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Come, Follow Me is a resource offered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is designed to be used in the home to support personal and family scripture study to build faith in Heavenly Father and His plan of salvation and in the Savior Jesus Christ and His Atonement. Come, Follow Me is self-contained and adequate, when used properly. Products and materials designed to supplement this resource, though they may be helpful in some instances, are not necessary for a successful home study program.
“In the Beginning God Created the Heaven and the Earth”
Genesis 1:1–25; Moses 2:1–25; Abraham 4:1–25
Under the direction of Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ created the earth.
From Come, Follow Me:
Whatever the details of the creation process, we know that it was not accidental but that it was directed by God the Father and implemented by Jesus Christ.” D. Todd Christofferson - Why Marriage, Why Family
President Nelson: “Grand as it is, planet Earth is part of something even grander—that great plan of God. Simply summarized, the earth was created that families might be. Scripture explains that a husband and wife “shall be one flesh, and all this that the earth might answer the end of its creation.”
And as part of the planned destiny of the earth and its inhabitants, here our kindred dead are also to be redeemed. Families are to be sealed together for all eternity. A welding link is to be forged between the fathers and the children. In our time, a whole, complete, and perfect union of all dispensations, keys, and powers is to be welded together. For these sacred purposes, holy temples now dot the earth.” The Creation (Watch highlights in the video above.)
The Creation, by Annie Henrie Nader
Read more and find related talks, articles, videos, and activities in Gospel Topics; Creation.
See Temple Opportunities in The Family History Guide for step-by-step instructions and information for finding those who need temple ordinance proxy work and how to do their work. Plan time to find those in your family lines who need ordinance work done. Pray to find them.
Make a plan! See also Latter-day Saint Youth: Take Ancestors To The Temple in The Family History Guide, and In-Home Activities to Help You Prepare for the Temple in FamilySearch.
Genesis 1:27–28; 2:18–25; Moses 3:18, 21–25; Abraham 5:14–19
Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God.
From Come, Follow Me:
“Adam and Eve were joined together in marriage for time and for all eternity by the power of [the] everlasting priesthood.” Russell M. Nelson, “Lessons from Eve
Gather the family to share your family “falling in love” and marriage stories, or the stories of other living friends or leaders.. You can also remotely share this experience. Write these stories down or audio record them, add photos, and upload to FamilySearch. Share photo albums, videos, and keepsakes. You could print the stories and place them in your home where they can be easily seen, and consider posting them on your family social media sites.
Talk about the marriages of your ancestors and read any that have been uploaded to FamilySearch. Find them using the FamilySearch Fan Chart, the All The Stories site, or any of the resources in this list of 10 Ways to Find Ancestor's Stories. Be sure to check your relationships to them in FamilySearch as you get to know these stories.
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A fun activity is to record the reading of The Family: A Proclamation to the World (individually or with your family taking turns reading a portion). Record audio using the FamilySearch Memories Audio App, or the "Record My Story" feature on FamilySearch Discovery, or from FamilySearch Memories on your computer (see this link). This reading could also be video-recorded. Share it with your family and friends.
Memorize The Proclamation as a family. Find free printable memory cue cards here—Memorize The Family: A Proclamation to the World. You could also create your own cards with visual memory cues, or simply divide the proclamation into sections and put them (page-by-page) into a notebook.
Have family members sign a copy of the Proclamation to display in your home and possibly share on social media, along with your feelings about marriage and family.
Creating a book with family pictures correlated to parts of The Family: A Proclamation to the World would make a beautiful gift and heirloom to pass on.
Read more here—The Family: A Proclamation to the World.
God blessed and sanctified the Sabbath day.
From Come, Follow Me:
How has the Lord blessed you for keeping His day holy?
President Russell M. Nelson invited us to make the Sabbath a delight by spending time doing family history: "Searching for and finding family members who have preceded you on earth—those who did not have an opportunity to accept the gospel while here—can bring immense joy." The Sabbath Is A Delight
See also Family History on the Sabbath, and any of the Come, Follow Me Companion activities that work well for the Sabbath, including activity ideas from Five-Minute Family History Activity Ideas for Latter-day Saints. See also the Latter-day Saint sections for families, individuals, youth (and the special Youth: Latter-day Saints page) and kids.
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The Sabbath is a great day to find and enjoy stories. See 10 Ways to Find Ancestor's Stories, and the FamilySearch Fan Chart which features family lines, birth country, sources, photos, research helps, and ordinances. You can print a chart with any of this information. Make a fan chart "place mat" or frame and hang a chart on the wall for fun! Play Fan Chart Bingo (see Week #9, 2020), or toss a die onto the chart and share a fact or story about the ancestor it landed on. Learn more about that ancestor!
Find ancestor stories by clicking the Memories tab on the FamilySearch Person page for each ancestor. Check out the following sites for more options: Women of Faith, Military Records of Your Family's War Veterans, My Pioneer Ancestors, Missionaries, and more on the FamilySearch Discovery page.
The All The Stories site is a free, searchable site that will synchronize with FamilySearch all the stories that anyone has uploaded of your direct ancestors and their siblings - up to 9 generations back (along with how you are related to that ancestor, and how long the story takes to read).
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With the FamilySearch Memories Audio app or the Record My Story feature on FamilySearch Discovery, gathering, recording, sharing, and preserving has never been easier. Read more here.
Ask questions and preserve the answers!
You can also call faraway grandparents to ask them family history questions. You can take a photo of what you write and then upload it to FamilySearch Memories. Another option is to have someone else record the conversation and then preserve it. See also 10 Questions Everyone Should Ask Their Grandparents.
Google Apps
Check out Project 7: Technology Goal 3: Google Apps to learn how to use the following programs: Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and Gmail.
Learning to use these apps will aid you in every aspect of family history!