YOUTH GOAL/LESSON ACTIVITY. WARM FUZZY RIGHTEOUS REMINDERS poster and bookmark. Youth can be reminded of five ways they can live the gospel daily to feel our Savior’s love. They can place a smiling face over the circle for which they try to live the gospel in that way: Love, Service, Obedience, Prayer, Study, and Work.
YOUTH GOALS &
LESSON LIFESAVER ACTIVITY
SPIRITUAL
Youth GOAL
BE HAPPY EACH DAY
Live the gospel daily (7-21 days) to feel my Savior’s love.
Goal Ideas
By trying these Warm Fuzzy Righteous Reminders: Love, Service, Obedience, Prayer, Study, and Work (below), youth can find happiness. Just as the promise in the bookmark quote (included).
Inspiration
“Happiness is a condition of the soul. This joyous state comes as a result of righteous living.
‘Life is good, if we live in such a way to make it so.’ This was a part of an inspirational message I read many years ago. What the message calls ‘a good life’ comes as a result of the way we do things, of the words we choose to say, and even of the kind of thoughts we choose to have.
No one needs to feel alone on the road of life, for we are all invited to come unto Christ and be perfected in Him.” – True Happiness: A Conscious Decision, Benjamín De Hoyos Of the First Quorum of the Seventy
GREAT FOR Youth goals, Sunday School, Scripture Study, Family Night, and Come Follow Me
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Warm Fuzzy Righteous Reminders
bookmark and poster
DESCRIPTION:
1. Warm Fuzzy mirror motivator reminds youth of the six ways we can feel close to the Savior each day. Share thoughts about each challenge. Warm Fuzzy Ways: Love, Service, Obedience, Prayer, Study, Work
2. Quote Bookmark is a reminder to draw close to the Savior by serving Him every day.
Post the Motivator: Ask youth to post this on their mirror during the week to read and try to live these six challenges every day. As they do, they can cut out a smiley sticker and glue the sticker on the pom-pom as a reward.
• Give each youth a bookmark to remind them to draw close to the Savior by serving Him every day.
• Give them a Warm Fuzzy goal chart to place on their mirror as a motivator to remind them of the six ways we can feel close to the Savior each day. Ask the youth to share their thoughts about each challenge.
Post the Goal Chart: Give youth six pom-poms (found at a craft store) to glue-mount on circles. Ask them to post the Warm Fuzzy chart on their mirror during the week to try to live these six challenges every day. After practicing each challenge have them glue a smile sticker on the pom-pom as a reward. Option: Instead of pom-poms you can cut in half firm cotton balls.
THOUGHT TREAT: Warm Fuzzy Fizzy Drink. Provide six different drinks and pour some into one as you talk about the six areas to create warm fuzzy traits. Then drink the mixture talking about ways to be righteous.
“Why It’s Important to Help Others
Think back to the last time you helped someone, whether it was holding the door open for a classmate or raking your elderly neighbor’s leaves. While you were doing it and afterward, how did you feel? We’re going to make a safe bet you felt happy and more positive about life. That’s because the fastest way to feel joy is serving others.
An old Chinese Proverb tells it perfectly, ‘If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.’”
Source: The Importance of Helping Others – Mormon Channel Blog
GROUP ACTIVITIES
For Church or Family
“MIRROR TELL ME TRUE” Small Acts of Kindness Brainstorm.
Brainstorm and write down, to preserve in a file for each youth, a list of small acts of kindness they can do for others. Encourage them to look into the mirror and say, “Mirror, mirror, tell me true. Is His image in my countenance too?” As they say this, they can look at the list and perform small acts of kindness.
Ideas: • A sweet anonymous note • A phone call to someone less active • A friendly touch • A smile • Breakfast in bed for a family member • A compliment • Find out someone’s favorite goody, make it for them, and deliver with a smile
HAPPINESS GIFT Scripture Search: Ask youth and leaders to share ideas on how they can be happy by serving others. Place a gift box on the table, labeled, “Happiness is a gift I can give myself as I serve others.” Cut a hole in the back of the gift box (or lift the lid) to fill with the names of those participating. Draw names from the box to present their ideas. Assign several scriptures to read that tell ways to be happy through service: 1 Nephi 8:10; 2 Nephi 2:13; Mosiah 2:17; 2:41; Mosiah 16:11; Alma 3:26; 27:18; 41:5; 10; 4 Nephi 1:15; D&C 4:2; 76:5.
Ideas: Balance your life with personal care and selfless care (serving others). Focus on grooming self and taking care of personal needs quickly, then serve others. This selfless act of taking your mind off yourself and focusing on others will bring a lasting joy that does not come from self-focus.
Source: YW 3.3
THIS ACTIVITY CAN BE USED FOR Come Follow Me:
• JANUARY Lesson 3 “Why is Jesus Christ important in my life?” . . . GO HERE FOR MORE LESSON IDEAS
• JULY Lesson 6 “What does it mean to take up on the name of Jesus Christ?”
• OCTOBER Lesson 1 “How can I become more Christlike?”
