Family Home Evening Topics to Assist with Personal Gospel Achievement

(Reference Guide)
*This reference guide and the attached chart were designed to help children, between ages 8-18, complete the
Personal Gospel Achievement programs provided by the Church. Topics are meant to help parents, leaders
and/or youth combine similar requirements from different programs into one lesson or activity. All activities
should be followed up with individual reflection thereby helping to keep it personal.
*Bold – required; Primary; Personal Progress; Duty to God (all levels)

• 13th Article of Faith

□ PYW 1- After studying the thirteenth article of faith, make a list of things that are
uplifting and virtuous. Discuss with a parent or leader how you can seek after these
things.
□ K 6 - Memorize the thirteenth article of faith [Articles of Faith 1:13] and recite it to a parent or
Young Women leader. Then visit a museum or exhibit or attend a performance that involves
dance, music, speech, or drama. Using this article of faith as a guide, evaluate what you saw and
heard. Write your thoughts in your journal, and share those thoughts with a parent or Young
Women leader.
• 1st Vision
□ L&L 2 (FG & FB) - Give a family home evening lesson on Joseph Smith’s First Vision (see
Joseph Smith—History 1:1–20). Discuss how Heavenly Father answers our sincere prayers.
□ D-QA 1 - Read the Prophet Joseph Smith’s testimony in Joseph Smith—History 1:1–20,
and discuss it with a priesthood leader.
• Agency
□ L&L 9 (FG & FB) - Learn to sing “Choose the Right” (Hymns, no. 239). Explain what agency
is and what it means to be responsible for your choices. Discuss how making good choices has
helped you develop greater faith.
□ CA 1 - A daughter of God can make wise decisions and solve problems. Read 1 Nephi
15:8, 2 Nephi 32:3, Alma 34:19–27, Ether 2–3, and D&C 9:7–9. Follow a pattern of
regular scripture study and prayer to receive help in making personal decisions such as
choosing good friends, being kind to others, getting up on time, or other decisions. Discuss
with a parent or Young Women leader how this helped you.
□ CA 3 - Read about agency in 2 Nephi 2 and D&C 82:2–10. With a parent or Young
Women leader, discuss the blessings and responsibilities of agency. Record in your journal
your understanding of agency and the consequences of choices and actions.
• Appreciation
□ S 2 (FG & FB) - Write a letter to a teacher, your parents, or your grandparents telling them what
you appreciate and respect about them.
□ IW 3 - Read D&C 18:10 and D&C 121:45. Do all you can to build others and make them
feel of worth. Every day for two weeks notice the worthwhile qualities and attributes of
others. Acknowledge them verbally or in writing. In your journal write what you have
learned about the worth of individuals and how your own confidence grows when you
build others.
□ GW 1 - Learn why service is a fundamental principle of the gospel. Read Matthew 5:13–
16; Matthew 25:34–40; Galatians 6:9–10; James 1:22–27; Mosiah 2:17; Mosiah 4:26; and
3 Nephi 13:1–4. Others often give service you may not notice, such as preparing meals,
reading or listening to younger children, repairing clothing, or helping a brother or sister.
For two weeks record in your journal the quiet acts of service your family members and
others perform. Acknowledge their service in some meaningful way.
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 □ D-SD 12 - Write a letter to your parents, your grandparents, or a ward or stake leader. Thank
them for their example and positive influence on you.
□ T-SD 10 - Write 3 letters of appreciation to your family or ward members during the year.
Thank them for their kindness and support.
• Article of Faith – Memorize
□ FB & FG – Memorize and explain
□ D-SD 3 - Recite from memory the Articles of Faith to a parent or priesthood leader
□ T- SD 4 - Recite from memory the Articles of Faith and D&C 13.
□ P- SD 10 - Recite from memory the Articles of Faith and D&C 4.
• Baptism
□ L&L 1 (FG & FG) - Explain how taking the sacrament helps you renew your baptismal
covenant. In a family home evening, teach others about things we can do to remain faithful.;
daily
□ DN 4 - Memorize the sacrament prayers in D&C 20:77, D&C 20:79. During the sacrament,
listen carefully to the prayers and think about what it means to take upon yourself the name of
Jesus Christ and how doing this should affect your actions and decisions. Practice keeping your
baptismal covenants. Begin by doing something each day to help you remember the Lord Jesus
Christ. After two weeks record your experience in your journal.
□ P-SD 6 - Participate in a baptismal service by being a witness, performing a baptism, giving a
talk, leading the music, or helping set up.
• Baptism for the Dead
□ D-QA 6 - Participate in baptisms for the dead, if possible. If not, talk with a priesthood
leader about the temple and what it means to Latter-day Saints
□ T-QA 6 -Participate in baptisms for the dead, if possible. If not, talk with a priesthood
leader about the temple and what it means to Latter-day Saints.
• Budget - Tithing/Mission/Education
□ DT 1 (FB & FG) - Learn how to budget and save money. Discuss why it is important to
faithfully pay our tithing and how Heavenly Father blesses us when we do (see 3 Nephi 24:10–
11).
□ F 7 - The Lord has commanded us to pay tithing. Read D&C 119 and Malachi 3:8–12. Since
obedience to the law of tithing is an evidence of your faith, pay a full tithe. After three months,
record in your journal how paying tithing has helped your faith grow. List blessings in your life,
both large and small, that have come because of your faith.
□ CA 7 - Making choices is part of Heavenly Father’s plan for us. Read Moses 4:1–4, Moses
7:32, and 2 Nephi 9:51. Establish a pattern of wise money management by making a budget for
saving and spending your money, including the payment of tithing. Live within your budget for
at least three months. Set priorities that allow you to meet your most important needs before
satisfying your wants.
□ D- SD 9 - Set up a plan to be spiritually and financially prepared to go on a mission at age 19.
□ D- ED 9 - Develop and follow a financial budget for 3 months.
□ T- FA 6 - Learn to prepare and use a simple budget. Keep a budget for at least 2 months.
□ T-SD 8 - Regularly add to your mission fund in preparation for and anticipation of receiving a
call to serve a full-time mission.
□ P- SD 8 - Continue to add regularly to your mission fund in preparation for receiving your
mission call.
□ P-ED 1 - Write a post–high school education or training plan. Include how your education or
training might be financed. Explain how your plans will work with your goal of serving a 2-
year full-time mission.
• Camping/Safety/First Aid
□ YW – skills are listed in a separate manual and passed off at Girl’s Camp but not required for
Personal Progress
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 □ D-PD 5 - Learn how to rescue someone who is drowning.
□ D-PD 7 - Prepare the equipment for an overnight camping trip. Show that you can set up a tent,
cook on an open fire or on a camp stove, build a latrine, and restore the surroundings to how
they were before your stay.
□ D-PD 8 - While camping, show that you know the proper way to build a cooking fire or set up a
camp stove. Teach someone else how to build a fire, emphasizing 5 safety rules.
□ D-ED 4 - Learn how to purify water and to wash and prepare fresh fruits and vegetables.
□ D-ED 5 - Learn emergency treatment for electrical shock, near drowning, serious burns, broken
bones, heat exhaustion, and serious falls.
□ T-PD 9 - If local conditions permit, participate in a 3-day quorum camping trip under the
supervision of your leaders and other qualified adults.
