These ideas will help you engage classes of adults, especially Come Follow Me for Sunday School, Relief Society, and Elder's Quorum.
Items needed a watermelon seed Show the seed and read the following story: "The Bible, or another book of scripture at my father's place at meal times, was the order of the day in our home. He would read a chapter aloud and lead the discussion. "But one day as we assembled for our meal, […]
Design a menu that would really be difficult eating with only one kind of utensil. The discussion during this meal would focus on talents. Everyone has different talents and gifts. All are valuable at one time or another and we should use and share our talents and acknowledge that they are valuable. A spoon may […]
Items needed two identical plants one ugly pot one nicer pot I taught the children the subject "Jesus Christ is my Example" by using 2 object lessons. I first displayed 2 exact plants planted in 2 different containers. One container was beautiful and the plant looked wonderful. The other container was chipped and awful looking […]
Items needed two batches of muffins, one made correctly, one made without baking powder OR you could use the image below that shows how changing one ingredient changes how cookies turn out The first batch of muffins were light and fluffy and everyone fights for the last one. The second batch seems to be taking […]
Items needed a rose, or picture of a rose Roses that are grown in a hot-house are very beautiful but their scent is weak. Why is that? Hothouse roses don't have to develop a heavy scent to attract bees in order to flourish. They are fed, watered, and watched over by the gardener, all in […]
Decide beforehand which "theory" you are going to test. It could be something simple like theory of gravity, or something else that both you and your audience understand very well. I will use gravity for my example here. You say, "I am going to test the theory of gravity today. I have here some different […]
Demonstrate what sustaining a church leader means.I saw a great demonstration done at a Regional Workshop. Sister Myers had a Bishop come up and put his hands out. She had a pile of hymnbooks to represent his responsibilities. Every time she said one of his responsibilities, she put a book in his hands. His arms […]
Items needed magnifying glass an ordinary piece of glass Take your class or family outside and give one person the magnifying glass and another person the normal glass. See who can burn a hole in the paper. The lesson could take many direction after this: In order to get quickly to the heart of a […]
Items needed dirty hands soap a bowl of water a hand brush Show your hands and offer to shake hands with anyone. Show the bar of soap and ask: Why is repentance called the soap of life? Let me demonstrate. First, wash your hands in the water only. Show your hands and ask: How does […]
