Youth Cultural Celebration
Temples are central to Latter-day Saint belief
Suggested Personal Progress Goals
The following are some of the Personal Progress Experiences and Projects that, with some effort, imagination and guidance from Parents and/or Young Women leaders can be accomplished during the preparation and performance of our Youth Temple Celebration.
Faith Value Experiences
#6 Increase your understanding of the plan of salvation. Explain the plan of salvation to your class, your family, or a friend. Then discuss with your parents or Young Women’s leader how your increased knowledge is preparation for receiving your endowment.
#8 With the help of your YW leader, design a requirement. (ie: demonstrate faith by teaching dance, music, and/or acting to your class; invite a friend to attend the open house)
Faith Value Project
Read the entire Book of Mormon. (by the time the temple is completed)
Divine Nature Value Experiences
#6 Develop your divine qualities as it relates to the temple.
#8 With the help of your YW leader, design a requirement. (ie: invite a friend to attend the open house)
Individual Worth Value Experiences
#2 Learn the importance of planning and preparations. In your journal make a list of hopes and dreams for your future including your temple plans. Record a plan that will help you achieve your temple goals. Share this plan with a family member, leader, or friend.
#4 Participate in a dance, speech, music, or drama performance.
#8 With the help of your YW leader, design a requirement.
(ie: show individual worth by teaching dance, music, and/or acting to your class. Invite a friend to attend the open house)
Individual Worth Value Project
#2 Instruct or tutor someone in music, dance, drama, artistic skill, etc.
#4 Participate in a temple youth celebration.
Knowledge Value Experiences
#2 In your journal list talents you have and others you would like to develop. Learn a new skill or talent during the temple youth celebration.
#4 Study and better understand the history and blessings of the temple. Research and study the history and symbolism of temples. Read scriptures and the words of latter-day prophets that relate to temples. Prepare and give a five-minute talk on the subject.
#6 Memorize the thirteenth article of faith and ponder how it relates to the temple. Attend a performance that involves dance, music, speech, or drama (youth celebration) Write your thoughts in your journal, and share these thoughts with others.
#8 With the help of your YW leader, design a requirement.
Knowledge Value Project
Read an approved book about the temple (ie: House of the Lord, the Holy Temple, etc.)
Choice and Accountability Value Experiences
#6 Study the Young Women theme and what it teaches you. List in your journal what you will do each day with regard to modesty, dating, and the media to be morally clean and worthy to enter the temple.
#8 With the help of your YW leader, design a requirement.
Good Works Value Experiences
#4 Teach a lesson about a gospel subject in family home evening or another setting. (Temple and me, symbolism of the temple, your celebration, etc.)
#7 Spend at least three hours giving service outside your family. Take care of children while parents attend the temple. Record in your journal the reactions of the person(s) you served.
#8 With the help of your YW leader, design a requirement.
Good Works Value Project
Work with a family member to gather the names of some deceased relatives who were not members of the Church. Submit their names to the temple. Help plan a visit to the new Twin Falls Temple and do baptisms for those relatives.
Integrity Value Experiences
#1 Write your plan to stay morally clean and worthy to attend the temple.
#2 Develop a pattern of personal integrity in your life as you select a personal behavior you wish to change.
#5 Learn about standing as a witness. Develop integrity in your life as you practice a new behavior for two weeks.
#8 With the help of your YW leader, design a requirement.
Integrity Value Project
#4 Prepare to make temple covenants by making and wearing an item of clothing that conforms with standards of modest dress.
#5 Research the topics of moral cleanliness and chastity. Create an object that will remind you each day of your commitment to be morally clean and worthy to enter the temple.
Personal Note from a Stake Young Women Leader: This event could provide great opportunities to complete projects and value experiences. With the time saved by having Mutual already planned each week, more leader time could be spent encouraging and mentoring our young women in personal progress. The program teaches young women to “make commitments, carry them out, and report [our] progress” and I envision YW leaders checking that progress on a weekly basis, enroute to pageant practice!
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