Handout August YW Lesson Importance of Family and Motherhood

This is a quote from the blogger that was quoted in the video "Having Children in Faith" :)

YW Lesson on Ordinances

I thought  both of these handouts would be good information about Ordinances for the girls. I had them glue them in their journals.  Then we underlined What the different ordinances are in one color pen, and circled things about ordinances in another color pen.  We then wrote what they found out on the chalk board and discussed them.  

Young Womens LDS Lesson Covenant Keeping

Ordinances and Covenants inseperable

Right Click to open image in a new tab.This one of my favorite scriptures.  I chose this graphic because it indicates that our Lord loves us and has many promised us many great things, but we have to use our key to unlock the great blessings he has for us. We do this by keeping our covenants and promises to him.  If we do as he asks he will keep his promises to us. Object Lesson :Heavenly Father Keeps his Covenants

After Discussing The scriptures from the lesson and the covenants they have already  made in their lives I think this would be a good end to the lesson.Commitment to Covenants Object lesson

Young Womens Lesson on Personal Revelation

I think I'll start out by sharing the recommended video Hearing His Voice.

Then I found this handout on pinterest.  I can't find the original site though it says it's from thethingsilovemost.blogspot.com.

I think I will use this handout to guide the girls.  I will have them glue it in their church journals and then fill it out as we go along.

To answer the first question I created a piece of paper with a scripture reference from the lesson on it with room enough for the girls to write an answer.  I will hand out the papers and have each girl read the scripture she receives and write the way the Spirit speaks to us in Bold Letters on her paper and then put it up on the chalkboard with a magnet.

After discussing what they found I will show the video Patterns of Light Spiritual Revelation

After the video I will repeat the scripture exercise answering the question "What Can I do to receive Personal revelation"

We'll then dicuss the other items on the sheet and end with this Handout attached to some 

HiChews Candies

Our cornfield in the snow

Today was a very busy day.   It snowed and snowed all day.

Driving back from School

Piles of snow surround the house

 I got to go on a field trip with A today.  We went to the Museum of Ancient life at Thanksgiving Point.  Apparently they called the school on Friday and asked if they would like to go for free because they needed kids there because KSL was going to be filming a segment there today.  So we went, I haven't ridden a school bus for years.  It was kind of fun, except for the bloody lip I got when K and A kept wrestling over me on the way home.  We had a nice time.  I asked A what his favorite part of the day was and he responded, "The sand table of course!, "  but of  course.

 I finally got J to hang to curtain rod in the living room

Do Our Choices Matter Young Women LDS Lesson Come Unto Christ

I've been working on my lesson for YW "Come Unto Christ" for February 2014.  I've decided to combine The Purpose of Life and Do Our Choices Make a difference.

Activity 1:  I think I will begin by Having all the young women write on 8 post it notes what they think is important to them and then placing them on the chalkboard.  

Activity 2: Afterwards I will have each of them look up one of  the following scriptures and tell read it to the class and tell the class what it means:

 Alma 34:32 For behold, this ^alife is the time for men to ^bprepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of ^cthis life is the day for men to perform their ^dlabors.

Abraham 3: 25 And we will ^aprove them herewith, to see if they will ^bdo all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them;

 26 And they who ^akeep their first ^bestate shall be added upon; and they who keep not their first estate shall not have glory in the same kingdom with those who keep their first estate; and they who keep their second ^cestate shall have ^dglory added upon their heads for ever and ever.

2Nephi 2:25 ^aAdam ^bfell that men might be; and men ^care, that they might have ^djoy.

D&C138:  56 Even before they were born, they, with many others, received their first ^alessons in the world of spirits and were ^bprepared to come forth in the due ^ctime of the Lord to labor in his ^dvineyard for the salvation of the souls of men.