□ T-PD 10 - Explain to your parents or a priesthood leader how to survive for 48 hours if lost in
the wilderness in both warm and cold seasons. Identify edible plants and animals, and explain
how you would ensure the safety of drinking water.
□ T-PD 11 - Learn and demonstrate the most important distress signals to use during a crisis or
when you are lost.
□ T-PD 12 - Teach first aid skills to your family or quorum members.
□ P-PD 10 - As local regulations permit, organize and carry out a camping trip for your quorum.
Make arrangements with the owner of the land for permission to camp there, and clean up the
area before leaving.
□ P-PD 11 - Study the needs of people with disabilities. With approval from your parents or a
priesthood leader, plan and carry out a camping trip or other activity that includes those with
disabilities.
• Careers/ Jobs
□ K 5 - Learn about an area of work or service that interests you. Talk to someone who works in
that field, and find out what that person’s job responsibilities are, what training or education the
person obtained to do the job, and what contributions this person’s job makes to society. Record
your findings in your journal.
□ D- ED 2 - Choose 2 careers you may be interested in doing someday. Find out what educational
or other requirements you would need for them, and interview someone in each position to learn
what you must do to prepare for these careers.
□ T- ED 3 - Choose 3 careers that interest you. Think of several questions you have about each
career, and discuss them with your parents, a priesthood leader, or others who can help you
learn about these careers. Emphasize the positive aspects of each career as they relate to your
personal characteristics and life goals.
□ T- ED 4 - Visit at least 3 places where people perform work you might enjoy. Find out what
they like and dislike about their work and how they prepared themselves to do it. Describe to
your parents or a priesthood leader how you would feel about working at such a job.
□ T- ED 5 - If a vocational interest test is available, take it, and discuss the results with your
parents. If classes are offered at your school that could help you prepare for a potential career,
discuss with your parents or a priesthood leader how they could help you do this.
□ T- ED 6 - Discuss how your chosen career would allow you to maintain the moral standards of
the Church.
□ T- ED 7 - Learn and explain the entrance requirements for a technical school, college, or
university; describe to your parents or a priesthood leader at least 5 classes that interest you.
□ T- ED 9 - Attend a “career night” where a guest speaker describes the steps a person should take
to apply for a job and what characteristics employers look for in new employees.
□ T- ED 10 - Collect 3 different job applications, and fill them out as practice.
□ P- FA 7 – Talk to one or both of your parents about your career goals and how you are
planning to achieve them
□ P-ED 2 - Enroll and participate in a university or vocational school, on-the-job training
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 program, apprenticeship or internship
□ P-ED 3 - Visit the workplace of 3 occupations you are interested in. Write about what you did
and did not like about the job and about why you think it does or does not it your long-term
goals
□ P-ED 4 – With your parents’ permission, obtain part-time work
□ P-ED 5 – learn how to find a job. Prepare a resume, and hold a practice interview with one or
both of your parents or a priesthood leader
• Children - Take care of
□ S 5 (FG & FB) - Entertain young children with songs or games you have learned or made
yourself. Show that you know how to care for and protect a young child.
• Christ/ Atonement
□ F 5 - Increase your understanding of the Atonement of Jesus Christ by reading Isaiah 53:3–12;
John 3:16–17; Romans 5; 2 Nephi 9:6–7, 2 Nephi 9:21–26; Alma 7:11–13; Alma 34:8–17; and
D&C 19:15–20. In your journal write your feelings about the Savior and what He has done for
you. You may want to share your feelings in a testimony meeting.
□ D-SD 1 - Identify 4 scriptures that testify of Christ, and talk about them with a parent or
priesthood leader.
• Church Activities -plan, participate
□ S 9 (FB & FG) - Help your Primary leaders plan and carry out an upcoming quarterly activity.
□ D-CSD 9 - Help organize and carry out a quorum or ward youth activity.
□ D-CSD 11- Participate in 4 family, quorum, or ward social activities.
□ T- CSD 2 - Under the direction of a priesthood leader, plan and participate in at least 1
combined activity with your quorum members and the young women in the ward.
• Citizen
□ S 8 (FB & FG) - Read the twelfth article of faith. Discuss what it means to be a good citizen and
how your actions can affect others.
□ D- FA 6 - Read the twelfth article of faith [Articles of Faith 1:12], and briefly describe to
your parents the structure and major functions of your national government.
□ P- FA 8 - Read D&C 134, and discuss with your parents how it relates to your
responsibilities as a citizen of your country.
• Commandments
□ Keep and live them (all levels)
• Computer Skills
□ D-ED 11 - Learn computer and keyboarding skills. Demonstrate these skills by typing family
history information in Personal Ancestral File or another similar program.
□ T-ED 12 – Use a computer to prepare a Church talk, a school assignment, or another similar
task.
• Conference Address/ Church Magazines
□ L&L 4 (FB & FG) - Read a recent conference address given by the prophet. Decide what you
can do to follow the prophet, and do it.
□ D-ED 10 - Read at least 4 issues of a Church magazine.
□ T-SD 5 - Read and discuss a general conference address that teaches about the evils of
immorality and pornography.
□ T- SD 12 - Read at least 2 stories from a Church magazine. Share them with your family in
family home evening or with a priesthood leader.
□ T- ED 2 - Improve your reading skills by reading at least 6 issues of a Church magazine.
• Cultural Activity-attend/participate
□ DT 5 (FB & FG) - Visit an art museum or attend a concert, play, or other cultural event. Share
your experience with your family or activity day group.
□ IW 4 - Participate in a dance, speech, music, or drama performance at school, in your
community, or at church. How did your participation in this activity strengthen your feelings of
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 individual worth and self-confidence? Record your thoughts in your journal.
□ K 6 - Memorize the thirteenth article of faith [Articles of Faith 1:13] and recite it to a parent or
Young Women leader. Then visit a museum or exhibit or attend a performance that involves
dance, music, speech, or drama. Using this article of faith as a guide, evaluate what you saw and
heard. Write your thoughts in your journal, and share those thoughts with a parent or Young
Women leader.
□ D-ED 6 - Attend a cultural event such as a church, school, or community play, music program,
or musical.
□ D-CSD 6 - Participate in a cultural event such as a school play or musical.
□ T-PD 5 - Participate in a group cultural arts performance such as a road show, play, folk dance,
or other activity in a church, school, or community function.
• Daughter of Heavenly Father
□ DN 6 - Develop your divine qualities. Read Matthew 5:9, John 15:12, Galatians 5:22–23,
Colossians 3:12–17, 1 John 4:21, and Moroni 7:44–48. Memorize your favorite verse from one
of these passages. Identify the divine qualities mentioned in all these scriptures. Select one
quality, and for two weeks strive to make it a part of your daily life. Record your progress and
experiences in your journal.
□ IW 1 - You are a daughter of Heavenly Father, who knows you and loves you. Read Psalm
8:4–6, Jeremiah 1:5, John 13:34, D&C 18:10, and Abraham 3:22–23. Write in your
journal how these scriptures teach you that Heavenly Father loves you and is mindful of
you.
