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30-minute lesson · Children · Ages 3–11: Primary or home

Jesus Sees Me, and I Can See Others

From “A Child of God,” by President Rosemary K. Chibota · Sunday morning session, October 2026 General Conference

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The big idea

Heavenly Father and Jesus see me and know my name, and I can help others feel seen by being kind and learning their names.

Objective

Children will say that they are children of God whom Jesus sees and loves, and will choose one person to greet kindly by name this week.

Before you teach

  • Read paragraphs 1–6 and 22 of President Chibota’s talk and John 5:2–9.
  • Bring a soft ball, a small blanket or towel, and a flashlight.
  • Bring paper and crayons for each child.
  • Learn each child’s name before class so you can greet every one at the door.

Lesson plan

Thirty minutes in 7 parts. Times are a guide; let the Spirit and the learners set the pace.

4 min0–4

I see you

  1. Greet each child by name as they come in. After the prayer, sit in a circle on the floor.
  2. Tell the children that President Chibota, who leads the Primary for the whole Church, taught about a greeting from southern Africa. It is sawubona, and it means “I see you.” Say the word together two times.
  3. Roll the ball to a child and say: I see you, and then the child’s name. That child rolls it to someone else and says the same. Keep going until every child has been named.
  4. Ask the question below.
Ask
  • How does it feel when someone knows your name and says hello to you?
3 min4–7

Sing about it

  1. Stand up and stretch. Sing I Am a Child of God together.
  2. Teach the short truth for today with actions: point to yourself for I am a child of God, then open your hands toward the others for So are you. Say it together three times, getting quieter each time.
6 min7–13

Jesus saw the man by the pool

  1. Lay the blanket on the floor. Tell the account from John 5:2–9 in simple words: a man lay by a pool called Bethesda. He had been sick for 38 years. President Chibota said many people had walked past him for years.
  2. Choose a child to lie on the blanket. Have the other children walk past slowly, looking the other way. Then ask them to freeze.
  3. Say: then Jesus came. He did not walk past. He saw the man. He talked with him and healed him. Have the child stand up, pick up the blanket and walk. Let everyone cheer quietly.
  4. Repeat with a new child on the blanket if time allows. Ask the questions below.
Ask
  • What did Jesus do that the other people did not do?
  • Does Jesus see you? How do you know?
5 min13–18

The flashlight helps us see

  1. Hold up the flashlight. Ask a child to point it at something small in the room that is easy to miss, such as a doorknob or a corner of the ceiling. Let two or three children take a turn.
  2. Explain: the flashlight helps us notice things we were not looking at. When we pray, Heavenly Father helps us notice people who need a friend.
  3. Shine the light gently on the floor in front of each child in turn, never in eyes, and say: Heavenly Father sees you. You are a child of God. Have the class repeat the second sentence each time.
  4. Tell them President Chibota asked us to pray to see others the way Heavenly Father sees them.
Ask
  • Who might need a friend to notice them at school or at church?
5 min18–23

The girl who knew his name

  1. Tell this true account from the talk: President Chibota’s daughter went to a school where a janitor worked to keep it clean. She said hello to him, she knew his name, and she even helped him clean up after lunch. One day the janitor, with tears in his eyes, thanked her parents. He told them, “Very few students know my name. Your daughter sees me.”
  2. Ask the first question below.
  3. Practice. Have the children stand and walk around the room. When you clap, each child stops, faces the nearest person, smiles and says hello with that person’s name. Clap four or five times so they greet different children. Help anyone who does not know a name to ask kindly: What is your name?
Ask
  • What three kind things did the daughter do?
  • Who helps at your school or at church whose name you could learn?
5 min23–28

Draw someone I will see

  1. Give each child paper and crayons. Ask them to draw one person they will say hello to by name this week: a child in their class, a neighbor, a helper at school or at church.
  2. As they draw, go to each child and ask who it is and what they will say. Write the person’s name on the paper if they know it, or write Learn the name if they do not.
  3. Invite two or three children to hold up their pictures and tell the class about them.
2 min28–30

Remember and close

  1. Sing or say the line from the Primary song that President Chibota quoted: “Jesus said love ev’ryone; treat them kindly too.”
  2. Say the truth with actions one more time: I am a child of God. So are you.
  3. Bear a short testimony that Heavenly Father and Jesus know each child’s name. Invite the children to take their picture home and tell their family whom they will greet.
  4. Follow up next week: as you greet each child at the door, ask whom they said hello to and whether they learned a new name.

Key passages from the talk

“Very few students know my name. Your daughter sees me.”

President Chibota’s talk, paragraph 6

“your Heavenly Father sees you. Your Savior, Jesus Christ, sees you. They know your name”

President Chibota’s talk, paragraph 22

“Jesus said love ev’ryone; treat them kindly too.”

President Chibota’s talk, paragraph 8

The speaker’s direct invitations

“This week, I invite you to: Learn the name of someone who may feel unseen.”

President Chibota’s talk, paragraph 18

“Pray to see others as Heavenly Father sees them.”

President Chibota’s talk, paragraph 20

Scriptures

  • John 5:2–9 Tell the account in simple words while the children act it out with the blanket; older children can read verses 8–9 aloud.
  • Luke 10:30–35 If you have extra time, tell the story of the good Samaritan and ask who stopped to help the hurt man.

Other voices that agree

“I am a child of God and He loves me.”

Elder Fale · I Am a Child of God, paragraph 1

Three things to remember

  • I am a child of God, and so is everyone I meet.
  • Heavenly Father and Jesus see me and know my name.
  • I can help others feel seen by saying hello and learning their names.

Ways to act this week

  • Say hello by name to the person in your drawing.
  • Learn the name of one helper at school or at church and say thank you.
  • When you pray this week, ask Heavenly Father to help you notice someone who needs a friend.

Suggestions written for this lesson, not the speaker’s words.

Music

  • I Am a Child of God
  • Jesus Said Love Everyone

Adapting the lesson

  • Ages 3–7. Keep each part short and moving. Repeat the ball game and the blanket story so every child has a turn, and say I am a child of God, so are you with actions after every activity. Skip the questions that need long answers; instead ask children to show you a kind hello. Ask an older child or another adult to help with names during the clapping game and to write on the drawings.
  • Ages 8–11. Have a child read John 5:5–9 aloud before acting it out, and let an older child lead the clapping game. Ask a harder question: why do we sometimes walk past people without noticing them, and what could help us stop? Invite them to write on their drawing one thing, besides saying hello, that they could do for that person, as President Chibota’s daughter did when she helped clean up after lunch.

This lesson is an independent study aid written for this site. It is not an official lesson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Quotations are word for word from the official talk; paragraph numbers count the paragraphs of the talk as published at churchofjesuschrist.org, not counting headings or picture captions. The activities, questions and ideas for acting are suggestions; follow the Spirit and adapt them to those you teach.