Conducting:
Opening
Song:
Pianist:
Chorister:
Opening
Prayer:
Welcome: Welcome
to new beginnings! The purpose of new
beginnings is to help young women and their parents learn about the Young Women
program. We are excited for each of the new
11-year old girls to join us in Young Women’s as we SEEK THE SWEET and
Come unto Christ.
2014 Mutual Theme: (Show Slide
#1) - The 2014 Mutual theme is: “Come unto Christ, and be perfected in him,
and deny yourselves of all ungodliness” (Moroni 10:32).
YW Motto and Logo: (Show Slide #2) – The Young Women motto is “stand for truth and
righteousness.” The Young Women logo is
a torch surrounded by the Young Women motto.
The torch represents the light of Christ, inviting all to “come unto
Christ.”
Young Women Theme: (Show Slide #3) – We are
daughters
of our Heavenly Father, who loves us, and we love Him. We
will “stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in
all places” as we strive to live the Young Women values, which are:
Faith • Divine Nature • Individual Worth • Knowledge • Choice and
Accountability • Good Works • Integrity • and Virtue
We believe as we come to accept and act upon these values, we will be prepared to strengthen home and family, make
and keep sacred covenants, receive the ordinances of the temple, and enjoy the
blessings of exaltation.
There are three
different classes that each girl will attend while there are in Young
Women’s. Each class has a specific age
group, purpose and symbol.
Beehives: (Show Slide
#4) – Twelve and thirteen year old girls attend the Beehive class. The beehive was a symbol of harmony,
cooperation, and work for the early pioneers of the Church. Beehive was also
the first name by which young women were known. Beehives today learn to work
together in cooperation and harmony as they strengthen their faith in Jesus
Christ and prepare to stand for truth and righteousness. This is a time to
“arise and shine forth” (D&C 115:5).
YW Share about a SWEET
Beehive activity:
Mia Maid: (Show
Slide #5) – Fourteen and fifteen year old girls attend the Mia Maid
class. The name Mia Maid refers
historically to the Mutual Improvement Association, which adopted the emblem of
the rose as a symbol of love, faith, and purity. Mia Maids today learn about
love, faith, and purity as they strengthen their testimony and accept and act
upon the Young Women values.
YW Share about a SWEET
Mia Maid activity:
Laurels: (Show
Slide #6) – Sixteen and seventeen year old girls attend the Laurel
class. For centuries the laurel wreath
has been a crown woven from the leaves of the laurel tree. It is given to
someone who finishes a significant achievement as a symbol of honor and
accomplishment. Laurels today are finishing their preparation to make and keep
sacred covenants and receive the ordinances of the temple.
YW Share about a SWEET
Laurel activity:
Special Musical Number – Do you have any ideas for
a good special musical number that a few of the girls could sing/play?
While in Young
Women’s you’ll get a change to strengthen your talents and abilities through
the personal progress program. As you participate in Personal Progress, you
join with thousands of other young women who are SEEKING THE SWEET and
striving to come unto Christ
The Purpose of Personal
Progress: (Show
Slide #7) - Personal Progress will help you strengthen your faith in and
testimony of Jesus Christ as you learn His teachings and regularly apply
them in your life. It will help you strengthen both your present family and
your future family. It will help you prepare to make and keep sacred covenants
and receive the ordinances of the temple.
Young women work with their parents, Young Women leaders, and other
exemplary women to set and accomplish goals based on the eight Young Women
values. Personal Progress can help
parents and leaders improve their relationship with young women as they work
together.
Invite each of the new 11-year-olds up. Give each girl a cute treat bag. A few young women come up one at a time and
give each 11-year-old girl a candy that represents the color of each value and then
explain why that value is SWEET to them.
Faith: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a White candy) - The
color white represents Faith. Faith is SWEET
to me because….
YW share a Faith value
project they completed:
Divine
Nature: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a
Blue candy) - The color blue represents Divine Nature. Divine Nature is SWEET to me because….
YW share a Divine Nature
value project they completed:
Individual
Worth: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a
Red candy) – The color red represents Individual Worth. Individual Worth is SWEET to me
because …
YW share an Individual Worth
value project they completed:
Knowledge: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a Green candy) – The
color green represents Knowledge.
Knowledge is SWEET to me because …
YW share a Knowledge value
project they completed:
Choice and
Accountability: (Hand each 11-year-old girl an
Orange candy) – The color orange represents Choice and Accountability. Choice and Accountability is SWEET to
me because …
YW share a Choice and
Accountability value project they completed:
Good Works: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a Yellow candy) –
The color yellow represents Good Works.
Good Works is SWEET to me because …
YW share a Good Works value
project they completed:
Integrity: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a Purple candy) –
The color Purple represents Integrity.
Integrity is SWEET to me because …
YW share an Integrity value
project they completed:
Virtue: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a Gold candy) – The
color Gold represents Virtue. Virtue is SWEET
to me because …
YW share a Virtue value
project they completed:
Introduce each of the 11-year-old who will be joining Young Women’s. Have a parent of each girl come forward and
introduce us to their daughter.
Bishopric Member Concluding Remarks
Closing
Song:
Closing
Prayer:
Here are the sample invitation and decoration ideas I got from: http://courtneyaitken.blogspot.com/2012/09/yw-in-excellence-seek-sweet-this-past.html?m=1
I plan on using the YW value colors for decorations though.
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