We are committed to a Happy, Successful Family
by ‘establishing and maintaining principles of faith, prayer repentance,
forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work and wholesome recreational activities.’
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Opening Song: “Families Can be Together Forever”
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Quotes:
Could anyone be more deserving of respect than a literal child
of God? Each of us—husband and wife, parent and child—has that marvelous
heritage and potential. Sometimes we lose sight of each other’s true worth. But
as we give respect, our love deepens, potential blossoms, and eternal
relationships grow stronger.
(LDS Church Website-Respect)
Happiness
abounds when there is genuine respect one for another. Wives draw closer to
their husbands, and husbands are more appreciative of their wives, and
children
are happy as children are meant to be” (President Thomas S. Monson)
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Showing Respect, Honor, and Love for Parents
(tell)
When we respect, honor,
and love Heavenly Father, we are showing reverence for Him. And Heavenly Father
is pleased when we respect, honor, and love our parents. One of the Ten
Commandments tells us to honor our parents (see Ex. 20:12).
Nephi begins the Book of Mormon by telling us that he was “born of goodly
parents” (1 Ne. 1:1).
They were “goodly” because they taught him to love the Lord and obey His
commandments.
Chieko
Nishimura Okazaki had goodly parents too. Her grandparents moved from Japan to
Hawaii. Her parents worked hard on a plantation. They were Buddhists, Buddhism
being the main religion in Japan. They did not know about Jesus Christ. But they knew about goodness.
What did they teach Chieko?
She
said, “They taught me to be kigatsuku (key-got-sue-koo). That means to
do good without being asked. When my mother was sweeping the floor, she would
say, ‘Chieko, what would a kigatsuku girl do now?’ I would think for a minute,
then run to get the dust pan and hold it for her. Or when she was washing
dishes, I would pick up the dishtowel and begin to dry them. She would smile
and say, ‘You are a kigatsuku girl.’
“My
parents taught me other things. They taught me to work hard and to always do my
best. That’s why I could work hard in school, go to the university, and become
a school teacher and even a principal. They taught me to always love the truth.
That is why, when I found the Church, I loved it and was baptized a Latter-day
Saint.”
Chieko respected,
honored, and loved her parents by helping without being asked and by following
the righteous principles that they taught her. Now she is the first counselor
in the General Presidency of the Relief Society. Her father is dead; her mother
is still a Buddhist. Sister Okazaki says, “I know that she is proud of me
because I still try to be kigatsuku, and I love her very much for
teaching me good things.”
(Virginia
Pearce, July 1992 Friend)
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Discussion: ( I placed these questions and thought questions in a
bowl and each went around the table and talked about it.)
1.
Tell about an example in the
scriptures where someone showed respect for their family. Other examples?
2.
Think of any example when someone showed respect in the family.
3.
What scripture example should we display this month?
4.
What does “kigatsuku” mean?
5.
What is Respect?
6.
What is the difference between courtesy and respect?
7.
What is the difference between honor and respect?
Respecting others
After our discussion we
put index cards with each person’s name on it.
One person drew a card out of the bowl and say one way they could
respect that person.
Show Pure and Simple
Faith Mormon Message. This video is
about faith but I also believe it is about a young girl
honoring her parents in helping out her family.
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Closing Prayer
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