Being Dependable YW Handout freebie

This week's handout is for Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 41 Being Dependable. I choose to use a previous LDS Blog Train contribution to create this handout. I mostly used my portion, with the exception of a ribbon. I thought the topic of this lesson worked well with the six bees. You can download the handout with 6x4, postcard size and PDF with four postcards here. Enjoy! :)

Being Dependable YW Handout freebie

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 31: Service in the Church

Lesson 31 Service in the Church

 

“Before turning down a request to serve because you feel you are too busy, you might want to … simplify somewhat and make a new appraisal of what you really consider essential. Reconsider your priorities and remember your covenants with the Lord wherein you have covenanted to give of your time, talents, and means liberally to the upbuilding of the kingdom of God.

“As you simplify your life by putting first things first and eliminate less essential activities, you will probably find time to accept the Church assignment. …

“Also, sometimes we are asked to accept Church callings that we do not feel qualified to handle, and we are prone to say no because we are afraid. I have found that to a very large extent life is a series of assignments for which we don’t feel fully prepared, but as we accept and do our part, the Lord blesses us with wisdom beyond our natural selves, and in such cases we really reach beyond ourselves. Thus we grow by having to exceed our past selves” (“Q and A,” New Era, Mar. 1977, p. 11).

I know I as dreading a calling at church I am too busy I kept telling myself...I work, I go to school, I am a mom, a wife..how can I possibly fulfill a church calling. Well, I just shouldn't have thought anything! What happened? I got called to the Relief Society Activities Committee. It has been such a great calling and I have made so many new friends. What is amazing is I tend to find more time to do what I need to do without having to give up time with the kids!
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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 31: Service in the Church

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 30 Scripture Study

Lesson 30: Scripture Study

The handout features this quote from Elder Carlos E. Asay has encouraged us to imagine the time we spend studying the scriptures as a time of personal interview with the Lord. He said: “I fear that many of us rush about from day to day taking for granted the holy scriptures. We scramble to honor appointments with physicians, lawyers, and businessmen. Yet we think nothing of postponing interviews with Deity—postponing scripture study. Little wonder we develop anemic souls and lose our direction in living. How much better it would be if we planned and held sacred fifteen or twenty minutes a day for reading the scriptures. Such interviews with Deity would help us recognize his voice and enable us to receive guidance in all of our affairs. We must look to God through the scriptures” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1978, p. 79; or Ensign, Nov. 1978, pp. 53–54). 

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 30 Scripture Study

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 29: A Change of Heart

Lesson 29: A Change of Heart  

King Benjamin gave to his people when he knew that he would soon die. He taught his people about the Atonement and about their need to repent. This speech was so powerful that all of the people who heard it experienced a change of heart. By studying the things that he told them and the reactions of the people, we can learn what we must do if we are to have a change of heart ourselves. They are to Learn about Christ and his commandment. Have faith in Christ, believed in the power of his atonement, and wanted to repent of your sins. Being forgiven through the mercy of the Lord, feeling peace and joy. Make covenants that you will keep the commandments and do good for the rest of your life.
As your testimony grows you have a constant change of heart. As you learn about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  I know this is true my husband has been taking the discussion and hanging out more with members of the church and I have his heart soften and him become more Christ like.  Before this change he was a wonderful person and the Gospel and it's teachings have made him even a better person.  I am waiting for the day he commits to be baptized and enters into the waters of baptism.  Then with this change in heart for us to be sealed as a family for time and all eternity.

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 29: A Change of Heart

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 28: Consecration and Sacrifice

Lesson 28: Consecration and Sacrifice as defined by Elder Bruce R. McConkie:

“Sacrifice and consecration are inseparably intertwined. The law of consecration is that we consecrate our time, our talents, and our money and property to the cause of the Church; such are to be available to the extent they are needed to further the Lord’s interests on earth.

