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lds-yw-digest         Wednesday, July 8 1998         Volume 01 : Number 177




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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 08:31:19 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mark Lowry)
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) YW in Excellence

Hi
Our ward is having a YW in Excellence Fair the end of this month. We
need to get together a bunch of ideas for the girls to be working on...
I am starting to compile a list... any ideas would be great

Here are a few I have been thinking of:

Doing a collage of pics and stories about an ancestor of the girls
choice..living or passed on

Learning a skill of an ancestor and doing something like he/she would
have done...ie...cross-stitching, candlemaking, reading braille, sign
language

Doing a set number of service hours for someone in the family, and doing
a poster/picture report of this

Do geneology, and prepare a name for the temple, and tell about this

This is only the beginning, and I'll post it as I get more ideas, Hope
you can help me too, and together we can get some good ideas for the
girls.

on other idea we are going to try is enlisting the help of our Laurels
in helping the young beehive in choosing and developing their projects.
And helping them see how to do it...we are encouraging them to do this
as on of their laurel projects.  Hhopefully they will see  the whole
vision here and help the little Beehives see how  great this can be,
have a good role model, and help us too...we have a large group of yw,
and are just getting new advisors etc.

thanks  Geri in Augusta










The Palmers wrote:
>
> Hello everyone!  Our Ward is looking for a list of ideas for YW in
> Excellence projects that the girls may be interested in.  We have mostly
> Beehives and younger Mia Maids.  They are VERY enthusiastic, but not very
> skilled... so we want to try to provide them with some ideas that they will
> be interested in but that are also acheivable.
>
> Any suggestions would be great... Also when I am done compiling my idea
> list, I'll post it here if anyone is interested.
>
> Thanks!   Cheryl Palmer, CA
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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 08:36:58 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mark Lowry)
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) I need help on...

Check ou the lesson manual for some quotes ideas possibly?



>
> The Bishop just called and wants my husband and I to speak Sunday on
> 'The Priesthood in our Home,'  Does anybody have anything we could
> use?  I really like a few weeks to think about these things but it's
> very short notice for THIS sunday.  Thank you all,  Kay

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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 08:55:05 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mark Lowry)
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) camp

Crafts are always a good time filler...ie rainbows on plastic canvas
with value color ribbons, sand candles, friendship braclets, t-shirt
painting, baseball cap painting,

Games are also great..I have played a game called Greed with dice...it
was a great hit..it also came back to haunt me as being greedy many
years later.  You roll the dice(5) and have to get  a total of 30 points
in one turn before you can get on the score board..you get points with
1's and 5's...1=10 points..5= 5points...if you get 3 of a kind of any
number you multiply that by 10 (ie..3 4's= 40 points)  The name greed is
derived by the fact that you keep rolling until you have got enough
points for your turn..then you can stop or keeprolling...but if you roll
and no 1 or 5 come up, then your turn is over...it is a game of chance..
but no stakes..just for fun.  The girls asked me to play it again and
again.  We had a lot of fun.  Also..the person rolling has the option to
pass on the dice with her total to the next player with the remaining
dice to be rolled.  (once there is a 1 or 5 or 3 of a kind...those dice
are set aside and you roll the remaining dice until they are all 1,5,3
of a kind...then you can roll them all again)

Story telling is also fun and can be very informative to leaders.

Have some Book of Mormons they can write their testamonies in for the
missionaries.

I have, in the past, had the  yw parents write a letter to the yw, to be
read in a quiet moment alone, with journals with them..it has been a
very rewarding activity, also our Branch president did the same.  We as
yw leaders also did it too.  It was great!

Small service projects are great fillers too.. this year our 4th years
helped reconstruct the ampitheatre where we were camping..they did a
great job and sang and told stories all along... a great
experience..enjoyed by the girls and leadrers involved.

hope this can help a bit...Geri












Rich Sorenson wrote:
>
> I am looking for activities to do at girls camp to keep the girls from
> becoming bored during the time between bigger activities.  If anyone has
> done anything really fun or has heard of anything, please let me know.
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
>
> Jamie Sorenson
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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 08:05:56 -0500
From: Marcia Leon <[e-mail]>
Subject: (lds-yw) Temple lesson ideas

Hi everyone!