□ IW 7 - Heavenly Father has given you special gifts. Read 1 Corinthians 12:4–12; 1 Corinthians
13; Moroni 7:12–13; Moroni 10:8–18; and D&C 46:11–26. Ask a family member, a Young
Women leader, and a friend to write down positive qualities the Lord has given you. List your
gifts in your journal, and write how you can continue to develop these gifts and use them to
serve your family and others.
• Develop a quality
□ S 3 (FB & FG) - Make a list of the qualities you like in a person. Choose one quality to develop
in yourself. Discuss how showing respect and kindness strengthens you, your family, and
others.
□ CA 2 - Read the pamphlet For the Strength of Youth. List in your journal each standard
of righteous behavior the pamphlet outlines, and record why it is important to live those
standards. Practice living righteous standards by choosing one in which you need to
improve. You might choose to be more selective about television, music, books, or other
media, or you might improve your modesty, speech, or honesty. After three weeks, share
with your family, your class, or a Young Women leader your progress in improving.
□ I 2 - Develop a pattern of personal integrity in your life as you select a personal behavior
you wish to change. This could include avoiding gossip; avoiding inappropriate jokes,
swearing and profanity, and being light-minded about sacred subjects; being completely
truthful; being morally clean; and being honest, dependable, and trustworthy in your
schoolwork and other activities. Pray daily for the Holy Ghost to help you live with
integrity. After you have established this habit, record your feelings in your journal.
Share your experience with a parent or Young Women leader.
□ I 5 - Learn about standing as a witness. Read Mosiah 18:9. Then record in your journal how you
can personally “stand as [a witness] of God at all times and in all things, and in all places.”
Choose a personal behavior that you need to improve so you can be a better example. Develop
integrity in your life as you practice your new behavior for two weeks. Record your progress in
your journal.
• Driver's License
□ P-ED 6 - Obtain a valid driver’s license with your parents’ approval.
• Duties of a Deacon
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 □ D-SD 4 - Read D&C 20:38–60, and talk with a parent or a priesthood leader about the duties of
a deacon.
• Education - improve self
□ DT 6 (FB & FG) – Read D&C 88:118. Discuss what it means to “seek learning, even by study
and also by faith.” Improve your personal study habits by doing such things as learning how to
choose and read good books or being prepared for school each day.
□ PYM 4 /PP 4 – Read D&C 88:77-80, 118 and D&C 130:19. Discuss with a parent or
Primary leader how important a good education is and how it can help you strengthen
your home and family and the Church.
□ IW 2 - Learn the importance of planning and preparation. Read D&C 88:119. In your
journal make a list of your hopes and dreams for your future home, family, and education
and some important things you would like to accomplish in your life, including becoming
a wife and mother. Then record a plan that will help you achieve your goals. Share this
plan with a family member, leader, or friend.
□ K 1 - Learn about the importance of gaining knowledge by reading Proverbs 1:5;
Proverbs 4:7; 2 Nephi 28:30; and D&C 88:78–80, D&C 88:118; D&C 90:15; D&C 130:18–
19; D&C 131:6. Think about why you need to gain knowledge and understanding about
how gospel principles may be applied to your present and future home and family life.
Write in your journal what you have learned about knowledge and discuss it with a family
member or Young Women leader.
□ D-ED 1 - Make a plan to improve basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills, and follow the
plan for at least 3 months.
□ T-ED 1 - Continue your education, and develop additional skills in reading, writing, and
mathematics.
• Faith
□ L&L 6 (FB & FG) - Tell a story from the Book of Mormon that teaches about faith in Jesus
Christ. Share your testimony of the Savior.
□ F 1 - Learn about faith from the scriptures and living prophets. Read Hebrews 11, Alma
32:17–42, Ether 12:6–22, and Joseph Smith—History 1:11–20. Read two general
conference talks on faith. Exercise your own faith by establishing a habit of prayer in your
life. Begin by saying your morning and evening prayers regularly. After three weeks of
following this pattern, discuss with a parent or leader what you have learned about faith
and daily personal prayer. In your journal express your feelings about faith and prayer.
□ F 2 - Discover the principles of faith taught by the mothers of Helaman’s stripling
warriors. Read Alma 56:45–48 and Alma 57:21. Review what “The Family: A
Proclamation to the World” (see page ii) says about a mother’s role. With a mother,
grandmother, or leader, discuss the qualities a woman needs to teach children to have
faith and to base their decisions on gospel truths. How can these principles help you in
your life today and help you prepare to be a mother? Record your thoughts in your
journal.
• Family History
□ L&L 8 (FB & FG) - Prepare a pedigree chart with your name and your parents’ and
grandparents’ names. Prepare a family group record for your family and share a family story.
Discuss how performing temple work blesses families.
□ IW 5 - Visit with your living relatives to learn as much information about your family history as
possible. Then complete a pedigree chart of your family and list the temple ordinances that have
been completed for each person.
□ D-FA 4 - Keep a written record of your family history. Ask a parent or the ward family
history consultant to help you prepare a 4-generation pedigree chart.
□ D-ED 11 – Learn computer and keyboarding skills. Demonstrate these skills by typing family
history information in Personal Ancestral File or another similar program.
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 □ D- SD 6 - Read an account of one of your ancestors, or learn about an ancestor from one of
your relatives. Report what you learned in family home evening or in a quorum meeting.
□ D-SD 7 - Complete additional family history work, such as a family group record showing your
parents as children with the other members of their families. Share this information with a
parent or a priesthood leader.
□ T-SD 6 - Complete a family group record for each of your grandparents where they are listed as
children.
□ T- CSD 4 - Invite your grandparents or other senior citizens to share their childhood memories
with you. Take notes of the major highlights in their lives.
□ P-FA 9 - Submit the name of one of your ancestors for temple work, or write a 500-word
personal history.
□ P- ED 7 - Prepare a personal history, including several important events in your life or your
family’s life. Keep a journal or personal record.
• Family Home Evening -teach/topics
□ L&L 2 (FG & FB) - Give a family home evening lesson on Joseph Smith’s First Vision (see
Joseph Smith—History 1:1–20). Discuss how Heavenly Father answers our sincere prayers.
□ L&L 5 (FG & FB) - Give an opening and a closing prayer in family home evening or at
Primary. Share your feelings about how prayer protects us and helps us to stay close to
Heavenly Father and the Savior
□ D-FA 3 - Under the direction of your parents, organize and teach at least 4 family home
evening lessons each year. You may want to consider using topics from For the Strength
of Youth
□ T-FA 3 - Read about the following topics in True to the Faith, Gospel Principles, and
teach 2 of them to your family: conversion, faith, forgiveness the Holy Ghost, obedience,
the plan of salvation, prayer, prophets, repentance and revelation
□ T-FA 4 - Under the direction of your parents, organize and each at least 4 family home
evening lessons each year. You may want to consider using topics from For the Strength
of Youth, True to the Faith, or Gospel Principles
□ P-FA 4 – Under the direction of your parents, organize and each at least 4 family home
evening lessons each year. You may want to consider using topics from For the Strength
of Youth, True to the Faith, or Gospel Principles.
□ P-FA 5 – Read about the following topics in True to the Faith, Gospel Principles, and
teach 2 of them to your family: the Atonement of Jesus Christ, the Creation, death
(physical and spiritual), eternal life, the Fall, God the Father, kingdoms of glory, mercy,
the premortal existence, prophets, the Restoration of the gospel, the Resurrection and the
Second Coming
□ P-SD 2 – Teach a gospel lesson to younger children in family home evening, Sunday School,
Primary or another meeting
• Family Proclamation
□ PYW 5/PP 5 (FG & FB) - Read “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” Make a list
of things you can do to help strengthen your family and make a happy home. Share the
list with your parents or Primary leader.
