FHE "Be the Chocolate Chip" (Be in the world, not of the world.)

This FHE is great for teens and pre-teens.  I am going to share the opening story from the above book, "Be the Chocolate Chip."  There are 6 short chapters in this great little book.  If you would like to read them all you can order the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Be-Chocolate-Chip

FHE --  BE THE CHOCOLATE CHIP

OPENING SONG:  "We'll Bring the World His Truth" Children's Songbook pg. 172

OPENING PRAYER: (to be assigned)

SCRIPTURE:  Helaman 5:12   "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."

LESSON:  The Birth of the Chocolate Chip (excerpt from Be the Chocolate Chip by Jen Brewer)
     In 1930, Ruth Wakefield and her husband owned an inn outside of Wakefield, Massachusetts.  Built in 1709, the old house was used as a rest stop for travelers to change their horses, pay their tolls, and get something to eat, earning it the name, "The Toll House Inn."  The Wakefields kept the tradition of providing travelers with rest and good food through the Great Depression.
     Ruth Wakefield was well known for her baking, and often made Butter Drop Do Cookies. Her recipe required baker's chocolate, which melted completely, producing a chocolate cookie.  One day in 1937, as she began making the cookies, she realized that she was out of baker's chocolate, but happened to have a Nestle semi-sweet chocolate bar on hand.  She chopped it into chunks and put it into the batter, expecting it to melt and disappear into the cookie, producing the familiar chocolate cookie for which she had grown famous.
     To her surprise, the chocolate chunks did not disappear, but held their individual shape, producing a creamy texture and a fabulous new taste for the entire cookie.
     These new cookies became incredibly popular.  Nestle bought the rights to the recipe and in 1939 introduced the Nestle Toll House Real Semi Sweet Chocolate Morsels.  The traditional "Chocolate Chip Cookie" was born!
     The most popular cookie of all time came about all because a bit of chocolate held its ground and didn't melt when the heat was on.
     You, too, can be the chocolate chip.  Satan knows your potential.  He is constantly trying to mix you into the world and get you to lose your individual worth.  Satan knows how to turn up the heat.  He thinks that if he does his job well you will melt under the pressure, get lost in the crowd, and lose your understanding of who you really are: a child of God.
     He will try to make you think that you can only feel good about yourself if you become part of the world and do what "everyone else" is doing.  But you can be like the wonderful chocolate chip.  Christ talks about you in the Doctrine and Covenants 132:16 "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."
     You can be the chocolate chip.  You can choose to be "in the cookie, but not of the cookie."  Just as the chocolate chip made the cookie better by retaining its true nature, you can make the world better by retaining your true nature as a follower of Christ.  You don't have to be something or someone else.  You don't have to melt into the crowd; you can be the chocolate chip!  You will get noticed for being different.  You will stand out.  That is what makes all the difference, and is what makes a chocolate chip cookie so great.  What good would it be without the chocolate chips?
Be you.  Be different.  Be better.   Be the chocolate chip!

VIDEO: (4 minutes, 20 seconds)
Dare to Stand Alone, President Thomas S. Monson

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
When have you chosen to stand for what is right?
How does the world attempt to influence the way you view the Lord's standards?
How can you help your friends prepare to resist temptations?
How can they gain strength and courage to stand alone?

CLOSING SONG: "Choose the Right" LDS  Hymnbook  #239

CLOSING PRAYER: (to be assigned)

REFRESHMENTS:  Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies this is the recipe from my blog for the cookies pictured above.  :)