SChoose-wisely

“You can choose wisely and solve problems”

#1

“Develop a pattern of living righteous standards”

#2 Choose-High standards

“One of God’s greatest gifts to his children”

#3

#4

“Learn about the importance of repentance”

Choose-Repentance

#5

“Living the gospel helps you remain free & happy”

Choose-Holy Ghost“The Holy Ghost helps us make good choices”

#6

Choose-Budgeting“Begin a money management pattern”

#7

Choose-Agency

Choose-Young Women’s

Choice & Accountability

I will choose good over evil and will accept responsibility for my decisions.

Personal Progress

Complete 1-3 & choose 3 from 4-7 Then…you only have to complete your project (there’s plenty of ideas to choose from on the second to the last page) and you have Choice & Accountability completed!!!

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Choose-wisely

“You can choose wisely and solve problems”

#1

Doctrine & Covenants 9:8

A daughter of God can make good choices and work out problems.

Listen to or read:

Discuss with a parent or leader how regular scripture study and prayer helped you make correct decisions.

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Share

family member, parent or leader signature

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Videos

Listen to, read or watch the video “The Jadeites Leave Babel” Book of Mormon Stories, Chapter 50 https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-12-50-chapter-50-the-jaredites-leave-babel?category=book-of-mormon/book-of-mormon-stories&lang=eng

Read

Listen to, read or watch the video “The Jadeites Travel to the Promised Land” Book of Mormon Stories, Chapter 51 https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-12-51-chapter-51-the-jaredites-travel-to-the-promised-land?category=book-of-mormon/book-of-mormon-stories&lang=eng

Regular scripture study and prayer helps you to work out your problems and make good choices, such as choosing good friends,

being kind to others, and getting up on time.Sing Search, Ponder and Pray

Listen to, sing, or sign along with the song,“Search, Ponder and Pray”.

Complete the online puzzle of “Joseph Seeks Wisdom”. https://www.lds.org/children/activities/puzzles/joseph-smith?lang=eng

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1. I love to read the holy scriptures,And, ev'ry time I do,

I feel the Spirit start to grow within my heart-A testimony that they're true. Chorus

2. So, prayerfully I'll read the scriptures Each day my whole life through.

I'll come to understand.I'll heed the Lord's command

And live as he would have me do. Chorus Chorus

Search, ponder, and pray Are the things that I must do.

The Spirit will guide, and, deep inside,I'll know the scriptures are true.

Words: Jaclyn Thomas Milne, b. 1949. (c) 1986 IRI Music: Carol Baker Black, b. 1951. (c) 1986 IRI

Activity

Choose-High standards

“Develop a pattern of living righteous standards”

#2

Read “My Gospel Standards”. Choose 2 areas to work on and color the star next to #1 ORANGE and the start next to #2 GREEN. Every day for 2 weeks record when you choose the right with a star (ORANGE, GREEN or BOTH) each time you work on that standard.

My Gospel Standards

Week 1

After two weeks, I shared my progress with my family, class, or a leader. I showed them my stars.

2 Week Progress Chart

Share

Week 2

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follow Heavenly Father’s plan for me.

remember my baptismal covenant and listen to the Holy Ghost.

choose the right. I know I can repent when I make a mistake.

be honest with Heavenly Father, others, and myself.

use the names of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ reverently. I will not swear or use crude words.

do those things on the Sabbath that will help me feel close to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

honor my parents and do my part to strengthen my family.

keep my mind and body sacred and pure, and I will not partake of things that are harmful to me.

dress modestly to show respect for Heavenly Father and myself.

only read and watch things that are pleasing to Heavenly Father.

only listen to music that is pleasing to Heavenly Father.

seek good friends and treat others kindly.

live now to be worthy to go to the temple and do my part to have an eternal family.

Every day for 2 weeks practice living righteous standards in those 2 areas you have chosen. You might be more careful about television, music, books, or other

media, or you might improve your modesty, language, or honesty.

