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He Carried Our Sorrows

Isaiah described Jesus Christ about 700 years before He was born: a Savior who would carry our sins and our sad feelings so we could be healed. This week your kids discover that Jesus understands them, that they can seek Him anytime, and that feet that hurry to share good news are beautiful.

  • Week 41
  • 📅 Oct 5–11, 2026
  • 📖 Isaiah 50–57
Start with Monday
Read it togetherIsaiah 50–57 in Gospel LibraryCome, Follow Me manualOld Testament 2026, week 41

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.

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 · 10 min · Story

The Chariot on the Desert Road

🐎 Ride the chariot and chase it down!Build a chariot.Run like Philip!Find out who Isaiah wrote about.

📖 Read together: Acts 8:26–39 ↗

  1. Build a chariot: a laundry basket, a big box, or two kitchen chairs. One child rides, one is the horse, and one is Philip.
  2. Tap Story and read each scene out loud while your kids act out the actions.
  3. When the Spirit tells Philip to go near the chariot, “Philip” runs a whole lap around the house to catch up.
  4. At the water scene, everyone splashes their hands in a bowl of water or at the kitchen sink and cheers for the baptism!
  5. SAY“The man was reading Isaiah, and it was about Jesus all along. Isaiah knew about Jesus hundreds of years before He was born!”

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

Talk about it
  • Who was Isaiah writing about?
  • Why was the man so happy on the way home?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Let your little one be the horse, trotting and neighing, or ride in the laundry-basket chariot while you push.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Have your older kid read Isaiah 53:7–8 from their own scriptures at the chariot scene, just like the man from Ethiopia did.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Have your teen play Philip for real: read Acts 8:30–35, then explain Isaiah 53:7–8 to the family the way Philip explained it, starting with “This is about Jesus because…”. Ask what makes it hard to talk about Jesus when a friend asks.
☕️ For grown-upsThe Ethiopian official asked, “How can I, except some man should guide me?” (Acts 8:31). Our kids ask that too, mostly without words. You don’t need every answer to sit in the chariot with them; you just need to open the scriptures together.

Sticker for today: 🐎

Tuesday · 8 min · Verse

Hidden Verse Hunt

🔎 Find the hidden verse pieces!Four pieces are hiding.Find them all.Put the verse back together!

📖 Read together: Isaiah 53:3–5 ↗

  1. Before you start, write the key verse in 4 pieces on scraps of paper (the Key Verse screen shows the parts) and hide them around one room.
  2. Tap Key Verse and read Isaiah 53:4–5 together once.
  3. Kids hunt for the 4 pieces, then race to put them in order on the floor.
  4. Explain the tricky words: “borne” means carried, “griefs” and “sorrows” are sad feelings, and “stripes” are the hurts Jesus suffered for us.
  5. Mix up the pieces and say the verse again each time someone puts them back in order. Can they do it with the pieces face down?

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

Talk about it
  • What kinds of sad or heavy things did Jesus carry for us?
  • What does “we are healed” mean to you?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Hand your little one a piece to hide for the big kids, and let them shout “We are healed!” with a big smile.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Have older kids hide the pieces for everyone else and add Isaiah 53:6 as a bonus fifth piece.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Ask your teen to read all of Isaiah 53 and find phrases that match the Savior’s last days, such as verse 7 with Mark 15:3–5 or verse 9 with Matthew 27:57–60. Let them share their best match with the family.
☕️ For grown-upsTry rereading Isaiah 53:4–5 with “my” and “I” in place of “our” and “we.” It moves the verse from doctrine to something personal. Which of your own sorrows have you been carrying alone?

Sticker for today: 🧩

Wednesday · 8 min · Activity

Flashlight Seek and Find

🔦 Flashlight hunt: seek the Lord!Lights down, flashlight on.Warmer? Name a way to seek Jesus!Find the picture!

