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Living Water

Jesus does His first miracle at a wedding, cleans out His Father’s house, teaches Nicodemus about being born again, and offers a woman at a well “living water” that never runs dry. Water is everywhere this week (salty crackers, spoon races, a living-water refill), so expect some splashing! Sunday, February 7, is fast Sunday, and Saturday helps your family get ready for it.

  • Week 6
  • 📅 Feb 1–7, 2027
  • 📖 John 2–4
Start with Monday
Read it togetherJohn 2–4 in Gospel LibraryCome, Follow Me manualNew Testament 2027, week 6

What your kids learn in class

Stories, verses and games for the week come from each child’s own Primary or youth lesson, so home matches Sunday.

⚡ Fast Sunday this week (Primary)

Daily sparks

Five to ten minutes a day, Monday to Sunday. Grown-ups lead; kids act, play and answer. Where a step says to tap something, that’s in the Gospel Sparks app; on the web, use the “Play along” links.

Monday · 8 min · Story

The Woman at the Well

🪣 Carry your bucket to the well!Jesus offers living water.Drop your bucket and run!Tell everyone: Come, see!

📖 Read together: John 4:5–15, 28–30 ↗

  1. Open the story scenes and read them together.
  2. Make a well: a laundry basket or a big pot. One child is the Samaritan woman carrying a bucket or cup. Everyone else is the people of her town. Set a picture of Jesus by the well.
  3. Read John 4:7–14 while the woman comes to draw water. When Jesus talks about living water, she stops and listens.
  4. Read John 4:28–29. She leaves her waterpot and hurries into the town and tells the people, “Come, see!” The whole town follows her back to the well.
  5. SAY“Jesus knew everything about her, and He still loved her and taught her. He knows you, and He loves you too.”

🎭 Play along: the story scenes (from the CTR 8 lesson; pick your kid’s class above for theirs)

Talk about it
  • Why did the woman leave her waterpot behind?
  • How did Jesus show He knew her?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Let your little one be the town that runs to the well, holding hands with the storyteller.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Ask your 10–13-year-old to read John 4:9 and explain why the woman was so surprised Jesus talked to her.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Have your teen read John 4:9 and 4:27. Jews and Samaritans avoided each other, and even the disciples were surprised Jesus was talking with her. Ask who the avoided person is at their school, and what talking with them the way Jesus did would look like.
☕️ For grown-upsJesus knew everything about her past (John 4:17–18) and still chose her as one of the first people He told plainly that He was the Messiah (John 4:25–26). Being fully known and still wanted is what our children need from us too.

Sticker for today: 🪣

Tuesday · 7 min · Verse

The Thirsty Test

🥤 Salty cracker, big gulp, then say the verse!Gulp!Open your hands.Ahhh!

📖 Read together: John 4:13–14 ↗

  1. Give everyone a salty cracker or pretzel (or any salty snack that’s safe for your family’s allergies), and wait for someone to say “I’m thirsty!”
  2. Pour each person a glass of cold water. Ask: “Will you ever be thirsty again?” (Yes, tomorrow!)
  3. Open the key verse screen and read it together with the same motions your kids learn in Primary: take a big gulp, open your hands like you’re getting a gift, then shake your head and say “Ahhh!”
  4. SAY“We need water every day, and we need Jesus every day. When we keep coming to Him, He fills us up in a way that never runs out.”

📖 Play along: the key verse (from the CTR 8 lesson; pick your kid’s class above for theirs)

Talk about it
  • How is Jesus like water?
  • What can you do each day to stay close to Him?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Let your little one hold their cup up and say “Ahhh!” every time you finish the verse.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Ask your 10–13-year-old to think of things that satisfy for a moment (a video, a snack) and compare them to what Jesus gives that lasts.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Ask your teen to read John 4:13–15 and notice that the woman first thought “living water” meant never having to carry a bucket again. Talk about how people sometimes want the gospel to make life easier when the Savior is offering to make them new.
☕️ For grown-upsThe woman heard living water as a convenience (John 4:15). It’s worth asking whether we sometimes want the gospel to make life easier more than we want it to change us.

Sticker for today: 🥤

Wednesday · 8 min · Activity

The Best Gift Ever

🎁 Unwrap the best gift ever!Draw your favorite gift.Unwrap the surprise.Put YOUR name in the verse!

