Repentance
(used
as an class presentation)
(by
Lars Hillgaard)
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SING: I like my birthdays (CS 104)
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What do we promise when we are baptized?
Become a
member of his church, be called his daughters/sons and be His witnesses,
serve and keep his commandments. (These answers are found in the teaching
material: Book of Mormons lesson nr. 12)
SING: Keep the commandments (CS 146)
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What does heavenly Father promise us when we are baptized?
Forgive our sins, sent the Holy Ghost, let us come forward in the first
resurrection. (These answers are found in the teaching material: Book of
Mormons lesson nr. 12
SING: The Holy Ghost (CS 105)
What does it mean when it says, He will forgive us,
our sins
They will be forgotten. In sacrament we renew our covenants
with him. When we repent, we can start over again.
SING: Repentance (CS 98) or Help
me, dear Father (CS 99)
I had a rucksack. In it he had some cans. Each was about
1½ kg heavy. Around each can, he had wrapped some paper. On the
paper were different statements, Like:
- “You didn’t make your homework - so you told the teacher
that your dog ate it!”
- “You took some money from your mom’s purse, without
permission.”
Put about 15 cans in the rucksack. It will make it VERY
heavy.
Let a child come foreward. Asked him/her to kneel in front
of you. Placed the rucksack on his/hers back. Then let the child stand
up. It will be very difficult.
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How can we help (name of the child) to get to stand on
his feet again?( Take some cans out of the
rucksack.)
SING: Kindness begins with me (CS 145)
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Then let another child come forward. Let the child take one
can out of the rucksack, read it -
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(if your children can not read, then let them give it to
you to read) - Then talk about what it says on the can.
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Asked then the child to stand - it will still be
difficult.
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The second child then takes a can out.
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Continue this way.
Talk about that it is the same with sins, it burdens us down.
BUT if we repent - we can walk with out head held high, in our Fathers
love. This he promises us, when we are baptized.
SONG: Love one another
If time allows, let some children try to have the rucksack
on - our children loved it.