Begin by welcoming the children to sharing time and commenting on their primary program.
Display a shoe box. Who can tell me what this is? [A shoe box] Pull out a paper girl and boy Sunday shoe. Do you have special shoes for Sunday? What type of things do we do in our Sunday Shoes?
Pull a paper flip flop out of the shoe box. What kind of shoe is this? What types of things do you do in flip flops?
Pull a sneaker/athletic shoe out of the shoe box. What kind of shoe is this? What types of things do you do in sneakers?
Pull a cowboy boot out of the box. What kind of shoe is this? What types of things do people do when wearing cowboy boots?
Share a story called Muddy Boots in your own words—abbreviate where possible. Have a pair of paper boots prepared that can act as a visual aid during the story.
What did we learn from that story? [It’s good to help others, helping others is more important than shiny boots, Heavenly Father wants us to help others.] The cowboy in the story was acting as if the Savior stood beside him.
“I am going to show you some more shoes, but instead of telling me what you do when you are wearing them, tell me How would your actions be different if you knew the Savior stood beside you?”
What if you were at home, maybe wearing slippers? How would you behave differently if the Savior came to visit?
What if you were wearing your school shoes and the Savior came to your school? What would you do differently? Would you sit by Him at lunch? Would He want to visit you in class?
What if you were barefoot at the swimming pool? What would you do differently?
We would behave differently if the Savior was beside us—we would try to always be better people. The Savior may not be physically standing by us, but He is always watching over us. Sometimes we make mistakes. Does that mean Jesus doesn’t love us? No. Jesus always loves us.
Heavenly Father also loves us and we can always talk to Him and He will always listen. How do we talk to him? [Pray.] Bishop H. Burke said “I want you to know that I know that whenever one of Heavenly Father’s children kneels and talk to him, he listens. I know this as well as I know anything in this world—That Heavenly Father listens to every prayer for his children. . .No matter what we may have done wrong, he listens to us. I also believe he answers us. (Ensign, June 1981, 73) When we pray for help, Heavenly Father helps us make the right choices.
We are going to discuss ways that Heavenly Father and Jesus love us. We will pass around the shoe box until the music stops (like hot potato—these are the same shoes you took out earlier), that person will get to choose a shoe. On the back of the shoe is a clue you can use to guess the song we will sing. (I had the songs listed on the chalk board, so it was like a multiple-choice question.)
"We thank the, Oh God, for a Prophet"
Athletic shoe— Enos (Enos 1: 3-5)
“A Child’s Prayer.”
Boot—The story of muddy boots
"If the Savior Stood Beside Me."
Slipper— Ammon Alma 17: 22-25
“When Were Helping”
School shoe boy—Matthew 5:16
"Do as I’m Doing"
Barefoot—Joseph Smith testified that “the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” (History of the Church, 4:461.)
"Book of Mormon Stories"
Girls Sunday Shoe—Mosiah 28:1-2
"Called to Serve"
Boy Sunday shoe— Article of faith #8 (We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.)
"Scripture Power"
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