□ DN 1 - What are some of the divine qualities of a daughter of God? Read “The Family: A
Proclamation to the World” (see page ii), 2 Peter 1, Alma 7:23–24, and D&C 121:45. In
your own words, list the divine qualities discussed in your reading. Think about how you
can discover and develop each of these qualities. Record your ideas in your journal.
□ D- SD 2 - Read “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” and “The Living Christ: The
Testimony of the Apostles.” Review them with a parent or priesthood leader.
• Family Relationships
□ DN 3 - Make your home life better. For two weeks make a special effort to strengthen
your relationship with a family member by showing love through your actions. Refrain
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 from criticizing or speaking unkindly, and watch for positive qualities in that person.
Write notes of encouragement, pray for this family member, find ways to be helpful, and
verbally express your love. Share your experiences with a parent or Young Women
leader.
□ I 7 - List the issues, trends, and problems that weaken the family. Read the First Presidency
message on page 1 of this book, and research the counsel from today’s prophet printed in the
Church magazines. Write in your journal your plan to strengthen the home and family. Share
your plan with your leaders or parents.
• Fasting/Fast offerings
□ I 6 - Living the law of the fast is an opportunity to practice integrity. On a designated fast
Sunday, abstain from food and drink for two consecutive meals and contribute to your family’s
fast offering. Have a specific purpose in mind as you fast. You might fast for a sick friend, to
overcome a bad habit, to obtain a special blessing for yourself or someone else, or to give
thanks. Begin and close your fast with a prayer.
□ D - Gather fast offerings
□ D-QA 2 - Explain to a priesthood leader the law of the fast and how fast offerings are
used. Read Isaiah 58 and D&C 59.
• Gospel Principles
□ F 3 - Living gospel principles requires faith. Choose a principle such as prayer, tithing,
fasting, repentance, or keeping the Sabbath day holy. In your own home or another
setting, plan and present a family home evening lesson about how faith helps you live that
gospel principle. If possible, ask a family member to share an experience that has
strengthened his or her faith. Share your own experiences as well. In your journal write
down one of those experiences and describe your feelings about faith.
□ K 4 - Select a gospel principle you would like to understand better (for example, faith,
repentance, charity, eternal families, or baptismal covenants). Read scriptures and the words of
latter-day prophets that relate to the principle. Prepare a five-minute talk on the subject, and
give the talk in a sacrament meeting, in a Young Women meeting, to your family, or to your
class.
• Government - Local, National, Laws
□ D-FA 6 – Read the twelfth article of faith [Articles of Faith 1:12], and briefly describe to
your parents the structure and major functions of your national government.
□ D- ED 3 - Visit a government office. After your visit, explain to a parent or priesthood leader
the function of the office.
□ D-CSD 5 - Explain to a parent or priesthood leader what it means to obey, honor, and sustain
the law.
□ D- CSD 8 - Ask a representative of a local law enforcement agency to attend a neighborhood
meeting, and encourage residents to watch out for one another.
□ T-FA 7 - Study and briefly describe to your parents your country’s constitution and the
events that led to its creation.
□ T- CSD 5 - Attend a village, community, or city council meeting, and share your impressions of
the experience with your parents or a priesthood leader.
□ T-CSD 6 - Visit a legal court, and share your impressions of the experience with your quorum
or family.
□ T-CSD 8 - Discuss with your parents or a priesthood leader ways to help prevent crime in your
area.
□ P-CSD 7 - Organize or assist with a crime-prevention program in your neighborhood, under the
direction of priesthood and community leaders.
□ P-CSD 8 - Ask a representative of a local law enforcement agency to attend a neighborhood
meeting, and encourage residents to watch out for one another.
□ P-CSD 9 - After talking with a priesthood leader, do 2 projects that will help you better
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 understand national governments and how to preserve peace
□ P-CSD 11 - Help an elderly person participate in an election in your area.
• Grooming, modesty
□ DT 9 (FG & FB) - Learn about and practice good nutrition, good health, and good grooming,
including modest dress.
□ T-CSD 1 - Learn and practice proper personal hygiene and grooming, and explain to your
parents or a priesthood leader why these skills are important to your success and well-being.
□ P-CSD 3 - Learn good personal hygiene and grooming habits. Discuss why these skills are
important to your success now and as a potential full-time missionary.
□ P-CSD 5 -Attend a social event in the ward or stake and another similar event at school.
Describe to your parents or a priesthood leader how you felt and behaved in both situations.
• Holy Ghost
□ L&L 3 (FG & FB) - Mark these verses about the Holy Ghost in your scriptures: John 14:16–17,
2 Nephi 32:5, and Moroni 10:5. Discuss ways the Holy Ghost helps you.
□ CA 5 - Learn about the Holy Ghost. With a parent, Young Women leader, or friend, read and
discuss Ezekiel 36:26–27; John 14:26; John 16:13; Galatians 5:22–25; 2 Nephi 32:5; Moroni
10:4–5; and D&C 11:12–14. Then 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 companionship of the
Holy Ghost.
□ V2 - Virtuous living “at all times and in all things, and in all places” qualifies you for the
constant companion- ship of the Holy Ghost. When you are baptized and confirmed, you
are given the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide all aspects of your life. Since the Holy Ghost
does not dwell in unclean tabernacles, living a virtuous life is a prerequisite to having the
companion- ship of the Holy Ghost and receiving the blessings of temple ordinances. Read
the following scripture references, and identify the promised blessings: John 14:26–27;
John 15:26; 2 Nephi 32:1–5; D&C 45:57–59; D&C 88:3–4; and D&C 121:45–46. In your
journal, record what you have learned, and write about a time when you felt the guidance
of the Holy Ghost.
• Home Teaching
□ T- Serve as a home teacher as assigned by your priesthood leader
□ T-QA 1 - Read D&C 20:53–57. Also read “Teaching the Gospel” in True to the Faith, or
read the Teaching Guidebook. Discuss with a priesthood leader how you can be a good
home teacher.
□ T- SD 3 - Prepare and present at least 2 home teaching lessons.
□ P- Serve as a home teacher as assigned by your priesthood leader
• Integrity
□ I 3 - Study the lives of several individuals in the scriptures who lived with integrity. Read
Genesis 39, the book of Esther, Daniel 3 and Daniel 6, Acts 26, D&C 124:15, and Joseph
Smith—History 1:21–25. In your journal identify the ways these people demonstrated
integrity. Think of a time when you had the courage to show integrity, especially when it
was not popular. Share your experience and your feelings about it in a testimony meeting
or lesson or with a parent or Young Women leader.
□ I 4 - Look up the word integrity in a dictionary. Interview your mother, grandmother, or
another woman you respect about her understanding and application of the word. Make a list of
ways you can make your actions consistent with your knowledge of right and wrong, and record
in your journal what it means to you to have integrity.
□ P-SD 1 - Speak in a quorum or sacrament meeting about the importance of honesty and
integrity in daily life.
