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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: Strengthen Home and Family

If you grew up attending Young Women’s or have served as a young women’s leader, then you should know the theme that is recited every Sunday. The theme is a wonderful thing that explains the purpose of the Young Women’s organization, which is basically to prepare young women to serve in the church and attend the temple. Several years ago the line “Strengthen home and family” was added to the last paragraph of the theme. This is a powerful statement and an important change. When I was a teenager I gave little thought to my future family or even how … Continue reading →

Young Women: Planning a Babysitting Service Night

One excellent service project that can be set up for the Young Women is a babysitting service on ward temple night. This could be a continuous project so that the girls could get their hours for a service value project. This project works better if you live near a temple (within and hour), but you could adapt it according to your ward’s needs and schedule. The first thing you need to do is create a sign up list for the parents, in which you have them list the number of children and their ages, and the session they will be … Continue reading →