YW Camp Ideas with 2011 Theme “we believe”
Here are some ideas we came up with for this years theme for girls camp. It turns out the girls came up with another one “seek your eternal reward” with pirate/nautical activities but I thought i’d share these incase someone else wants to use them. Pioneer Theme Scripture: Exodus 19:8 All the Lord has spoken we will do Song: “The…
The Importance of Following Directions
Then to give a break from the reading (and to rouse the sleepy-headed students), I passed out a “3-Minute Test.” This was a quick little quiz to test “obedience” and precision to directions. You can easily make your own. Start off by announcing that they are to read through the entire test before doing anything. But then have a series…
The Prayer Reporters
For FHE, we did a great lesson where the kids pretended to be reporters and talked about prayer. First I asked the kids to go get a pencil, notebook, and any clothes a reporter might wear like a trench coat or hat. My little boy picked up the digital camera as a prop. Reporting on the Lord’s Prayer After a…
Tithing and Blessings!
I started by reading the Lord’s promise to those who pay their tithing: 3 Nephi 24:10, “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house; and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there…
Prophets and Apostles
We begin the lesson by looking up the names of the twelve apostles in the New Testament, then the names of the twelve disciples in 3 Nephi, and last the names of the current twelve and the first presidency. We talk about apostles, then end the class with a game of concentration. Set the flash cards upside down on a…
Treasures in Heaven
NEW BEGINNINGSTreasures in Heaven How many of you have heard of a Hope Chest? A hope chest is a chest where girlskeep special things they have made or purchased to use in their future marriagesand families. Tonight we are going to talk about filling a very different kindof hope chest. We will not fill it with earthly treasures of silver…
3 Nephi 27-30: Building Towers of Faith
We finished our study of the book of 3 Nephi by studying 3 Nephi 27-30 today. Before getting to our Tower of Faith exercise as a class, we first finished off our Spiritual Snack Sack we have worked on over the last month. First off, each student drew several final pieces of meat for their lunch sack. Then they received…
Women of Value
Narrator: As young women, we are learning to “Come Unto Christ” by incorporating these 7 value into our lives: Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice & Accountability, Good Works and Integrity. We wanted to share a program with you that illustrates these values through stories and songs. We would like to invite you to go back in time with…