I can't remember if we've discussed and shared ideas on this subject before
now ... but I need to develop a temple lesson/program for the YW in the
stake ... does anyone have something wonderful that they have done or heard
that has been effective in turning the hearts of the YW?  Our plan is to
have a lesson at camp on the importance of the temple and preparing
ourselves so that we are worthy to attend (we go to camp on July 27th).  We
were thinking of showing the Washington DC film and then we will show them
an exerpt of the White Plains Temple documentary that has been prepared for
the zoning board.  (For those of you that do not know ... the White Plains,
NY temple was announced about five years ago but we are still far from
groundbreaking due to the opposition of the people in the town of Harrison
where the temple is to be built).  We are hoping that if the girls see what
the temple will look like it will become more "real" to them.  Then two
weeks after camp we will be taking all the YW in the stake to the actual
temple site for a sunrise service ... that's where we are stuck!!!  The
temple fireside would have been great to do but we did it already!  Any
ideas to get us started?!?  I am brain-dead right now as I work with the
YCL's on final preparations for camp!!

Marcia in NJ

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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 07:51:52 -0600
From: gplp <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) I need help on...

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Kay,
Here is some object lessons:

EQUIPMENT:
A broken tennis racquet
A good tennis racquet
A tennis ball

LIKE UNTO:
A good tennis racquet is like the priesthood.
Scripture Reference:
Matthew 16:19

ACTIVITY AND APPLICATION
Take the good tennis racquet and a ball.=A0 Challenge anyone in the
class to a game of tennis.=A0 When someone takes the offer, say: "OK,
there is just one stipulation, I furnish the racquets."=A0 Now give the
student the broken racquet.=A0 When the Lord gives us a task to do, he
always gives us the best equipment.=A0 What are some tools the Lord has
given us to help do his work?=A0 What kind of tool is the Priesthood?=A0
How could we do the Lord's work without it?=A0 The Lord gives us tools
so we can succeed and not fail.=A0 With the priesthood we can do all
things.=A0 See Matthew 16:19.=A0 What power did the Lord give?
=A0

EQUIPMENT:
An electric wire insulator with wire attached.

LIKE UNTO:
The priesthood is like electricity.
Scripture Reference: Matthew 17:14-21

ACTIVITY AND APPLICATION
Show the electric wire insulator.=A0 What is this?=A0 What is its
purpose?=A0 electricity must have freedom to flow without being
short-circuited by obstructions.=A0 What happens when an electric wire
is short-circuited?=A0 How is the priesthood like electricity?=A0 What
could short out priesthood power?=A0 In Matthew 17:14-21, even though
the apostles had been given the power of the priesthood, why couldn't
they heal?

Dan&KayRostrom wrote:

> =A0The Bishop just called and wants my husband and I to speak Sunday
> on 'The Priesthood in our Home,'=A0 Does anybody have anything we
> could use?=A0 I really like a few weeks to think about these things
> but it's very short notice for THIS sunday.=A0 Thank you all,=A0 Kay

=A0

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Kay,
<BR>Here is some object lessons:

<P>EQUIPMENT:
<BR>A broken tennis racquet
<BR>A good tennis racquet
<BR>A tennis ball

<P>LIKE UNTO:
<BR>A good tennis racquet is like the priesthood.
<BR>Scripture Reference:
<BR>Matthew 16:19

<P>ACTIVITY AND APPLICATION
<BR>Take the good tennis racquet and a ball.  Challenge anyone in
the class to a game of tennis.  When someone takes the offer, say:
"OK, there is just one stipulation, I furnish the racquets."  Now
give the student the broken racquet.  When the Lord gives us a task
to do, he always gives us the best equipment.  What are some tools
the Lord has given us to help do his work?  What kind of tool is the
Priesthood?  How could we do the Lord's work without it?  The
Lord gives us tools so we can succeed and not fail.  With the priesthood
we can do all things.  See Matthew 16:19.  What power did the
Lord give?
<BR>

<P>EQUIPMENT:
<BR>An electric wire insulator with wire attached.

