Age Group: Adults

These ideas will help you engage classes of adults, especially Come Follow Me for Sunday School, Relief Society, and Elder's Quorum.

February 19, 2006
We affect others

Items needed  two mason jars water food coloring bleach Fill a small jar 1/2 full of water and another 12 full of Clorox bleach. Our attitudes and actions do affect the atmosphere of our homes. Relate the following story while squeezing small drops of food color into the water: Mother didn't have her normal sunny […]

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February 18, 2006
Sealing Power of the Priesthood

Items needed fuse beads peg board iron very large bowl Talk about how we all spend a lot of love, effort and energy building wonderful, beautiful families. Liken it to the work it takes to get all the little fuse beads just the way you want them in the correct colors and patterns on the […]

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February 15, 2006
Pay the Lord First

Items needed 20 small candies or nuts Give 1 person in the class 10 pieces of candy. Then ask them if they'll give one back to you, before they eat any of them. It should be easy to share 1 piece, since you've just given them ten. In contrast, give someone else ten pieces of […]

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February 4, 2006
Measure your Christlike Love

Items needed a small scale Start out by asking who has the longest hair, longest fingernails, highest heel, heaviest church bag, etc. Measure or weigh the items. After a few of these questions, ask who has the most Christlike love (or the most charity, the most faith, strongest testimony, etc.). How can we measure these […]

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January 30, 2006
Reverence String

Items needed a piece of brightly colored string or other distracting object Person leading the discussion places a piece of string on the front of their clothing. It should be obviously noticeable.( a color that stands out) Then they begin to talk about what reverence is. After a couple of minutes they ask if anyone […]

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January 10, 2006
Respect for Others

Start out by asking the following 2 questions: What positive contributions can I make to society? What are some contributions that others have made? Today we will talk about having Respect for Others.  Have you ever heard of the word Altruism? Do you know what it means? Altruism: Concern for and motivation to act for […]

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January 5, 2006
Apostasy and Restoration of the Gospel

Items needed a Rubik's cube and the skill to solve it! Begin with the Rubik's cube puzzle solved. As you talk about the apostasy turn the rubik's cube until all of the colors are mixed, illustrating the point that parts of the gospel that were lost or confused. While you talk about the importance of […]

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December 5, 2005
Speaking Negatively about others or Being Judgemental

Talk about how when we only focus on the negative aspects of a person that is all we see, we can't see the good things about them. This is why it is dangerous to talk negatively about a person to others. This might form a wrongful negative opinion of that person in the minds of […]

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November 20, 2005
Knit Together

Demonstrate how two separate colors of yarn can be knit together to become stronger and more beautiful and useful than one. Have someone than can knit (or crochet) knit the yarn together while you read Mosiah 18: 21: "And he commanded them that there should be no contention one with another, but that they should […]

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November 17, 2005
Orange You Special

Items needed enough oranges for every person in the class Pass out a bowl filled with oranges. Ask each class member to take and orange and examine it for a minute. "Get to know" your orange.... Then put all the oranges back in a bowl. Mix them up and pass it back around and have […]

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