Ideas for YW Individual Worth Personal Progress Activity: Self-esteem Retreat, For this activity I really wanted the girls to understand their importance and their individual worth. To begin the activity, I showed the girls this video: Dove Real Beauty Sketches | You’re more beautiful than you think We discussed how we often are our own worst critics! We pick ourselves apart, when others often see us in a much better light. Discuss how each of us are uniquely and beautifully created by a loving Heavenly Father. The world tries to define our worth by beauty. But our worth is not defined by beauty. We are of great worth, just because we are Daughters of God. We also showed this video: Our True Identity Explain that our worth never changes. That it is infinite and eternal. Our worth was so great that our Heavenly Father sent down his only begotten son to suffer, atone and die for each of us. He has given each of us special and unique gifts, talents and abilities. Invite the Young Women to read the first part of the Young Women Theme, "We are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us and we love him" Who are you?? You are a daughter of Heavenly Father. He knows you and loves you! You can give each of the young women the Individual Worth Packet, to help them journal during the activity. Click the Free Download below. Work on Personal Progress Individual Worth Experience 1: "You are a daughter of Heavenly Father, who knows you and loves you. Read Psalm 8:4–6; Jeremiah 1:5; John 13:34; Doctrine and Covenants 18:10; Abraham 3:22–23; and Joseph Smith—History 1:1–20. Write in your journal how these scriptures teach you that Heavenly Father knows you, loves you, and is mindful of you." Give each of the young women a legal size piece of paper. Invite them to write in the middle of the paper the words, "I Am..." Explain that you would like them to think of things that explain them. They could only be positive things. Have them write those things on their piece of paper. When they are finished explain that you would like them to stand in front of the rest of the girls and tell everyone those things. They will begin by saying "I am" I told my girls to "to say it like the believe it". I went first and with conviction said the things that I had written down. This activity was really great! Each girl stood up there and I could see their confidence grow as they said wonderful things about themselves. We explained that recognizing strengths in ourselves does not make us prideful. Because we understand that all of these strengths are because we have a loving Heavenly Father. Explain that as a daughter of God it is good to recognize the strengths of others. Work on Personal Progress Individual Worth Experience 3 (Part of this will be fulfilled in the Chalkboard activity below): "Read Doctrine and Covenants 18:10 and 121:45. Do all you can to build others and make them feel of worth. Every day for two weeks notice the worthwhile qualities and attributes of others. Acknowledge them verbally or in writing. In your journal write what you have learned about the worth of individuals and how your own confidence grows when you build others." The next thing we did was each young women took turns standing in front of the chalkboard and all of the other young women wrote amazing things about them. When everyone was done writing, I took the picture. We actually had three chalkboards going, because we have so many girls it was going to take all night :) I later printed the pictures and gave them to the girls. They loved this activity. Really, this whole activity was just a big feel good activity!! I think that the goal of helping them understand their individual worth and build their self-esteem was accomplished. The Young Women were encouraged to go home and work on the rest of the Individual Worth Experiences. With experience 7 they could write in their journal some of the things, their fellow Young Women had written about them. We closed the activity by asking the young women how they felt as the recognized their own strengths and were able to say them out loud? Then asked them how it felt as they were able to recognize strengths in others and be able to write them? And finally how it felt to read all of the strengths that others recognized in them. Then I shared my testimony of each of our individual worth. I hope that you found this Young Women Personal Progress activity idea helpful. If you are looking for more Personal Progress Ideas click HERE. If you would like some more Young Women Activity ideas click HERE. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, where we share even more ideas!!

Check. I can't believe it! I'm overjoyed. Because now, every single Personal Progress worksheet is on this blog. Of course, there's more; lesson helps, ideas, and more cute printables. But all my work over the past six months has led up to this point. Thank you, viewers and Pinners. Thank you, everyone who helped me as I worked for this. To help advertise this accomplishment, I've created graphics I'll be Pinning and sharing. Feel free to do so! Thank you so much! And please spread the good news. Plus: Coming Up On the Blog - value project ideas -one personal progress binder PDF with ALL of the worksheets -more redesigns in other categories Yours Truly, Molly Mormon

