sacrament--remembering jesus fhe lesson

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Sacrament—Remembering Jesus By Cindy Lund (from a FHE lesson exchange), Digitized by Lara Goold

Materials needed: scriptures, tray with 5-10 household items—for the memory game

Purpose: To help the children remember the Savior as they partake of the sacrament

Scripture: “And that thou mayest more fully keep thyself unspotted from the world, thou shalt go to the house of

prayer and offer up thy sacraments upon my holy day;” Doctrine and Covenants 59:9

Opening Song(s):“I Stand All Amazed,” Hymns, page 193

“Tell Me the Stories of Jesus,” Children’s Songbook, page 57

Opening Prayer:

Opening Activity: “Memory Game: Place some items (5-10 depending on the age of your kids) on a tray and allow

everyone to study it for about 1 minute. You may even name each item to help them remember. Then

take the tray from the room and remove two items. Return and have everyone try to guess what is

missing. (Use common household items—battery, brush, spoon, pencil, toothbrush, etc.)

Transition: This was a fun activity about remembering, but now we’re going to talk about something

else that is very important to remember.

Lesson: Ask: *What meeting do we attend every Sunday with our families? (sacrament meeting)

*What important thing do we do during that meeting? (the name tells us the most important thing—

partaking of the sacrament)

Read or Retell the Account of the Last Supper with picture: (summary and picture included below)

Ask: *Why do we take the sacrament? (To remember Jesus)

Read the sacrament prayers, telling them to listen for any promises: Doctrine and Covenants 20:77, 79

Promise Chart: Using the chart as a guide, go over the promises we make each week as we take the

sacrament. Then talk about the wonderful promise that we’ve been given from Heavenly Father (to have

His spirit to always be with us) and what a wonderful blessing that promise is. (Spiritual and physical

protection, comfort, help, increased faith, etc)

Ask: How would you feel if Jesus knelt at the sacrament table in our ward and blessed the sacrament?

Jesus has given young men the power of the priesthood to prepare, bless, and pass the sacrament for him.

He wants us to take the sacrament as reverently as if he himself had blessed it.

“Thinking of Jesus” story with pictures: This cute story is about some children and what is on their mind

during the sacrament.

Ask: What are some ways that you keep your mind focused on our Savior during the Sacrament? (Being

reverent, silently singing a hymn in your mind (or reading the words to a hymn), not coloring or playing

with toys during the sacrament, not getting up to use the restroom or drinking fountain, reading scriptures,

having a book filled with pictures of the Savior, etc)

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/59/9a

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/59/9b

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/59/9c

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/59/9d


Conclude by bearing your testimony of the importance of the sacrament.

Enrichment Ideas: Depending on the age and attention span of your children, use some of these Enrichment ideas as

part of FHE or during the week to help enhance the message of the lesson:

Right and Wrong Game: Give everyone 6 slips of paper and a pen and have everyone think about 3

good things and 3 bad things to do during the sacrament. Put all the slips in a bowl and take turns picking

them out and deciding whether they go in the trash or in our church bag.

Sacrament Prayers: Print off the word strips with the words to the sacrament prayers. Try to put them

back in the correct order. Race mom and see who can do it fastest.

Coloring Page and Sacrament Wheel: Print off the coloring page and sacrament wheel included below,

color them, and hang them up in your house (or laminate and keep in your church bag) to help you to

remember how important the sacrament is. You could also print them off to put in your church bag as a

quiet, appropriate sacrament meeting activity.

Make a Sacrament Book: Buy a cheap photo album from Michaels or Target and fill it with pictures of

the Savior and your family. Make it a very special book that is only brought out during the sacrament and

put away as soon as it’s over.

Closing song(s): “To Think About Jesus,” Children’s Songbook, page 71

“I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus,” Children’s Songbook, page 78

Closing Prayer:

Refreshments: see recipe below

Turtle Cupcakes from http://recipeshoebox.blogspot.com

1 pkg. (21.5-oz.) brownie mix plus ingredients to prepare mix

1/2 cup chopped pecans (we only had walnuts)

1 cup prepared or homemade chocolate frosting

1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans, toasted (we used walnuts)

1 -2 Tbs. whipping cream

Preheat oven to 350°. Line muffin pan cups with paper baking cups.

Prepare brownie batter as directed on package. Stir in chopped pecans. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. Bake 18 minutes or until toothpick inserted into centers comes out

clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes to racks; cool completely.

Spread frosting over cooled cupcakes; top with toasted pecans.

Combine caramels and 1 tbs. cream in small saucepan. Cook and stir over low heat until caramels are melted and mixture is smooth. Add additional cream if necessary to thin mixture.

Spoon caramel decoratively over cupcakes. Store at room temperature up to 24 hours or cover and refrigerate for up to 3

days before serving. Makes about 24 cupcakes (or 54 mini cupcakes).

Enjoy.


The Last Supper

Long ago when Jesus was with his Apostles in Jerusalem, he sent Peter and John to prepare a special supper for

him and his Twelve Apostles. It was called the feast of the Passover.

Jesus told his Apostles this would be the last time he would eat with them. He knew that he would soon be put

to death. After the dinner had been eaten, Jesus did something that had never been done before on this earth.