Choose-Agency

“One of God’s greatest gifts to his children”

#3

Agency, or being able to choose, is one of God’s greatest gifts to His children.

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I discussed the blessings and responsibilities of agency with a family member, parent or leader.

__________________________________________

Joshua 24:15

Share

family member, parent or leader signature

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Study

Listen to or read:

Sing

Choose the Right Way

Listen to, sing, or sign along with the song,“Choose the Right Way”.

1. There's a right way to live and be happy;It is choosing the right ev'ry day.

I am learning the teachings of Jesus; They will help me and show me the way.

Choose the right way and be happy. I must always choose the right.

2. Through the gospel I learn to be prayerful,To have faith, to repent, to obey,

And I know if I live by his teachings, I will truly be happy each day.

Words and music: Clara W. McMaster 1904-1997. (c) 1981 IRI

Follow the “Choose the Right” maze (Friend, Oct. 2005, 20). Choose the pictures that represent good decisions. As you make the correct choices, the maze will lead you to Jesus Christ.

Activity

Color the CTRM

“Learn about the importance of repentance”

#4 Choose-Repentance

Isaiah 1:18

Activity

Draw a face of how you would feel by each of the five (5) steps of repentance.

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Study

Listen to or read:

Sing

If the Savior Stood Beside me

Listen to, sing, or sign along with the song,“If the Savior Stood Beside me”.

Listen to, read or watch the video “Alma the Younger Repents” Book of Mormon Stories, Chapter 18 https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-12-18-chapter-18-alma-the-younger-repents?lang=eng&category=book-of-mormon/book-of-mormon-stories

Video

If the Savior stood beside me,would I do the things I do? Would I think of His commandments and try harder to be true?

Would I follow His example? Would I live more righteously if I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?

If the Savior stood beside me, would I say the things I say? Would my words be true and kind if He were never far away?

Would I try to share the gospel? Would I speak more rev’rently if I could see the Savior standing nigh, watching over me?

If the Savior stood beside me, would my thoughts be clean and pure? Would His presence give me strength and hope and courage to endure?

Would His counsel guide my actions? Would I choose more worthily if I could see the Savior standing nigh watching over me?

Watching over me, watching over me, He is always near me, though I do not see Him there, and because He loves me dearly,

I am in His watchful care, so I’ll be the kind of person that I know I’d like to be if I could see the Savior standing nigh watching over me.

I will be the kind of person that I know I’d like to be if I could see the Savior standing nigh watching over me. Copyright © 2007 by Sally DeFord. All rights reserved. This song may be copied for incidental,

noncommercial home and church use. This notice must be included on each copy made.

1. Feel sorry. 2. Confess the sin and pray for forgiveness.

3. Do your best to make up for the wrong choice.

4. Don’t repeat the wrong choice.

5. Obey the commandments and live more like the Savior.

Study the process of repentance, pray for guidance, and use the five (5) steps of repentance in your life.

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Choose-Holy Ghost“The Holy Ghost helps us make good choices”

#5

John 14:26 Galatians 5:22 Moroni 10:5

The Holy Ghost will help you make correct choices.

The Holy Ghost can help me in my daily life by… __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________.

When the Spirit is with me, I feel…_______________________________________________________________________________________.

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SingLet the Holy Spirit Guide

Listen to, sing, or sign along with the song,“Let the Holy Spirit Guide”.

Pray for and live worthy of the constant

companionship of the Holy

Ghost.

1. Let the Holy Spirit guide;Let him teach us what is true.

He will testify of Christ, Light our minds with heaven's view.

2. Let the Holy Spirit guard;Let his whisper govern choice.

He will lead us safely homeIf we listen to his voice.

3. Let the Spirit heal our heartsThru his quiet, gentle pow'r.

May we purify our livesTo receive him hour by hour.