• Matthew 10:39
  39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
• 1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
• Discuss with the YW the meaning of these scriptures.  What is the Lord's Plan for us, what is the meaning of this life?  How does he expect us to accomplish these goals?
• Activity 3:  Tell Each girl that you have a treasure hidden that they must find.  Tell them you will give them a map to find it.  Turn out the lights then give each girl the map.  Tell them to read the map to find the treasure.  Take the map back and turn on the lights.  Do they know where the treasure is?  Tell the girls the Lord has great treasures in store for them what kind of guidance does he give them to help them find these treasures?
• Our Heavenly Father did not launch us on our eternal voyage without providing the means whereby we could receive from Him guidance to ensure our safe return. I speak of prayer. I speak too of the whisperings from that still, small voice; and I do not overlook the holy scriptures, which contain the word of the Lord and the words of the prophets—provided to us to help us successfully cross the finish line. -President Monson
  

  
• The Lord gives us messages and the world gives us messages, and it is given to us to choose which of these messages we will listen to.
• Activty 4 - Have multiple presents sitting in the front of the room.  Let some of the girls pick out a present.  Inside one is a can a furniture polish which says:"Polish the Table"  Inside Another Windex which says "Clean the window", another  Candy which says, "Eat the candy", "Give everyone a Hug :)" and so on....Whatever choice they make they have to have the consequence.
• Like these gifts, The adversary has many ways of making poor choices look good.
•  Pres Monson:  We read of him in 2 Nephi: “Others will he pacify, and lull them away into carnal security.”⁴ “Others he flattereth away, and telleth them there is no hell … until he grasps them with his awful chains.”⁵ “And thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.”             ⁶When faced with significant choices, how do we decide? Do we succumb to the promise of momentary pleasure? To our urges and passions? To the pressure of our peers?  No temptation, no pressure, no enticing can overcome us unless we allow such. If we make the wrong choice, we have no one to blame but ourselves. .....
• EMPHASIZE:Pres Monson:  We have all made incorrect choices. If we have not already corrected such choices, I assure you that there is a way to do so. The process is called repentance. I plead with you to correct your mistakes. Our Savior died to provide you and me that blessed gift. Although the path is not easy, the promise is real: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”¹⁰ “And I, the Lord, remember them no more.”¹¹ Don’t put your eternal life at risk. If you have sinned, the sooner you begin to make your way back, the sooner you will find the sweet peace and joy that come with the miracle of forgiveness.

Look at the post-its on the chalkboard...if we are going to "Have Joy", "Prepare to Meet God"  which of these items do we choose?  which are the priority ? Discuss what's on the board and have the girls remove the items that are "non Priority".

“Choose ye this day whom ye will serve but as for me and my house we will serve the lord”

YW Atonement Lesson Come Unto Christ

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He is Risen Video

As an activity with the lesson I have printed off Parts of President Monson's talk and some questions.  Our girls use a journal every week, I am going to have them read the talk and then cut out the questions and the answers that they find in the talk and glue stick them in their journals.

Mormon Women and the Priesthood

I have been thinking lately about my role as a "Mormon" Woman.  Do I feel oppressed, do I feel like I am a second hand citizen in my church?  The answer is no.  I actually feel hurt that some of my sisters in the gospel feel like I am.  I believe in God.  I believe in his priesthood.  I believe that as a covenant keeping woman of God  the Lord allows me to use the power of his priesthood.

“The men hold the priesthood, yes. But my wife is my companion. In this Church the man neither walks ahead of his wife nor behind his wife but at her side. They are co-equals in this life in a great enterprise.” Gordon B Hinckley (former LDS Prophet)

“Priesthood is to be used for the benefit of the entire human family, for the up building of men, women, and children alike. There is indeed no privileged class or sex within the true Church of Christ. … Men have their work to do and their powers to exercise for the benefit of all the members of the Church. …

“So with woman: Her special gifts are to be exercised for the benefit and uplift of the race” (quoted by John A. Widtsoe, comp., in Priesthood and Church Government, rev. ed. [1954], 92–93).

In a general conference address, Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught: “While we sometimes refer to priesthood holders as ‘the priesthood,’ we must never forget that the priesthood is not owned by or embodied in those who hold it. It is held in a sacred trust to be used for the benefit of men, women, and children alike.”² Elder Oaks then quoted Elder John A. Widtsoe, who also served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve: “Men have no greater claim than women upon the blessings that issue from the Priesthood and accompany its possession.”³