<P>LIKE UNTO:
<BR>The priesthood is like electricity.
<BR>Scripture Reference: Matthew 17:14-21

<P>ACTIVITY AND APPLICATION
<BR>Show the electric wire insulator.  What is this?  What is
its purpose?  electricity must have freedom to flow without being
short-circuited by obstructions.  What happens when an electric wire
is short-circuited?  How is the priesthood like electricity?
What could short out priesthood power?  In Matthew 17:14-21, even
though the apostles had been given the power of the priesthood, why couldn't
they heal?

<P>Dan&KayRostrom wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT SIZE=+1>The Bishop
just called and wants my husband and I to speak Sunday on 'The Priesthood
in our Home,'  Does anybody have anything we could use?  I really
like a few weeks to think about these things but it's very short notice
for THIS sunday.  Thank you all,  Kay</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>

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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 07:11:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: mission mary <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Mighty Mo Story -Part 3

Alexa,
 I read the first part of your story, may I have the other two parts
to read as well?

Mary from Canada
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 07:57:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: mission mary <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (lds-yw)cow-tipping

Liz,

 I come from a place where the cows rome free. and they can't stand up
if they are tipped because cows don't sleep on their sides. When you
see a cow laying down, it si actually on it's feet. I have never seen
a cow lay on it's side, except when it was hit by lightening.

 I guess they are just too big to sleep on their sides.

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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:35:27 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) I need help on...

In a message dated 98-07-08 02:27:54 EDT, you write:

<<
 The Bishop just called and wants my husband and I to speak Sunday on 'The
Priesthood in our Home,'  Does anybody have anything we could use?  I really
like a few weeks to think about these things but it's very short notice for
THIS sunday.  Thank you all,  Kay
  >>

Do you have access to the book, "Counseling With Our Councils (Learning to
Minister Together in the Church and in the Family)" by M. Russell Ballard? (By
the way, this is a "must read" for anyone in a leadership calling!)  Chapter 8
in on Family Councils & also discusses the Proclamation On The Family (which
would also be a good resource for your talks!) The book is written to
Priesthood leaders, auxiliary leaders, and parents and the cover says "the
insights and suggestions you find here will enable you to minister more
powerfully to those you serve, both in the Church and in your family" (italics
added). Let me know if you don't have/can't get it. I would be happy to read
over that chapter again & give you some quotes, ideas, or even just type that
chapter... I do have a counselor that has a scanner... maybe scan it & send???
Is that legal??? Please let me know if I can be of further help! ▄ And I will
keep my thinking cap on & see if I can think of any other ideas for you. Good
luck.
Stacey

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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 09:02:36 -0700
From: Lesa Ward <[e-mail]>
Subject: (lds-yw) Personal Progress

I am trying to get a Personal Progress lesson together for this Sunday.
Does anyone have any wonderful information/handout/anything that I can
use? Thanks in advance!


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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 07:52:57 -0800
From: "Dan&KayRostrom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) I need help on...

Stacey, I don't have the book and live about 700 miles from a church book
store.  (I'm on an island)  Any insights you could send would be
appreciated!!  Thanks so very much,  Kay
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From: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) I need help on...


>In a message dated 98-07-08 02:27:54 EDT, you write:
>
><<
> The Bishop just called and wants my husband and I to speak Sunday on 'T=
he
>Priesthood in our Home,'  Does anybody have anything we could use?  I
really
>like a few weeks to think about these things but it's very short notice =
for
>THIS sunday.  Thank you all,  Kay
>  >>
>
>Do you have access to the book, "Counseling With Our Councils (Learning =
to
>Minister Together in the Church and in the Family)" by M. Russell Ballar=
d?
(By
>the way, this is a "must read" for anyone in a leadership calling!)
Chapter 8
>in on Family Councils & also discusses the Proclamation On The Family
(which
>would also be a good resource for your talks!) The book is written to
>Priesthood leaders, auxiliary leaders, and parents and the cover says "t=
he
>insights and suggestions you find here will enable you to minister more
>powerfully to those you serve, both in the Church and in your family"
(italics
>added). Let me know if you don't have/can't get it. I would be happy to
read
>over that chapter again & give you some quotes, ideas, or even just type
that
>chapter... I do have a counselor that has a scanner... maybe scan it &
send???
>Is that legal??? Please let me know if I can be of further help! =DC And=
 I
will
>keep my thinking cap on & see if I can think of any other ideas for you.
Good
>luck.
>Stacey
>
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 12:04:06 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (lds-yw) Token Fundraiser

