Anchors of Testimony
We did this at Youth Conference in June 2008. We combined 2 talks-“Good, Better & Best” and “Anchors of Testimony”. I started with “Good, Better, & Best”. A trip to Lake Powell was discussed and how the house boat was occasionally anchored from the front of the boat and latched behind a rock (good), other times it had the front…
Missionary Passport
Prospective missionaries go from station to station, about 15 minutes a piece and learn skills they will eventually need on their missionary. From learning to thread and needle and sew on a button, to cooking basic staples, to leading music, and to learning to use the index and study scriptures by topic. This was done as a combined YM activity…
Mock Date Night
In order to help prepare our laurels for dating, I set up a mock date night for them. I called the bishop of our local singles ward for suggestions of young men who would be appropriate and have a fun time. We aimed to get mostly young men pre-mission, but had to fill in with a couple RMs. I decided…
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…
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…
New Era Basketball
We used the March New Era which focused on Missionary Service. Each member of the presidency came up with 5 questions based on the articles within the Era.(About 20 questions) We divided the youth up equally into two teams based on athletic ability, gender, age and church knowledge. The two teams then took turns either shooting baskets or looking for…
Suprise for the Missionaries at Chirstmas Time!!
Schedule two mutual nights for this activity. On anytime before Chirstmas (in December) and the other close to chirstmas. The first mutual, go to the grocery store giving each class $10 or however much is in your budget. They had that $10 dollars (or however much) to buy food that the missionaries do not normally have to eat. After buying…
Mission Possible: Operation Unconditional Love
Girl’s Camp Theme: Mission Possible: Operation ULUL stands for unconditional love. Urge the YW to strive to show Unconditional Love for everyone. The love that they show will truly impact your camp expercience. You will truly see the love of God throughout the whol week of camp. It is truly amazing.
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