The Eternal Family: A Plain and Precious Part of Salvation

Prayer

Opening Song -  Families Can be Together Forever

Lesson - Families are so important to our Heavenly Father.

My Eternal Family
The family is ordained of God (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102).
Adam and Eve established the first family on this earth. Heavenly Father commanded them to have children and to worship Him. As children were born to Adam and Eve, they taught them the gospel. (See Moses 2:28, Moses 5:5, and Moses 5:12.) This is Heavenly Father’s plan for families—He has sent us to earth so that we can learn from our parents and, someday, teach our own children.

Elder Richard G. Scott said, “Through the restored gospel we learn there is an ideal family. It is a family composed of a righteous Melchizedek Priesthood bearer with a righteous wife sealed to him and children born in the covenant or sealed to them” (Ensign, May 2001, 7). When families are sealed in the temple and live worthily, they can be eternal families in the celestial kingdom.

Not all of us have been sealed to our families yet, but we can work toward having an eternal family by doing our best. Elder Scott said, “Do the best you can. We cannot say whether that blessing [temple sealing] will be obtained on this side of the veil [in this life] or beyond it, but the Lord will keep His promises. In His infinite wisdom, He will make possible all you qualify in worthiness to receive” (Ensign, May 2001, 7).

We can do our best to have an eternal family by living worthy of temple blessings and loving, serving, and praying for our families. (source)

What needs to happen for a family to be sealed? (They need to marry and be sealed in the temple)
All temples are special, but daddy and I were sealed in Laie, Hawaii, so it is extra special to us.

 The St. George temple is very special place for our family, because it is the temple Grandpa Richard and Grandma Kim were sealed in.

The Las Vegas temple is very special to me, because I got to go inside for the temple dedication. I remember singing the song "Hosanna" (listen to the song) and waving my white hankie!
(source for all three temple pictures)

Activity - Build a temple out of sugar cubes! (purchase sugar cubes before lesson)
Treat - Build a marshmallow temple!