Place stones or bricks in a backpack. On the stones or bricks, write the words "pains, sorrows, burdens, temptations, troubles and worries." (You could wrap the bricks in brown paper and write the words on the bricks.) Ask someone to carry to backpack. How would they like to carry the backpack all day? all week? […]

Tell the story of "The March of the Penguins". Talk about how the penguins had to endure together through the worst conditions in order to live. We as ward members will all go though hard times in our lives but if we can endure together our reward will be great. Like the penguins who's reward […]

Tape the contrasting label directly over the canned food label. Make sure no part of the true contents are showing. I used a Green bean label and covered over a can of pears. I asked the children if they liked green beans. Most said they did not, I elaborated on this issue and afterward I […]

Items needed a set of wind chimes Show the wind chimes, make them sound, and ask the young men what purpose they have. Ask if they do anything else beside make sound. Then, read the scripture. 1 Corinthians 13:1-2 "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I […]

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 […]