He prepared the first sacrament and gave it to his Apostles. He took bread, broke it into pieces, blessed it, and

gave it to the Twelve. Jesus said, “Take, eat; this is in remembrance of my body.” Then he took wine, gave

thanks, and gave it to his Apostles. Jesus said, “This is in remembrance of my blood.” He told his Apostles to

partake of bread and wine often. He said, “This do in remembrance of me.”

He wanted them to always remember him and his teachings. To remember his suffering and death. The

sacrament was to help them remember.

The sacrament is to help us remember too!

The Last Supper by Carl Heinrich Bloch


I promise:

1. To take upon me the name of Christ.

*We should never do anything that would bring shame to his name

*Honor, respect, and show reverence to Jesus by our actions.

*Always try to do what he would want us to do.

2. To always remember him

*By praying to him each day.

*We should think of how he suffered and die for us

*We should read his scriptures each day to try and remember his life and teachings.

*We should partake of the sacrament each Sunday

3. To keep his commandments

Heavenly Father promises:

1. We may have his Spirit to be with us.


“Thinking About Jesus” Story:

Print out the following four pages.

Fold each page in half so the person shows on one side and what they’re thinking about shows on the other side (either

that or cut each page into 2 and make a little booklet).

Read the story and talk about how being reverent is important, it is only one part of taking the sacrament. Our thoughts

should also be reverently thinking of the Savior and what he has done for us.


1. Th

is friend

is Garrett. H

e is a goo

d b

oy an

d is a

big h

elp to

his m

om

my, b

ut to

day h

e forgo

t to

close h

is eyes, bo

w h

is head

, and

fold

his arm

s

wh

en th

e praye

r was said

on

the

sacramen

t. If you

cou

ld see

into

his m

ind

, this is w

hat yo

u w

ou

ld

see….

2. H

e was th

inkin

g of so

meth

ing b

ack ho

me in

his

closet. It w

as his skateb

oard

that h

is mo

ther an

d

father h

ad given

him

for h

is birth

day a few

days

ago. H

e was th

inkin

g abo

ut h

ow

mu

ch fu

n h

e h

ad

ridin

g on

it.


4. H

er big w

heel b

ike! Sh

e was th

inkin

g

wh

at a pretty co

lor it w

as and

ho

w fast

she co

uld

make it go

.

3. Th

is is Man

dy. It w

as her tu

rn to

day to

give the sacram

ent

gem in

Prim

ary. She w

as so excited

! She like

d sittin

g up

in

fron

t wh

ere she co

uld

see all h

er friend

s. Du

ring th

e

sacramen

t praye

r she b

ow

ed

her h

ead, clo

sed h

er eyes, and

fold

ed h

er arms. A

nyo

ne w

ou

ld th

ink th

at Jesus w

ou

ld su

rely

be p

leased

with

her, b

ut if yo

u co

uld

see in

side h

er min

d, yo

u

wo

uld

see th

is….


6. H

e was lo

okin

g at the b

acks of N

ate’s an

d

Kristin

a’s head

s. He w

as thin

king th

at

Kristin

a’s bro

wn

hair lo

oke

d like

his m

oth

er’s

bro

wn

hair, an

d N

ate’s b

lon

d h

air remin

ded

him

of h

is bab

y sister’s hair.

5. O

ur n

ext friend

is Samu

el . He d

id n

ot clo

se his eyes,

bo

w h

is head

, or fo

ld h

is arms d

urin

g the sacram

ent

praye

r. If you

cou

ld see

insid

e Sam’s m

ind

you

wo

uld

see

this…


7. Th

is is Emm

a. Her eyes are clo

sed, h

er

head

is bo

we

d, an

d h

er arms are fo

lded

.

Wh

at do

you

thin

k she is th

inkin

g abo

ut

du

ring th

e sacramen

t praye

r? Let’s lo

ok an

d

see…

.

8. Em

ma is listen

ing to

the w

ord

s of th

e

praye

r bein

g said o

n th

e sacramen

t. She is

thin

king ab

ou

t Jesus!


Sacrament Prayer: cut into word strips containing 5-7 words each and try to place them back in the correct order.

O God, the Eternal Father, we ask thee

in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ, to

bless and sanctify this bread to the

souls of all those who partake of it,

that they may eat in remembrance of

the body of thy Son, and witness unto

thee, O God, the Eternal Father, that

they are willing to take upon them the

name of thy Son, and always

remember him and keep his

commandments which he has given

them; that they may always have his

Spirit to be with them. Amen.


http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/20/77b

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/20/77c

http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/20/77d


Sacrament Prayer: cut into word strips containing 5-7 words each and try to place them back in the correct order. O God, the Eternal Father, we ask

thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus

Christ, to bless and sanctify this wine

to the souls of all those who drink of

it, that they may do it in

remembrance of the blood of thy

Son, which was shed for them; that

they may witness unto thee, O God,

the Eternal Father, that they do

always remember him, that they

may have his Spirit to be with them.

Amen.



To help you remember Jesus during the sacrament,

make this picture wheel. Cut out the two

circles, and put the one with the wedge cut

out of it on top of the one with the pictures.

Fasten the two circles in the center

with a brass fastener. During the

sacrament, look at each picture and

think about what it represents.

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