Guide to the Friend

Possible Ideas for Family Home Evening

1. Heavenly Father has placed each of us on earth in a unique family. Read “Alone?” (pages 8–9) and talk about how families can be different. What is something special about your family?

2. Use the Bringing Primary Home lesson and activity to learn more about this month’s Primary theme (pages 40–41).

3. Read “My Testimony of the Book of Mormon” (page 7) and “How I Gained a Testimony” (page 11). Talk about ways you can continue to build your testimonies of the Book of Mormon.

4. Talk about the importance of honesty after reading “The Apple Adventure” (pages 20–21). Afterward, make the apple snacks in Kitchen Crafts (page 22).

5. This week, look for unexpected ways that Heavenly Father answers prayers, like the example in “Praying with Patience” (pages 44–45).

Topical Index to this Issue of the Friend

(FLF) = For Little Friends

(f) = Funstuf

(IFC) = inside front cover

(v) = verse

• Adoption

  8

• Articles of Faith

  23

• Book of Mormon

  2

  7

  11

  26 (f)

  49

• Church History

  28

• Comfort

  4

  36

  44

• Disabilities

  42

• Faith in God

  12

• Family

  8

  18

  22

  35 (FLF)

• Family Home Evening

  IFC

  40

• Friend

  IFC

• Friendship

  16

  30

• General Conference

  12

• Heavenly Father

  4

  6

  8

  23

  27 (v)

  36

  40

  44

  46

• Holy Ghost

  4

  8

  20

• Honesty

  20

  30

• Jesus Christ

  14

  30

• Journals

  13

• Love and Kindness

  14

  16

  30

  32 (FLF)

  35 (FLF)

• Miracles

  14

• Missionary Work

  IFC

  28

• My Gospel Standards

  16

  20

  30

• New Testament

  14

• Poster

  10

  49

• Prayer

  4

  6

  27 (v)

  28

  34 (FLF, v)

  36

  40

  44

  46

• Primary

  32 (FLF)

  40

• Prophets

  2

  9

  12

  16

  28

• Quorum of the Seventy

  8

  11

• Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

  7

  13

  36

  44

• Sabbath

  30

• Safety

  2

• Scriptures

  2

  7

  10

  11

  14

  23

  26 (f)

  40

  49

• Service

  30

  32 (FLF)

  43 (f)

• Talents

  4

  18

• Testimony

  7

  11

• Word of Wisdom

  30

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