Friday, May 3, 2013

Importance of FHE

"The next item I wish to mention is family home evening. We are fearful that this very important program is fading in too many areas. Brethren, there is nothing more important than your families. You know that. This program was begun back in 1915, 87 years ago, when President Joseph F. Smith urged the Latter-day Saints to set aside one evening a week devoted specifically to the family. It was to be a time of teaching, of reading the scriptures, of cultivating talents, of discussing family matters. It was not to be a time to attend athletic events or anything of the kind. Of course, if there is family activity of such a kind occasionally, that may be all right. But in the increasingly frantic rush of our lives it is so important that fathers and mothers sit down with their children, pray together, instruct them in the ways of the Lord, consider their family problems, and let the children express their talents. I am satisfied that this program came under the revelations of the Lord in response to a need among the families of the Church.

"If there was a need 87 years ago, that need is certainly much greater today."

- Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church, "To Men of the Priesthood," Ensign, Nov 2002, p. 58
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2002/10/to-men-of-the-priesthood?lang=eng

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