All Stories from Beginnings New
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Lesson 2-36 "Honesty"
I really liked this lesson. Plus it's such a straightforward commandment, to be honest in all your dealings. You've probably had similar experiences to the one that this lesson is built around that you will be able to share with the girls. Sister Kapp's story is a good one. Better yet, it's...
YW Lesson 2-32 "The Importance of Life"
We've been around long enough to know that this unit, the "Living a Virtuous Life" unit each year, poses some of the greatest teaching challenges to you and usually includes lessons that many of you find to be poorly written, or which contain troubling weird stories, or which need so much...
To the YW, Love Joan of Arc
This letter was received and transcribed by Carol Lynn Wright Pearson in Walnut Creek, California, a close friend of Joan, the Maid of Orleans. The Month of June in the Year of our Lord, 2010 Dear Young Women of Payson, Utah, United States of America, I was deeply honored to be informed that...
YW Lesson 2 - 30 "Strengthening Testimony Through Service"
You guys aren't going to believe this. I love this lesson. From the beginning section immersed in the scriptures to the wonderful story by one of my favorites - Ardeth G. Kapp, to the great talks included in the resource materials (bonus points for one being by a woman!). Little Miss Nitpicker...
YW Lesson 2-29 "Exaltation"
This lesson has a lot of rich doctrine: the plan of salvation, the difference between immortality and exaltation, how to gain exaltation, the necessity of covenants and ordinances. Depending on your young women, you can spend varying amounts of time introducing and reviewing those concepts . To...
YW Lesson 2-28 "Agency"
This lesson is pretty heavily reliant on role playing and discussions, so I know I'm going to have to come up with something else to fill the time. I have never once had a group that would go for role playing, and I currently have one Laurel, so that's not going to go over well. As luck or...
YW Lesson 2-27 "Strengthening Testimony through Obedience"
Hi, I’m Annie. Jeans is enjoying some time away with her family so I’m honored to jump in for a couple of weeks to chat about the upcoming YW lessons. I have loved using her posts as a jumping off point in my own YW lessons—and I won’t even try to fill her great shoes here—but I am thrilled to...
Young Women Advice - Am I Doing it Right?
Q: I am feeling a little frustrated, a little sad, a little guilty, a little confused. I've been YW president in my ward for two years now, and was recently told that I probably wouldn't be in my calling much longer. Of course I will be sad to be released. I really have nothing but LOVE for all...
YW Lesson 2-26 "The Sacrament"
I really like the objective of this lesson: "Each young woman will participate with deeper understanding in the ordinance of the sacrament." It's so easy to let it go by taking it entirely for granted week after week - but if you really consider what the sacrament is for and what it's doing, it's...
YW Lesson 2-25, "The Law of Sacrifice"
With this lesson, we continue our discussion of doing hard things for the right reasons. In our ward, I heard a terrific talk on this subject recently. Ostensibly it was a talk about patience, "waiting upon the Lord" and trusting in Him, and the speaker talked about the scripture in Luke 21:19 "in...
the dating dilemma, though not the one you'd expect
Mormon Life says: Talking specifically about youth dating.
If you get the New Era, you noticed that the April issue was entirely devoted to teaching youth how, when and why to date, with an eye-catching cover showing a blond young man, concealing a rose...
YW Lesson 2-24 "Revelation in Our Daily Lives"
This lesson is a workshop on getting answers, direction, and inspiration in everyday life. If prayer is people-to-heaven communication, then revelation is the reverse-flow process. It's also what we call the end product of that process - i.e. the thing you obtain is revelation, and so are the...
YW Lesson 2-23: "Fasting Brings Blessings"
With a 10-lesson unit on increasing in spirituality, it is definitely "Spirituality Summer" here in the middle of Manual 2! I love how these lessons build on each other and how they are substantive and delve into some of the fundamentals of our faith and practice. It's almost like Spiritual Boot...
YW Advice - Bishop's Interviews
Q: I really struggle with the annual Bishop's interviews because they are a huge challenge. Our bishop and executive secretary really struggle with scheduling them. Either they don't remember - or they can never get a hold of the girls. Sometimes girls with March birthdays aren't interviewed...
YW Lesson 2-22 "Counseling With the Lord"
This lesson's all about drawing the Lord into your decisions, ongoing concerns, and long-term goals. It's packed with scripture references, a historical anecdote, relevant stories, and invites the teacher to share her testimony. In short, it's a model lesson, and one which has the potential to...