• Journal
□ YW- yes
□ D-SD 8 - If you do not already have one, start a journal, and write in it regularly for 2 months.
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 □ T-SD 7 - Write regularly in a personal journal for at least 3 months.
□ P-ED 7 - Prepare a personal history, including several important events in your life or your
family’s life. Keep a journal or personal record.
• Language - Learn new
□ T-ED 11 - In a language other than your own, learn to bear your testimony, and memorize
Articles of Faith 1–6. [Articles of Faith 1:1–6]
□ P-ED 8 - In a language other than your own, learn to bear your testimony, and memorize
Articles of Faith 7–13. [Articles of Faith 1:7–13] Also, in 5 languages, learn greetings that
people would give on the street.
• Make item & display
□ DT 4 (FG & FB) - Make an item from wood, metal, fabric, or other material, or draw, paint, or
sculpt a piece of art. Display your finished work for others to see.
□ K 2 - In your journal list talents you have and others you would like to develop. Read
Matthew 25:14–30. Learn a new skill or talent that will help you care for your own future
family or home (for example, playing the piano, singing, budgeting, time management,
cooking, sewing, or child care). Share with your family, class, or Young Women leader
what you have learned.
□ P-PD 5 - Present a display or demonstrate a hobby or craft at school, in a Church activity, or at
a community event.
□ P- ED 10 - Create at least 3 paintings or drawings, and, if possible, display them in a church,
school, or community cultural arts event.
• Manners/Etiquette
□ S 6 (FG & FB) - Learn about and practice good manners and courtesy.
□ D-CSD 3 - Show a parent or a priesthood leader that you know how to use proper manners
while eating, greeting acquaintances in formal and informal settings, greeting a person of
authority, and introducing a speaker at a public event.
□ D-CSD 7 - Learn and practice proper dance etiquette.
□ T-CSD 10 - With your quorum members, plan and participate in an “etiquette dinner.” The
guests of honor could be quorum members’ parents.
• Meal - Plan, prep, nutritious
□ S 4 (FG & FB) - Plan, prepare, and serve a nutritious meal.
□ GW 2 - Service is an essential principle of family living. Help plan your family’s menus,
obtain the food, and prepare part of the meals for two weeks. During that time help your
family gather to share mealtimes. Report to your class what you have learned.
□ D-FA 5 - With the help and permission of a parent, prepare at least 2 meals for your
family. Where possible, also wash and iron your clothes for 1 month.

• Meet with Beehives/ Deacons

□ PYW 2 - Talk with the Beehive class presidency or a member of the Young Women
presidency about the purpose and importance of the Young Women program
□ PP 3 - Talk with the deacons quorum presidency about the role of the deacons quorum.
Write in your journal how you can serve the Lord as a member of a deacons quorum.
• Missionary share/ invite/ prep
□ GW 7 - Pray for a missionary experience. Read Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:19; and D&C
88:81. Invite a friend who is not a member or one who is less active to go with you to a
Church meeting or activity. Introduce your friend to others, and make sure he or she is
involved in the activity. Share your testimony of the gospel, and invite him or her to come
again.
□ D-SD 10 - Make a list of skills you will need to become a successful missionary. Talk to a
parent or priesthood leader about how you can learn these skills.
□ D-SD 11 - Invite at least 2 friends to a Mutual activity, Sunday meeting, or family home
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□ D- CSD 2 - Be a friend to someone who may feel left out, and invite him to a quorum or Mutual
activity
□ T-QA 4 - With your quorum, discuss how to prepare for and serve a full-time mission and
ways to assist the full-time missionaries in your area.
□ T-QA 5 - Invite and bring to Church meetings a friend, a less-active member, or a new
member your age.
□ P-FA 6 - Read D&C 4, and discuss what it means to be prepared spiritually, financially,
emotionally, and physically for your mission. Discuss the importance of work (see Genesis
3:19; Proverbs 14:23; 2 Nephi 5:17; Mosiah 2:14; D&C 42:42).
□ P- QA 3 - Serve as a companion to a full-time or ward missionary at least twice, when
assigned by a priesthood leader. Discuss the teaching experience with the missionary.
□ P-SD 7 - Encourage and invite a less-active quorum member to participate in at least 1 quorum
or ward activity.
□ P-SD 8 - Continue to add regularly to your mission fund in preparation for receiving your
mission call.
□ P-SD 11 - Participate in a ward or stake missionary preparation program. Where possible, work
with the ward mission leader to participate in companionship exchanges with the full-time or
stake missionaries.
□ P-CSD 10 - Talk to a priesthood leader about the culture of a country or countries in which full-
time missionaries are serving.
• Music - Hymns/ Singing/ Choir/ Conduct/ Play instruments
□ L&L 9 (FG & FB) - Learn to sing “Choose the Right” (Hymns, no. 239). Explain what agency
is and what it means to be responsible for your choices. Discuss how making good choices has
helped you develop greater faith.;
□ DT 2 (FG & FB) - Learn to sing, play, or lead a song from the Children’s Songbook. Teach or
share the song in a family home evening or at Primary. Discuss how developing talents helps
prepare us for service to Heavenly Father and others.
□ K 3 - Memorize two of your favorite hymns from the hymnbook. Learn the correct
conducting pattern for the hymns, and then conduct them at a family home evening, in a
Young Women or other Church meeting, or at seminary. Read the scriptures listed at the
bottom of each hymn.
□ D-ED 7 - Learn to play a musical instrument.
□ D-ED 8 - Perform a musical selection in sacrament meeting or another church or community
meeting.
□ D- CSD 12 - Sing with a church, school, or community choir.
□ T-FA 5 - Memorize the words and learn to conduct at least 3 hymns each year, 1 hymn in
2/4 time, 1 in 3/4 time, and 1 in 4/4 time.
□ T-ED 8 - Learn to play a musical instrument.
□ T- CSD 7 - Learn and sing, alone or with a group, your national anthem; explain its origin to
your parents or a priesthood leader.
□ P-QA 6 - Learn the basic skills of conducting music, memorize a hymn, and lead others in
singing it during opening exercises of priesthood meeting at least once a year.
□ P-SD 5 - Learn to play the piano or organ well enough to accompany 2 hymns in a Church
meeting.
□ P-PD 6 - Participate in a musical group that presents music in harmony with Church standards,
and give a public performance.
□ P- ED 9 - Plan and participate in a variety show at church or in the community that includes
local talent.
□ P- ED 11- Participate in a church, school, or community choir.
□ P- ED 12 - Learn to play a musical instrument.
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• Obey parents
□ DT 7 (FG & FB) - List five things you can do to help around your home. Discuss the
importance of obeying and honoring your parents and learning how to work.
□ DN 5 - Strive to be more obedient to your parents. Read Luke 2:40–51. Develop a pattern of
obedience as you make a special effort to do what your parents ask you to do without having to
be reminded. After two weeks record in your journal how being more obedient motivated you to
want to continue doing so.
• Parent-Child Activity
□ S 7 (FG & FB) - Plan and hold a parent-child activity, such as a dinner, picnic, hike, day trip, or
service project.
• Patriarchal Blessing
□ IW 6 - Learn about the importance of patriarchal blessings. Find out why they are given, who
can give them, and how to prepare to receive one. Discuss with a parent or Church leader how a
patriarchal blessing can guide your life. If you have not received your blessing, prepare to
receive it.