Sisters,
My Bishop informed me, (After having announced it over the pulpit while I was
out of town), that the young women have to put on a fundraiser to raise money
for flower planters.  Which are already paid for.  The reasoning is for the
girls to feel "ownership"
So, any good, easy, no brainer ideas, after all camp is next week... So we
don't need money, just a token fundraiser!
Pam

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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 09:26:34 -0700
From: "Annie" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Token Fundraiser

I was under the impression, regarding fund raisers that 1) only one a year
can be held by the Y. women and 2) it has to be for girls camp.  If the
planters are already paid for, what is going to happen to the money you
raise?
Now on to the idea-what about a garage sale with donations by members of the
ward, or a mom's day off-do babysitting for a fee-have games, snack,
stories, craft, etc.  Or a read-athon, walk-athon type of thing?  Pledges
for certain amount of books (scriptures?)read or miles walked?
Good luck!

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To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 9:05 AM
Subject: (lds-yw) Token Fundraiser


>Sisters,
>My Bishop informed me, (After having announced it over the pulpit while I
was
>out of town), that the young women have to put on a fundraiser to raise
money
>for flower planters.  Which are already paid for.  The reasoning is for the
>girls to feel "ownership"
>So, any good, easy, no brainer ideas, after all camp is next week... So we
>don't need money, just a token fundraiser!
>Pam
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 12:43:07 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) YW in Excellence

Cheryl,
I would be interested in your list.
Judy
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 10:42:36 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Hatti P Miller)
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) old song books

Laurel,

You may want to check with Sam Weller's LDS used book section.  Their
number is 1-801328-2586 or Benchmark used books at 1-801-486-3111.

mumoffour

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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 13:32:05 -0700
From: Susan & Richard <[e-mail]>
Subject: (lds-yw) Modesty/power

Dressing immodestly is an easy way for the girls to feel thier first
sense of power as a woman. I talked with my yw about it (a few years
ago) We need to focus the girls on the other powers they have as young
woman so they don't need that easy lift.(that can lead them into
troubled waters)  Even yw who know they are beautiful will dress
immodestly because they may feel lacking in other qualities so they
flaunt what they have. I firmly believe its rooted in self-esteem.What
about a fashion show of clothes that are all beautiful, in style and
modest. hmm. a collage or something even.
Susan
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 12:33:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: mission mary <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Could Use Your Prayers!

WOW Central Park Ward is really being tried! I send my simpathy to all
the members. It's really hard on people when things like that happens.
You are definity in my prayers until I hear good news.

Good luck to all it's members.

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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:08:52 -0700
From: "The Palmers" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Temple lesson ideas

Hi Marcia!

  The temple lessons are always my most favorite lessons to give because I
feel so strongly about the importance of being married in the temple.  I
gave one a few weeks ago and used my wedding dress as a display along with
MANY pictures of different temples (I collect them) and a porcelin
Washington D.C. temple.  I gave the girls a handout of a white lace
handerkerchief (I had to make these myself as I couldn't find any ladies
hankies ANYWHERE!!) with the following pinned to it:

            This handhkerchief has a very special meaning in my life.
            White stands for purity and cleanliness in word, though, and
            deed.  It is also a sacred color worn within the House of the
            Lord.  I will use this handkerchief on my my wedding day.

            I will strive to keep my life as clean and pure as this
            handkerchief.  To do this, I will follow the counsel of my
            Heavenly Father and obey His commandments.  All of these
            things I will do, not only to prepare myself to enter the
Temple,
            but to remain worthy to return back to the presence of my
            Heavenly Father.


