I recently got an email from a lovely YW leader asking if she could send me photos of the banners her girls made. Yes of course! And these are absolutely darling, the little flowers add such a nice touch. Here are photos from their activity, so I thought I’d share with the rest of you: As a side note, one of my Young Women told me that this summer when [...]
I chose to base the lesson on the supplemental talk given by Susan W. Tanner, “The Sanctity of the Body”. First of all because I thought it fit my girl’s needs better and two, I’m not a trained fitness coach and didn’t want to give the girls a jumprope test to point out who was more fit than the other! I also borrowed from the Doctrines of the Gospel institute [...]
So for my 10 hour Personal Progress project, I crafted and hung the value banners in our room. It makes a HUGE difference in our YW room, giving it that touch of color and a reminder of what each value represents. (And yes, that is the size of our room!) The plan is that each month we will highlight a different value and read it’s scripture in our opening exercises [...]
While preparing for the Lesson on Living Righteously Amid Pressures, I came across Elder Cook’s lesson on Living by Faith and Not by Fear. The scripture he shares has always been one of my favorites, so I made it into a bookmark. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Tim. 1:7 Now you too can [...]
Here is a handout to go with Lesson #33: Avoiding degrading media influences. I had the girls think of their minds like a library and how it’s important to not fill the shelves with bad things that crowd out the good. The girl’s head has an open book to illustrate this idea, along with three arrows. The first arrow points towards the book, where girls write down the standards for [...]
I learned a great lesson a few weeks ago: Have one strong message that takes most of the lesson and they’ll remember it. This was discovered during the lesson on scripture study. I gave them the handout and quizzed them on each step. I’d point to someone and shout out “step #4!” and she’d say “ponder!”. The girls enjoyed the game and can you believe the next week they still [...]
For Valentine’s this year, I used the YW General Presidency message for the YW printed on pink and red paper (lesson #5). But why limit warm fuzzy messages for just February? Download the message here. If you download it, leave a comment. How long have you been in Young Womens?
In January I posted some opening exercises cards for Young Womens to match the YW Theme banner and scripture I designed. I had a few comments from some readers to switch the order of the opening exercises cards. Well here it is! Thanks for the suggestion Melissa! Original: conducting > announcements > hymn > prayer > theme > scripture > lesson Alternative: conducting > hymn > prayer > theme > [...]
In an effort to make postings on this blog more regular, I’m introducing Mormon Modern Mondays. Every Monday I will (try to) post something new. So if you haven’t already, add this blog to your rss reader, because there’s a whole lot of goodness headed your way! This week I’d like to know what lesson # you are on for YW. I’m wanting to post the lesson handouts I make [...]
After the anxious wait for the YW General Presidency to announce the details for Virtue, the fabric value banners have now been designed, proofed and will arrive next week! The first shipment left today from the printers and will be addressed to each of you very soon. Thank you for your virtue of patience in waiting for the banners to arrive. You are wonderful customers! There are also free bookmarks [...]
