spirit.
By C.S. Bezas Where's
the Love?
We are living in perilous times. Our
day would appear to be not for the timid. Although there are
individuals who seek righteousness, there are many who ridicule
chastity, moral purity, and the entity that seeks to develop
both — the home. Here are ways to combat those who would
have us make bad choices.
By C.S. Bezas Abrahamic
Purposes, Abrahamic Privileges
If there is one thing the scriptures
teach, it is that we will know God and eternal joy through
the (at times puzzling) pathway of sacrifice. One of the most
frequently taught examples of this is Abram of Ur.
By C.S. Bezas What
do We Rejoice In?
The music we listen to imprints itself
in our very souls. This experiment with potatoes will dramatically
illustrate that for your children.
By C.S. Bezas Correcting
Children: A Moral Obligation
Sometimes
we fail to correct children, because we are afraid of their
anger. The fear doesn't remove the obligation.
by C.S. Bezas Dealing
with Heartbreak
Spiritual resiliency
is an essential part of living in mortality. Many sudden events
can topple us otherwise. When life gets tough, do we doubt
God? Do we give up?
By C.S. Bezas Freeing
Our Children from Bondage
Simple childhood games can teach
your children the value of managing their money so the family
will never fall into debt.
By C.S. Bezas Be
a Hedge-Maker
Have we left the Lord behind
in any way? Better yet, how are our children doing? Are they
heeding the Lord? The refiner's fire is hot and all-consuming
for those who reject kind, loving and holy ways.
By C.S. Bezas Finger
Food to the Rescue!
There are
many reasons to eat together, especially at the end of Family
Home Evening. Those reasons aren't just about keeping mouths
full so we can't speak negatively to each other! Studies have
shown that families who eat together in certain ways weather
the storms of life together better.
By C.S. Bezas It’s
a Fire!
Family Home Evening provides
an excellent opportunity to discuss emergency preparedness,
and to train your family members what to do in case of a fire
or other catastrophe.
By C.S. Bezas Kids
Spell "Love" T-I-M-E
In truth, "time" is
a very important word in the lives of our children. It has
oft been said that children spell "love" with the
letters T-I-M-E. It is perhaps more true than many of us realize.
By C.S. Bezas God's
Great Garden
With God as the Great Gardener
and parents as the overseers of His tenderest plants, here
are some activities that will bring fun to the garden of your
home.
By C.S. Bezas "Family
ABCs"
For an enjoyable (and enlightening!)
Family Home Evening activity, try this experiment to see what
your family members think about your family, from A to Z.
By C.S. Bezas Face-to-Face
Time at the Kitchen Table
Face-to-face time at the kitchen
table can do much to help bond a family together. Here are
ways to make it happen.
By C.S. Bezas Family
Friends: Fact or Fiction?
If your children seem more like
mortal antagonists than bosom buddies, Family Home Evening
may be a way to get them to forge the bonds of friendship
among them.
By C.S. Bezas A
Constant Amid Change
How many of our children are confident
enough to "rise and shine forth"? It takes strength to "arise"
when everyone else insists on "sitting down" when it comes
to choices of integrity. It takes courage to "shine forth"
when all is darkening around us.
By C.S. Bezas Building
Eternity through Family Home Evening
The prophets want you to have Family
Home Evening, and you may want Family Home Evening yourself.
What if some of the other members of your family don't agree?
By C.S. Bezas Family
Home Evenings: Fearful or Fun?
Whether or not we are married,
whether or not we have children, we still have been urged
to hold FHE on Monday nights so that we are protected against
the evils of the day. In so doing, we are promised powerful
and protective blessings as we adapt this amazing time together
to the needs of our family members.
By C.S. Bezas
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