  I hand the handkerchiefs inside an all white wedding memento box.  I stuck
to the lesson in the manual, but also added my own experiences about setting
the goal for a temple marriage when I was a Beehive  and sticking to it
until it happened (I was 26 and thought I was ANCIENT!!).  I taught this
lesson in another Ward also and included a letter to each girl from her
parents expressing their hopes that she will marry in the Lord's way.  (This
didn't work in my current Ward because of too many unique family situations)

  The girls all loved the lesson.  I think having an actual wedding dress in
the room gave it a lot more impact, because they were visualizing their own
dresses (does anyone know a YW who  wouldn't?) someday.

  Hope this helps!!

Cheryl Palmer,   Redding, CA
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From: Marcia Leon <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 6:07 AM
Subject: (lds-yw) Temple lesson ideas


>Hi everyone!
>
>I can't remember if we've discussed and shared ideas on this subject before
>now ... but I need to develop a temple lesson/program for the YW in the
>stake ... does anyone have something wonderful that they have done or heard
>that has been effective in turning the hearts of the YW?  Our plan is to
>have a lesson at camp on the importance of the temple and preparing
>ourselves so that we are worthy to attend (we go to camp on July 27th).  We
>were thinking of showing the Washington DC film and then we will show them
>an exerpt of the White Plains Temple documentary that has been prepared for
>the zoning board.  (For those of you that do not know ... the White Plains,
>NY temple was announced about five years ago but we are still far from
>groundbreaking due to the opposition of the people in the town of Harrison
>where the temple is to be built).  We are hoping that if the girls see what
>the temple will look like it will become more "real" to them.  Then two
>weeks after camp we will be taking all the YW in the stake to the actual
>temple site for a sunrise service ... that's where we are stuck!!!  The
>temple fireside would have been great to do but we did it already!  Any
>ideas to get us started?!?  I am brain-dead right now as I work with the
>YCL's on final preparations for camp!!
>
>Marcia in NJ
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:10:45 -0700
From: "The Palmers" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (lds-yw) Token Fundraiser

Pam,

  In our Ward this year we made pints of chocolate chip cookie dough (using
sanitary everything!!) and sold them for $2 each.  The priesthood brethren
REALLY supported this one !! :-)

Cheryl, CA
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Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 9:06 AM
Subject: (lds-yw) Token Fundraiser


>Sisters,
>My Bishop informed me, (After having announced it over the pulpit while I
was
>out of town), that the young women have to put on a fundraiser to raise
money
>for flower planters.  Which are already paid for.  The reasoning is for the
>girls to feel "ownership"
>So, any good, easy, no brainer ideas, after all camp is next week... So we
>don't need money, just a token fundraiser!
>Pam
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 14:35:17 -0600
From: "M. Baker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (lds-yw) about camp

I really need to pick some creative minds. We go to camp next Monday and I'm
trying to tie things together. My camp director has told me she won't be
able to go because of her work schedule. She's done a lot of work and things
are pretty much ready, so I think that's okay. Our stake chose the theme, *A
Royal Queen I'll Be", and our ward chose to be the Queens of Heart. The
scripture we chose to go with that is in 1 Samuel and talks about how man
looks on the outward appearance but the Lord *looketh upon the heart*. We've
chosen to do something each day with hearts to stress royalty. I have the
story that was originally told by Hugh B. Brown (I think) for young
Priesthood holders about royal birth, but we have changed it to fit Young
Women. The first day we are giving them a carpet square with a heart
stenciled in the corner. The thought behind this is that we aren't
automatically born queens, but must be taught by someone who is royal. When
we meet royalty, we bow before them and listen to what they have to teach
us. Thus, the carpet square is a prayer mat. I have vials of perfume and I
am using the poem that someone on this list posted. I also have wooden
heart-shaped boxes, porcelain hearts, and sweatshirts with hearts stenciled
on them. I am just brain dead about how to tie these in with the royalty
theme. I would really like to tie these thing in some way. I think most of
this will be done either morning or evening during our devotional time. Any
ideas?

Marianne in Rock Springs


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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 16:51:20 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (lds-yw) Re: I need help on...

