An evening set aside for spiritual training and quality family time.
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Family Home Evening
Last updated 2009-10-08
Family Home Evening
A regular fixture in Mormon family life are family home evenings, when the whole family shares in spiritual training, as well spending some high quality time together.
Parents and children share family home evening ©
The idea of family home evening is to help parents prepare children for responsible living.
During family home evening there will be prayers, hymns and songs, together with scripture readings and teaching and discussion on the Gospel and on the ethics of life.
Family home evening was inaugurated in 1915.
The Encylopedia of Mormonism gives an example of a family home evening.
A parent or older child whose turn it is to plan the lesson, selects a lesson from the Family Home Evening Resource Book. After an opening hymn and prayer, the lesson material is presented. After the lesson the family discusses family schedules, family business, and family concerns.
A family activity follows that strengthens bonds of love among family members. This could be any activity that the family enjoys doing together such as playing a game, helping the needy, gardening, or attending a cultural event.
Following the activity, the family kneels together in family prayer and then often enjoys refreshments.
Encylopedia of Mormonism
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