FHE Lesson: Reading the Book of Mormon as a Family

We wanted to get back into the habit of reading the Book of Mormon together as a family. I know my boys and they are more willing participants if they have a say in the decision-making process.

So, I used this talk from the April 2009, Friend: The Promise of a Prophet by Elder Octaviano Tenorio of the Seventy.

Open with asking the children "What are the scriptures?" and "What do we learn from the scriptures?".

Have someone read Doctrine & Covenants 1:37. Ask, "What are the commandments we are supposed to search?"

Read/paraphrase Elder Tenorio's talk. Focus on following the prophets' (President Benson and President Hinckley) admonitions to read the Book of Mormon as a family. As you close, focus on Elder Tenorio's invitations at the end. (My boys got a big kick out of the story of how Elder Tenorio's son learned to read the Book of Mormon upside down.) You can find President Benson's actual remarks from 1986 here or President Hinckley's admonition in 2005 here.

We then discussed what the best time of day would be for our family to read together, and we committed to getting up and doing it.

Close however you normally close FHE. We had family prayer, warm brownies and a rousing game of Scene-It.