Tag: repentance

March 30, 2010
Weighed down paper airplane

Ask a class member to make a paper airplane, or make one yourself. Tape a coin, rock, or weight to one side of the airplane. Stand on the same side of the room as the class members, and ask a class member to throw the airplane gently toward the other side of the room. Next, […]

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October 7, 2008
The Ties That Bind

Items needed String Scissors Lesson Ask someone in the class if they would be willing to hold a string. After they have the one string, ask them to break it. After they break the string, give them two and tell them to try again. Continue to add a string or two until they are unable […]

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September 22, 2008
Repentance... How sweet it is!

Get an unsweetened bar of baking chocolate and cover label with a piece of paper and label it "SINS". Then get a bar of milk chocolate and label it "FORGIVENESS" OR "REPENTANCE". Have a good-natured girl volunteer. Then have her take a bite of the "SIN" bar. (Have a garbage can ready for her). Ask […]

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September 6, 2008
Repentance

Start with a jar or vase filled with clear water. I labeled the vase, "US". Next, take the food colorings, which I labeled, "SINS" and talk to the youth, etc about what are some sins we commit? With each sin stated, add a drop of food coloring to the clear water. After quite a few […]

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July 16, 2008
Repentance lifts a burden

I was going to have one or more girls stand up and hold tote bags on each shoulder for a few minutes at the beginning of my lesson, while we read a few scriptures or while I introduce the lesson. Then after we take off the bags I will ask the YW how her shoulders […]

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February 26, 2008
Steps for Repentance (Balloon)

Items needed a balloon filled with helium rocks or heavy items labeled with the steps of repentance you will cover during class (like confession to God, ask for forgiveness of anyone you hurt, make restitution, forsake the sin, accept forgiveness) Lesson Explain that when we are free from sin we feel good, uplifted, free...like this […]

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January 13, 2008
Unchanging Worth of Souls

Start by holding up a relatively crisp bill (real, paper money). Ask how much this bill is worth. Then crumble it up into a ball, stomp on it, punch it down, do whatever you want to make it yucky. Finally, unfold the bill and hold it up again. Ask how much it is worth now. […]

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January 13, 2008
Fasting to be filled

Items needed rocks apples bowl half full of rocks Lesson Put all the rocks in the bowl. Ask two people to fill the bowl with the apples. They will see that they can only fill the bowl with the apples if they first take the rocks out of the bowl. Follow with one or both […]

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February 17, 2007
Repentance (steps for)

Items needed: rocks feather labels Lesson Explain that the feather represents ourselves and place it on the kitchen scale. Add a pile of rocks on top of the feather. As you discuss each step towards repentance, take off a rock and label it as that step. When you have gone through all the steps, the […]

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February 17, 2007
Restored

Items needed a tarnished item silver cleaner a bowl of water Lesson I used this by showing the class how the silver looked when it was tarnished. Then as I was talking about how the church was restored, I was also cleaning the spoon with the silver cleaner. It probably took about 3 minutes. Then […]

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