Rosemary, the Family Emergency Preparedness Leader gave a short lesson on how to avoid lightning and how to protect trees from being hit by lightening.
The Etiquette Word of the Week was Thank You Notes; Their importance and how to write them. We studied Luke 17:9 and also Ecclesiastes 11:1-6. We all decided that thank you notes are too rare in an age of phones and email, but that they are really important. Two other thoughts were brought up on this subject:
We cannot do great things on this earth, only small things with great love. (Mother Teressa)
Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others. (Kazuro Okakura)
The steps in writing a good thank you note are:
1)Greeting
2)Express your gratitude
a. Don’t say “I am just writing to say...”
b. Never directly mention money if you are writing to thank someone for a gift of money (thank you for your generosity... is better)
3)Touch on the meaning or importance of your gratitude
a. Don’t lie or stretch the truth to make your feelings seem more important
b. Don’t itemize
c. You can be arty, but not too flowery
4)Mention the past, allude to the future
a. It was nice to see you, I’ll call soon
5)Say thank you again
6)Closing
a. Sincerely
b. Love
c. Whatever is appropriate
It is important to write well and do your best. Handwritten is best. Nice paper is appropriate, but a yellow sticky may do the trick too. The most important thing is to be who you are and say what you feel.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Family Home Evening Lesson 29 January 2007
Vicky suggested we begin an Etiquette Word of the Week to help us all improve our manners, courtesies, and to help others feel comfortable in our home. The first word we discussed was Consideration. We discussed being a Mary first and a Martha second (Luke 10: 38-42) with guests. We discussed Doctrine and Covenants 124: 22-25 and likened the Lord’s guidance unto our own home. We talked about the importance of what we keep out of our home, but also of the importance of what we bring into our home. We decided to work on ways to think of our guests, not interrupting, being prepared ahead of time, and focusing on our guests.
Family Home Evening Lesson 22 Jan 07
Parable of the Good Samaritan
Note: We did this lesson before the February 2007 Ensign came out--there is a great article that is much better than our lesson on this very subject.
The incident begins when a religious scholar of the Law tests Jesus by asking him what is necessary to inherit eternal life. Jesus asks the lawyer what the Mosaic Law says about it. When the lawyer quotes the scripture, saying "Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and all your mind (Deuteronomy 6:5), and the parallel law of "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18), Jesus says that he has answered correctly— "Do this and you will live," he tells him.
But the lawyer then asks Jesus to tell him who his neighbor is, Jesus responds with a parable about a man who was attacked and robbed and left to die by the side of a road. Later, a priest saw the stricken figure and avoided him, presumably in order to maintain ritual purity. Similarly, a Levite saw the man and ignored him as well. Then a Samaritan passed by, and, despite the mutual antipathy between Samaritans and the Jewish population, he immediately rendered assistance by giving him first aid and taking him to an inn to recover while promising to cover the expenses. He gives the innkeeper two denarii, silver coins equal to an entire days wages for an average laborer.
I. Travel of the Samaritan:
From Jerusalem to Jericho From Pre-existence to Earth
Fell among thieves From God to mortal man
Stripped and wounded him Challenges of life
Left him half-dead Where is hope?
II. Those Who Could Help
Priest—passed on the other side of the road Represents Ministering of men
alone— cannot fully save because we are imperfect
Levite—also passed by Represents the Law—Law alone
cannot save because we can’t fully follow it without messing up here and there imperfect
Samaritan—Compassion Represents Christ—the only one who
can really save us
III. Samaritan’s Actions
Bound up his wounds My Peace I give you...
Oil and wine Sacrament
Took him to the Inn, cared for him Church, Scriptures, Examples, Profit on Earth
Paid and said I will come and pay more Atonement
Asks: Who was neighbor unto the man? Christ
Note: We did this lesson before the February 2007 Ensign came out--there is a great article that is much better than our lesson on this very subject.
The incident begins when a religious scholar of the Law tests Jesus by asking him what is necessary to inherit eternal life. Jesus asks the lawyer what the Mosaic Law says about it. When the lawyer quotes the scripture, saying "Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and all your mind (Deuteronomy 6:5), and the parallel law of "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18), Jesus says that he has answered correctly— "Do this and you will live," he tells him.
But the lawyer then asks Jesus to tell him who his neighbor is, Jesus responds with a parable about a man who was attacked and robbed and left to die by the side of a road. Later, a priest saw the stricken figure and avoided him, presumably in order to maintain ritual purity. Similarly, a Levite saw the man and ignored him as well. Then a Samaritan passed by, and, despite the mutual antipathy between Samaritans and the Jewish population, he immediately rendered assistance by giving him first aid and taking him to an inn to recover while promising to cover the expenses. He gives the innkeeper two denarii, silver coins equal to an entire days wages for an average laborer.
I. Travel of the Samaritan:
From Jerusalem to Jericho From Pre-existence to Earth
Fell among thieves From God to mortal man
Stripped and wounded him Challenges of life
Left him half-dead Where is hope?
II. Those Who Could Help
Priest—passed on the other side of the road Represents Ministering of men
alone— cannot fully save because we are imperfect
Levite—also passed by Represents the Law—Law alone
cannot save because we can’t fully follow it without messing up here and there imperfect
Samaritan—Compassion Represents Christ—the only one who
can really save us
III. Samaritan’s Actions
Bound up his wounds My Peace I give you...
Oil and wine Sacrament
Took him to the Inn, cared for him Church, Scriptures, Examples, Profit on Earth
Paid and said I will come and pay more Atonement
Asks: Who was neighbor unto the man? Christ
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