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Below you will find everything you need to put on a Battle of the Sexes Combined Youth Activity... It was our turn as a Beehive class to plan the combined youth activity and our theme for the month, was Divine Nature. So, we thought, why not play a friendly game of Battle of the Sexes LDS Youth Style!! Here's what we did... Before hand, print off the Question Cards, Challenge Cards, Headers, and gather your supplies. (Printables can be found near the bottom of the page, by clicking the Click Here Download button) How the game is played... Purpose of the activity: To help the youth understand that each of God’s children have a Divine Nature, that man and women were created in the image of God and each are vital to His plan. Ending goal, is although different from each other, we can compliment each other and work as a partnership to each reach our Divine Destiny. Begin with spiritual message: In the Family a Proclamation to the World it states, “ALL HUMAN BEINGS—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny.” Today we are going to play a little Battle of the Sexes game to test what you know about the opposite sex and some skills that will help us reach our divine destiny. Split into Young Women vs. Young Men groups. On the board write YW on one side of the board and YM on the other side of the board. In the middle place the Question cards and Challenge cards with number side up. Explain the game: The purpose of the game is to test what you know about the opposite sex! Question cards and Challenge Cards each worth 10 points. Questions Cards: If you choose a question card you will be given a question either about personal progress or duty to god or the roles stated in the Family Proclamation. One team will be asked a question at a time. You will be given 30 seconds to answer the question. If you get the question correct you get 10 points. If you answer the question incorrectly the other team has the opportunity to answer the question correctly for 5 points. (Answers to the questions can be found by clicking the Free PDF click here button down towards the bottom of the page) Challenge Cards: If you choose a challenge card then you will be given a minute to complete a task. Whichever team completes the task first in the minute will receive 10 points. To Play the Game: Choose which team will be the first to pick a card. Have that team pick a card, it can be either a challenge card or a question card. If it is a question card then each team has 30 seconds to answer their question. Each team will be asked a question, one at a time and be given their allotted 30 seconds to answer. No phones may be used in the game, this is just off of what is in their head. For example the YM will be asked their question and given 30 sec to answer. After they have answered and if they answered correctly. Then the YW will be asked their question and given 30 sec. If they answer their question correctly then they will receive 10 points. If they answer incorrectly than the other team can answer it for 5 points if they answer correctly (they will be given 30 sec to answer.). If they choose a challenge card, then each team will choose one Young Women and one Young Man to come up. (Once you are chosen to come up you can not be chosen to come up again) The challenge is then read to both the young man and young women and they are given 1 minute to complete the task. Whoever completes the task first in the minute will receive the 10 points. If no one completes the task then, no points are awarded. If they tie, then both teams receive the points. Close the activity, by explaining that we are each divinely created by a loving Heavenly Father. Men and women are both essential to His plan and that we can complement each other and work together to reach our divine potential and destiny. Share your testimony and close with a prayer. Refreshments, we just had some good old chocolate chip cookies! Challenges: (See the Challenge Cards in the printable for more information) A Young Man and a Young Women will receive a plate, chopsticks and 12 tic tacs. A Young Man and a Young Woman will receive two hearts each. They will need to place one heart down, step on it, place the other heart down, step on it and pick the other heart up and place it down in front of them and so on, until the reach the finish line. A Young Man and a Young Woman will each receive 12 cups to stack, they can stack them how ever they would like, the goal is to have the highest cup tower. Give a Young man and a Young woman a doll. They will need to fully dress the doll, to receive the points, even the shoes one and buttons done up ;) A Young Man and a Young Woman will each receive a cup, a straw and 40 marshmallows each. A Young Man and a Young Woman will receive a toy car and a straw. We raced on the table, first to the end of the table won. If the car went off the table before the finish they had to go back to start. A Young Man and a Young Woman received a container, place 5 feet away from them and 7 plastic golf balls or ping pong balls. A Young Man and a Young Women each had to place a cookie on their forehead and try to get it into their mouths with out using their hands. If you enjoyed this post and would like more ideas for activities click HERE!

