Mormon Traditions
Mormons believe that God loves each individual child individually and knows them intimately. Mormons pray and receive guidance through an intellectual process known as revelation – this may take the form of dramatic visions or more subtle experiences such as feelings and impressions.
Church members follow a strict set of health and lifestyle rules, which includes refraining from tobacco, alcohol and “hot beverages” such as coffee or tea. Furthermore, they emphasize family life, good deeds and missionary work as key practices.
1. Family Home Evening
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints emphasizes the value and importance of Family Home Evenings, emphasizing how having one evening each week spent sharing values and participating in fun activities can strengthen and enrich a family dynamic.
Mormons typically host Family Home Evening on Monday evening, although other days can also be used. At Family Home Evening, parents take turns teaching or engaging their children in activities during Family Home Evening, with refreshments served afterward to conclude the meeting.
Mormon culture reveres the old saying, “the family that prays together stays together.” Families also take time out during their day or meals to pray together as part of daily family prayer; The Church suggests daily family prayer as one way of strengthening families; plus provides resources and guidelines for prayer and scripture study.
2. Church Meetings
Mormons place great emphasis on family, and encourage couples to have multiple children. Mormon fathers who hold priesthood baptize and bless their newborns shortly after birth to give them names and establish church records for them. Furthermore, Mormonism discourages any sexual activity outside marriage.
Mormon beliefs are founded in Christ’s teachings and those found in the Bible, specifically teaching a doctrine that holds Jesus as both God and Savior; believing in modern prophets for continued revelation; as well as practicing tithing and the law of chastity.
The church presents a distinctive view of atonement in which Christ died for our sins before mysteriously forgiving them. Furthermore, this atonement applies to everyone, even those not affiliated with any particular denomination or tradition.
3. Family Home Evening
Family Home Evening (FHE), typically held every Monday evening, allows families to gather without being disturbed by other church activities and simply spend quality time together without interruption.
Family Home Evening (FHE) gatherings typically feature a lesson, prayers, music and games; some families may add activities related to the lesson – such as crafts or planning sessions for the week ahead – such as crafting. Churches also often provide manuals with lesson suggestions and activity ideas for FHEs.
Family Home Evening’s aim is to build stronger, happier, and more faithful families. While this requires patience and effort, its rewards make it worth your while – particularly given today’s fast-paced society! Keeping these Mormon traditions alive is so vital.
4. Family Home Evening Games
Family Home Evening (FHE) is an integral Mormon tradition that encourages families to put family first and come together. They spend quality time doing fun and wholesome activities that bring them closer together, which strengthens marriages and families over time. Mormons know their family ties will last eternally so it’s essential that they put aside things that won’t matter as much in 1000 years so they can devote enough time and attention to being together as a family unit.
One great way to make Family Home Evening (FHE) more entertaining and interactive is through playing games. Games can bring joyous laughter to every generation in your family and require minimal prep work! Give some of these Family Home Evening games a try: Conversation Jenga is a classic gospel discussion game; Latter-day Saint Shout Out can help your history night come to life;
5. Family Home Evening Activities
Family Home Evening-a regular time set aside for prayer and activities in the home-has taken on new significance in Mormon households over a century after it was first devised. Every Monday night (or sometimes another evening), Mormon families join together and pray, sing songs, play games or make snacks together as families; sometimes one family member conducts the meeting or read prayers or teaches lessons during Family Home Evening.
As part of their lesson, families typically participate in an activity following it. These may relate to it directly — for instance a scripture hunt or donning all the armor of God — but can also be completely unrelated. Following such activities, family will typically share a treat together and reinforce that family is always important and worth investing time and energy into.