“The law of sacrifice is that we are willing to sacrifice all that we have for the truth’s sake—our character and reputation; our honor and applause; our good name among men; our houses, lands, and families: all things, even our very lives if need be” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1975, p. 74; or Ensign, May 1975, p. 50).

How have you sacrificed for the work of the Lord?  What have you done this week to sacrifice your time or talents?  The lesson gives some scenarios that are major decision regarding the laws of Consecration and Sacrifice reading through them I asked myself would I be willing to do what was right for the building up of the Kingdom or would I be selfishly and do what was best for me.  When we trying to live the laws of consecration and sacrifice will help them respond unselfishly and constructively to frustration, confusion, and impatience, as well as to matters of time, talent, and money.

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 28: Consecration and Sacrifice

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 27: Forgiving Ourselves

Lesson 27: Forgiving Ourselves is one of the steps that we must take in the process of repentance.The lesson shares this story.

Julie was the strongest hiker in the troop and was usually out in front setting a pace that was sometimes difficult for the rest to follow. On this day some of the young women decided to play a trick on her. While she was resting and enjoying a drink, they quietly opened her pack and hid a large stone inside.

When the rest period was over, the young women put the packs on their backs and started up the steep mountain trail. At first Julie was not aware of the extra weight she was carrying, but after a while her pack began to feel heavy and she started to tire. For the first time she could remember, she was forced to drop back with the slower girls in the rear of the group.

It was not until she had almost reached the top of the mountain that Julie discovered why her pack felt so heavy and why she had become so tired. She was angry at first, but then she realized that her friends were only teasing her for being a strong hiker. She laughed with the others about the useless stone she had carried so far up the mountain.

Once the heavy stone was removed from her pack, Julie felt strong again and was soon walking in her usual place at the front of the group.

If we don't learn to forgive ourselves then we will end up carrying rocks around our entire life.  Once you are are truly repentant of your sins then you are able to forgive yourself.  Life may not have turned out like you had always dreamed. But it has turned out the way that Our Heavenly Father had planned for you.  Repentance and learning to forgive yourself will bring you true happiness.  

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 27: Forgiving Ourselves

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 26: Repentance

Lesson 26: Repentance one the most wonderful principles of the Gospel. The lesson shares a quote from President Spencer W. Kimball declared: “Since the beginning there has been in the world a wide range of sins. Many of them involve harm to others, but every sin is against ourselves and God, for sins limit our progress, curtail our development, and estrange us from good people, good influences, and from our Lord” (Faith Precedes the Miracle [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1972], p. 174).
Because this world is full of sin at one time or another we will all commit sin and Our Father has given us the gift of repentance.  This is the ability to ask forgiveness.  If we are sincere in our repentance process then we can be forgiven.
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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 26: Repentance

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 25: Obedience

Lesson 25: Obedience

“There is a still small voice telling us what is right, and if we listen to that still small voice, we shall grow and increase in strength and power, in testimony and in ability not only to live the gospel but to inspire others to do so.

“My most earnest prayer is that every man and every woman will get it into his and her heart that they are in very deed the architects of their lives” (“The Path of Safety,” Improvement Era, Dec. 1937, p. 735).

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 25: Obedience

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 24: Agency

Agency is the topic of Lesson 24.I think of the question my daughter asked me once when I started to write something that went with this handout. She looked at me and said "Why does grandpa smoke if he knows it is wrong?" What a great chance to teach her about agency. I explained that even though he knows it is wrong he was blessed with the gift of agency the right to choose between right and wrong. She didn't quite get it still but with further explanation of her agency to do her chores and not be in trouble or not do her chores and get in trouble. She started to see how agency works. What a great gift that Our Father in Heaven has given us to be able to choose right or wrong to make those decisions to learn and to grow to become more like him!

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 24: Agency

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 22: Eternal Perspective

Lesson 22: Eternal Perspective- This lesson really gets the Young Women thinking about Eternal Life and how to put into prospect the blessings of the teachings of Eternal Marriage and Eternal Life.  There were many stories that were shared and questions asked about how the Eternal Prospective plays in each of their decisions and how they deal with each situation.  This story really stood out to me.

