August: How can I teach others how to do family history work?

All Printables and Videos found HERE

1. Introduction

• Did the youth do any family history work with week?
• Have you ever taught someone how to use technology?
• Quote from Elder Bednar, “Your fingers have been trained to text and tweet to accelerate and advance the work of the Lord—not just to communicate quickly with your friends.”

2. Learning Together

• What are some ways you can use your technology skills to help others learn about family history?
• Quote from Generations Linked in Love by Elder Russell M. Nelson found in the printables

3. Teaching Others

• During the lesson, "Why is it important to learn about my family history?", the youth mentioned different ways that they find names to take to the temple. I had them teach their tips to the class.
• Watch "Preserve your Photos and Family Memories" video. When I watched this video, it really touched me and I knew that this was what we needed to focus on in this lesson.
• I hooked my laptop up to a tv and showed the youth how to add photos and stories to their ancestors "Memories" section of their profile. As well as how to tag other ancestors in the photo.
• I went to my grandma's house in preparation and she let me take a book full of stories and pictures. She even had cassette tape recordings of President Monson interviewing my Great-Grandparents that need to be transcribed. How cool is that!? Let's just say I'm hooked on learning about my ancestors and I brought all the life histories, some photos and those cassette tapes to show my class, hoping that they will find the enthusiasm for learning about their ancestors.
• I also showed them how to use the Memories app on their phones. It links to the Family Tree (Family Search) app. You can store pictures, recordings, and documents on the Memories app while you are meeting with grandparents and others who can share stories and pictures of ancestors. There is a really cool feature on the Family Tree app called "Relatives Around Me". If two people have this screen open on their phone, Family Tree will find how you and their other person are the most closely related. I found out my husband is my 6th cousin!

4. Making it Personal

• Watch "Help Others Add Photos and Documents the Their Family Tree" video
• Think of someone that you could share what we have learned today with (FHE, Grandparents, sibilings)
• I bought copies of "My Family: Stories that Bring Us Together" booklet from the distribution center. You can also order them online HERE
• Let the class share their family stories

5. Conclusion

• You might not remember all of their names, but they will never forget yours.
• SoulSavers treat (I put a piece of paper over the "Life" part of "LifeSavors")

June: How can I use stories to teach others about the priesthood?

All Printables and Videos found HERE

Introduction:

• Display list of parables 
• Ask the youth what all of these words have in common
• Why did Jesus use stories to teach?

Learn Together:

(I used the article "Using Stories to Teach About the Priesthood" as the outline for this lesson. So headings, sections and paragraphs mentioned below come from this article. You can also find a pdf version in the printables and video link. I had the youth read the quotes from the article.)

• Read the 1st paragraph of section "Why Use Stories"
• To help us better understand why stories are a great way to teach we are going to use the following scenario: "Read the scenario at the beginning of the article about Anton"
• Read the 2nd paragraph of "Why Use Stories"
• Do they have any priesthood stories they could share with Anton? (If they can't think of anything, that's okay. They will remember experiences throughout the lesson and we will ask this question again later on.)

Likening the Scriptures:

• Ask the youth where can they find stories about the priesthood?
• Scriptures, Mormon Messages, their own experiences, other's experience
• Read Acts 8:14-24 and 3 Nephi 18:1-9, which are stories about the priesthood
• Read the section "Where to Find Stories"
• By now the youth have probably thought of a few stories they could share

Making it Personal:

• Read the section "What Stories to Use" and "When to Tell Stories"
• Put everything we have learned into action by watching the following videos and asked the youth to look for a principle. Afterwards ask them what it means to them personally.
• Faith in the Priesthood - What can you learn about preparation and the priesthood from President Monson?
• Sanctify Yourselves - What can you learn from the 18-year-old newly ordained Melchizedek priesthood holder about listening to the Spirit?
• Wartime Miracle - What can you learn about faith and the priesthood?
• Additional Stories, if you have time:
• http://www.ldsshortstories.com/stories/priesthood
• https://www.lds.org/children/resources/topics/priesthood-blessings?lang=eng&_r=1
• http://www.mormonhaven.com/zwick.htm

Conclusion:

• Ask the youth if they thought of any stories they would like to share about the priesthood.
• Have the youth answer the question on the index card "What does the priesthood mean to me?"