□ P-FA 3 - If you have not received your patriarchal blessing, begin making plans to do so.
• Peacemaker - home/friends
□ DN 7 - Learn the definition of the word peacemaker. Then find and read five scriptures that
teach about peacemakers. Become an example of a peacemaker in your home and at school as
you refrain from criticizing, complaining, or speaking unkindly to or about others. Pray each
morning and evening to Heavenly Father for help to do this. After two weeks write in your
journal what new habits you want to develop.
□ D-CSD 1 - Explain to a parent or priesthood leader how to be a friend, maintain a friendship,
and resolve conflicts between friends.
• Physical Fitness
□ DT 8 - Plan a physical fitness program for yourself that may include learning to play a sport or
game. Participate in the program for one month.
□ D-PD 1 - Run 2 kilometers or 1 1/4 miles, and set a goal for steady improvement.
□ D-PD 2 - Develop and begin a 1-year plan to improve your personal physical fitness.
□ D-PD 3 - Swim 50 meters, using 2 different strokes.
□ D-PD 4 - Learn to float on your back in the water for at least 2 minutes.
□ D-PD 5 – Learn how to rescue someone who is drowning
□ D-PD 6 - Hike 10 kilometers or 6 miles in 1 day.
□ D-PD 9 - Learn a new game or sport.
□ D-PD 10 - Play on a sports team in your quorum, ward, school, or community.
□ D-PD 11 - Learn the rules of play, and officiate for a sport of your choice.
□ D-PD 12 - Explain to a parent or priesthood leader the rules of safe bicycle riding. Complete a
30-kilometer or 20-mile ride.
□ D- CSD 4 - Teach your family to play a new game or sport
□ T-PD 1 - Run 5 kilometers or 3 miles in 30 minutes or less.
□ T-PD 2 - Swim 75 meters using 2 different strokes.
□ T-PD 3 - Demonstrate lifesaving skills in the water.
□ T-PD 4 - Hike 15 kilometers or 9 miles with a pack in 1 day.
□ T-PD 6 - Teach a younger brother or sister or ward member how to play an indoor game or
sport.
□ T-PD 7 - Participate on a sports team in the quorum, ward, school, or community.
□ T-PD 8 - Learn to play or officiate a sport of your choice.
□ P-PD 1 - Run 10 kilometers or 6 miles in 60 minutes or less.
□ P-PD 2 - Hike 25 kilometers or 15 miles with a pack in 2 days or less.
□ P-PD 3 - Run for 30 minutes 3 times a week for 3 months.
□ P-PD 4 - Swim for 30 minutes twice a week for 3 months.
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 □ P-PD 7 - Participate on a sports team in your quorum, ward, school, or community.
□ P-PD 8 - Learn to play or officiate for a sport.
□ P-PD 9 - Teach the rules of a sport to another family or quorum member.
□ P-PD 12 - Under the direction of a priesthood leader, plan and carry out an activity close to
home in which all members of your quorum may participate with little or no cost. Possible
activities include a 50-kilometer or 30-mile bike or wilderness trek, a rafting or canoeing trip, or
a bicycle road rally.
• Plan of Salvation
□ F 6 - Increase your understanding of the plan of salvation. Resources for study include 2 Nephi
9:1–28, 2 Nephi 11:4–7, Moses 4:1–4, Revelation 12:7–9, D&C 76:50–113, D&C 93:33–34,
Abraham 3:24–27, and 1 Corinthians 15:22. Draw or obtain a picture that depicts the plan of
salvation, including the premortal existence, birth, mortal life, death, judgment, and life after
judgment. Using this picture, explain the plan of salvation to your class, your family, or a
friend. Discuss how knowledge of the plan affects your actions.
• Prayer/ Daily prayer
□ YW- Pray daily
□ F 1 - Learn about faith from the scriptures and living prophets. Read Hebrews 11, Alma
32:17–42, Ether 12:6–22, and Joseph Smith—History 1:11–20. Read two general
conference talks on faith. Exercise your own faith by establishing a habit of prayer in your
life. Begin by saying your morning and evening prayers regularly. After three weeks of
following this pattern, discuss with a parent or leader what you have learned about faith
and daily personal prayer. In your journal express your feelings about faith and prayer.
□ D, T, P – Pray daily
• Purpose of Aaronic Priesthood
□ PP 2 - Read D&C 20:57–60 and Aaronic Priesthood: Fulfilling Our Duty to God [Deacon],
page 7. Discuss with a parent or leader the purposes of the Aaronic Priesthood and what it
means to do your duty to God.
□ D-QA 4 - Discuss with a priesthood leader the history and purposes of the Aaronic
Priesthood and quorums.
□ T-SD 1 - Study the purposes of the Aaronic Priesthood found on page 7. Discuss what it means
to “become converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ and live its teachings.”
□ P-QA 4 - Discuss the meaning of the oath and covenant of the priesthood with a
priesthood leader (see D&C 84:33–44).
• Repentance
□ CA 4 - Read about repentance in Isaiah 1:18; Alma 26:22; Alma 34:30–35; Moroni 8:25–26;
and D&C 19:15–20; D&C 58:42–43. Record in your journal what repentance means to you.
Study the process of repentance, pray for guidance, and apply the principles of repentance in
your life.
• Restoration of Priesthood
□ PP 1 - Learn about the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood (see D&C 13, D&C 107:20,
and Joseph Smith—History 1:68–73).
• Role of Mother/ Father
□ F 2 - Discover the principles of faith taught by the mothers of Helaman’s stripling
warriors. Read Alma 56:45–48 and Alma 57:21. Review what “The Family: A
Proclamation to the World” (see page ii) says about a mother’s role. With a mother,
grandmother, or leader, discuss the qualities a woman needs to teach children to have
faith and to base their decisions on gospel truths. How can these principles help you in
your life today and help you prepare to be a mother? Record your thoughts in your
journal.
□ DN 2 - Increase your understanding of and appreciation for womanhood. Read Proverbs
31:10–31 and two talks on womanhood from a conference issue of the Church magazines.
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 Review what “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” (see page ii) says about being a
wife and a mother. Then ask your mother or another mother you admire what she thinks
are important attributes for being a mother. List the attributes in your journal. Then
choose one of those attributes and strive to develop it. After two weeks report your success to a
parent or Young Women leader.
□ T-SD 11 - Develop a list of 10 qualities that you admire in your father or another adult, and
discuss them.
• Sabbath Day
□ D, T, P – attend meetings regularly
□ T-SD 2 - Discuss with your parents or a priesthood leader what it means to keep the Sabbath
day holy. Practice appropriate Sabbath observance.
• Sacrament
□ L&L 1 (FG & FB) – Explain how taking the sacrament helps you renew your baptismal
covenant. In a family home evening, teach others about things we can do to remain faithful.
□ F 4 – Learn more about the sacrament. Read about the Last Supper in Matthew 26:26–28, Mark
14:22–24, and Luke 22:17–20. Establish a pattern of pondering during the sacrament by
listening carefully to the sacrament hymn and prayers. Think about why we partake of the bread
and water. After three weeks of following this pattern, write in your journal some of the
promises you make as you partake of the sacrament and remember your baptismal covenants.
