Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
In my previous post, “4 Group Date Ideas for LDS Teens,” I talk about some of the major obstacles for LDS Teens who are trying to follow the FTSOY standards for dating (like transportation issues and money concerns) and how to help overcome them. If yo…
This is a follow-up to a previous post, entitled “What to WRITE to full-time missionaries” (CLICK HERE to see that post, or look in the “missionary” section on the right side of the blog page)Sending a care package to full-time missionaries serving fro…
Sending letters/packages to missionaries serving in the field is a common service activity. As a returned missionary myself, I can tell you that mail is a vital part of a missionary’s life. What seems like a simple letter to us is a big deal to a missi…
One of the young women counselors saw this cute idea for Temple Hair Ties on a Facebook group and asked me to help her put them together. They turned out fantastically! You will need scissors, Fold Over Elastic — I got mine at Amazon, some cardstock — I got this at WalMart, and my printable — available below. The cards measure just over 2.75 inches wide and 4 inches tall. …
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I made these light the world labels to be glued on one of those chocolate advent calendars from IKEA. Each square is 1.2 inches and has one of the challenges from the Light the World campaign that young women could perform on it. We made these during young women class. It took me 3 minutes to make at home. It took the young women less than 10.
In trying to plan class activities that we could do in the upcoming months, I was thinking that it would be nice for the girls to be able to make gifts that they could give to friends or relatives. Most of our girls are not what I would consider “craft…
I made handouts for the bishopric to use when they issue calls to new class presidency members a few months ago, and so I decided to make Young Women Presidency leadership training handouts for adult young women leaders at the same time. It has helped me focus in on my responsibilities as young women president and helped me understand the duties of my secretary and counselors. Ideally, these handouts will be passed…
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I made these handouts for the bishopric to use when they issue calls to new young women class presidency members. We have found that often class presidencies and parents do not understand the expectations for their calling, so I created these files to help young women and parents understand what their assignment entails. There are three Class Presidency Leadership Training Handouts, each describing one of the callings: class president, class…
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Here’s the 2018 Mutual Theme logo I designed a month ago! I love it! It’s got the four main topics from the mutual theme in a symbol form that you can use on t-shirts, water bottles, invitations, etc. As I’ve done for the past few years, this mutual theme logo is free for you to use on any item you will sell or make, as long as you leave the…
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Step One: Assemble your YW Bracelet materials: What you need to make a Young Women Values Sparkle Bracelet: one jewelry cord with clasp nine rondelle 8mm spacer beads with clear crystal rhinestones eight fiber optic beads in value colors (Get all of the above items in my NEW Young Women Values Sparkle Bracelet kit) scissors needle-nosed pliers super glue (optional) Step Tw0: Thread the Beads: String the young women value beads in this…
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My cousin taught me how to play Froggy Murder at a family reunion. Froggy Murder doesn’t take any set up, and it’s a fun activity you can use to fill up time at the end of a Wednesday evening or camp activity. All ages can play the game, and it’s lots of fun to see how dramatically people act out when they’re dead. Variation of: Wink Murder Safer form of:…
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Our ward held a combination leadership/planning meeting last Sunday before Conference. This handout contains some of the information that we discussed during our training. Plan an amazing mutual activity with these tips. Your activity does not need to match all of these items, but it Purposeful Planning: Amazing Mutual Activities Ministering Who in our class needs help or support? How can we include everyone in this activity? Administering Do we have…
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