What’s In Your Backpack?
I printed clipart of a backpack on 8 1/2 by 11 paper, and cut them out. I then glued them to the paper sacks. I used ribbon ( paper will also work ) to creat straps on the opposite side to form my back pack. We gathered at a leader’s home and watched What’s In Your Backpack by John Bytheway.…
Sunday/Sundae activity
John Bytheway gave a fireside called “The Best 3 Hours of the Week.” It is available on DVD from places like Deseret Book. It is a great talk that gives suggestions for youth to get more out of their Sunday meetings. Brother Bytheway gives a particularly enlightening description of the symbols and covenants of the sacrament. The fireside is about…
Heart of My Fathers – play
The author, Michelle Niederer, shared this play that would make a fun fireside activity. The play teaches the importance of temple work for family members who have passed on.
Communication with Parents
We did a fireside in our ward that was quite successful. It was on Communication with Parents. We invited the parents to…We did a fireside in our ward that was quite successful. It was on Communication with Parents. We invited the parents to come with their youth and really promoted this activity. We wanted to do something different than a…
Guest Speaker
We recently had a family that participated in the Nauvoo Pageant. They will be giving a fireside talk at our ward about their experience. Have a family give a talk about their experience of participating in one of the church’s pageants.
Breaking the Chains of Sin
Prepare ahead the 3×5 cards or printed papers cut to whatever size you disire by attaching the chains with the brads to the papers. Read the story I have listed above and have the scripture references ready. I started off (after prayer of course 🙂 by asking the family what kinds of sin weigh us down and make us sad.…
Musical Fireside for Northern California Stakes
Zion is an LDS youth choir comprised of 40 youth from the Bay Area, mostly HS juniors and seniors who perform challenging sacred music. Zion is available between now and the end of May 2006 to come to your stake and present this year’s musical fireside “Courage, Battle for Right.” This fireside will focus on the courage of those who…