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| One of our young women drew this welcome sign and all the value posters for us. She did such a great job. She spent a lot of time on it. |
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| This was the table after we finished setting things up in the morning. We didn't add the other decorations and fill the jars with candy until right before it started that evening. I'm sad I forgot to get a picture of the finished table. |
Seek the Sweet: Come Unto Christ –
2014 New Beginnings
Conducting: Sydney (Laurel
President)
Opening
Song: Sweet
Hour of Prayer
Pianist: Jane
Chorister: Gabby
Opening
Prayer: TBA
Narrator: (Our Counselor over the Beehives was the Narrator) Welcome to new
beginnings! The purpose of new
beginnings is to help young women and their parents learn about the Young Women’s
program in the church. 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.
Tonight each of the young women in our ward will tell us a little bit
about what you can expect when you join Young Women’s. We’ll get started with Abbey Schenck and
Madison Hall as they tell us the 2014 Mutual Theme.
Abbey &
Madison - 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).
**The slide show we used was found HERE. We only used the first 7 slides.
Bailey &
MiKylah - 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.”
Courtney &
Aaron - 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.
Narrator: 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.
Laura - 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).
Annabelle &
Krishell - YW Share about a SWEET
Beehive activity:
Melissa - 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.
Hailey - YW Share about a SWEET Mia Maid activity:
Paige - 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.
Megan - YW Share about a SWEET Laurel activity:
Narrator: 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
Gabby and
Addison - 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.
Narrator: Now I’d like to invite
each of the new 11-year-olds up. (Give each girl a 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.)
Megan - Faith: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a White candy) - The color white represents
Faith. Faith is SWEET to me
because….
Alyssa - YW share a Faith value project they completed:
Kyleigh - Divine Nature: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a Blue candy) - The
color blue represents Divine Nature. Divine
Nature is SWEET to me because….
Jane - YW share a Divine Nature value project they completed:
Jessica - Individual Worth: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a Red candy) – The
color red represents Individual Worth.
Individual Worth is SWEET to me because …
Allison - YW share an Individual Worth value project they completed:
Ashley - Knowledge: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a Green candy) – The
color green represents Knowledge.
Knowledge is SWEET to me because …
Sydney - YW share a Knowledge value project they completed:
Annabelle - 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 …
McKenzie - YW share a Choice and Accountability value project they
completed:
Isabelle - Good Works: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a Yellow candy) –
The color yellow represents Good Works.
Good Works is SWEET to me because …
Jensen &
Elizabeth - YW share a Good Works
value project they completed:
Hailey - Integrity: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a Purple candy) –
The color Purple represents Integrity.
Integrity is SWEET to me because …
Taylor - YW share an Integrity value project they completed:
Chantelle - Virtue: (Hand each 11-year-old girl a Gold candy) – The
color Gold represents Virtue. Virtue is SWEET
to me because …
Minni - YW share a Virtue value project they completed:
Narrator: Now we would like to
get to know a little bit about each of the 11-year-old girls who will be
joining Young Women’s. Could we please have
a parent of each girl come forward and introduce us to their daughter?
Lily
Gracie
Kelly
Liv
Claudia
Bishopric Member Concluding Remarks
Closing
Song: #176 Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love
Closing
Prayer: TBA
Refreshments:
Mini Fruit Pizzas and Candy in all the YW value colors
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