Choice and Accountability #5

Value experiences: Choice and Accountability #5
Date: January 7, 2014
Leader: Sis. Fife
Participants: Teagan, Hailey, Brittany, Ashley, Emily, Sarah, Caila, Heidi, Erin, Rachel, Mikala, Hannah Y., Shanarah, Ivy, Madison, Tori, Heather, Maddy V., Sis. Hopkins, Sis. Coward

 What we did: We started out our activity by talking about our value for the month - Choice and Accountability. Anyone who had  the value color somewhere on them got an orange starburst candy. Some of the girls are actually remembering that I do this and are purposefully wearing the right colors!  Also, any girl who had brought her Personal Progress journal got a piece of orange gum.

 

We then talked more about choice and accountability as a follow up from Sunday's lesson and the role the Holy Ghost can play in helping us make good decisions.

 The tables were set up with blank BINGO sheets and pens for each girl and we started out by playing group TABOO with cards I had made. I used all YW words and got the idea from here. As the girls solved each card, they chose where to write the keyword in their BINGO card. I teased them that this was the Choice portion of the game and while they did get to choose where they put each word, the consequence of whether or not they would have a winning BINGO card would be based on all the choices they made :-) We had a couple more words than squares to accommodate girls who dazed away for a word or anything like that.

Once everyone's cards were filled we then switched over to the Accountability portion of the game. I told the girls to make small marks as we went along so we could play multiple rounds. It probably would have also been fun to have handed out orange tokens, new pennies, or orange candies for them to use to cover each spot, but that is in hindsight now!

 

Once a BINGO was called out the winner received a fun orange pencil (sparkly kinds, not just boring #2's!) and we would continue with the same boards until we had three winners. After three winners we would start a new round and go till three more winners. We were able to do a total of three rounds.

 

After the game I read them the Parable of the Popcorn, we had closing prayer, I encouraged them to walk around the room and read the quotes I had put up around the room about choices, and then they got to eat the refreshments. We had CRUSH flavored twizzlers - CRUSH standing for "Choose Righteously Understanding Sacred Honors", Now and Laters - with a sign reminding them that the decisions they make NOW will affect them LATER, so they should CHEWS wisely, and then popcorn to follow the parable I read. The girls all thought they were cheesy and cute and I didn't come home with left overs, so I guess it was a hit.

 

 Accomplished at the Activity: 
        * We learned more about the Holy Ghost

        * We followed up after reading Galatians 5:22-25, Moroni 10:4-5, and D&C 11:12-14

 

Still need to do:   
* Read Ezekiel 36: 26-27

   * Read John 14:26; 16:13

   * Read 2 Nephi 32:5

   * Record in your journal how the Holy Ghost can help you make good decisions in your daily life

   * Pray for and live worthy of the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost

Divine Nature 1, Choice and Accountability 3 & 6

Value experiences: Divine Nature 1, Choice and Accountability 3 and 6

Date: March 26, 2014
Leader: Sis. Fife
Participants: Teagan, Kelsey, Hailey, Brittany, Madison, Ashley, Emily, Sarah, Caila, Heidi, Rachel, Kylee, Mikayla, Dansil, Maddy V., Sandra, Sis. Wilde, Sis. Warner, Sis. Christensen

 What we did: We started out talking about what "Divine Nature" and "Choice and Accountability" meant. We read the book If Only I had a Green Nose by Max Lucado and talked about the spiritual significance of the story. Then were divided up into four teams and we played Divine Choice and Accountability Jenga. Each jenga piece had a question on it that was either a single play or an all play. The questions came from the three value experiences we were working on; reading the scriptures listed, explaining our standards, reading from The Proclamation, finding answers in For the Strength of Youth, etc.

The girls all had a fun time and loved the all play blocks a lot.We didn't make it through all of the Jenga blocks, so there are somethings the girls still have to do that we didn't get to tonight, but these are pretty easy value experiences to finish.


 Accomplished at the Activity:
        * We discussed what some Divine Qualities we were given from our Heavenly Father and what it meant to have divine qualities.
        * We talked about the meaning of Choice and Accountability and how no choice is too bad for us to be able to repent of
        * We read Joshua 24:15 and Alma 7:23-24
        * We read parts of The Proclamation and For the Strength of Youth


Still need to do:
     For Divine Nature 1:  
        * Read 2 Peter 1, D&C 121:45, finish reading The Proclamation
        * In your journal list some of the divine qualities we talked about and you read about in the scriptures, write how you can discover and develop these qualities

    For Choice & Accountability 3:    
        *Read 2 Nephi 2, D&C 82:2-10
        * record in your journal your understanding of agency and consequences

  For Choice & Accountability 6:
        * Study the YW theme thinking what it teaches you to do and why you are to do it.
        * list in your journal what you will do each day in regards to modesty, dating, media to stay morally clean and worthy to enter the temple.
         * record in your journal how these choices will help you remain free and happy

Choice and Accountability #8 - organizing your Personal Progess goals

Value experiences: Choice and Accountability #8 (pictures will come as soon as I can access them from my phone!)
Date: August 28, 2013
Leader: Sis. Fife
Participants: Dansil, Mikayla, Ashley,  Arriah, Brittany, Caila, Khasia, Sarah, Madison, Hailey, Emily, Savannah, Teagan, Kelsey, Heidi, Sis Hagen, Sis. Fife, Sis. Hodapp, Sis. Butler (if I forgot anyone, I am super sorry! Please just let me know and I can add your name on here!)

Accomplished at the Activity:
        * We talked about how being organized can help simplify our lives and keep our minds and lives on track to accomplish whatever we set as our goals
        * We made Personal Progress clipboards to hang in our bedrooms so we can keep track of what goals we are working on and what we still have to do in our Personal Progress
         
Still need to do:
        * Set goals for yourself for a timeline of finishing up your Young Woman's Personal Progress and work toward that goal.
       

Choice and Accountability #3 - Ice Cream Sculpting

 Value experiences: Choice and Accountability #3
Date: May 15 (?), 2013
Leader: Sis. Hodapp and Sis. Hagan
Participants: Dansil, Mikayla, Ashley, Lindsey, Arriah, Brittany, Caila, Khasia, Sarah, Madison, Hailey, Emily, Savannah, Teagan, Riley, Kelsey, Heidi, Sis. Eadie, Sis Hagen, Sis. Fife, Sis. Hodapp


Accomplished at the Activity:
        * We talked about how a sculpture has to envision his/her masterpiece before beginning; to plan what the end product will look like. We talked about Michelangelo and his art works and how he felt like he was simply freeing them from the stone
        * We talked about how we all have freedom of choice and what a blessing agency is in our lives.
        * We chose what we wanted to sculpt from the ice cream block and then did it.
   
Still need to do:
        * record in your journal your understanding of agency and the consequences of choices and actions
        * Read Joshua 24:15, 2 Nephi 2, and D&C 82:2-10

 Caila and Arriah's "Taj Mahal"

 Khasia and Sarah's "Stand In Holy Places" Foot

 Heidi, Riley, Kelsey and Teagan's "Portrait of Christ"

 The Laurels hard at work.

Savannah, Madison, Emily, and Hailey's "SpongeBob's Pineapple House"