(Please excuse the typos... I don't have a spell check with aol... not that I
know of, anyway...& I am not a great typist ▄)

"Counselling With Our Councils" by M.Russell Ballard

pg. 50

...President John Taylor once said, the priesthood is "the government of God,
whether on the earth or in the heavens, for it is by that power, agency, or
principle that all things are governed on the earth and in the heavens, and by
that power that all things are upheld and sustained. It governs all things- it
directs all things- it sustains all things- and has to do with all things that
God and truth are associated with" (Millenial Star, 1 Nov. 1847, 321; quoted
in Taylor, Gospel Kingdom, 129)

At the same time, it must be remembered by all who hold priesthood authority
that "the rights of the priesthood are inseparably connected with the powers
of heaven, and that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only
upon the principles of righteousness" (D&C 121:36)

And what are those "principles of righteousness" through which one can
control-or at least draw upon-"the powers of heaven"? The Lord taught Joseph
Smith that priesthood power or influence is maintained through such traits as
"persuasion... long-suffering... gentleness... meekness... love
unfeigned...kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul
without hypocrisy, and without guile" (D&C 121:41-42).

pg 57

... The Lord... gave this warning to the Prophet Joseph Smith; "When we
undertake to cover our sins, or to gratify our pride, our vain ambition, or to
exercise control or dominion or compulsion upon the souls of the children of
men, in any degree of unrighteousness, behold, the heavens withdraw
themselves; the Spirit of the Lord is grieved; and when it is withdrawn, Amen
to the priesthood or the authority of that man" (D&C 121:37)

In other words, one who lays claim to special privilege through the priesthood
doesn't understand the nature of his authority. Priesthood is about service,
not servitude; compassion, not compulsion; caring, not control. Those who
think otherwise are operating outside the parameters of their authority and
are gravely mistaken.


pg. 147 Chapter 8: FAMILY COUNCILS
(Earlier in the book he makes the point that councils are presided over by the
priesthood holder... back to that first quote..."it governs all things"...)

