Explain that a person's name is important, both to the person and to those who love him or her.

Tell the children about your name and its significance.

• What does it mean?
• Were you named after someone?

Invite two or three children to tell what they know about their names.
Have the children recite Exodus 20:7 or the following from My Gospel Standards:
"I will use the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ reverently. I will not swear or use crude words."

To help us remember Him, Jesus Christ is known by many names.

Assemble the following items on a tray:

1. rock
2. Bread (of Life)
3. vine or a picture of one
4. drawing or picture of sun
5. small world globe or GAK 600 (The World) 
6. GAK 403 (The First Vision) 
7. representation of shepherd's staff or small sheep
8. GAK 227 (Jesus Praying in Gethsemane)
9. crown

(Each of these items represents a name of Jesus Christ found in the following scripture references:

• Rock—Helaman 5:12,
• Bread of Life—John 6:47–48,
• Vine—John 15:5,
• Light of the World—John 8:12,
• Creator—Mosiah 3:8,
• Beloved Son—Joseph Smith—History 1:17,
• Good Shepherd—John 10:11,
• Savior—D&C 43:34,
• King—D&C 45:59.)

Use the objects, pictures, and scriptures to explain the names of Jesus and that each name helps us understand what He has done for us.

Sing "Sacred Names of Jesus" (Friend, Apr. 1998, 34–35).

Tell the story of President Kimball respecting the Lord's name as told in "Respect His Name," Friend, Jan. 2000, 48–49.

Remind the children that when we are baptized and when we take the sacrament, we take the Lord's name upon us.

Bear testimony that we keep our covenants as we use the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus reverently and by not swearing or using crude words.

Sing "I Want to Live the Gospel" (p. 148