Need some ideas for a YW Personal Progress activity on Divine Nature?? What about, "Do-nut" forget your Divine Nature!! Man, I love the Personal Progress Program!! Divine Nature is such an important value to gain a testimony of!! How much more happier and manageable life is, when you know that you are a daughter of God, that He loves you and you have the potential to become like Him! Below are some ideas of what we did for our Personal Progress activity on Divine Nature... Who's the Baby Guessing Game... Before the activity I asked all of the mom's to send me pictures of their daughters when they were babies. I then put them all onto one folder in my cell phone, so I could hook it up to the TV and flip through them for our game. The leaders' baby pictures were in there too, as well as the girls who were not at the activity. To Begin the Activity, I had, Jenny Phillips song, "Daughter of a King" playing. Then I stood up and explained that today's activity was going to be all out Divine Nature. I asked the girls if they know what Divine Nature was, then I read to them what it says about Divine Nature in the Personal Progress book: "Be partakers of the divine nature. … Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity (2 Peter 1:4–7). I have inherited divine qualities, which I will strive to develop." We then played the Who's The Baby Guessing Game. Each girl was given a numbered piece of paper. (See Free Download button towards the bottom of the page) We have a large Beehive group, so our paper was numbered 1-19. Beforehand I had saved each picture onto a file on my phone, which I then hooked up to a TV and I was able to flip through each picture and they had to guess who's baby picture it was. (You could also do this on a tablet or laptop) After they were done guessing, we went back through the pictures. I had them tell me who they thought it was and then we told them the correct answer. It was pretty funny, because there were some girls who didn't even know their own baby picture. The girl with the most correct guesses received a cute chap stick. I think this was the favorite activity of the night! I then tried to tie it into Divine Nature. That we each spirit daughters of our Heavenly Father came to this earth as little babies. We have each inherited divine qualities from Him. Throughout our lives we can better develop these divine qualities. Each girl then received the Divine Nature Personal Progress Packet (See Free Download button towards the bottom of the page). The first thing we did was read through, The Family: A Proclamation to the world. (I printed off a copy for each girl) I asked them to listen for divine qualities and the roles of a mother as we read it. After reading it we discussed the requirements for #1 and #2 experiences. For number 2, the leaders shared attributes that they think are important and have helped them be a mother. The rest of the night we just went through and talked about each value experience, we did not read every scripture, the girls were invited to do that at home. Something I did with this packet was I put a start date and a goal finish date on most of the values. The girls really liked this, because then they would not procrastinate and would have a date set of when to finish each experience. To close the activity we watched this video: Daughter's of God Video Followed by sharing my testimony of how important it is to know their eternal value. Then we had DONUTS!! (It might be fun to make donuts too) Tip: Follow-up!!! They are busy teenage girls! Sometimes a quick little reminder goes a long ways!! If you'd like more Personal Progress Ideas Click HERE! Thanks for stopping by!! Check out and follow us on Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook for more fun ideas for young womens!

