Faith in God is a wonderful program in our church for children 8-11. There is a program for boys and one for girls. They each do activities in three areas: developing talents, serving others, and learning and living the gospel to help them develop greater faith in God. Heidi from A Lively Hope has created a Faith in God Study Guide to help the children and their leaders keep everything they do in one place. My daughter, Laura, has been loving her guide. She opted to design her own cover. We used the print your own version and keep it in a binder.
There is a page for each required activity with journaling pages for non-required activities. Some pages are drawing and coloring pages while others are study pages with questions to answer to help children learn to interpret scriptures and apply them to their own lives. Here are a couple of examples from Laura’s journal. In activity days they created Mormonad posters. She recreated her poster in her journal.
They also discussed a General Conference talk and she drew a picture from a story in the talk and wrote what she learned.
There are memorization helps for each of the Articles of Faith. Laura has already memorized them so she fills these out when she wants something to do. (She knows if she tells mom she’s bored she gets cleaning jobs!)
Laura has loved, LOVED, her study journal! She enjoys the variety of ways to write or draw what she has learned. My sentimental self likes that she will have something to keep and show her own children someday about everything she learned as a child.
Heidi is offering TWO Faith in God Study Journal downloads to my readers! You get to choose whether you’d like a boy or girl version. Enter using the rafflecopter. If you choose to leave a blog comment for an entry please share an activity that your son or daughter has done towards earning their Faith in God award. Giveaway ends October 31st.
-journaling questions for all of the required activities
-places to draw and doodle
-questions and activities to help you internalize the scriptures and strengthen your testimony
-prompts to assist in setting goals
-copywork to aid in memorization
-places to document additional activities
-exercises to help you memorize the Articles of Faith
-pages for additional handouts and photos
This book is designed to serve as a place to record your progress and goals as well as be a keepsake when it is complete. As you progress through the activities, I know that your testimony will be strengthened and you will grow closer to our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
This book is also designed to be fun! Feel free to add lots of color and make this journal your own. If you’d like to buy in bulk, please contact Heidi at hillman.heidi@gmail.com for a group discount.
The study journals cost $9 and can be printed as many times as you would like for personal, family and class use (for example, an Activity Days leader could print enough for all of her girls).
This is wonderful way to preserve their activities as they progress through the program.
I have a 9 year old girl who would love this! Her favorite activity that she has done so far is teaching a Family Home Evening lesson on faith. She loves to teach the lesson in Family Home Evening!
Great idea. I’ve recently printed out worksheets for my kids cubscout achievements to make tracking easier and this would go right along with it; I’ll admit the price seems a bit high just for a download. I see the value but at $9 won’t pull the trigger. $5 I totally would. regardless, best of luck!
My son recently worked on his sewing skills by repairing his brother’s stuffed animal that had a hole. Guess that’s a bit of service as well 😉
We have struggled to get our first son to complete his Faith in God program. Some of the experiences he will do and others he drags his feet on.
Our second son is doing a little bit better, but we could still use some help.
We’ve tried setting aside time on Sundays to work on it, but they still argue that they want to play instead. But we’re still trying and we’re trying to make it a positive experience.
My daughters have recently memorized The Family: A Proclamation to the World. (Thanks to great helps and prompts from Cranial Hiccups!) It has been wonderful to discuss the importance of the family to Heavenly Father’s plan with my 10 and 8 year old daughters. I have seen their confidence in sharing these beliefs with others grow as a result.
For a recent faith in God activity, my daughter chose to collect a few small toys and board books to place in the mother’s lounger for younger siblings to play with while moms are busy taking care of a baby.
My son and daughter love working on Faith in God. Their favorite activity so far has been teaching a Family Home Evening about Joseph Smith.
My son was just finishing up Faith in God when my daughter was just beginning–it was so fun to watch the 2 of them work together on FHE lessons and such.
My son just taught a FHE lesson about keeping baptismal covenants.
What a great idea! I had not heard about this new program, but it sounds wonderful. I would love one boy and one girl journal to give to my grandkids.
I think this journal is such a great idea. It’s a great supplement to the little handbook the church puts out and I like that it gives the girls room to write and draw.
I was just called into Activity Days, and would LOVE to use these with my girls! Well done, and thanks!