Youth Conference Flash Mob
Flash Mob dance in Sedona, Arizona by 60 LDS Youth from the Grandview 1st Ward in the Mesa Arizona Central Stake – August 3rd, 2012. Performed at the Sinagua Plaza in Sedona, AZ. Youth were from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. “A Royal Generation” was the youth conference theme.
New Testament Scripture Clever Candy
Linda D. is a legend in the Northern Virginia area. She’s taught Seminary for ages. Here is a list of her “clever candies” for New Testament scripture passages. Linda D’s Clever Candy for New Testament Scriptures Matthew 5: Milky Way Lite “Ye are the ‘lite’ of the world.” John 3:5 Kool Aid DIP “Except a man take a DIP in…
Put Put Golf Acitivity
Combined Young Men, Young Women activates are a little more difficult in the winter. We changed A FHE activity to work for a combined YM/YW activity. 1st. We broke up all the youth into six teams 2nd: Each team was given a class room and building odds and ends like carpet rolls, duct tape, etc 3rd: Each team spent about…
The Prayer Bucket
A veteran Seminary teacher told me about this method of choosing prayers for class that helps avoid having the same few kids volunteer to pray each day. I have used a similar method in Young Womens classes, too, and it works beautifully. You’ll need : a wooden Popsicle-style craft stick for every person in your class (plus some extras in…
Go to the DC Temple on the Metro using the free temple shuttle
Go to the Washington DC Temple on the Metro. Just get on the red line and get off at Forest Glen station and take the free temple shuttle. Make sure to check the schedule at http://templeshuttle.org before going.
Aspiring Race
Our youth conference theme was “Aspire Higher”. After a hike in the morning, we did an activity we called the “Aspiring Adventure”. The original idea was like the Amazing Race. It worked out really well. We tied each activity to an area in the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet. Different leaders ran the different stations. It was pretty simple…
Funny TV Commercials – Mutual Activity
This is such a fun activity for a Combined YM/YW Mutual night. I got the idea from SugarDoodle and took it a step further… I created some images that I could glue to items, told the youth they had to come up with a 30sec. – 1min. commercial to help sell the item, then video taped each one, watching them…
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…