Topic: Work
“Be
Anxiously Engaged” by Elder M. Russell Ballard in General Conference October
2012
Lesson
For young children:
Honeybees work together to make honey. They work very hard. One bee produces a very little amount of
honey but every bee is very important.
Why is each honey bee so important? When the honeybees work
together they can make a lot of honey.
Show a container of honey.
If one bee had to make all of this honey he would get very tired. But if lots of honeybees worked together each
one only has to work a little but to make all of this honey.
As a family we can get a lot done by working together.
In what ways do we work together as a family?
Have children color a picture of a honeybee. (example)
For teenagers and
adults:
Have someone read the following quote:
“We read of the service Church members provide around the
world and especially the humanitarian service given in times of crises – fires and
floods and hurricanes and tornadoes.
These much-needed and much-appreciated emergency responses should
certainly continue as a way of bearing one another’s burdens. But what about our everyday lives? What would
be the cumulative effect of millions of small, compassionate acts performed
daily by us because of our heartfelt Christian love for others? Over time this
would have a transformative effect upon all of our Heavenly Father’s children
through the extension of his love to them through us. Our troubled world needs this love of Christ
today more than ever, and it will need it even more in the years ahead.”
Talk about service performed by family members.
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Church service projects
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Scouts
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YM/YW
What are some things we can do daily to help others?
Elder Ballard says there is one simple thing we can do to
make daily service a habit.
“In your morning prayer each new day, ask Heavenly Father to
guide you to recognize an opportunity to serve one of His precious
children. Then go throughout the day
with your heart full of faith and love, looking for someone to help. Stay focused, just like the honeybees focus on
the flowers from which to gather nectar and pollen. If you do this, your spiritual sensitivities
will be enlarged and you will discover opportunities to serve that you never
before realized were possible.
President Spencer W. Kimball said: “God does notice us, and
he watches over us. But it is usually
through another person that he meets our needs.
Therefore, it is vital that we serve each other” (Teachings of
Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball [2006], 82).
Activity
Beehive jar:
What you will need:
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Glass jar or vase
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Yellow or cream strips of paper (larger squares
for younger children)
Explain how we just learned that by small daily acts of
service each member of the family can help improve the atmosphere in the home.
Take a strip of paper and write down an act of service a
member of the family has performed in the home.
Ask other family members to do the same thing. Younger children can draw a picture of
service. Have older kids and parents help younger children think of acts of
service. Keep doing this until the jar is filled.
If we all pitch in and do a few little things we can fill
this jar and fill our home with love and happiness.
