FHE: "Heber J. Grant"
Song:
"Love One Another," Children's Songbook, p. 136.
Scripture:
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. (John 13:34-35)
Quote:
"I recall sitting in this tabernacle when I was fourteen or fifteen--up in the balcony right behind the clock--and hearing Heber J. Grant tell of his experience in reading the Book of Mormon when he was a boy. . . . There came into my young heart on that occasion a resolution to try to do what the Lord has commanded." (President Gordon B. Hinckley as quoted in Richard Neitzel Holsapfel and William W. Slaughter, Prophets of the Latter-days, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003], p. 97.)
Lesson:
Highlights from the Life of Heber J. Grant:
1856: Born in Salt Lake City
1864: Baptized
1880: Becomes President of the Tooele, Utah Stake
1882: Ordained an Apostle
1901: Dedicates Japan for missionary work
1904-1906: President of Great Britain and European Mission
1918: Becomes President of the Church
1936: Introduces the church welfare program
1938: Introduces the first Deseret Industries Store
1945: Dies in Salt Lake City (age 88)
(Richard Neitzel Holsapfel and William W. Slaughter, Prophets of the Latter- days, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003], p. 92-3.)
Activity:
Play "Frisbee golf." Provide everyone with a Frisbee (or use actual toy golf balls and clubs, rocks, or sticks). Pick a different person to be in charge of each "hole." The person in charge picks an object to be the hole or cup. He establishes par by saying, for example, "I can hit that barrel next to the tree in four throws." The par is then four.
The person who sets par throws first, trying to hit the object selected. After everyone has had one throw, the person whose Frisbee is closest to the object throws first from where his Frisbee landed. Everyone else takes his turn according to how close the Frisbee is. Play continues in this manner until everyone has hit the object with his Frisbee. Each player's score is a total of his points above or below the par for each hole. The winner is the person with the lowest score after eighteen holes.
(George and Jeane Chipman, Games! Games! Games!, [Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, 1983], p. 105.)
Refreshments:
Fig Pudding (President Grant's favorite dessert was Fig Pudding.)
¼ cup butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 ½ cups sifted flour
2 cups chopped dried figs
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
½ teaspoon vanilla
Cream the butter, add the sugar and the well-beaten egg. Take out about 2 tablespoons of the flour and mix with the figs. Sift together the remaining flour and the baking powder and salt and add alternately with the milk to the butter and egg mixture. Stir in the flour-coated figs and add the vanilla. Bake in a greased baking dish for about one hour in a moderate oven (350 degrees F). Serve hot with lemon sauce or hard sauce to which a little lemon juice has been added.
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"Love One Another," Children's Songbook, p. 136.
Scripture:
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. (John 13:34-35)
Quote:
"I recall sitting in this tabernacle when I was fourteen or fifteen--up in the balcony right behind the clock--and hearing Heber J. Grant tell of his experience in reading the Book of Mormon when he was a boy. . . . There came into my young heart on that occasion a resolution to try to do what the Lord has commanded." (President Gordon B. Hinckley as quoted in Richard Neitzel Holsapfel and William W. Slaughter, Prophets of the Latter-days, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003], p. 97.)
Lesson:
Highlights from the Life of Heber J. Grant:
1856: Born in Salt Lake City
1864: Baptized
1880: Becomes President of the Tooele, Utah Stake
1882: Ordained an Apostle
1901: Dedicates Japan for missionary work
1904-1906: President of Great Britain and European Mission
1918: Becomes President of the Church
1936: Introduces the church welfare program
1938: Introduces the first Deseret Industries Store
1945: Dies in Salt Lake City (age 88)
(Richard Neitzel Holsapfel and William W. Slaughter, Prophets of the Latter- days, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003], p. 92-3.)
Activity:
Play "Frisbee golf." Provide everyone with a Frisbee (or use actual toy golf balls and clubs, rocks, or sticks). Pick a different person to be in charge of each "hole." The person in charge picks an object to be the hole or cup. He establishes par by saying, for example, "I can hit that barrel next to the tree in four throws." The par is then four.
The person who sets par throws first, trying to hit the object selected. After everyone has had one throw, the person whose Frisbee is closest to the object throws first from where his Frisbee landed. Everyone else takes his turn according to how close the Frisbee is. Play continues in this manner until everyone has hit the object with his Frisbee. Each player's score is a total of his points above or below the par for each hole. The winner is the person with the lowest score after eighteen holes.
(George and Jeane Chipman, Games! Games! Games!, [Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, 1983], p. 105.)
Refreshments:
Fig Pudding (President Grant's favorite dessert was Fig Pudding.)
¼ cup butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 ½ cups sifted flour
2 cups chopped dried figs
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
½ teaspoon vanilla
Cream the butter, add the sugar and the well-beaten egg. Take out about 2 tablespoons of the flour and mix with the figs. Sift together the remaining flour and the baking powder and salt and add alternately with the milk to the butter and egg mixture. Stir in the flour-coated figs and add the vanilla. Bake in a greased baking dish for about one hour in a moderate oven (350 degrees F). Serve hot with lemon sauce or hard sauce to which a little lemon juice has been added.
PDF Packet
Complete Text Version