📖 Read together: Isaiah 55:6–7 ↗

  1. Read Isaiah 55:6 together. Say: “To seek means to look for. The Lord wants us to look for Him, and He’s always ready to be found.”
  2. Dim the lights. Hide a picture of Jesus (from a Church magazine, a card, or on a phone) somewhere in the room.
  3. Kids search with a flashlight while you give “warmer” and “colder” clues.
  4. Every time you say “warmer,” the seeker names one way to seek Jesus: praying, reading scriptures, taking the sacrament, singing about Him, being kind, going to church.
  5. Take turns hiding. Say: “Jesus isn’t far away. Every time we pray or read about Him, we find Him close.”
Talk about it
  • What are some ways we can seek Jesus?
  • Which way do you want to try this week?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Hold your little one’s hand and let them shine the flashlight while you whisper hints.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Older kids can hide the picture and give clues as riddles about ways to seek the Lord.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Let your teen hide the picture and set the rules. Then ask the honest version: when does Jesus feel hard to find for them? Read Isaiah 55:7 together and talk about what “abundantly pardon” means for someone who has messed up more than once.
☕️ For grown-upsIsaiah 55:6 says to seek the Lord “while he may be found.” He is always there, but our moments of openness come and go: a quiet morning, a hard week, a child’s question at bedtime. Notice when your heart is open this week and use it.

Sticker for today: 🔦

Thursday · 8 min · Game

Kids vs. Parents Showdown

🏆 Kids vs. parents: who knows Isaiah best?Pick your team.Whisper, then point.Winners pose, others jump!
  1. Split into teams: kids vs. parents (or mix the teams if the kids are little).
  2. Tap Quiz. Read each question out loud. Teams whisper, then point to an answer.
  3. The team that gets it right strikes a victory pose. The other team does 5 jumping jacks.
  4. After the last question, ask: “Which answer surprised you?”

🏆 Play along: Scripture Showdown (from the CTR 8 lesson; pick your kid’s class above for theirs)

Talk about it
  • Which question was the hardest?
  • What’s one thing you learned about Jesus this week?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Pair your little one with a big kid as team captain, and let the little one do the pointing.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Have older kids be the game-show host who reads the questions and explains each answer.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Put your teen on the parents’ team, or make them the host who must explain every answer from Isaiah. Bonus round: they write one question of their own that stumps the adults.
☕️ For grown-upsNotice which details the kids remember. What sticks with children is often a detail you’d skip, and it can open a deeper conversation later in the week.

Sticker for today: 🏆

Friday · 10 min · Service

Beautiful Feet Mail

🦶 Your feet can carry good news!Trace your foot.Fill it with good news.Deliver it!

📖 Read together: Isaiah 52:7 ↗

  1. Read Isaiah 52:7 together. Say: “Good tidings means good news. The Lord says the feet of people who share good news are beautiful. Let’s see your beautiful feet!”
  2. Each kid traces one foot on a piece of paper and cuts it out (or just colors it on the page).
  3. On the foot, write or draw some good news: something you love about Jesus, a promise from Isaiah, or a happy memory.
  4. Pick someone to get it: a grandparent, a neighbor, a missionary, or a friend. Deliver it, mail it, or send a photo.
  5. March your beautiful feet to the door or the mailbox in a parade!
Talk about it
  • Who needs some good news this week?
  • What good news about Jesus do you want to share?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Trace your little one’s foot (it tickles!) and let them color it and add a sticker.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Older kids can write a short note about why Jesus matters to them, or record a 30-second video message instead.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Invite your teen to send good news their own way: a real text or voice message to a friend or relative who is struggling, saying what Jesus means to them or simply that they’re thinking of them. They don’t have to show you what they wrote.
☕️ For grown-upsIn Isaiah 52:7 the messenger’s feet are beautiful because of the news they carry, not because they’re polished. Who in your circle could use good news from you this week: a text, a visit, an apology?

Sticker for today: 👣

Saturday · 7 min · Activity

Come to the Waters

💧 Free water for everyone who comes!Try to buy a drink.Surprise: it’s free!Get ready for the sacrament.

