Sabbath Day Holy Sharing time

Sabbath Day Holy Sharing time

August 2012 week 3 and 4

(Show a calendar to the children) 

Can you name the day that has been squared in red. It is Sunday. Sunday is also called the Sabbath Day. We are going to talk about what it means to keep the Sabbath Day holy. Have you ever heard that phrase before- Keep the Sabbath Day holy?

The fourth commandment says “Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.” What does that mean?

This means that on Sundays we only do things that remind us of Heavenly Father and Jesus, such as going to church, reading the scriptures, saying our prayers, helping people, spending time with family and other reverent things that help us feel the spirit. Heavenly Father and Jesus have given us seven days in a week. They have asked us to dedicate one day each week (Sunday) to them and only do spiritual things on that day. After all that Heavenly Father and Jesus have done for us and given us, that doesn’t seem like a lot to ask, does it?

It is not easy to know whether an activity is something we should be doing on the Sabbath. Even adults have a hard time with this. If an activity helps you think about Jesus and is helping you be more like Him, then it is a good activity for Sunday. Going to church and being reverent, playing scripture games with your family, writing letters, visiting relatives, praying, reading scriptures, visiting the sick, helping mom cook dinner, watching church videos are all activities we can do on Sunday.

Activities that are not appropriate for the Sabbath are shopping, playing with friends, playing sports, going out to a restaurant, and even deep cleaning the house. I realize that everyone is different with their standards, but prophets have advised us not to do these things on the Sabbath.

We are going to play a game to test your knowledge on what are the best activities for the Sabbath. I have a BIG calendar here.

Calendar was enlarged from enchantedlearning.com but could just google image blank calendar. "Remember the Sabbath Day" clipart is from Friend, Nov. 2004 http://www.lds.org/churchmagazines/11-2004-Friend/Nov2004Friend.pdf
The "Sabbath day" title clipart is from "Sunday is a Special Day", Friend January 1985, sorry that I don't have a link! You could use "The Lord's Day" title from http://www.lds.org/churchmagazines/11-2004-Friend/Nov2004Friend.pdf

We will have two teams. One person from a team will come and draw a "Activity Card" from this bag underneath the calendar. The card will have an activity on it that that person must decide if they are going to act out the activity or draw the activity on the board for their team. Their team will try to identify what the activity is and whether or not they should do it on the Sabbath. If your team answers both you get one point for your team. Then a member can put the "Activity Card" on the big calendar. Here are some rules. Please listen to them and follow them or we can’t play the game.

1.        The person acting or drawing the activity may not talk to their team guessing until after the activity has been drawn or acted. Teachers can help at any time if you don’t understand your activity and can help you guess!

2.        The team guessing may not shout out any answer. They should  whisper the answer to a teacher on their team. Then the teacher can raise her hand and answer for the team.

3.        The person can use any member on his or her team to help with the acting. If you need two or more people to help make activity more clear. Only whisper to your teammate.
(Play the game until time ends. Try and get both teams to end up with the same amount of points)

HERE IS THE SABBATH DAY/ACTIVITY CARDS AND THE CALENDAR!!

You can find a copy of the file named "Sabbath Day cards " at my Skydrive: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=976904c8bfc9a79e&sc=documents&id=976904C8BFC9A79E%21105)

You can find a copy of the file named "Primary Calendar" at my Skydrive: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=976904c8bfc9a79e&sc=documents&id=976904C8BFC9A79E%21105)