□ DN 4 - Memorize the sacrament prayers in D&C 20:77, D&C 20:79. During the sacrament,
listen carefully to the prayers and think about what it means to take upon yourself the name of
Jesus Christ and how doing this should affect your actions and decisions. Practice keeping your
baptismal covenants. Begin by doing something each day to help you remember the Lord Jesus
Christ. After two weeks record your experience in your journal.
□ V4 - Because the Savior loves you and has given His life for you, you can repent.
Repentance is an act of faith in Jesus Christ. Read Moroni 10:32, the book of Enos, and
the section on repentance in For the Strength of Youth. The Savior’s atoning sacrifice has
made it possible for you to be forgiven of your sins. Read the sacrament prayers in D&C
20:77–79. Determine to partake worthily of the sacrament each week and fill your life
with virtuous activities that will bring spiritual power. As you do this, you will grow
stronger in your ability to resist temptation, keep the commandments, and become more
like Jesus Christ. Determine what you can do daily to remain pure and worthy, and write
your plan in your journal.
□ D, T, P – Perform assigned duties
□ D-QA 7 - Write a half-page explanation of the purpose of the sacrament. You can refer to
Matthew 26:26, D&C 20:75–79, or the Topical Guide.
□ P-QA 1 - Memorize the sacrament prayers. Talk to a priesthood leader about the
baptismal covenant and what it involves.
• Scriptures daily; specific reading
□ YW – Read daily
□ D, T, P – Read daily;
□ D-FA 1 - Develop the habit of reading the scriptures daily. During your 2 years as a
deacon, read 1 Nephi through Mosiah in the Book of Mormon. Share with your family a
few of the prophetic statements about Jesus Christ.
□ T- FA 1 - In the Book of Mormon, read Alma through Moroni, and discuss with your
family what Alma, Helaman, and Moroni foretold about Christ. Also discuss the brother
of Jared and the strength of his faith.
□ T-SD 4 - Recite from memory the Articles of Faith and D&C 13.
□ P- FA 1 - Read the Book of Mormon. Discuss with your family the highlights from the
book, including such topics as the difference in attitude between Nephi and Laman, the
value of obedience to parents and priesthood leaders, the need to heed the messages of
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 Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, the fight between good and evil, King Benjamin’s wise
counsel, Jesus Christ’s visit to the Western Hemisphere, and the promise given in Moroni
10:4–5.
□ P-SD 10 - Recite from memory the Articles of Faith and D&C 4.
• Seminary
□ T, P – attend
• Service Project- Family, Church, Community, Elderly
□ S 1 (FG & FB) – Read and discuss the parable of the Good Samaritan (see Luke 10:30-37). Plan
and complete a service project that helps a family member or neighbor. After completing the
project, discuss how it helped you faith grow stronger.
□ S 10 (FG & FB) – Write a letter to a teacher, your parents, or your grandparents telling them
what you appreciate and respect about them.
□ GW 1 - Learn why service is a fundamental principle of the gospel. Read Matthew 5:13–
16; Matthew 25:34–40; Galatians 6:9–10; James 1:22–27; Mosiah 2:17; Mosiah 4:26; and
3 Nephi 13:1–4. Others often give service you may not notice, such as preparing meals,
reading or listening to younger children, repairing clothing, or helping a brother or sister.
For two weeks record in your journal the quiet acts of service your family members and
others perform. Acknowledge their service in some meaningful way.
□ GW 3 - Read Mosiah 18:7–10, and in your journal list three ways you can comfort others
or help them bear their burdens. Do the things on your list,
□ GW 5 - Read D&C 58:26–28. Think of ways a young woman, as well as a wife and mother,
could apply this scripture in her family. Develop a pattern of service in your life by choosing a
family member you can help. Serve that person for at least a month. Record in your journal
your actions and feelings about the experience.
□ GW 6 - Spend at least three hours giving service outside your family. Ask your ward or branch
Relief Society president or a community leader for suggestions for service. For example, you
might take care of children while parents attend the temple; collect, make, or recondition toys or
games for a nursery; accept an assignment to clean the meetinghouse; or perform errands for or
read to a homebound person or others in need. Record in your journal the reactions of the
person you served and possible goals for future service opportunities.
□ D-FA 7 - Perform at least 2 service projects for your family each year.
□ D-QA 5 - Participate in at least 2 deacon’s quorum service projects each year.
□ D-CSD 10 - With your quorum, clean up or repair a part of your neighborhood.
□ T-FA 8 - Plan an activity in which you and your family serve a neighbor or relative. Carry
out the activity together.
□ T-QA 7 - Under the direction of a priesthood leader, participate in at least 1 teachers
quorum service project each year.
□ T-CSD 3 - Volunteer for 4 or more afternoons or evenings at a hospital, home for the aged,
center for the disabled, welfare center, or homeless shelter.
□ T-CSD 12 - With approval of neighborhood or community leaders, organize a project to clean
and repair a public park or gathering place. Help maintain the grounds for 2 months.
□ P-QA 7 - Participate in at least 1 priests quorum service project each year.
□ P-SD 3 - Visit a hospital or care center, and talk with or read to the patients or residents.,
□ P-SD-4 - With your bishop’s guidance, identify and assist 2 elderly families with tasks such as
shopping, gardening, cleaning house, and painting.
□ P-SD 9 - Participate in a community service project that benefits people who are not members
of the Church.
□ P-CSD 6 - Plan and carry out a cultural or social activity for a group of elderly people in your
area. Consult with the ward high priests group leader in your planning.
□ P-CSD 9 - After talking with a priesthood leader, do 2 projects that will help you better
understand national governments and how to preserve peace.
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 □ P-CSD 11 - Help an elderly person participate in an election in your area.
□ P-CSD 12 - Participate in at least 2 community service projects during the year.
• Stand for Truth
□ PYW 3 – Write in your journal how you can serve the Lord as you stand for truth and
righteousness.
□ I 5 - Learn about standing as a witness. Read Mosiah 18:9. Then record in your journal how you
can personally “stand as [a witness] of God at all times and in all things, and in all places.”
Choose a personal behavior that you need to improve so you can be a better example. Develop
integrity in your life as you practice your new behavior for two weeks. Record your progress in
your journal.
• Strength of Youth
□ CA 2 - Read the pamphlet For the Strength of Youth. List in your journal each standard
of righteous behavior the pamphlet outlines, and record why it is important to live those
standards. Practice living righteous standards by choosing one in which you need to
improve. You might choose to be more selective about television, music, books, or other
media, or you might improve your modesty, speech, or honesty. After three weeks, share
with your family, your class, or a Young Women leader your progress in improving.
□ I 1 - Read Moroni 10:30–33 and think about what it means to “deny yourselves of all
ungodliness.” Read “Standards for the Strength of Youth” on pages 2–4 of this book.
Reflect on how the Lord’s standards differ from the world’s standards. Record in your
journal your personal standards for actions, dress, literature, movies, television, Internet,
music, and conversation. Also write your plan to stay morally clean and worthy to attend
the temple. After keeping your standards for at least a month, record your thoughts and
goals in your journal and continue to keep your commitment.
□ D, T, P - live standards found in For the Strength of Youth
□ D-FA 2 - Read For the Strength of Youth, and discuss with your parents the importance
of standards and values.