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“Who Am I, and Who Can I Become?” Come Follow Me January Lesson Before We Go On: This is a lesson I taught on the first Sunday as a Presidency Member, but it doubled as our introduction for their Value of the Month and Jar. Normally we do a colored Personal Progress Night where we do a lesson like this. But the lesson was a good one to teach on a Sunday. You'll see below where we ended the lesson. Then on the Personal Progress Night, everyone still dressed in blue, but they worked on the worksheet. I just kept this post as both of those lessons just in case you want to do it all on a Sunday. Month: January Value of the Month: Divine Nature Color: Blue Value Experience: Divine Nature #2 "As a young woman you are blessed with divine feminine qualities. Increase your understanding of and appreciation for womanhood. Read Proverbs 31:10–31 and two talks on womanhood from a conference issue of the Church magazines. Review what “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” says about being a wife and a mother. Then ask your mother or another mother you admire what she thinks are important attributes for being a mother. List the attributes in your journal. Then choose one of those attributes and strive to develop it. After two weeks report your success to a parent or leader." Introduction: “I wanna ask each of you to tell me who you are… what's your name, how old are you, what are your interests? That kind of thing." Explanation: Those things are their Individual qualities they were born with in this earthly life. But let’s go back even further than that. Before we were born, we lived with whom? (Heavenly Father and Mother) So if we have a Heavenly Father and Mother, then we are heavenly, divine beings ourselves, right? Thus, just like our earthly father and mother of whom we have received attributes from, we have received attributes from our Heavenly Father and Mother. Heavenly attributes that were born in heaven before we came to this earth. What was it like in Heaven? Here is how one woman wrote a poem about what it was like in heaven before we came. Give them the poem “I Am A Child of Royal Birth” and have one girl read out loud. So, I ask again, who are we? And who can we become??? The Family Proclamation tells us… Quote 1- Family Proclamation... (Fill in the blanks on your binder sheet) ALL HUMAN BEINGS—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. In your own words: We all have a divine destiny, given to us before we came to earth. And we were given special qualities, gifts, talents and promises if we stay on the right path. This is what we study in Personal Progress with Divine Nature. We will be learning what our divine birthright is. READ Psalms 47:7 (God is King) In your own words: This is your destiny. We are all daughters of a king. We are all princesses, destined to be a queen. We will inherit more treasures than we could ever have here on earth. But just in case you still don’t believe me, we are going to have a coronation ceremony to dub thee royal eternal princesses. Make them each a crown (I just used Burger King crowns and used someone else's clipart glued to the front. Despite the picture below they all thought it was awesome. Or if you want to make each of them a crown, go here. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/young_explorers/create/paper_crown.aspx Coronation Ceremony: As your placing the crown on their head, say “I dub thee, Princess ____(name)_______.” Then afterward say to all of them… “I give thee this crown so you may see your worth, your divine nature, and your royal lineage. You are the daughter of a King. You must act and present yourself like the princess you are. In your conduct. In your demeanor. In your actions. You must stand for what God stands for at all times, and in all things, and in all places. With or without your crown, you will always be princesses and should act as such. Always wear your invisible crown.” This was really important that I did each girl by name. It was actually really eye opening for the girls. At this point I gave them each a blank piece of paper and glue sticks to glue their handouts on them to see their binders can be used as scrapbooks. They were made by other people. I'll try to find the links again. But the one I gave out here was the one about wearing your invisible crown. The other ones are further down. Question 1: Do you think it’s important to know your divine heritage and where we came from? Would that change your life or change your future? Quote 2- (Have someone read from lesson)… By divine design, we have unique gifts and talents that will help us fulfill our destiny as daughters of God. Knowing who we are gives our lives purpose and helps us make the right decisions. Scriptures Let’s review some of our divine qualities and promises? Genesis 1:26–27 (We are created in the image of God) Abraham 3:22–23 (Our divine potential is to inherit eternal life) 1 Peter 5:4 (Crown of glory) James 1:12 (Crown of life) D&C 59:2 (Crown in the mansions) Revelations 2:2 Watch video by President Uchtdorf video called “Our True Identity” on the Mormon Channel Earthly Princess? So, “knowing who we are gives our lives purpose and helps us make the right decisions…” Let me put it this way… if you were an earthly princess, say Princess Kate, or one of the Dutch or Spanish princesses, do you think you would conduct yourself in a special way? What ways? (This was eye opening for the girls. They said things like, "Yes, I'd need to talk differently, walk better, dress better.) I said, "Well you are! You are real princesses. So, act the part!" Read this Story In a speech President Harold B. Lee gave in 1973 as a BYU Devotional, he said, “One of our Latter-day Saint men during World War II was over in England. He had gone to an officer's club where they were holding a riotous kind of celebration. He noticed off to the side a young British officer who didn't seem to be enjoying himself at all. So he walked over to him and said, "You don't seem to be enjoying this kind of a party." And this young British officer straightened himself a few inches taller than he was before and replied, "No, sir, I can't engage in this kind of a party, because, you see, I belong to the royal household of England." As our Latter-day Saint boy walked away he said to himself, "Neither can I, because I belong to the royal household of the kingdom of God." Do you realize that, you young people? There are things that you cannot and must not do if you remember your heritage. I am reminded of the old court jester who was supposed to entertain his king with interesting stories and antics. He looked at the king who was lolling on his throne, a drunken, filthy rascal, doffed his cap and bells, and said with a mock gesture of obeisance, "O king, be loyal to the royal within you." And so I say to you young people today, remember your heritage, and be loyal to that royal lineage that you have as members of the church and kingdom of God on the earth. Hand out "Be Loyal to the Royal in You" (see above) Watch Video: “Significant in Every Way,” (2:40) END-- Personal Progress Party Night At this point we ran out of time so we saved the worksheet and talk for our Personal Progress Night. Basically to get the jar, they need to read the talk and fill out the worksheet. The talk is pasted below. I cut out a few stories to make it easier for them and bolded the portions that there were questions about. Then at the end they need to interview a mother to find out what divine qualities they have and then choose one of those as a royal princess and work on it for two weeks. When they report back they get a blue jar. Worksheet-For New Beginnings last year, we made binders for each of the girls with tabs and worksheets to help them work through some of the experiences. Some were a little daunted by it so we thought we would sit with them and show them how easy they were. At this point we gave them the worksheet for Divine Nature #2 with the talk “Your Happily Ever After,” Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Ensign May 2010.

