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Young Women: Leading a Small Group

Leading young women can be a challenge. A particular challenge comes when you have an extremely small young women’s group. This could be in a particular age group or in the entire young women’s program. It is important that you look at ways that you can make this a positive experience for the young women in your program. You may consider combining age groups in order to have more interaction and friendships form. You may just need to combine the Beehives with the Miamaids or the Miamaids with the Laurels. You may also want to combine the entire program. It … Continue reading →

Young Women: Camp Planning Pamphlet

There is a new guide for leaders to help them plan for young women’s camp. This pamphlet is pretty straightforward, but it does make the planning process much easier. The guide will be shipped out to local units, as they are prepared. Initially the guide will only be available in English and Spanish, but they will ship out guides in other languages as soon as the translation is completed. One of the things that stood out in the planning process was the focus on the spiritual aspects of camp. It emphasizes that camp is designed to help the young women … Continue reading →

LDS Family Week in Review: July 15-21

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From seminary to tithing to LDS secrets, this week carried with it a number of blogs sure to help and entertain you. Gospel Doctrine: In What Christ’s Resurrection Means to Each of Us, we discussed the impact of the resurrection in our lives. In Witness of the Resurrected Lord, we discussed various people who saw the Lord following His resurrection. In Doubting Thomas, we considered the disciples who doubted news of Christ’s resurrection. In The Value of the Old Testament, we discuss the relevance of the first book of the bible. In Did Not Our Hearts Burn?, we discussed the … Continue reading →

Young Women: 5 Tips for Leaders

As a Young Women’s leader it is important to remember the influence that you have on the girls. The girls look up to and admire their leaders. The leaders are someone else that they can turn to with questions when they do not feel comfortable going to their parents. The example that you set can make a big difference in how the girls act and feel about themselves. While it is important to develop friendships with the girls, it is important to remember that you are the leader. Here are five things that you should focus on when you are … Continue reading →

Young Men: Leadership Opportunities

The young men in the church have a wonderful chance to become leaders. The scouting program is designed to help each young man become a leader. As the young man advances through the ranks, it is required that he spends part of that time as a leader in order to achieve Eagle. Additionally young men are called upon to act as quorum presidents and take on a leadership role in the quorums as well. It is important that you allow and encourage the young men to do this. Here are five tips to help: 1) It is important that you … Continue reading →

Do You Have More than One Calling?

In the church, leaders are discouraged from giving people more than one calling. This can become overwhelming and very time consuming. However there are wards and branches that are small enough that it is a necessity to have people serving and helping in more than one area. It can also become difficult if the majority of the stake leadership callings come from your ward as well. Here are five tips to make holding more than one calling possible. 1) The first step is to make sure that you really need to fill the calling. For example I served in the … Continue reading →