Virtue Project - Reading the Book of Mormon

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Virtue Activity Ideas

Virtue

From our Winter 2015 Issue, some thoughts on the YW value of Virtue!!

The Plan of Salvation

This month's Come Follow Me topic is The Plan of Salvation

and I just have to say that I'm LOVING it!

For the first Sunday I prepared the lesson: What is The Plan of Salvation?

While preparing the lesson, I figured that our girls would be bored and this would just something they've heard a million time. But our Miamiad's had SO many questions about The Plan that I was shocked! Of course I answered as best I could using the scriptures and other church sources. On some questions I just had to say, "I don't know!" We ended up only talking about the order of The Plan and the girls' questions, and soon our time was up! The girls asked if we could continue the lesson the following week and so of course we did!

I was so glad that they were thinking and analyzing and pondering! It brought so many things to my mind that I wanted to learn more about as well! But it also gave us an opportunity to realize that we don't know everything and we must have faith that God knows those details.

I am thankful for the knowledge that God has given us of His Plan! We ARE daughters of God and we CAN live with Him again! What a beautiful and wonderful thing to know.

*And if you're interested, here is the handout I made so that the girls could have a visual of The Plan and also a list of the questions I wanted them to think about.

We also used this lesson to help the girls pass of Faith Value Experience #6 while in class. They could also do Individual Worth #1 at home since it relates!

Divine Nature Activities

From our Fall 2015 Issue

Integrity Value Experience #3

To help some of our Young Women pass off Value Experiences, we made some easy-to-use templates that break down the experiences into easier chunks. Check out this one for Integrity and you can find our other Personal Progress helps here.

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Personalize Your Personal Progress Journal

From our Fall 2015 Issue

Divine Nature Value Projects

From our Fall 2015 Issue

Divine Nature

Choice & Accountability Value Experience #6

We are having a big Personal Progress activity with our Young Women next week - a multiple stations and build-an-ice-cream-sundae as you go sort of activity!!! It's going to be so FUN! We're trying to help the girls pass off some of the Value Experiences that they haven't completed yet...especially the ones that you can complete in one day. This is one of the papers I put together for a station.

Basically I just broke down the Value Experience into three sections so the girls can go through and complete each section. On #1 I will give them three highlighters - they'll use one color for each of the who/what/why's as they mark the theme to the left. And then continue to write their answers on the remaining portion of the chart.

Happy Personal Progressing!!! 

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The Autumn 2015 Issue

What could be better than back to school and fall?

Our Autumn 2015 Issue of course!

It's out today and filled with SO many awesome things!

You'll find a ton of articles about how awesome YOU are! Including a focus on the YW Value of Divine Nature, personal project projects, and activity ideas.

There is a great guest post from the talented Annie Preece about finding your own creativity.

And of course there are yummy pumpkin recipes, fall fashion tips, and so much more!!!!!!!!!!!

Please enjoy and have a wonderful autumn!

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For YW Leaders: Contact Cards

Today we're mixing it up a little and posting for all of the YW Leaders out there!

(I know girls, I know. We'll get back to you tomorrow!)

Anywho. I just got called to work with the Miamaids in our ward and had to say goodbye to my Laurels....sniff, sniff. So we'll be making the rounds to say hello to all the girls and introduce ourselves. I wanted something to give them so they can have our contact info easily available which led to these cute little contact cards!

I had so much fun making them that I decided to make them for each class and post them on here for whoever might enjoy them as well! Just click on the picture or link and you can print off cards for Beehive, Miamaid, or Laurel Leaders! I chose to laminate mine as well so that they will be a little more indestructible, haha. Enjoy!

Beehive Cards 

Miamaid Cards

Laurel Cards

Personal Progress "P" Parties

Personal Progress is an awesome program and I LOVE it so much!

However, I know that sometimes it can feel overwhelming when you look at how many experiences you have to complete and then with how long the projects can take.

BUT. Believe me when I say it's worth it.

Studying your scriptures and contemplating the gospel of Jesus Christ

will always bring you closer to God.

And that's totally worth it.

However, if you're looking for a way to add some fun to Personal Progress,

think about planning a Personal Progress P Party for a class or combined YW activity!

You can make the party whatever you want, just focus it on the letter "P" and

spend the night having fun while going over each girl's Personal Progress books to see where you're at and set goals for the upcoming month or two.

Here are some ideas to get your brain thinking...and you can mix and match and change these however you'd like. Remember, if you're a YW you can help organize one of these nights and have it count towards your own personal progress or even your Honor Bee...

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Pancakes & Pajamas

Girls wear pajamas for the activity and make yummy pancakes!

This invite was something you could use:

From Freshaire Designs

PIE Night

I love this idea! The girls earned tickets for each experience they passed off before the activity began. And the girl with the most tickets got to throw a pie in the YW President's face!
You can read more details about the activity here. 

From A Little Crafting

Polka Dot Pizza

Have the girls wear as many polka dot clothing items as possible and eat polka dot pizza...ya know, pepperoni!! You could even make mini pita pizzas. The more P's the better!

