Family Home Evening Ideas

This issue contains articles and activities that could be used for family home evening.
A MAGAZINE OF THE CHURCH OF The following are some examples.
JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
February 2017 Volume 47 Number 2
The First Presidency: ThomasS. Monson,
HenryB. Eyring, DieterF. Uchtdorf
The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles:
RussellM. Nelson, DallinH. Oaks,
M.Russell Ballard, RobertD. Hales,
JeffreyR. Holland, DavidA. Bednar,
QuentinL. Cook, D.Todd Christofferson,
NeilL. Andersen, RonaldA. Rasband,
GaryE. Stevenson, DaleG. Renlund
Editor: JosephW. Sitati
Assistant Editors: RandallK. Bennett,
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Assistant Managing Editor:
LaRene Porter Gaunt Am I Going to Die? page12: Having Family History and Temple Blessings,
Publications Assistant: FaithS. Watson an understanding of the plan of salvation is page26: Have you accepted the temple
Writing and Editing: Bethany Bartholomew, integral to our eternal progression. You might challenge that the Renlunds refer to? (see
Ryan Carr, David Dickson, DavidA. Edwards,
MatthewFlitton, Lori Fuller, GarrettH. Garff, study the plan by read- pages29 and 31). In the
Charlotte Larcabal, MichaelR. Morris, ing scriptures such as words of Elder Renlund,
Eric Murdock, RichardM. Romney,
2Nephi 2:2225; 9:10 PLANNING DELIGHTFUL you are invited to find
MindyAnne Selu
Editorial Intern: Leah Welker 11; Alma 34:3233; SUNDAY ACTIVITIES as many names to take
Managing Art Director: J.Scott Knudsen 40:1114; 42:515; or Are you searching for Sunday to the temple as ordi-
Art Director: TaddR. Peterson
Doctrine and Covenants activity ideas to help strengthen nances you perform in
Design: C.Kimball Bott, DavidS. Green,
Colleen Hinckley, EricP. Johnsen, 76:30113. You could your family and make the Sabbath the temple and to teach
Susan Lofgren, Scott Mooy create a diagram by tak- a delight? Family home evening others to do the same.
Design Intern: Michelle Nelson
ing turns drawing each is an ideal time to generate ideas And you can do it as a
Intellectual Property Coordinator:
Collette Nebeker Aune part of the plan of salva- and plan such activities. To help family! To learn more
Production Manager: Jane Ann Peters tion as it relates to each get you started, consider review- about the challenge, visit
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Bridge, Julie Burdett, BryanW. Gygi, GinnyJ. scripture (see page54 of ing the online article 20 Dos for templechallenge.lds.org
Nilson, Gayle Tate Rafferty, Derek Richardson Preach My Gospel for an Making the Sabbath a Delight and discover some step-
Prepress: Joshua Dennis
example of a diagram). (lds.org/go/sabbathE217). The by-step family history
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