Sunday Lessons: Forgiveness Handout

Happy Sunday! Over a month ago I gave a lesson in church about forgiveness.

A big part of the lesson was about the concept of letting go. When we hold on to grudges and allow past wrongs to continue to hurt us, really we are hurting ourselves more than the one we are not forgiving.

There is also a bit of the Golden Rule where forgiveness is concerned.

None of us are perfect, and we all are in need of forgiveness. As we hope for forgiveness, we must also be willing to give forgiveness.

That can be hard.

But it is doable.

I loved this quote by the Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley--

"May God help us to be a little kinder, showing

 greater forbearance, to be more forgiving,

more willing to walk the second milk, 

to reach down and lift up...

to lay aside old grudges and nurture

them no more."

I centered my hand out for the girls on this quote.

Since forgiveness is all about healing, both others and ourselves, I thought it would be cute to attach a band-aid to the handout.

I simply printed off the Forgiveness Tags (which I made using PicMonkey...do you guys ever get tired of me talking about that site???).

Here is the tag for you--

(right click on the tag image, save to the computer and insert to a Word document)

Then just hole punch a bunch of band-aids and each handout. Tie the band-aids to the handouts.

A lovely little reminder of the importance of forgiving others. I love the part of the quote that says, "to lay old grudges and nurture them no more".

I think I shall work on that!

Sunday Lessons: Might Have JOY

Several weeks ago I taught a lesson about the purpose of life at church to a group of Young Women.

Through teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ I have gained the knowledge that the purpose of life is really quite simple.

Men are that they might have joy and true joy is being able to return to live with our Father in Heaven.

We talked about how the purpose of life is to prepare to live with our Father in Heaven. Living in such a way will bring us true joy.

True joy, not what I call having a piece-of-chocolate-happy. That is the kind of happiness in the moment, but that can go away super quick.

True joy is forever kind of joy. How awesome is that?!?

We are here to gain a FOREVER kind of joy.

I wanted to make a fun hand out for the girls to remember the main message of the lesson.

I bought some Almond Joy candy bars and made up some tags to tape to them. I taped the tag right in front of the word "joy". The tag says "Men are that they might have..."

So all together the hand out says, "Men are that they might have JOY".

I made up a sheet of the tags that you can download and use for a hand out. Save it to your computer. Print out and tape it to regular sized Almond Joy candy bars.

Download HERE

Happy Sunday.

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Sunday Lessons: Draw Near to Heavenly Father Hand Out

For Church I am asked to serve with the young women ages 12-13. Several Sundays a month I prepare a lesson based on gospel principles.

I have served in our Young Women's program for most of my adult life. I love, love, love working with the youth. I love being a part of their lives and I love helping them learn and understand who they are and all that our Father in Heaven has in store for them.

I love how they teach me. I love being in their presence. They make me a better person. They are great examples of Christ.

When I first started serving, I spent hours and hours making little hand outs for every single thing. As the years progressed I realized there were times when I worried more about the trinket and less about the doctrine. Consequently, I then focused just on the lessons.

I have recently realized that there is a place for both to work together. I really wanted the girls to be able to take a little something with them that would remind them of the principle taught that week. I know I kept lesson handouts for years after I had moved on from Young Women's.

Occasionally I will make printables to go with what I taught. I would like to share those with you. Regardless of your faith, I know that these principles ring true for everyone.

This last week we talked about our Heavenly Father, His love for us, and His plan for us. I know that our Heavenly Father loves each and everyone of us. He knows us better than anyone else, and that is only by drawing close to Him we can understand who we really are and act accordingly.

I chose to make the handout reflect that truth.

I made a treat tag that said, "Your Heavenly Father Loves You and Wants You to Draw Near to Him". As luck would have it, Hubby had just bought a bag of cherry gummy hearts. I put some in small candy bags and then glued the tag in place.

Here is the printable you can download and then print off for you own personal use.

Download Here

I hope you enjoy and can use these printables. I look forward to creating more and sharing them with you occasionally on Sundays.

I do also hope to get back to the occasional Week In a Nutshell posts as well.