PERSONAL PROGRESS AND READING SCRIPTURES: - We
used small oil lamps one year. They were probably about 3 1/2 inches not counting the handles... ( These lamps were the
kind you could put a candle in the glass, they had no wicks in
them)
They were to encourage the YW to read their scriptures every
day...
The girls would put a small colored bead in the lamp for each day
that they read their scriptures during the previous week..a pearl bead
was put in for each PP goal..( If I was to do this again I would
probable use a larger bead in the same color as the value goal
instead
of the pearl .) The beads were in the YW colors and were in a large
clear
glass candy jar.. (the kind you sometime get nuts in at ?Christmas
time.)
The girls would take care of their own lamps when they first came into
YW on Sundays..... The lamps sat on top of the piano and the sunlight
would
shine through those lamps so beautifully as they started to fill...
with
those colored beads...... . The lamps were decorated
on a corner of the handle with small ribbons in each of YW colors
hanging
down and a card with a picture of the YW Torch and their name on
one side and the YW values and the other...In the beginning of the year
there was lots of bead use...slacking in the summer and picking
up
again at school time...It also encourage us leaders to our commitment
of
reading the scriptures everyday and filling our lamps... setting a
example
for our girls...Yes, our lamps sat right besides our yw. At
the end of the year we could see how filled our lamps were....How well
our light was shining?... . Jan in
IN
SCRIPTURE MASTERY SKIT NIGHT: - We had a
joint activity called scripture mastery skit night. We divided
the youth into groups of 5, and made sure that there were a couple of
seminary
students in each group. Each group was given 5 scripture mastery
scriptures,
and then all groups were sent to different rooms (with a leader) for 15
min, to make a skit. In the skit they had to use the scriptures given.
It could be a subtle use, or some said them right out. But it had to go
along with the skit. We came back together after the 15 min, and
performed
the skits for each other. A panel of 3 judges was given the scriptures
that each group was to use and were to judge each group on a scale from
1 to 10 for creativity , performance and recognizable use of the
scriptures.
Scores were tallied and the winning group recieved little candy bars as
prize. The skits were great and all enjoyed. Be glad to answer any
questions.
Tawnie
BOOK OF MORMON BATTLE: - We as the Young Women
and Young Men are having a "Book of Mormon Battle."
We are counting pages for the next 3 months to see which group reads
the
most. Then at the end, for the joint activity, the loser will
make
and serve dinner to the loser. To help start off this challenge,
we had a fireside to help them become familiar with the Book of Mormon
stories. We had it at one of the leaders home and told the youth
to bring their scriptures. The laurels presidency had previously
picked 7 stories from the Book of Mormon and each written a discription
of the story. We then divided into groups (Beehives, Deacon,
Leaders,
etc...) and each had to perform a skit on one of the stories the
Laurels
had assigned us. The leaders did their own skit, so the youth
were
on their own. They did a great job and everyone had fun learning
the Book of Mormon stories!
PROMOTE BRINGING SCRIPTURES: - We have the
girls
sign a sheet of paper as they enter the YW room each Sunday, if they
bring
their scriptures to YW. Each time they bring them, they get a
punch
in their scripture card. Every six punches they receive a wooden
heart with a value on it. After they have all seven value hearts,
they will be given a heart with "My Rainbow of Values" on
it
and jute rope to string the hearts from.
SCRIPTURES