• Bookmarks
• Caught Being Reverent
• Heavenly Rewards
• King of Me
• My Hands Can Be Reverent
• Remember Jesus Christ during the Sacrament
• Reverence Crown
• Reverence Mouse
• Reverence Signs
• Songs out of the Primary Music book on Reverence
• To Catch a Butterfly
• What If Everyone Played in the Chapel?

Bookmarks

Rev’rence is more than just quietly sitting:
It’s thinking of Father above,
A feeling I get when I think of his blessings.
I’m rev’rent, for rev’rence is love.
When I’m rev’rent, it shows in my words and my deeds.
The pathway to follow is clear.
And when I am rev’rent, I know in my heart
Heav’nly Father and Jesus are near.

Words and music: Maggie Olauson

Today, dear Father, I will show how quiet I can be,
To thank thee for the many things that thou hast given me.

Words: Ruth H. Chadwick, 1900–1973

Music: Leah Ashton Lloyd, 1894–1965

Rev’rently, quietly, lovingly we think of thee;
Rev’rently, quietly, softly sing our melody.
Rev’rently, quietly, humbly now we pray,
Let thy Holy Spirit dwell in our hearts today.

Words and music: Clara W. McMaster

My Hands Can Be Reverent at Church

To help show your love to Heavenly Father and Jesus, you should be reverent in church. What you do with your hands is an important part of reverence. The pictures show you what your hands should be doing in church.
Your hands should be still when it's time to listen.
Your hands should be folded when it's time for prayer.
Your right hand should carefully take the Sacrament.
Your hand should be raised when you have something to say.
Your hand should be folded when you walk quietly down the halls.
Your hand should quietly open and close doors.

Print out this file of pictures. As you read the information you show the picture that goes along with each numbered part. The last page in this file is the text part of this talk.

I know that it looks a little fuzzy, but from far away, as the kids would see it, it looks fine.

My Hands Can Be Reverent at Church Talk.pdf

Reverence Mouse.PDF

Reverence Crown.pdf

Remember Jesus Christ during the Sacrament

Remember Jesus Christ during the Sacrament

Laurel Rohlfing, “Remember Jesus Christ during the Sacrament,” Friend, June 2007, 36–37

There are many ways we can reverently remember Jesus Christ, especially while the sacrament is being passed. We can remember how He suffered for our sins and how He died and was resurrected. We can remember His life and teachings. We can think about how we can become more like Him. We can remember the things we have done wrong and ask for forgiveness. And we can remember the many blessings He has given us. Jesus said, “If ye do always remember me ye shall have my Spirit to be with you” (3 Nephi 18:11). The sacrament is a great blessing in our lives.

Instructions

Mount the two circles on heavy paper, and cut them out. Put the circle with the cutout wedge on top of the other circle. Fasten the two circles in the center with a brass fastener. Turn the top circle so you can see each picture. Think about what it represents. You can also use the picture circles in a Primary talk or family home evening lesson.

King of Me

Dorothy King Pace, “King of Me,” Friend, Sept. 1996, 20

I said to my feet, “Keep still!”
I said to my hands, “Just stay!”
I said to my all-over-everywhere-self,
“I’m in charge of you today!”
I’m ruler of my mouth,
And I’m the King of Me,
So when I tell me it’s reverence time,
I’m as quiet as can be!

What If Everyone Played in the Chapel?

All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them (3 Ne. 14:12).

Bettyanne Gillette, “What If Everyone Played in the Chapel?,” Friend, Sept. 1996, 18–19

Danny’s sister poked him in the side. “Mom wants you,” she whispered. Danny looked down the row past his brothers, sisters, and father to his mother. She was leaning forward in her seat and staring at him. She pointed to the empty seat next to her. Danny knew what that meant. He stepped slowly past the whole family and sat beside her.

“You need to be quiet,” she whispered in his ear, then looked back up at the speaker.

“But I want to play,” Danny whispered back. He put his head down and closed his eyes. His chin started to tremble.

His mother pulled him close and whispered, “Danny, you’re a good boy, and I love you. But what would it be like in here if everybody started playing?”

“That would be great!” he whispered back.

“Are you sure?” she asked, more softly still. “Think about it.”

Danny turned to look around the chapel. He saw Brother and Sister Lund and their two children sitting quietly in their seats. Danny imagined Brother Lund turning to his family and holding up a chalkboard with a word game on it. Sister Lund and the children held their hands high in the air, waving them as they yelled, “Pick me! Pick me!” Danny giggled. That would be fun! he thought.

Danny looked the other way and saw the Clark family sitting on the front row. He wondered what it would be like if all the Clark children were playing “Guess What Animal I Am?” He pictured Adam, who had just returned from his mission, hopping up and down as his family yelled, “A rabbit! A rabbit!” That would be fun too. Then he wondered, But would it be fun for the speaker and the people who were trying to listen?

Danny saw his friends Sam and Billy. What if they brought their small video games to sacrament meeting? He could almost hear the music and beeping noises. He imagined Sam and Billy jumping out of their seats, yelling each time they won or lost. Danny frowned. What if Sam and Billy and the Clarks and the Lunds were all playing at once? They would hardly be able to hear themselves, and no one else could hear anything.

What if everyone in the chapel started playing? Danny asked himself. He pictured balls being tossed back and forth, children skating down the aisles, fathers watching television, and mothers talking loudly to their friends. It would be so loud that my ears would hurt—and could anyone think about Heavenly Father?

Danny looked up at the pulpit. He was sure he wouldn’t be able to understand anything the speaker was saying, but he tried. To his surprise, she was talking about how much Jesus Christ loved little children. Danny felt a warm glow spread through him. If everyone was playing,I wouldn’t have this good feeling.

Danny snuggled up closer to his mother and kept listening. There would be plenty of times to play, but this wasn’t one of them.

Reverence Sign1.PDF

Where Trying to be like Jesus.pdf

Where Trying to be like Jesus 2.pdf

Where Trying to be like Jesus 3.pdf

Reverence in progress.PDF

Revence in training.pdf

Reverence Zone Signs.PDF