□ T-FA 2 - Study For the Strength of Youth. Discuss each topic with your parents, and
explain why each is important to young men and women.
□ T- CSD 9 - Develop a list of music, movies, television programs, and printed materials that are
in harmony with gospel standards.
□ P-FA 2 - Read For the Strength of Youth, and discuss with your parents your experience
in living gospel standards.
□ P-CSD 2 - Read the section on dating in For the Strength of Youth. Discuss appropriate dating
activities and conduct and the characteristics to look for in a potential spouse.
• Talents- develop
□ DT 3 - Learn to sing, play, or lead a song from the Children’s Songbook. Teach or share the
song in a family home evening or at Primary. Discuss how developing talents helps prepare us
for service to Heavenly Father and others.
□ DT 10 - Plan and complete your own activity that will help you develop your talents
□ K 2 - In your journal list talents you have and others you would like to develop. Read
Matthew 25:14–30. Learn a new skill or talent that will help you care for your own future
family or home (for example, playing the piano, singing, budgeting, time management,
cooking, sewing, or child care). Share with your family, class, or Young Women leader
what you have learned.
□ K 7 - Develop and practice the skill of storytelling. Identify someone whose stories you have
enjoyed. Discuss this skill with them; learn how to select stories for specific audiences and how
to use your voice, facial expressions, and gestures to enhance the story. You may want to
include stories from your ancestors’ lives or from the scriptures. Share at least two different
stories with family members, Young Women or Primary classes, or other appropriate audiences.
□ IW 7 – Heavenly Father has given you special gifts. Read 1 Corinthians 12:4-12; 1 Corinthians
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 13; Moroni 7: 12-13; Moroni 10:8-18 and D&C 46:11-26. Ask a family member, a Young
Women leader, and a friend to write down positive qualities the Lord has given you. List your
gifts in your journal, and write how you can continue to develop these gifts and use them to
serve your family and others.
□ D-CSD 12 – Sing with a church, school, or community choir
• Talk/ Bear testimony/ Teach
□ GW 4 - Teach a lesson about a gospel subject in family home evening or in another setting. Use
pictures, music, examples, or demonstrations in your lesson. Use the manual Teaching, No
Greater Call as a resource. This manual is available in your meetinghouse library or through
Church distribution centers.
□ D-QA 3 - As assigned by a priesthood leader, give at least one 3- to 5-minute talk each
year in a priesthood or sacrament meeting.
□ D-SD 5 - At least once each year, bear your testimony.
□ T-QA 2 - As assigned by a priesthood leader, give at least one 4- to 5-minute talk each
year in priesthood or sacrament meeting.
□ T-QA 3 - Under the direction of a priesthood leader, teach, or help teach 1 or more lessons
in the teachers quorum meeting.
□ T- CSD 11 - As assigned by a priesthood leader, give at least 1 talk in sacrament meeting, or
give a speech at school or in the community.
□ P-QA 2 - If possible, give at least two 4- to 5-minute talks each year in a priesthood or
sacrament meeting or Mutual, when assigned by a priesthood leader.
□ P-QA 5 - Under the direction of a priesthood leader, help teach at least 2 lessons in priests
quorum meetings.
□ P-SD 12 - As assigned by a priesthood leader, speak in sacrament meeting about a righteous
father and the impact he had on his family.
• Temple Prep/ Marriage
□ CA 6 - Study the Young Women theme and what it teaches you about who you are, what you
are to do, and why you are to do it. 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.
□ V3 - Prepare to be worthy to enter the temple and to participate in temple ordinances.
Read Alma chapter 5. Make a list of the questions Alma asks. Answer the questions for
yourself, and make a list of the things you can and will do to prepare yourself to be pure
and worthy to enter the temple and receive all the blessings our Heavenly Father has
promised His beloved daughters.
□ P-FA 10 - Read “Temples” in True to the Faith, or read Preparing to Enter the Holy
Temple. Discuss it with your parents.
□ P- CSD 4 - invite a group of newly married couples from the ward or stake to a panel discussion
in which they discuss how individuals should treat each other during courtship and what to look
for in a future spouse.
• Testimony
□ FB & FG, YW - write in journal

• Tithing
□ FG & FB, YW, YM - pay a full tithe
• Virtue
□ V1 - Virtue is a pattern of thought and behavior based on high moral standards. It
includes chastity and purity. The power to create mortal life is an exalted power God has
given His children. He has commanded that this power be used only between a man and a
woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife. Study the meaning and importance of
chastity and virtue by reading Moroni 9:9, Jacob 2:28, “The Family: A Proclamation to
the World,” and “Sexual Purity” in For the Strength of Youth. Also read Article of Faith
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 number thirteen and Proverbs 31:10–31. In your journal, write the promised blessings of
being sexually clean and pure and your commitment to be chaste.
□ V2 - Virtuous living “at all times and in all things, and in all places” qualifies you for the
constant companion- ship of the Holy Ghost. When you are baptized and confirmed, you
are given the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide all aspects of your life. Since the Holy Ghost
does not dwell in unclean tabernacles, living a virtuous life is a prerequisite to having the
companion- ship of the Holy Ghost and receiving the blessings of temple ordinances. Read
the following scripture references, and identify the promised blessings: John 14:26–27;
John 15:26; 2 Nephi 32:1–5; D&C 45:57–59; D&C 88:3–4; and D&C 121:45–46. In your
journal, record what you have learned, and write about a time when you felt the guidance
of the Holy Ghost.
□ V3 - Prepare to be worthy to enter the temple and to participate in temple ordinances.
Read Alma chapter 5. Make a list of the questions Alma asks. Answer the questions for
yourself, and make a list of the things you can and will do to prepare yourself to be pure
and worthy to enter the temple and receive all the blessings our Heavenly Father has
promised His beloved daughters.
□ V4 - Because the Savior loves you and has given His life for you, you can repent.
Repentance is an act of faith in Jesus Christ. Read Moroni 10:32, the book of Enos, and
the section on repentance in For the Strength of Youth. The Savior’s atoning sacrifice has
made it possible for you to be forgiven of your sins. Read the sacrament prayers in D&C
20:77–79. Determine to partake worthily of the sacrament each week and fill your life
with virtuous activities that will bring spiritual power. As you do this, you will grow
stronger in your ability to resist temptation, keep the commandments, and become more
like Jesus Christ. Determine what you can do daily to remain pure and worthy, and write
your plan in your journal.
• Word of Wisdom
□ L&L 7 (FG & FB) - Read D&C 89. Discuss how Heavenly Father blesses us when we faithfully
live the Word of Wisdom. Help plan and conduct an activity to teach the Word of Wisdom to
others.
□ CA 2 - Read the pamphlet For the Strength of Youth. List in your journal each standard
of righteous behavior the pamphlet outlines, and record why it is important to live those
standards. Practice living righteous standards by choosing one in which you need to
improve. You might choose to be more selective about television, music, books, or other
media, or you might improve your modesty, speech, or honesty. After three weeks, share
with your family, your class, or a Young Women leader your progress in improving.
□ D, T, P – Keep the Word of Wisdom
□ D-ED 12 - Read the Word of Wisdom in D&C 89, and explain to a parent or priesthood leader
what is meant by “and shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden
treasures.”

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