In March of 1832, the Prophet Joseph Smith was dragged from his home in the middle of the night by an angry mob. He was beaten, choked, and tarred and feathered by his assailants. They then left him on the cold ground.

After a while, he was able to get up and make his way back to the house. His friends spent the rest of the night scraping the tar off him.

The next day was Sunday. The Prophet dressed and went to the Sabbath meeting, where he preached a sermon to the congregation. Among the people in the meeting were some of the mobbers of the night before. In the afternoon of that day, three people were baptized. (See History of the Church, 1:261–64.)

I love how this story shows that no matter what happened the Prophet Joseph Smith always stood firm and tall for those things he knew were true!  

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 22: Eternal Perspective

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 21: Learning to Share the Gospel

Lesson 21: Learning to Share the Gospel.  This lesson is to help the Young Women understand her responsibility to share the gospel and gain confidence in doing missionary work. In this lesson one of the activities is to role play. The lesson give some great examples of questions that you often hear while serving a mission or from someone that doesn't know about the church.  These are great questions for the young women to know the answers to in case someone asks them.

1. You are asked by a nonmember friend, “Do Mormons believe in Jesus Christ?”
   
2. A visitor you have just met wants to know, “Why are you called Mormons?”
   
3. A less-active friend wants to know why you do not smoke or drink.
   
4. You are asked by a recent acquaintance, “What makes your Church different from other churches?”
   
5. You are sitting next to someone on a bus or plane. How do you interest him in the Church?
   

Would you know how to answer these questions?
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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 21: Learning to Share the Gospel

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 19: Heritage

This handout goes along with Lesson 19: Heritage. The focus of this lesson is that each young woman will understand the importance of the traditions she receives and passes on to future generations.
This lesson talks about our heritage of out families here on earth and then talks about our righteous heritage. How important it is to be proud that we are daughters of a Heavenly Father who loves us.  The importance of having traditions that remind us of the living the gospel.
I really loved this quote from the lesson.

“A heritage of Godliness is yours. … Born in the spirit a child of God and quickened now by his power, his love. For you he gave his Only Begotten Son. For you Christ lived and died and lives again.

“This Church provides you with a heritage in truth, in covenants, in motivation, in courage, in direction, in friendships and leadership, in strength to rise out of the dust of this life to a new level of being.

“Hold fast to your heritage. It is most valuable. Hold high your head.

“Be glad you are you—not another instead. With all that you’re heir to, add some of your own. Contribute. Accomplish. Serve. Excel. Drink deeply of the good things in life and of the spirit. Live that you may one day hand to your children and your children’s children the blessing of a heritage even more worthy than your own” (Elaine Cannon, “What of Your Heritage?” Improvement Era, Aug. 1964, p. 690)."

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 19: Heritage

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 18: Temple Marriage

This weeks handout is for Lesson 18: Temple Marriage. This lesson really discusses the difference between a civil marriage and a Temple Marriage. In the lesson it discusses 5 questions that ask  the girls to think about the difference between the two types of marriages.
1. Where does the marriage take place?
2. Who will perform the marriage?
3. How long will the marriage last?
4. What will people be doing throughout eternity?
5. What will be the state of the family in eternity?
How important are the answers to these 5 questions!  Do you want to lose your family after this life?  Sometimes I think as young women they don't think about the difference between civil marriage and a temple marriage. I know growing up we were taught all about temple marriages and how important it was to be married in the temple but I really didn't understand the importance!
I cannot imagine living my life without my family.  Knowing that I can have them with me forever is one the greatest gifts that I have received from my Heavenly Father.
This handout has two great quotes from the lesson. Another resource that I love it the 7th paragraph of
"THE FAMILY: A PROCLAMATION TO THE WORLD" it states:
"The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed."
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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 18: Temple Marriage

