FHE Service Project-- Give Warmth to Others
Purpose:A Family Home Evening Service Project lesson on helping those who are in need. This lesson is about helping others find warmth in the cold winter months and at the same time, have the family members (or ward) feel the warmth of serving our fellow man.
Hymn: "Have I Done Any Good"
Scripture: Jacob 2:19
Lesson:
There is something about this time of year--- the fast approaching holiday season, that tends to motivate people to do more service. Serving others is one of the teachings our Savior, Jesus Christ, taught constantly by his example.
Service others helps us become better people. There are lessons and feelings we learn and experience from service that cannot be duplicated any other way.
Here are some great thoughts about service:
"Service changes people. It refines, purifies, gives a finer perspective, and brings out the best in each one of us. It gets us looking outward instead of inward. It prompts us to consider others’ needs ahead of our own. Righteous service is the expression of true charity, such as the Savior showed."
"Service helps us establish a righteous tradition. This is so necessary, particularly among young people. Wise parents will provide service opportunities in the home for their children from an early age. Growing up with this tradition will blossom into community service and Church service. It will develop a spirit of volunteerism in a world where people more often ask, “What’s in it for me?” The Lord has counseled: “For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; …
“Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness.” (D&C 58:26–27.)
Excertps from: "The Spirituality of Service" by Elder Derek A. Cuthbert, formerly Of the SeventyService Project Activity:
Talk with family, friends, neighbors and even merchants and seek donations of jackets and coats to donate to local shelters, needy families or even police or fire stations who may be able to use them to take on calls. Search those closets, storage units and so forth for possible donations of items. (Be sure to contact shelters and police/fire stations to find out their needs and let them know of the donation you're looking to make and if they're currently accepting donations)
You can even make this a Young Men, Young Women, Relief Society, Elder's Quorum or an entire ward service project.
Treat:
Pumpkin Bread
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