Week 22: June 3-9. John 13-17

The Lesson:

This week, the Come, Follow Me for Individuals and Families manual asks us to read John 13-17. In the Latter Day Parables, Auggie and Dad help do yard work for a widow in their ward. Auggie complains to Dad and Dad is quick to remind Auggie about Jesus’ example in serving others. Jesus washed the feet of His apostles. He didn’t complain but showed love instead. Auggie had a change of heart after Dad talked to him and decided to Serve as Jesus Served.

Show your children the picture of Jesus washing the feet of the apostles. Explain how dirty feet get after walking for a long time on dirt roads. Jesus was very kind to wash all of their feet. No one wants to wash someone else’s feet, but He did. After reading the lesson, talk with your children about different ideas of service they could do to show love. They could empty the silverware in the dishwasher, pick up their toys without asking, or help write a letter to a friend or family member. Express to your child how much you appreciate being served. When they serve others, they are showing love like Jesus did.

What You Need:

Cut-outs of Dad, Auggie Raking, and Weeds. If you haven’t yet, download the free Original Latter Day Parables Family cut-outs to get your Dad cut-out for this week’s story. You can download the Auggie Raking cut-out in the Quick Clicks below. I understand that some people don’t want to use their colored ink, so I’ve provided a printable that you can color yourself if you’d like! We’re recycling a cut-out! If you used the Weeds from the “The Parable of the Parable of the Sower” story, use it again! If not, you can download it in the Quick Clicks below. Print, cut out, and laminate the cut-outs then store them in your Come, Follow Me 2019 Binder for future use.
“Serve as Jesus Served” story. Provided in the Quick Clicks below is a PDF document of the story that you can download for free. Print out the story and store it in your Come, Follow Me 2019 Binder.
Jesus Washing the Apostles’ Feet picture. If you have and LDS Gospel Art Book, the picture is in there! If you don’t, I added the picture in the Quick Clicks below and you can show it to your child.

Quick Clicks

For the Original Latter Day Parable Family, click here.