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 17: Preparing to Attend the Temple

Sorry this is late ladies!!  I swear time is just getting away from me!  I guess that is what happens when you are crazy busy!  This weeks Young Women lesson is "Preparing to Attend the Temple" This lesson is a very scared lesson on how each young woman can prepare to visit the temple, to receive their own endowment. 
“Find out for yourself who Jesus Christ really is. You can know him, and as you make the temple covenants with God, you are putting your hand in his, and receiving blessings from his hand all the time” (quoted in Kathleen Lubeck, “Preparing for the Temple Endowment,” New Era, Feb. 1987, p. 11).
I remember the first time I went to the temple and received my endowment. It was before I went on my mission. Everyone kept asking me after if I was okay. I couldn't figure out why I wouldn't be okay it was the greatest day in my life up to that point. I knew that the scared covenants that I made in the temple that day were all under the direction of my Father in Heaven that his work was being done. I will never forget that day as I had prepared myself to enter into the Holy Temple of my Father. 
It is so important that each young woman understand the importance of going to the temple to be endowed and to take up herself those scare covenants. I pray that each of you have the opportunity to go to the temple and to reap the blessings our Father Heaven has for each of you! 

I love my Father and His Son my Brother Jesus Christ. I am thankful for the plan they have given us and the power of the gospel in my life. I am thankful for one young man that had the faith and courage to ask that one question that brought the true and everlasting gospel back to this earth in our day and time.  I am thankful for all the blessings I have received and all my Father has given me! I know He lives I know he loves me and that my Brother Jesus Christ is my Savior and Redeemer that through Him I may return to live with my Father in Heaven, with my family for time and all eternity. I share this with you in the name of Our Savior Jesus Christ Amen. 


~Nicole 

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 17: Preparing to Attend the Temple

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 16: Temple Endowment

This handout goes with the lesson "Temple Endowment". This lesson discusses the that inside the temple, worthy Church members perform ordinances and the importance of these ordinances that are performed.The following are some the blessing that you can receive by attending the temple and being worthy to do so!

“You can’t help but leave the temple feeling uplifted. You learn charity and love and compassion. You leave the cares of the day outside the doors of the temple, and when you go out, your feet are led to the paths you’ve been searching for to help you with some problem you might have.

“After you make covenants, you’re not pulled to and fro by the world so easily. It’s a strength to your life and helps you to keep righteous goals.”

“As you come to the sacredness of the temple, you take yourself out of the world. You can forget yourself in the work you’re doing.”

“You get a perspective of your life that puts it in order for you. And the experience in the temple is supportive of the LDS way of life. It gives you a backup, a reassurance that what you’re doing is righteous” (quoted in Kathleen Lubeck, “Preparing for the Temple Endowment,” New Era, Feb. 1987, p. 11).

I remember my first time attending the temple to receive my very own endowments.  What a wonderful experience and a true blessing in my life.  The power of the Spirit and the blessings that I received were amazing! 

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 16: Temple Endowment

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 15: Blessings of the House of Israel

First I am so sorry this handout is late!!  I have a totally off week! I thought I had posted it!  But anyway, here it is!
This weeks lesson is "Blessings of the House of Israel"  This quote stood out to me in the lesson,

President Ezra Taft Benson said to the young women of the Church:

“My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don’t settle for less than what the Lord wants you to be. …

“Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon. … Give me a young woman who is virtuous and who has maintained her personal purity, who will not settle for less than a temple marriage, and I will give you a young woman who will perform miracles for the Lord now and throughout eternity” (Ensign, Nov. 1986, p. 84).

Oh how true it is the miracles that can performed by a young woman who honors herself, her Father  and his gospel.

