Family Home Evening – Quote Catch

Spencer W. Kimball, 1969 General Conference, “Every family is urged to engage in regular night and morning family prayers and to devote at least one evening a week at home in the sweet family togetherness undisturbed by the world or any of its allurements. They will plan to turn off the TV and radio, leave the telephone unanswered, cancel all calls or appointments, and spend a warm, homey evening together. While one objective is reached by merely being together, yet the additional and greater value can come from the lessons of life. The father will teach the children. Here they can learn integrity, honor, dependableness, sacrifice, and faith in God. Life’s experiences and the scriptures are the basis of the teaching and this, wrapped up in filial and parental love, makes an impact nothing else can make. Thus, reservoirs of righteousness are filled to carry children through the dark days of temptation and desire, of drought and skepticism. As they grow up, the children cooperate in building this storage for themselves and the family. And so we have the home evening and the family prayers and the simple things that have been taught to us all our days.”
Elder L. Tom Perry, April 1994 General Conference, “I call on you great deacons, teachers, and priests, you Beehive girls, Mia Maids, and Laurels to make a major contribution in the success of your family home evenings. In many homes, you can be the conscience of the family. After all, you have the most to gain from this experience. If you want to live in a world of peace, security, and opportunity, the family you contribute to can add to the well-being, yes, even of the whole world…You are a chosen generation- saved for this special time in the history of mankind. You have so much to give to add to the growth and development of the families to which you belong. I challenge you to step forward in your family units with that special enthusiastic spirit of your youth to make the gospel really live in your homes.”
…Talk to your kids about the great things the Lord has done for your family (1) Brought them out of Jerusalem (2) Mercies of God in sparing them while they were crossing the Ocean (3) The Land of Promise they obtained (4) Being warned to flee out of Jerusalem
“The great forbidden zone of family conversation is nearly always money. ‘There’s a toxicity and secrecy around money in many families,’ says Charles Collier, senior philanthropic advisor at Harvard University and author of Wealth and Families (Harvard University, 2001). ‘As a result, parents fail to provide their kids with any type of financial education- how to invest, say, or how to use a credit card- or to prepare them for the decisions they may have to make about their fortunes. Plus, in many cases, parents are too busy making money and managing their assets to think much about the effect it all will have on the kids.’” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 90
“The same is true of our family councils, only there it is a matter of parents and children joining forces in an energetic and dynamic way to ensure that there are no empty places at our eternal family tables.” Counseling with Our Councils M. Russell Ballard, Page10
“Parental love, family activity, gentle teaching, and respectful conversation—sweet time together—can help keep the generations close and build bonds that will never be broken.” Broken Things to Mend (Jeffrey R. Holland) Kindle Loc. 1300-1301
“Families meet informally all the time. That is how family members communicate and share their lives. Families that need to make decisions together-especially families of wealth-can also benefit from more formal meetings. Meetings of this kind help to build effective families. Formal family meetings allow nuclear or multigenerational families to meet in a more structured, and therefore safer, environment. The purpose is to share information, learn about one another, make joint decisions, understand the family’s financial wealth, discuss ways to give back to society, begin or perpetuate family traditions, discuss leadership issues, and forge or preserve the family’s vision for the future. Meetings enable the next generation to participate in the family business or the business of the family. In short, these gatherings provide families with a forum to discuss and enhance not only financial capital but also “relational capital,” strengthening the system of family relationships across generations.” Wealth in Families Third Edition (Charles W. Collier) Page 81
“Think carefully about the purpose of the financial inheritance. Engage all of your children in conversations about your financial wealth and their inheritances.” Wealth in Families Third Edition (Charles W. Collier) Page 114
“We counsel parents and children to give the highest priority to family prayer, family home evening, gospel study and instruction, and wholesome family activities. However worthy and appropriate other demands or activities may be, they must not be permitted to displace the divinely-appointed duties that only parents and families can adequately perform” (First Presidency letter, Feb. 11, 1999). Families and the Church in God’s Plan Handbook 2: Administering the Church
“Latter-day prophets have counseled individuals and families to hold a weekly home evening to teach the gospel, bear testimony of its truthfulness, and strengthen family unity. Members are encouraged to hold home evenings on Sunday or at other times as they choose. A family activity night could be held on Monday or at other times. Leaders should continue to keep Monday evenings free from Church meetings and activities. The home evening may include family prayer, gospel instruction, testimony sharing, hymns and Primary songs, and wholesome recreational activities. (For information on using music in the home, see 14.8.) As part of the home evening, or separately, parents may also call a periodic family council to set goals, resolve problems, coordinate schedules, and give support and strength to family members.” Families and the Church in God’s Plan Handbook 2: Administering the Church
Enos 1:3 -5… 3 Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the words which I had often heard my father speak concerning eternal life, and the joy of the saints, sunk deep into my heart. 4 And my soul hungered, and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul, and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens. 5 And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed.