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.
From Laurels to College Freshmen
I was in a ward council meeting when our ward’s job employment specialist was informing the council about what services are offered at our local Deseret Industries (DI). One service is a class on how to prepare and apply for college and financial scholarships. They have pages of scholarships to apply for and great tips for writing good essays. The…
Chores – scavenger hunt
For a mutual activity split the young women and young men into equal groups of 4. YW and YM should be mixed when making the groups. after spliting into groups hand each group a chore list with things on it such as vaccuming, doing dishes or dusting etc. go around your ward boundries and try to do as many chores…
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…
Summer Scripture Splash
Before each activity we briefly discussed the background for the scripture on the poster or explained how it applied to us or the activity. 1. Squirt guns “The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.” Proverbs 13:9 Two to four people race to put out lit candles by squirting the flames with…
Make Your Own Mormonad
Gather your group together and determine how many small groups to form. Each group should have at least one camera. Digital cameras make this activity more affordable as you can take as many pictures as you want and then print only those that you will use. Go to your location and everyone goes where they want, with adult supervision. We…
International Cuisine Night
We assigned various members of young men and young women a country. (Some of the youth we chose were the ones that had siblings in YM or YW–so two of them could make something together). We asked them to prepare a dish (dessert, appetizer, or main course item,etc.) that is from that country. We gathered information from the Internet about…
missionary activity from premission to the mission field
Pre-mission – focus on exercise, healthy eating, saving money, studying the scriptures etc. Show a piggy bank – saving money. Scriptures – learning the gospel. Shoe =missionaries walk a lot. Serve refreshments here we served apples, carrots and grapes with water to drink. Took about 15 min. We had the children write letters or draw pictures for the missionaries in…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
