| CSMP 2009 Theme: My eternal family |
| Theme | Song | Scripture | Weekly bullets |
| January: I am a spirit child of Heavenly Father |
"I Lived in
Heaven" (CS 4) |
All of you are children of the most High (Psalm 82:6) |
Week 1: Heavenly Father loves me and has a plan for me
Week 2: I lived with Heavenly Father before I came to earth
Week 3: I am created in the image of God. My body is a temple.
Week 4: The family is ordained of God and is central to His plan.
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| February: I came to earth as part of a family. |
"How Firm a Foun-dation" (Hymns 85 verses 1 & 3) |
The family is ordanied of God (The Proclamation paragraph 7) |
Week 1: Adam and Eve were the first family
Week 2: Heavenly Father blesses righteous families in the scriptures
Week 3: The priesthood blesses my family
Week 4: God's creations bless us
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| March: Family members have important responsibilities |
"My Eternal Family" (included in the outline) |
Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and
establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of
faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of
God; (D&C 88:119) |
Week 1: Fathers preside over, provide for, and protect the family with love
Week 2: Mothers nurture the family
Week 3: I will obey my parents
Week 4: I have many family members who can help me
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| April: Jesus Christ made it possible for me to live with my Heavenly Father again |
Song of your choice about Jesus Christ from the CS,
Hymns, Friend or Liahona |
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6) |
Week 1: In the premortal life, I chose to follow Jesus Christ
Week 2: I have a testimony that Jesus Christ is my Savior
Week 3: My family and I will be resurrected
Week 4: By following Jesus Christ, we will be able to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus again
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| May: Baptism and confirmation are ordinances that bless my family |
"Baptism" ~~~~~~~~ "I Want to Be Baptized" (Friend, July 2005, 45) |
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God (John 3:5) |
Week 1: Baptism is the first ordinance of the gospel
Week 2: Jesus Christ was baptized
Week 3: I will be baptized and confirmed
Week 4: My family is blessed as we follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost
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| June: Faith, prayer, repentance and forgiveness strengthen me and my family |
"Seek the Lord Early" (CS, 108 |
Successful.. families are established and maintained on
principles of faith, prayer, repentance, (and) forgiveness. (Proclamation, pragraph 7) |
Week 1: Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ strengthens me and my family
Week 2: Prayer strengthens me and my family.
Week 3: Repentance helps me return to Heavenly Father
Week 4: As I forgive, I will be forgiven
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| July: I will strengthen my family |
Song of your choice about Jesus Christ from the CS,
Hymns, Friend or Liahona |
And ye will not have a mind to injure one another, but to
live peaceably (Mosiah 4:13) |
Week 1: Family prayer strengthens my family
Week 2: Reading the scriptures strengthens my family
Week 3: Family home evening strengthens my family Week 4: Reverence and keeping the Sabbath day holy strengthen my family
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| August: Temple blessings unite family |
"Families Can Be Together Forever" (CS, 188) |
And I will
give
unto thee the
keys
of the
kingdom
of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt
bind
on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven. (Matt 16:19) |
Week 1: The temple is the house of God
Week 2: I will prepare now to go to the temple
Week 3: My family can be together forever through the ordinances of the temple
Week 4: Family history and temple work bless all the generations of my family
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| September: Prophets teach me how to strengthen my family |
No song suggested |
What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken,... whether by
mine own
voice
or by the
voice
of my
servants,
it is the
same.
(D&C 1:38) |
Week 1: Bible prophets teach me how to strengthen my family Week 2: Book of Mormon prophets teach me how to strengthen my family
Week 3: The prophet today teaches me how to strengthen my family
Week 4: I will hear the words of the prophets when I listen to general conference
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| October:
"The Family: A Proclamation to the World" teaches me about families |
No song suggested | "The family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children (Proclamation, pragraph 7) |
Week 1: "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" is modern-day revelation
Week 2: "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" teaches the importance of marriage Week 3: "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" teaches my family how to be happy
Week 4: "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" teaches my family the importance of work
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| November: My family and I can serve others |
No song suggested |
By love serve one another (Galatians 5:13) |
Week 1: I am thankful for my family. I will serve them.
Week 2: My family will serve others
Week 3: I can be a good example for my family
Week 4: I will prepare now to become a mother or father
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| December: My family is blessed when we remember Jesus Christ |
No song suggested | For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. (Job 15:29) |
Week 1: Jesus was born into a family
Week 2: I remember Jesus when I partake of the sacrament
Week 3: Remembering Jesus helps me to choose the right
Week 4: Jesus will come again
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Last updated Oct 1, 2008