General Young Women Meeting

All young women ages 12 to 18, their mothers, and Young Women leaders are invited to view the broadcast of the General Young Women Meeting, which will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2012 and will be rebroadcast to many areas of the world.  Where possible, those who attend are encouraged to meet together in chapels to view the broadcast. It will also be broadcast live on the Internet at broadcast.lds.org.

The theme for the meeting is “Arise and Shine Forth” (Doctrine and Covenants 115:5) and will include addresses by a member of the First Presidency and by members of the Young Women general presidency.“

Connecting Youth

The November 12, 2011 issue of Church News has a great editorial on the importance of developing relationships with youth.


"Connecting Youth"

Online Resources for Young Women Leaders

A new Church News article published on November 12, 2011 shares new internet resources in Personal Progress, the Youth Website, and in the Worldwide Training Library.

"Many Resources to help Young Women leaders accomplish their goals"

Sheet Music Downloads

Did you know that you can download sheet music for some of the Youth website songs?

Here are the ones that are available:

• "Today" by Liz Draper
• "Drop by Drop" by Jenny Frogley and Ron Williams
• "Shout for Joy" by Greg, Beverly, and Barry Hansen
• "Strong and Courageous" by Jenny Phillips
• "Guardians of Virtue" from Strength of Youth Media
• "We Believe" from Strength of Youth Media
• "Priesthood Men" from Strength of Youth Media

To download go to the youth website music library and click on the sheet music download icon at the far right

Music Video

This Jenny Phillips music video, "Live Like You Believe" was shared on the Church News website:

Special Personal Progress New Era

This is actually a "flip" issue of the New Era with Personal Progress on one side and Duty to God on the other.

It's fantastic!

You can link to a pdf here and text here.

Be sure to get a copy and share it with the youth!

Here's a fun section - "Notes to the Good Girls" where young men share appreciation for girls who live the standards.

There are stories and Personal Progress ideas for every value.

And I love Elder Bowen's Personal Progress message and story about precious jewels.


Enjoy!

The Song of the Heart

Young Women love music, don't they? 

Here's a video about a beautiful young woman from Hawaii, Marissa, who loves music for many reasons —most of all because it has led her closer to Heavenly Father.



You can also download an MP3 of Marissa singing “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” in the youth music library.


How could you use this video?

Consider working with your young women to select a song they'd like to learn and share in sacrament meeting or New Beginnings. Be sure to coordinate this through your priesthood leader - there are guidelines for music to be used in sacrament meeting. You can see them here in the music section of Handbook 2.

Or you could show this video and then invite the young women to plan an activity for sharing talents.

or other ideas - you can share how you plan to use this video by commenting below.

Here's a video link to share:  https://lds.org/youth/video/the-song-of-the-heart?lang=eng