📖 Read together: John 3:16 ↗

  1. Everyone draws the best gift they’ve ever been given and shows it to the family.
  2. Wrap a picture of Jesus in a towel or put it in a box. Let the youngest child unwrap it.
  3. Read John 3:16 together. Then read it again, with each person putting their own name in place of “the world.” (“For God so loved Emma…”)
  4. SAY“Heavenly Father’s greatest gift is His Son. He sent Jesus because He loves every one of us.”
Talk about it
  • How is Jesus an even better gift than your favorite present?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Say the verse with your little one’s name and give them a squeeze every time you say it.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Ask your 10–13-year-old to read John 3:17 too and explain in one sentence why Jesus came to the world.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Have your teen read John 3:16–17 and 1 John 4:9–10, then write John 3:16 in their own words for a friend who didn’t grow up going to church.
☕️ For grown-upsJohn 3:16 was spoken to Nicodemus, a respected leader who came with questions at night (John 3:1–2). The most famous verse in the Bible was an answer to an honest seeker, a good reason to welcome our kids’ questions.

Sticker for today: 🎁

Thursday · 10 min · Game

Fill It to the Brim

🏺 Spoon by spoon, fill your cup to the top!No spilling!Then draw and guess.

📖 Read together: John 2:1–11 ↗

  1. Read John 2:3–10. At a wedding party the drinks ran out. Jesus told the servants to fill six big jars with water, and He turned the water into wine. It was His first miracle!
  2. Play Fill It to the Brim at the kitchen sink or in the bathtub: kids use a spoon to carry water from a bowl to a cup until it’s filled right to the top, just like the servants did.
  3. Then play Draw & Guess with words from this week.
  4. SAY“The servants obeyed exactly, and they got to see a miracle. When we obey Jesus all the way, we see His power too.”

🖍️ Play along: Draw & Guess with this week’s words (from the CTR 8 lesson; pick your kid’s class above for theirs)

Talk about it
  • The servants didn’t know what Jesus would do, but they obeyed anyway. When is it hard to obey?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Let your little one use a bigger cup or their hands to scoop the water.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Time your 10–13-year-old and challenge them to beat their record without spilling a drop.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Ask your teen to read John 2:1–11 and look for two details: Mary’s instruction to the servants in verse 5, and the governor’s surprise that the best was saved for last in verse 10. Ask what either detail teaches about how the Savior works.
☕️ For grown-upsMary didn’t know what Jesus would do; she simply told the servants to do whatever He said (John 2:5). That is still a pretty good summary of how to raise children in faith.

Sticker for today: 🏺

Friday · 8 min · Service

Heavenly Father’s House Helpers

🧹 Make our prayer spot clean and peaceful!Pick up.Dust.Add a picture of Jesus.

📖 Read together: John 2:13–16 ↗

  1. Read John 2:16. Jesus wanted the temple to be a holy place, not a noisy market.
  2. Show a picture of a temple. Say: “The temple is the house of the Lord. We keep sacred places clean and peaceful because we love Heavenly Father.”
  3. Pick the place your family prays or reads scriptures. Everyone helps make it clean and peaceful: pick up, dust and fold the blankets.
  4. Add something special: a picture of Jesus or of a temple where everyone can see it.
Talk about it
  • How can we be reverent at church and in the temple?
  • How does a clean, peaceful place make you feel?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Give your little one a sock to put on their hand as a duster.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Ask your 10–13-year-old to find out when your ward cleans the church building and sign up the family to help.
🧑 Teens (14–18)If your teen has a limited-use temple recommend, invite them to plan a family temple trip, ideally with a family name they found themselves.
☕️ For grown-upsThe disciples saw Jesus clearing the temple and remembered a scripture about zeal for God’s house (John 2:17). Is anything in your routine turning a sacred time, like prayer or Sunday, into a marketplace of distractions?

Sticker for today: 🧹

Saturday · 8 min · Talk

Nicodemus at Night

🌙 Grab a flashlight! A visitor comes at night.Nicodemus had questions.Jesus answered.What will we pray for tomorrow?