From Sugardoodle

Purple People Eaters

Have the girls wear purple clothing and bring treats that start with the letter "P".
This cute idea below is an invite for such a night :)

From A Little Crafting

2016 Mutual Theme Scripture Memes

The Church announced last week the upcoming 2016 Mutual Theme! 

It's 2 Nephi 31:20 and we found a few cute memes you could use as bookmarks, handouts, etc.

for your Young Women! We'll gather more ideas as the new year draws closer!

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Integrity Value Project Ideas

Need some ideas for your Integrity Value Project?

Check out 11 ideas below! And if you did something different, we'd love to know about it!

From our Summer 2015 Issue

Integrity YW Activity Ideas

The value we focused on in our last issue was Integrity!

You can find our article here as well as some personal progress ideas coming soon.

Today we're sharing some YW activity ideas that focus on Integrity.

Any others you would add to the list?

Being Able to Talk to BOYS!

I know this sounds super silly, learning how to talk to boys.

But seriously, have you noticed that boys do NOT communicate the same way girls do?

Some weird phenomenon eh?

So today we just wanted to share a few ways that you could practice building these skillz in your Young Women's, ya know, so you're not completely awkward around boys for the rest of your existence. Or is that just me? Hehe.

Idea #1

I loved this idea about having conversations with the purpose of becoming friends for a combined YW/YM activity. Because that's our ultimate goal when we are talking to and meeting boys right? To become better acquainted with them through building friendships and talking with them. The idea is from the youth activities page on lds.org.

Idea #2

This next idea is from the Red Headed Hostess and I thought it was a great way to practice being in front of a group and being able to talk about something specific. It will help you build confidence in communicating with your peers as well as boys :) If you did this as a combined activity, you wouldn't  be on "dates", you could just teach the group as a whole.

Idea #3

And last idea for today is another one from the youth activities site on lds.org. This one is a fun game to help you practice communicating by working together as a group. There are a lot of other group games that could help you practice talking with each other as well such as human spider web, building marshmallow and spaghetti noodle towers, trivia games, and more.

Integrity

Enjoy our article on Integrity from our most recent issue!!

And check out our Personal Progress tips at the bottom!

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Integrity Value Experience #2: Conduct a self-assessment of your personal integrity. Ask yourself the following questions: Do I avoid gossip, inappropriate jokes, swearing and profanity, and being light minded about sacred subjects? Am I completely truthful, morally clean, honest, dependable, and trustworthy in my schoolwork and other activities? Pray daily for strength and for the guidance of the Holy Ghost to help you live with integrity. Write in your journal the things you can do to improve your personal integrity and at least one new habit you want to develop.

Integrity Value Experience #3: The Savior is the perfect example of integrity; He did what hE promised the Father HE would do. Read 3 Nephi 11:10-11. Study the lives of other individuals in the scriptures who lived with integrity. Read Genesis 39; the book of Esther; Job 2:3; 27:3-6; Daniel 3 and 6; Acts 26; Doctrine and Covenants 124:15, and Joseph Smith History 1:21-25. In your journal identify the ways these people demonstrated integrity. Think of a time when you had the courage to show integrity, especially when it was not easy or popular. Share your experience and your feeling about it in a testimony meeting or lesson or with a parent or leader.

Personal Progress Helps

We know that Personal Progress can seem like a daunting, never-ending thing.

There are so many Value Experiences that you need to work on and the hours upon hours that go into Value Projects! We know it's tough work!

But that's what makes Personal Progress SO rewarding.

We promise, that when you finish and receive your medallion, 

you will be so proud of yourself knowing all of the effort you put into it!

And you'll have some awesome experiences along the way :)

And because we're awesome (and really humble) we want to help you out any way we can!

So you'll see a few new things on the blog to do just that!

This lovely stamp . . .

. . . will be at the end of posts and articles that apply to a specific Value Experience or Project Idea.

It is also located on the side bar so that you can easily click on it to get to a page with ALL of the ideas.

And you'll also notice on the toolbar a lovely new tab . . .

. . . that when you click on it you will be taken to this page with ALL of our Personal Progress ideas for Value Experiences, Projects, and Activities!!!!!!

Since we're just getting started with this, there are not a ton of links on there right now, but we'll be adding more and more throughout the next, well, forever so check back in often!!

We loved our own experiences of working on Personal Progress back we were young and hip Young Women (haha) and we hope to pass on that excitement and help to you!!!!!!

GOOD LUCK!

The Summer 2015 Issue You've Been Waiting For!

It's here!!! Our Summer 2015 Issue!

And this is one you DO NOT want to miss!

We've got a super exciting article about serving as a Sister Missionary with suggestions and support from a dozen returned Sister Missionaries! 

We have fun Summer DIY Projects, Fashion tips for the season, and hikes you won't want to miss out on.

Author JoLyn Brown joined us to give us tips for those of you who are aspiring writers!

And we also have a section on the YW Value of Integrity that includes ideas for Personal Progress and Activities!

See? Awesome sauce. 

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