If you are planning a family reunion you may want to include a family home evening along with some of the events that you have planned. A family reunion family home evening is a great way to focus on family history and the stories that are passed on from generation to generation.
You can start the activity by recounting stories from the life of the oldest living relative there. This can be a fun activity. You may want to record this and make DVDs for each family to have as memories as well. Additionally you may want to ask each family member to write down favorite stories from their childhood and stories they remember hearing from when they were little. You can compile these in book to distribute to every family member.
You may assign each family to be in charge of one aspect of the family home evening. Someone may be in charge of music, and another group in charge of presenting the lesson from the scriptures. You can have the children act out the story as well.
You can conclude the meeting on a spiritual note with a testimony meeting. Another option is to end the meeting by singing hymns together for several minutes. This is a great way to invite the spirit into the meeting and to help everyone feel welcome.
For the activity you may have some get to know you games for everyone to play. Since you are planning for a wide age group, keep that in mind. You may also consider doing something that involves taking in the sites around town. A photo scavenger hunt at a local park or museum can be a lot of fun as well.
You may also want to make something as a group or plan a family home evening exchange. If you do a family home evening exchange each family will prepare a family home evening packet for all of the other families. Then everyone will leave with a lot of different ideas to have for family home evening.
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