Text: Penelope Moody Allen, b. 1939. (c) 1985 IRI. Music: Martin Shaw, 1875-1958.

Choose-Young Women’s

“Living the gospel helps you remain free & happy”

#6

The Young Women theme reminds us that as daughters of God we are to “stand as witnesses of God.”

I will stand as a witness of God by ___________________________.

I felt ______________________________ when I stood as a witness.

“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’ (Mosiah 18:9) 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.”

Modesty

Movies

Language

List what you will do each day with regards to the topics below.

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Memorize

Memorize the phrase:

We will stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things, and in all places

Sing

I Will Be Valiant

Listen to, sing, or sign along with the song, “I Will Be Valiant”.

The Lord needs valiant servants, To do his work in the latter day,

Who follow the teachings of Jesus And serve his people in a loving way.

I will be his servantAnd keep my cov'nants valiantly.

I'll stand for truth. I'll stand for right. The Lord can depend on me.

Words and music: Vanja Y. Watkins, b. 1938. (c) 1981 IRI

young women’s theme

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Choose-Budgeting“Begin a money management pattern”

#7

Making choices is part of Heavenly Father’s plan for us. Read:

Tithing

Make and use a savings box with three sections, or use three envelopes.

My Budget Plan

Money I made (income) Tithing 10% Spending Savings Other

1st Month 2nd MonthMonthly Expense Items

In 2 months I earned $_________. In 2 months I paid $_________ for tithing. In 2 months I saved $_________ for __________.

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Begin wise money management by creating a plan for saving and spending your money, including paying your tithing.

Tithing Spending Savings

Listen to, read or watch the video “Tithing” Doctrine and Covenants Stories, Chapter 44 https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-06-45-chapter-44-tithing-july-1838?lang=eng&category=doctrine-and-covenants/doctrine-and-covenants-stories

Video

Pay your tithing first!

Choice & Accountability

Project Ideas

• Find a Mormonad, or design your own ad about making good choices. Plan a skit with your family or Young Women class based on your ad. Perform it at home or at Mutual.

• Under the direction of your leaders, help plan a New Beginnings, Evening of Excellence, or other Young Women activity that helps you and other young women choose to live the Lord’s standards and stand as a witness (for example, a modest fashion show, a dance, and so forth).

• Memorize the Young Women motto: “Stand for truth and righteousness.” In your journal, list what you can do to stand as a witness for truth and righteousness. Make your own frame to display the Young Women motto and the scripture “Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations” (D&C:115:5).

• Make a blanket, quilt, or comforter that will help you remember how the Holy Ghost makes you feel. Listen to or read Galatians 5:22 and John 14:26.

• Choose to be more orderly in your home by completing a cleaning or organizing project, such as organizing your closet or drawers and donating items you don’t need or use. Write in your journal what you did and how it will help you in other areas of your life. For example: “I cleaned ____________. This project helped me _______.”

• With family or friends, evaluate your use of media, television, and technology. Create a plan to keep improper media from entering your home. Make sure your plan encourages the wholesome use of television, movies, music, computers, Internet, cell phones, and other media forms in the home. Share your ideas with your family and others.

• Make a testimony glove for yourself or a Primary friend (see Friend, Oct. 2008, 24–25). With another person, practice saying each of the five parts of a testimony. Write your testimony in a Book of Mormon, and give it to a friend.

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S1. __________________________________________ __________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________ __________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________ __________________________________________ 4. __________________________________________ __________________________________________

My Project is:

My plan to carry out my project is:

Choose you this day whom ye will serve; … but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord (Joshua

24:15).

I will choose good over evil and will accept responsibility for my decisions.

Choice & Accountability

10 hour Project

My Choice & Accountability project… (include how you felt and how your understanding of Choice & Accountability increased)

Evaluation:

parent or leader approval initials

____________________________________________________start date completion date

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_______________________________parent or leader signature of project completion

_____________hours spent

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