Family evening

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A Mormon family home evening

The family home evening is an official employment for families on Monday night in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . Families are encouraged not to plan any other activity during this time. This evening is only intended for the family and their needs. It is also planned that parents will teach their children about the gospel during this time.

history

In a letter dated April 27, 1915, the First Presidency called for family home evenings throughout the Church, once a week. There should be a time for "prayer ... songs ... family topics and special teachings on the gospel".

In 1970 was President of the Church , Joseph Fielding Smith (son of Joseph F. Smith , who published the first letter) announced that the preferred time should be for family home evening of Monday evening and in the Church, therefore, no meetings or other things should be scheduled at this time.

In general conference in October 2002, Gordon B. Hinckley called on everyone to keep Monday evenings free from other activities and pursuits so that members could focus on family home evening.

Current church policy on family home evening means:

“The evenings on Monday are planned for family home evening throughout the church. No church activities such as meetings, baptisms, games or exercises should take place on Monday after six o'clock. Other disturbances of the family evening should be avoided. An exception can be made if New Year's Eve takes place on Monday evening. In this case, family home evening should take place before that, followed by church activity. Church leaders ensure that church facilities are closed on Monday evening. Invitations and other activities are not held on Monday evenings at Church facilities. Members are also advised not to hold invitations in other rooms on Monday evening. If possible, work meetings should not take place on Monday evening. Children and parents should be at home at this time. "

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Support from the Church

The LDS Church has a website that families can use to get ideas for family home evening.

Statements from church leaders

Church leaders have made statements about why family home evening is necessary:

“Well-planned family evenings are a source of happiness and influence. These evenings are time for group activity, organization, and expressing love. They are also time for giving testimonies of the truth of the gospel, learning gospel principles and having fun in the family and all things that unite the family and lead to solidarity in the family. "

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“Family evenings should be scheduled once a week to discuss gospel principles, to relax, to do skits, or to play the piano. Like the iron links in a chain, the family is connected in love, pride, tradition, strength and loyalty. "

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“Monday evening should be reserved for family home evening. The local church leaders should ensure that facilities and buildings are closed and that no church activities are planned during this time. The most important goal is for families to be together and study the gospel. We all remember that the Lord commanded parents to teach their children, pray, and keep the Sabath. The scriptures are the most important source for teaching the gospel. "

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Family evenings that do not take place at home

In locations with high numbers of single adult LDS Church members, peer groups are formed to conduct family home evening. Such evenings are usually held near universities, but are not limited to Brigham Young University .

bibliography

  • (English) Sherrie Johnson, Using the new family home evening resource book , Ensign January 14, 1984,: 6-9.
  • (English) Spencer W. Kimball , Home: the place to save society , Ensign 5, January 1975,: 3-10.
  • (English) Harold B. Lee , Priesthood correlation and the home evening , IE 67, December 1964,: 1077-81.
  • (English) Harold B. Lee , The home evening , IE 70, January 1976,: 22-23.
  • (English) Wayne B. Lynn, Better Home Evenings , Ensign 20 June 1990,: 22-25.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ First Presidency ( Joseph F. Smith , Anthon H. Lund, and Charles W. Penrose ), Letter, April 27, 1915.
  2. ^ Conference Report , October 1970.
  3. ↑ Gordon B. Hinckley, "To Men of the Priesthood" , Ensign , Nov. of 2002.
  4. ^ "Activities: Monday nights" , Handbook 2: Administering the Church (Salt Lake City, Utah: LDS Church, 2010) § 13.6.10.
  5. ^ "Family Home Evening" , lds.org, accessed April 13, 2016.
  6. ^ First Presidency Statements . In: Home & Family . lds.org. December 2006. Archived from the original on July 2, 2010.
  7. ^ First Presidency ( Joseph Fielding Smith , Harold B. Lee , and N. Eldon Tanner ), Family Home Evenings , 1970–71, pv
  8. ↑ Ezra Taft Benson , "Salvation-A Family Affair" , Ensign , July 1992, p. 4
  9. ^ First Presidency ( Howard W. Hunter , Gordon B. Hinckley, and Thomas S. Monson ), Letter, Aug. 30, 1994.

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