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I was put in charge of a combined YW activity last night. We have decided to focus more on Personal Progress (PP) this year. I made quite a few handouts for the activity. You can download them to your computer by clicking the picture, right clicking on it, pick save as..., and save to your computer. First, I made PP booklet holders out of the girls favorite colors. Here is a picture of all of the cases. I used the pattern from this website. I picked a black with white polka dot material, embroidered their name in their favorite color, Then used a ribbon that matched their name. Here is the final product. Here is the inside. I switched around the arrangement of where the books go. I wanted the holder to open like a book, and the website I got the pattern from, opens the other way. I made special pens for the girls to go in their PP booklets. First, I created this Value Pen Strip document in Photoshop. Then I purchased these pens at our local grocery store. I had to buy black and blue pens, they didn't have enough black. Here are all of the supplies needed for the YW pens. Take the paper and wrap it tightly around the pen. Carefully push it into the pen container. I had to shove it in as far as I possible could. Put the cap back on the end and voila, YW Value pen! Here is the calendar of what PP Values we will be working on for 2014. I wanted them to make PP goals for every month this year. i.e. Read 1 chapter of the Book of Mormon every day for the month of Jan, Focus on making my prayers more personal for the month of Feb, etc. I found quite a few ideas for PP Project Ideas online. I had them look over the lists and pick projects that they thought would be fun to do. Then I had them write them down so that they could keep it in their PP holder to remember what they would like to do for their projects. I know that the church has put out a PP Tracking Sheet that each leader can use to keep track of where the girls are with PP. I thought that it would be nice for the girls to have one that they could see for themselves. It is easier to see the PP as a whole, instead of just what is signed off in the books. I also know, that there is a tracking sheet in the back of the PP book. But I thought it would be nice to be able to look at this, while looking through the PP book. I thought it would help the girls pick out experiences that they wanted to do. Phew...that about covers what I came up with for our PP Goal Setting Activity. Let me know if you have any questions on any of it.

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The Young Women (ages 12-18) in our church are encouraged to participate in the Personal Progress program. There are 8 Young Women's Values, symbolized with 8 different colors. Every girl works on various goals and projects throughout the year, under the 8 different themes. Each goal brings them closer to an understanding of who they are as a child of God, and what their relationship is to the Lord. One of their ongoing projects is to read their scriptures every day, and to read the entire Book of Mormon, cover to cover. This is part of the Virtue Project, which is symbolized with the color gold. A sweet friend of mine is currently a leader in the Young Women's organization in her area and asked me if I could help her. This summer, as a class, they are working towards their goal of reading the entire Book of Mormon. She asked if I could figure out a way to cover a Book of Mormon for each girl in gold. (Because the reading the Book of Mormon is a project under the Virtue theme, which is gold.) I gladly accepted her challenge! I also designed a Book of Mormon reading chart to pair with the books, too, so each girl can track her progress as she reads. (Follow the link at the end of this post to print your own!) Here's how you can make your own gold covered scriptures: 1. SUPPLIES I started with some basic supplies. I was able to buy the inexpensive paperback copies of the Book of Mormon. I also found some gold foil patterned scrapbook paper and some gold trimmed ribbon. I also used some heavy spray adhesive, which is not pictured here. 2. MEASURE and CUT Carefully measure your books and then cut your paper to fit. Also, cut the ribbon to an appropriate length. TIP: I used a lighter to slightly burn and seal the edge, so the ribbon wouldn't fray. 3. GLUING First, I recommend gluing your ribbon to the back flap of the book before you adhere the cover. If your ribbon is thinner, you can also glue it to the spine, but wider ribbon will lay flatter if it is adhered to the back. It will be sandwiched as followed: BACK OF BOOK, then RIBBON, then COVER I don't have pictures of the actual gluing process because it's too hard to hold a camera and also glue two things together, but I do recommend a few things: A. Very carefully line up your book and your cover. Spray one side of the book and paper, join together and smooth out. B. Flip book over and repeat the process. C. Make sure to get glue all the way to the edges, to avoid peeling. D. Cover your work surface with paper to protect surface from overspray from the adhesive. Overspray will be tacky, so if you are doing multiple books change your papers periodically so your new books don't stick to it and ruin the paper, E. Dry thoroughly before use. Here they are, finished! Don't forget to print off your reading chart! See this post to print: PERSONAL PROGRESS VIRTUE PROJECT READING CHART

