Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Favorite FHE Idea

Amy Chea - Roller-skating or going for walks and games
Judy Finch – Have the kids give the lesson
Stacey Robins – Fun lessons with homemade pizzas
Chiara West – Apostle and Prophet pictures (helps put names and faces together)
Monica Lamb – Keep all stuff together
Cathy Sorensen – I need more Teenage Ideas – any suggestions?
Amanda Boswell – Family Awards Night
Brenda Prete –  Daily, it’s fun
Kathryn Bichsel – We have FHE on Sunday to avoid Monday conflicts
Pam Romero – A little book called “52 Weeks of Family Night” link - http://deseretbook.com/52-Weeks-Family-Night-Tamara-Baggett/i/4920226 or "52 Weeks of Fun Family Service"  http://deseretbook.com/52-Weeks-Fun-Family-Service-Merrilee-Browne-Boyack/i/4996427
Shari Wroblewski –Library Story times, Getting frozen yogurt, going to Provo Beach
Rochelle Augustine – Watching Grandchildren Perform
Regina Griffin – Everyone participates when using a game
Susan Standefer – Having my children pick a message from New Era
Joyce Purcell – Play Scene-it
Marilyn Elison – Have a scripture story, everybody draws a picture of one part of the story, then label them A, B, C, D etc. and try to put them in order
Janice Pace – Fortune cookie trek: make fortune cookies with directions. Go for a drive and get a treat or dinner where ever you end up.
Maria E. Norman – Reading the scriptures with my son
Alicia Kanamu – Anything as long as everyone “participates” and is together.  Use pictures to tell gospel stories. (Gospel art link - http://lds.org/hf/art/0,16812,4218-1,00.html)
Julie Norman – One warm summer night, when we lived in Texas, we had a beautiful garden, our own Sacred Grove, we went out in the garden and had our own family Testimony Meeting, it was amazing! Loraine Fitzsimmons – When you have children, make it fun
Jill Boone  - Treasure Hunt around the house
Genie Lamb  - Family History Night
Rachelle Bailey – We like singing songs we know from the Primary Songbook  (link to Primary Song book on line) http://classic.lds.org/cm/catalogsearchseqrange/1,17930,4960-1-2,00.html 

Melanie Allen – We have a hymnbook for everyone. Have children take turns conducting & giving the lesson
JoLin Cook – Short but consistent Family Home Evenings
Tonja Roberts – Having them regularly
Aliece Boone – Make sure all participate
Patti Powell – Everyone fill out their favorite things on an index card, share them, then keep for birthdays and important events.  (It gives you a good reference).
LaRue Corbett – Always try to have fun
Kathy Phillips – Have a FHE with the grandkids on Monday a month
Sam McCoard – Play a board game with family
Amberly Kariuki – Just have It
Chris Halladay – Choose topics that your children need or that they want to learn
Jennifer Barnes – Our newest – Geocaching (It is a worldwide game of hide & seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache’s existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS unit can then try to locate the geocache.)
Jessica Parker – Reading the Conference Edition Ensign (read a talk every Monday night)
Julie Cook – Listening to Bill Cosby
Tiffany Gonzales – Making cookies
Cindy Knudsen – Puppet show of Nephi and his family getting plates
De Ann McCoard – Have the kids plan it, deliver it
Kathy Keske – Teaching the gospel through music (link to Hymns - http://classic.lds.org/cm/catalogsearchalpha/1,17929,4782-1-1,00.html#nullLink)
Megan Marshall – We love using the nursery manual (our kids are little)  http://lds.org/library/display/0,4945,8184-1-4470-1,00.html (link to Nursery Manual)
Michele Garvin :
          FHE for Teenagers by John Bytheway - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rOtE8DudV8  - available at Deseret Book - Absolutely AWESOME!! (click on the above link for a preview)
          FHE – short 3-5 min. videos discuss, pray and you are done!   http://lds.org/pages/mormon-messages-gallery?lang=eng
         
FHE - (gospel topics in alphabetical order) - http://lds.org/study/topics?lang=eng 
Last General Conference the General Authories encouraged us to utilize all the resourses offered online by the church more.