📖 Read together: John 3:1–5 ↗

  1. Dim the lights and read John 3:1–5 with a flashlight, since Nicodemus came to Jesus at night.
  2. SAY“Being born again means starting fresh. When we’re baptized and receive the Holy Ghost, it’s like a brand-new start.”
  3. SAY“Tomorrow is fast Sunday. Grown-ups and older kids who are ready may skip two meals and give that money to help people in need. Kids don’t have to fast. Everyone can pray for something special.” Choose together what your family will pray about.
  4. Play Mystery Picture, then lay out Sunday clothes.

🧩 Play along: Mystery Picture with this week’s words (from the CTR 8 lesson; pick your kid’s class above for theirs)

Talk about it
  • What question would you ask Jesus if you could visit Him?
  • Who should our family pray for tomorrow?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Let your little one hold the flashlight and help pick a person to pray for from a family photo.
📚 Big kids (10–13)If your 10–13-year-old wants to try fasting, help them set a simple purpose and plan it together.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Have your teen follow Nicodemus through John’s Gospel: John 3:1–4, John 7:50–51 and John 19:39. Ask how he changed, and what that shows about being born again as a process.
☕️ For grown-upsNicodemus came at night and struggled to understand, yet John later shows him defending Jesus and bringing spices for His burial. Spiritual rebirth can be slow, so don’t write off a slow start in your kids or in yourself.

Sticker for today: 🌙

Sunday · 6 min · Sabbath

Fast Sunday Testimonies

💧 What did you learn in Primary today?Teach your family one thing.“I know Jesus loves me because…”

📖 Read together: John 4:42 ↗

  1. After church, ask: “What did you learn in Primary today?” (Many classes talk about prayer on fast Sunday.) Let each child teach you one thing.
  2. Read John 4:42. The people said they believed in Jesus because they heard Him for themselves.
  3. Talk about fast and testimony meeting: what did someone share that you liked?
  4. If your family fasted, kneel together and end the fast with a prayer. Then each person finishes this sentence: “I know Jesus loves me because…”
Talk about it
  • What is something you know about Jesus for yourself?
  • How did it feel to pray for someone today?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Help your little one say, “I love Jesus,” and fold their arms for the family prayer.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Invite your 10–13-year-old to share their testimony at home, or to plan to share a short one in next month’s testimony meeting.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Ask your teen to read John 4:39–42. The townspeople believed first because of the woman’s word, and then for themselves. Ask what parts of their testimony feel borrowed and what feels like their own, and invite them to ask God about one piece this week.
☕️ For grown-upsYour children will start out leaning on your testimony, as the Samaritans leaned on the woman’s word (John 4:39). The goal is John 4:42: that they come to know for themselves, so welcome the questions that get them there.

Sticker for today: 💧

Family challenge

Living Water Refill

Do this one as a family: every day this week, get a refill of living water with a prayer, a scripture story about Jesus and a Primary song. Draw a water drop on a paper on the fridge for each day you do all three.

Parent Corner

John places two conversations back to back that could hardly be more different. In chapter 3, a respected Pharisee comes to Jesus privately at night, and John never tells us he left convinced. In chapter 4, a Samaritan woman with a complicated past meets Him at a well in the middle of the day and runs to tell her whole town. Jesus meets each of them where they are, and He offers both the same thing: new life that starts as a birth and keeps growing like a spring. It fits that these chapters open with water turned into wine at a wedding, a first miracle that hints at the bigger miracle of a changed heart. Being born again isn’t a single event we finish; it’s a beginning the Savior keeps building on.

  • Ponder: Which of our children is more like Nicodemus (careful, private, full of questions), and which is more like the woman at the well (eager to tell everyone)? How can we meet each one the way Jesus did?
  • Try this: Read John 4:1–42 slowly this week with a pen. Next to verses 7–26, jot down what the Savior might be saying to you.

From general conference

“Her past and present circumstances did not determine her future. Like her, we can choose to turn to the Savior today for the strength and healing that will enable us to fulfill all that we were sent here to do.”

— Sister Susan H. Porter, “Lessons at the Well,” April 2022

For parents: read with Monday’s story of the woman at the well (John 4).

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Dinner-table questions

  • What’s the most thirsty you’ve ever been?
  • Why do you think Jesus did His first miracle at a wedding?
  • What question would you ask Nicodemus?
  • What makes a place feel sacred?
  • How can you share living water with a friend?

Sources

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, the Bible used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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