Family Home Evening Lesson #3: FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Opening Prayer

2. Sing "Love Is Spoken Here" Children's Songbook pg. 190

3. Read D&C 88:119 Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God.

4. Read and discuss the following from "The Family Proclamation"

The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.

By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.

5. Closing Prayer

Additional Resources: "Mine House Is a House of Order" (Friend, Mar. 2009)
A House of Order (FHE Resource Book, Lesson 20)
Family Responsibilities (Gospel Principles, Chapter 37)