📖 Read together: Isaiah 55:1–3 ↗

  1. Set a pitcher of water and cups on the table with a sign that says “FREE!”
  2. Read Isaiah 55:1 together. Kids try to “buy” water with toys, rocks, or buttons. You say: “No money needed! It’s free!”
  3. Pour everyone a drink. Say: “Jesus offers forgiveness, peace, and a new start. We can’t buy them. He gives them to anyone who comes to Him.”
  4. SAY“Tomorrow at church, the sacrament has bread and water to help us remember Jesus and what He gives us.”
  5. Get Sunday-ready: lay out clothes and shoes, and each kid picks one thing about Jesus to think about during the sacrament.
Talk about it
  • What does Jesus give us that we can’t buy?
  • What will you think about during the sacrament tomorrow?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Let your little one be the water server who says “It’s free!” to every customer.
📚 Big kids (10–13)Have older kids read Isaiah 55:1–3 and find every invitation word: come, buy, eat, hear, live.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Ask your teen to read Isaiah 55:1–2 and answer the Lord’s question: what do people spend money and effort on “for that which is not bread”? Have them name one thing that promises to satisfy them but never quite does.
☕️ For grown-upsIsaiah 55:2 asks why we spend our labor “for that which satisfieth not.” For adults it’s often work, screens or worry. As you get ready for the sacrament, ask what you’ve been hungry for this week and what you’ve been feeding it with.

Sticker for today: 💧

Sunday · 7 min · Sabbath

Higher Than the Sky

☁️ His ways are higher than the sky!Tell what you learned in Primary.Look up high.Say one thank-you.

📖 Read together: Isaiah 55:8–9 ↗

  1. Ask: “What did you learn in Primary today? Show me something you did!”
  2. Go outside or to a window and look up. Read Isaiah 55:9 together.
  3. SAY“The sky is way higher than the ground. Heavenly Father’s thoughts and plans are even higher than ours. He sees everything, so we can trust Him.”
  4. Take turns naming one heavy thing Jesus can help carry and one thing you’re thankful for.
  5. Share a sentence or two of your testimony of Jesus Christ, then say a family prayer.
Talk about it
  • What did you learn in Primary today?
  • What’s one thing you’re thankful Jesus did for you?
🧸 Little ones (2–5)Lie on the grass or the floor with your little one and point up: “Higher! Higher! Heavenly Father sees it all.”
📚 Big kids (10–13)Invite your older kid to share a short testimony, or a time Heavenly Father’s plan turned out better than theirs.
🧑 Teens (14–18)Ask your teen about a time their plan fell apart and something better, or just different, came of it. Read Mark 2:15–17 together: how is the Savior’s way of treating people “higher” than the way people usually treat each other?
☕️ For grown-upsTrusting that the Lord’s ways are higher isn’t pretending everything makes sense; it’s keeping faith when it doesn’t. If you share your testimony today, consider telling your kids about something you still don’t understand and trust Him with anyway.

Sticker for today: ☁️

Family challenge

Burden Buddies

Each person secretly draws a family member’s name to be their Burden Buddy. Every day this week, help carry something for your buddy: a chore, a heavy bag, or a hard moment. Reveal your buddies at Sunday dinner!

Parent Corner

Many people expected a Messiah who would break their enemies. Isaiah 53 describes Someone else entirely: despised, acquainted with grief, led like a lamb, silent before His accusers. That contrast is the heart of the chapter. The Savior doesn’t rescue us from a safe distance; He steps into the suffering Himself and carries it. Alma adds that He took on not only our sins but our pains, sicknesses and infirmities so that He would know how to help us (Alma 7:11–12). Then chapters 54–55 turn that suffering into an invitation: the Lord calls His people back with “everlasting kindness” (Isaiah 54:8) and offers water, wine and milk “without money and without price” (Isaiah 55:1). What cost Him everything, He gives freely.

  • Ponder: Is there a sorrow or a sin I’ve been trying to carry by myself because I don’t want to bother the Savior with it?
  • Try this: One quiet evening, read Mosiah 14 (Abinadi quoting Isaiah 53) and then Mosiah 15:10–12, where he explains who the Savior’s “seed” are. Write down what it means to you to be counted among them.

From general conference

“It matters not how you became lost—whether because of your own poor choices or because of circumstances beyond your control. What matters is that you are His child. And He loves you.”

— President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “He Will Place You on His Shoulders and Carry You Home,” April 2016

For parents: read with Isaiah 54:7–8 and 55:7, or share with the kids before Wednesday’s seek-and-find.

Read the talk ↗

Dinner-table questions

  • If you could have any superpower to help people, what would it be?
  • How is Jesus different from a movie superhero?
  • What’s a heavy feeling or worry you could give to Jesus in a prayer?
  • Who shared good news with you this week?
  • Where did you feel close to Jesus today?

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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