When a friend of mine became president of a junior college, he moved with his
wife and three children to the president's home near the college campus.
Without a mortgage payment, he decided that the family could afford to
purchase a new car. But instead of engaging himself in the normal process of
test-driving cars, negotiating with dealers, and purchasing the car, he
elected to use a family council to make the decision.
"He introduced the idea to our family in home evening," one of his sons
recalls. "The three children, all of whom were in elementary school, as well
as our mother, were asked for opinions, advice, preferences, and ideas. We
came to the conclusion that we didn't have enough information to make a good
decision, so we began the process of gathering information about new cars,
which we could review together."
My friend brought home brochures, pictures, and even slides of new cars. The
children visisted the library, combed through magazine and newspaper
advertisements, and talked to friends about car preferences. In another home
evening, the family shared the information they had gleaned and began to
narrow their focus on the model of car they would consider. Then the family
took several trips together to dealerships, where they all piled in for test
drives.
Eventually, the family settled on a make and model. But that was only the
beginning of the decision-making process. There were still colors and options
to consider. And so each family member was given an opportunity to explain
preferences as to features, and votes were taken regarding colors and options.
"As it turned out," one son explained, "the majority opinion fell upon a
metallic pink car with a powder blue interior. Mom got to pick the type of
fabric for the seats, but I think she was outvoted on the color scheme."
Because few auto dealers carry pink cars with powder blue interiors, a special
order was placed with the automobile manufacturer in Detroit. While they
awaited the arrival of their new car, the family continued to counsel with
each other as they planned the vacation they would take to inaugurate their
beautiful new pink and blue family member. Following the same pattern of
gathering information, expressing preferences, and counseling as a family
council, they decided on a trip through Yellowstone Park and the Grand Tetons.
"It was a great car and a great trip," one of the children said. "I don't
think any of us will ever forget them - or how they came to be."
That these events occurred in 1857 and are still remembered so fondly attests
to the potential power of the family council in strengthening family bonds,
building family unity, and creating wonderful memories.
Elder L Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles explained that the
family council meeting is an ideal setting to teach children "how to prepare
for their roles as family members and prospective parents." In family
councils, he said, mothers and fathers can provide training in such topics as
"temple preparation, missionary preparation, home management, family finances,
career development, education, community involvement, cultural improvement,
acquisition and care of real and personal property, family planning calendars,
use of leisure time and work assignments." He also suggested that before
family members come together to discuss matters as a council, parents could
profit by holding "a family executive committee meeting to plan family
strategy. The executive committee, composed of a husband and wife, would meet
together to fully communicate, discuss, plan, and prepare for their leadership
role in the family organization" (For Whatsoever a Man Soweth, That Shall He
Also Reap, " 9)
Like other councils, the family council can be a positive, causative force in
the lives of Church members. It can help bring order to the home, provide a
forum for soothing hurt feelings, give parents an important tool with which to
combat outside influences, and create an opportunity to teach profound gospel
truths. But like other councils, the family council will be effective only to
the extent that it is properly formed and implemented. Indeed, the principles
that govern family councils are basically the same as the principles that
govern Church councils. Their overall objective is identical. We want for our
families the same thing Heavenly Father desires for His family: "immortality
and eternal life" (Moses1:39). We want to develop loving relationships that
will extend beyond this life.
Some time ago, I found myself surprisingly short of breath after climbing a
small hill. Concerned, I visisted my doctor, and before I knew it I was lying
in a bed in the LDS Hospital in SLC. My doctor informed me that it would be
necessary for me to have open-heart bypass surgery. The surgeion came into my
room at 11 am and explained what would be involved. As he left my room he
said, "Gather your family around you before the operation."
I didn't pay as much attention to that instruction as I should have. When he
came back at 2 pm to see me again, he asked, "Have you arranged to have your
family here with you?"
"Well, no," I said. "I haven't."
He looked at me as only a surgeon who understood what I was facing could look
at me and repeated his earlier admonition: "Gather your family around you."
It wasn't until that moment that I began to understand that this surgery might
be a little more complex than I anticipated. So I called for my family to come
and be with me for a special family council, where a very interesting thing
occurred. When they were all standing around my hospital bed, I felt an
overwhelming desire to give insturction to the children in the event that
something should happen to me. The main thing on my mind was that they should
take care of their mother, and the second was that they should take care of
each other. Nothing in our lives is more important than each other, and we
must look for and capture opportunities to counsel together. Because of the
wise counsel I shared a binding moment in life that will live as a precious
memory for all of us throughout eternity. Regardless of how difficult some
challenges may be, we need to work through them with each other.
We read in the revelations, "Behold, mine house is a house of order, saith the
Lord God, and not a house of confusion" (D&C 132:8). Further, the Lord
instructed His nineteenth-century followers to "organize yourselves; prepare
every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of
fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of
order, a house of God" (C&C 88:119). ALthough these scriptural verses refer
specifically to God's holy temples, the same principles can and should be
applied within the walls of our own homes. Family councils, led by righteous,
loving parents who are striving to teach their children to love and respect
each other, can make a difference in creating a sense of discipline, order,
and loving cooperation in the home.

THE PROCLAMATION ON THE FAMILY
In 1995 the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve APostles issued a
significant document called the Proclamation of the Family. Only five times in
the history of the Church have the First Presidency and the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles felt it necessary to make a proclamation to the world on any
subject, so you can be sure that this eternal organization we call the family
is of extraordinary importance in our Heavenly Father's kingdom. Consider once
again the words of the document as it pertains to our discussion of Church
councils and family councils:

(What then follows in the book is a copy of the entire proclamation)

Can anyone read and consider those words and not sense the unparalleled
significance of the home and family in accomplishing God's will in the lives
of all of His children? There never was a time when the world was in greater
need of the strength and security that is best sown and cultivated within the
deep, fertile soil of familial love. And there never was a time when the
family was under heavier attack from worldly antagonists bent on extinguishing
a powerful source of light against adversarial darkness. In these perilous
times, successful families are built with a wide assortment of tools. And one
of the most useful tools in the tool box is the family council, both as a
regularly scheduled meeting and as special needs arise. It is in our family
councils that we plan family activities, share in one another's burdens and
joys, and counsel together toward keeping each family member on the right
track spiritually.


Kay ---- There is more... I am just going to take a break!!! Stay tuned for
more later!! ▄

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