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One of the activities suggested for this week's lesson is to: Invite each young woman to silently read “Agency and Accountability” in For the Strength of Youth and share what impresses her. Class members could then choose another standard in the book and share some choices they’ve made in relation to that standard and the blessings that came from their choices. For example, you might discuss as a class the blessings they’ve received for following the counsel to avoid addictions (see page 27). I made these printouts that I thought might make the silent reading a little bit more exciting. Next to the Agency and Accountability section I made a space where they could take individual notes about anything they found that stood out to them. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF And BONUS: My husband is teaching the YM this SAME lesson on Sunday, so I made a more manly version for the boys! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF OBJECT LESSON IDEA: Some sinful behavior may bring temporary, worldly pleasure, but such choices delay your progress.... When I've done this object lesson in the past, I start by having a volunteer leave the room. I set out "CHOICE A" (a couple of candy bars) and "CHOICE B" (a big ugly block of wood). I cover the choices with a dish cloth and tell everyone else in the class they can try and convince the volunteer to make a certain choice when they get back, but be sure not to give away what the choices are underneath the cloth. When the volunteer comes back in they are told they may take home either CHOICE A or CHOICE B. Without the knowledge of what's under the cloth and with everyone in the room shouting out different things, the YW volunteer may get a little confused. I then pull out my cell phone and say how Heavenly Father is always there to help us make wise choices. Before class I went into my phonebook and changed the name under my number to Heavenly Father. In class, I then secretly send a text to myself saying "Choose Choice B." I try and make some sort of joke saying I have some sweet connections with "The Big Guy" and when the YW looks at my phone, she sees a text message from "Heavenly Father" telling her which choice to make. At this point, the YW always decides on CHOICE B. I lift up the cloth and say, "Congratulations, you get to take home an ugly piece of wood!" Everyone in the class is usually confused at this point... Don't worry, keep going! I then laugh and tell the YW, "Just kidding. That doesn't seem really fair. Now that you can see what both choices are, you go ahead and decide which one you want to take home." So far, every time I've done this, the YW decides to grab the candy instead and goes and sits in her seat and starts snacking on her chocolate. I then explain how we need to trust the Lord and even though we don't always understand why we're asked to make certain choices, Heavenly Father can see the big picture and knows which choice in the long run will bring us happiness. When I peel off the piece of paper wrapped around the wood a $10 bill falls out from inside. It's always been a humbling experience for the girls. I LOVE this object lesson! For the handout this week, I used the Choice and Accountability page in the Personal Progress Book. I printed out little wallet size pictures on photo paper to make a simple bookmark for the girls.

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We were in charge of our 2 ward combined YW/YM activity this week. We decided to do Angry Birds Live! We painted balls, took lots of boxes, and used a resistance band for the sling shot. We divided into 2 groups, and had a 5 minute scripture chase. How ever many scriptures they got equalled how many birds they were allowed to shoot. The kids loved it, even though it was a little organized chaos! I made 70 angry bird cupcakes. It was serious craziness at my house...frosting everywhere! (my friend watched my 2 crazy kids and Hallie napped for most of the time...I'm soooo missing my Mallory) Our little kids wanted to play it so bad, so this morning we went to the park and let them play. Fun idea for kids. We melted at the park though. We met at 9:30 and by 10:00 we were dying from the heat. I think it was 106 at 10 this am!! Crazy crazy!!!

