Safety & Preparedness Family Home Evening - Stengthening Our Families!

Strong Families Can Do ANYTHING!

We really do need each other

and a STRONG FAMILY is one of the most amazing

tools for success in any EMERGENCY or TRIAL
we may be faced with!

If you don't already have a Family Mission Statement,

or a Family Flag . . . Tonight Is The Night!

This is a picture of the

David Smith Family Flag:

Our Family Mission Statement Is:

Be Prepared
Physically and Spiritually

B: Be Temple Worthy

E: Educate Yourself

P: Pray Always

R: Remember Who You Are and What You Stand For

E: Exercise Faith and Courage as You Live the Gospel Standards

P: Plan and Prepare by Setting and Achieving Righteous Goals

A: Always Remember Him By Keeping Your Covenants

R: Read, Ponder, and Apply the Scriptures to Your Life

E: Endure to the End. Eternal Families NEVER QUIT!

D: Dedicate Yourself to the Lord's Work

It took some time for us to come up with a

Mission Statement

that we felt best represented the goals of our Family.

This one was perfect for us!

Everyone in the family contributed to our Family Flag.

We assigned each family member a color.

The "Color System" is used a lot in our home.

If you noticed that there is an extra person on

my flag . . . I'm not announcing anything . . . Just Hoping!

The purple strip under my husband's name will list:

Missions Served in Our Family

along with Places and Dates they Served.

The Pink Strip under my name will list:

The Family Members who have read

The Book of Mormon, Recieved their Faith in God,

Duty to God, and Personal Progress Awards.

The Strips under each of my boys names will list:

The name of their wife and the day they were married.

The names of their children and their birthday.

The kids didn't want to leave anyone out,

so we included a place to list the names of our pets.

For Family Home Evening Tonight:

Start with an Opening Prayer:

Scripture: "As for me and my house . . . we will serve the Lord"

Opening Song:  Families Can Be Together Forever

Activity:

Pull out the paper, pencils and crayons.

Have everyone in the family list the things they think

are important to your family.

Have everyone draw a picture of what they think

best represents your family.

Have everyone share what they have drawn and written.

Decide as a family how you can put it all together

to make your family flag.

You don't have to come up with your flag in one night.

It took us a while . . . but we had a lot of fun along the way!
Closing Prayer:
Don't Forget to write in your Family Home Evening Journal!
Here are a few more ideas to help
Strengthen Families:

Sheets,

and

Sheets
as well as 

Sheets!

Meeting regularly with the members of your family all together,

one on one, and as husband and wife will help to keep

everyone on the same page and working together.

Sunday is a great day for Family Council and Personal Interviews.

Date Night is a great time to hold Couples Council.

My parent's would ever-so-gently lure us in for our

Personal Interviews with chocolate.

They were two very clever people . . . It worked EVERY TIME!

Here's the PDF:
Family Interview Forms PDF

Here's the Family Home Evening Treat:
Strawberries and Dip!

You Will Need:
Strawberries
Sour Cream
and
Brown Sugar
Instructions:
Pour the Sour Cream into a bowl.
Pour the Brown Sugar into a seperate bowl.
Dip the strawberries into the sour cream
and then the brown sugar!
It's the BEST!!!