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 15: Blessings of the House of Israel

Young Women General Broadcast Invite FREEBIE

I was asked to make an invite to the upcoming LDS Mother-Daughter Conference for the Young Women General Broadcast scheduled for the end of March 2011. I created a blank version for those who could use it as well. As a result of that invite, I put together this mini-kit with the parts created for it. It matches the Cloud Nine and For Eternity kits already available in my store at Faith Sisters because some pieces from the invite were also from those kits. This mini-kit comes with one Book of Mormon, journal tag, journal tie, mom, daughter, seven papers and one complete alpha one two sheets with upper, lower, numbers and symbols.

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Young Women General Broadcast Invite FREEBIE

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 13: The Priesthood Can Bless Families

This week's Young Women's handout goes with lesson 13: "The Priesthood Can Bless Families"

“There is no higher authority in matters relating to the family organization, and especially when that organization is presided over by one holding the higher priesthood, than that of the father. The authority is time honored, and among the people of God in all dispensations it has been highly respected and often emphasized by the teachings of the prophets who were inspired of God. The patriarchal order is of divine origin and will continue throughout time and eternity” (Joseph F. Smith, “The Rights of Fatherhood,” Juvenile Instructor, 1 Mar. 1902, p. 146).

In this weeks lesson it talks about how a daughter can support her father and help him realize how him holding the priesthood will bless their family. To let him know how much it means to her that he holds the priesthood and is worthy to bless their family and have those blessings that the priesthood brings to their home. 

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 13: The Priesthood Can Bless Families

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 12: The Blessings of the Priesthood

This hand out is for lesson 12 "The Blessings of the Priesthood" This lesson is about the Priesthood and the blessings that the priesthood brings to our lives.
This quote is from the lesson: The priesthood is for the blessing of all—men, women, and children. Through the priesthood we receive and administer the ordinances of the gospel, which include baptism, confirmation, the sacrament, all temple ordinances, including sealings for time and all eternity, and work for the dead. By the power of the priesthood the sick are healed, the lame made to walk, the blind to see, and the deaf to hear, according to their faith and the will of our Father in heaven. Blessings of the priesthood comfort those who mourn, and give aid to the stricken” (N. Eldon Tanner, “The Priesthood of God,” Ensign, June 1973, p. 6).
I personally have a very strong testimony of the power of the priesthood. While I was serving my mission in  the Chile Santiago West Mission I was in a very severe accident, I was thrown from a bus and fractured my skull.  I was taken to the hospital and remember very few details.  I remember boarding the bus and then drifting in and out of conscientiousness.  I was in a coma for about 4 days then released to my mission President where I spent a few weeks.  I was given the option to return home honorable but I decided to stay and finish my mission.  A few months passed and I was talking to one of the Elders who served in the office at the time of my accident.  He told me, "You really scared us Sister Chesnut."  I told him, "I scared myself.  I was lucky I made it that I had survived." " He looked at me and said "When we give you the first blessing while you were unconscientious and you said, Amen at the end of the blessing I knew you were going to be okay."  I thank my Father Heaven daily for the power of the priesthood for a gift so precious that saved my life.  For the blessing as I was released  since I had served faithfully and diligently that I would not suffer any negative effects from the accident.  I share this with you in the name of My Savior and older Brother Jesus Christ Amen. 

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Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 12: The Blessings of the Priesthood

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 11: Extended Family Relationships

This weeks freebie is for lesson 11 "Extended Family Relationships" This lesson talks about the importance of knowing our extended family our relatives.  Talking about them getting to know them and having relationships with them.
I am very thankful for my extended family. I love them all very much and have great relationships with them. Growing up I remember my cousin Kim was my best friend we did everything together!  I have very fond memories of our sleep overs, meeting boys, going to football games all the fun stuff teens do!  They are some of the wonderful memories I have of my youth! We have yearly family reunions so we can all catch up with each other it is the one time a year I look forward to camping!
I hope you can all take something from this lesson and know how much our Father in Heaven wants us to have relationships with our extended families that is why he give them to us!
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PS Sorry this is late!!  I have been busy with finals this week!  ;)

Young Women Manual 3 Lesson 11: Extended Family Relationships