We had a FANTASTIC New Beginnings last night. Our theme was based on the Dr. Seuss book "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" The invitation: Th...

Need ideas for a Young Women Personal Progress Activity all about Faith?? The past three month's I have been making packets for my Young Women for our Personal Progress Nights. This month we focused on FAITH!! Here's what we did... We have a large group of Young Women so we split them into 4 groups. There were 4 stations that they would rotate through and a leader to head up each station. Each rotation would be 12-15 minutes. Each young woman was given the Faith Packet (See Free Download Below). Station One: In this station the young women would be working on Faith Value Experience #1. We used these 2 General Conference talks about Faith, "Let Your Faith Show" and "Faith is not by Chance but by Choice" (They will probably not make it through both talks in the allotted time. What ever they don't make it through, just send it with them to do at home) The girls also took turns reading the scriptures. At home they will need to: Exercise their faith in regularly saying morning and evening prayers for three weeks. Then after the three weeks they need to discuss with a parent or leader what they learned and also record it in their journal. Station Two: In this station the young women would be working on Faith Value Experience #2. I had printed and laminated them each a bookmark of "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" (I got the bookmarks from Fab n' Free). They each got their bookmark and then discussed the roles of a mother and recorded their thought in a journal (aka. on the packet) They also took turns reading the scriptures. (This is the one they could completely pass off at the activity) Station Three: In this station the young women would be working on Faith Value Experience #3. This one was a fun one, because they learned how to do a FHE that they could take home and use for their own family. We started off by reading what the True to the Faith Book says about Faith. Then we did the FHE. Yep we even made the airplanes and flew them. To finish this experience they will need to do the FHE at home and share experiences that have strengthened their faith and write in their journal. The outline for the FHE is included in the download below. They also received a picture of Christ to help with the FHE. Station Four: In this station the young women would be working on Faith Value Experience #4: They took turns reading the scriptures and then watched this little video about the Sacrament: Sacrament. They then discussed the importance of the sacrament. To complete this experience they will need to establish a pattern of pondering during the sacrament for three weeks and then record in their journal. Station Five: In this station the young women would be working on Faith Value Experience #5. We met all together for this one. We spoke of the importance of the atonement. We were a little short on time, so I had them read the scriptures at home on their own. We showed them this movie of the atonement: The Savior Suffers in Gethsemane. To complete the experience they will need to write in their journal and share their testimony in a testimony meeting. Our girls were a little apprehensive about it. I just expressed to them how their testimonies bring so much strength to those who listen to them. It is a scary thing to stand up and share your feelings and beliefs, but it helps to strengthen your own testimony and those around you testimonies as well! Then we had some Root beer Floats!! (a pretty cheap treat ;))

For the last couple of years I have been in the Young Womens Presidency in my LDS Ward. (Please visit here to learn more about my faith.) I...

**PERSONAL PROGRESS IS ENDING! It's so crazy! I am so excited to start the new Children and Youth program, and I also value the memories that I have from this Personal Progress experience. If you haven't gotten your medallion yet, it's NOT too late!! You have until March to wrap up things and get the amazing award. I will not be deleting the worksheets from this website until then, or delete the pages. You can still access the worksheets by visiting their value pages. And if you need anything that you can't find, use the search bar on the right, or write a comment and I can direct you to where you need to go. ;)** Guilt tripped into doing Personal Progress yet? I'm here to help! Get Personal Progress trackers, ideas, worksheets, and so much more all for FREE! Just getting started with your Personal Progress? Print yourself a lovely Personal Progress tracker for free. Once you've been able to assess your progress using the amazing color coded chart, print off the worksheets, which are organized by value, below. Faith Divine Nature Individual Worth Knowledge Choice and Accountability Good Works Integrity Virtue Want the Personal Progress Binder? Get it for free here. You can get some two-week trackers here and two week journals here.

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