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Young Women's Value Book

This is a booklet of quotes and stories about each value.  You can print it off (mind you it is 44 pages) a friend of mine (thanks Marci) put these together and gave them to all the Young Women in our ward. It is great to even have just one printed off and with your YW stuff, in case a young women is in need of a quote or something for opening exercises. I have also included just the first page of each section separate, in case you want just those pages, you can print those pages out on to each   color that goes with the value. It makes the booklet fun and easier to find each value.

Remember this is a large file CLICK HERE FOR HELP

All quotes and stories are included in each value section above.

Here are some ideas having to do with the values

Skits, poems, activities and info

These idea were passed on to me from Sharma Worthen Anderson, she has collected these over the years, if some one recognizes an idea that is theirs, please let me know and I will give you full credit! Thanks Liz

Many have asked if I have more info on some of this ideas, I wish I could help, unfortunate these ideas are ones that Sharma sent to me, I don't have any other information or email address to the people responsible from the start! She gather these ideas form email lists she was on over the years.

These are the word files for each idea so you can save them or print them, and below they are posted for you to read!

CTR RINGS	DAUGHTERS OF LIGHT	Hymns That Correlate With the Values	My Rainbow of Values	Remembering the colors
scripture references	THE CROWN YOU EARN	The Values Go Hawaiian	The YW Value Stick	TREASURES OF THE HEART
Value Bath Salts	Value Bead poem	Value Candy Canes	Value color poems	Value decorations
Value flip flops	Value Games	Value Hostages	Faith	Value Scavenger Hunt
What do the value colors mean	Worldwide Values	Young Women Mutual Activities	Young Women of Value	YW ORNAMENT
Jersey Island- Battle of the Flowers

CTR RINGS

Faith - Shaped like the shield of faith, if you choose the right in faith it will always protect you in the end.

Divine Nature - Ring shape goes on forever, just like our spirits.

Individual worth - A ring for every person, not just one big central one.

Knowledge - typically green color reminds that one must have the Knowledge of good and evil to CTR.

Choice and accountability- check with the temple to see if they still let you wear it into the baptismal font, if they do remind the girls that they will wear their choices Home.

Good Works- The ring is worn on a finger to remind us to always have our hands employed in Good works.

Integrity - Ring shape reminds us to be consistent, choosing the right at all times.

DAUGHTERS OF LIGHT

SING:  "AS SISTERS IN ZION/ARMY OF HELAMAN"

INDIAN MAIDEN:   I am Galunti, an Indian Maiden and a daughter of our Fathers..  We are sisters and I speak for you this night as we tell our story.  We are daughters of lights and are of a noble birthright. Long ago our Father Abraham was given the blessings of
eternal life - the blessing of having a posterity as numerous as the sands of the seashore. His is a righteous posterity of children who are noble and valiant. We are his daughters.  We are daughters of light with a great heritage.

My fathers came across the great waters to this Promised Land.  I am a daughter of Lehi who was of the seed of Joseph, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham.  My people were greatly blessed by our Heavenly Father and we were promised never to be completely destroyed from this land.  We were promised that we would be restored in the latter-days to the knowledge of who we are and that we would receive a great book from out of the dust that would be a record of our Fathers and a witness of the Great Redeemer.  Prophecy has been fulfilled and we are carried upon the shoulders of our brothers and sisters into the light.  I am your sister.  We carry each other from the darkness into the light of truth.  We are of noble birth and we must learn and grow and love and serve - that we may fulfill all righteousness as Daughters of Light. 

You are traveling the trail of life.  You have come to a place in that trail where the sun is setting on your childhood and rising on young womanhood.  There is so much ahead that will be required of you.  There will be much joy also.  The Indians have a ceremony called the Green Corn Dance.  The corn is a symbol of life and sustenance to my people.  It gives life and nourishment and in that way symbolizes womanhood and motherhood.  Mother is also the life giver and nourishes the heart of the family.

When a young Indian maiden turns 12 she can participate in the Green Corn Dance.  This ceremony recognizes her approach into young womanhood and teaches her about her heritage and the principles she must learn to become the complete woman - the
principles she must live to be prepared and worthy to marry a brave warrior and bear a righteous prosperity like unto our Fathers.  In this is her joy complete and thus the circle of light remains unbroken.

(THE INDIAN MAIDEN STEPS BACK AND EACH OF THE 8 TORCHBEARERS STEP FORWARD IN TURN TO TELL THEIR PRINCIPLE AND THEN "LIGHT" HER TORCH)

TORCHBEARER #1 - I am the light of FAITH.  We plant the seed of corn because we know it will grow and feed many.  Likewise, we cannot eat the fruit of righteousness unless we first plant the seed of faith and by our actions we reap a bounteous harvest of food that will never perish.  It is nourishment that will feed not only us, but our posterity forever.  "I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know He giveth no commandments unto the children of men save He shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which He commandeth them." (1 Nephi 3:7)

TORCHBEARER #2 - I light the light of DIVINE NATURE.  I am the offspring of deity - a child of God.  As the great corn stalk grows from a small kernel of corn, I too, can become in my fullest potential, a Goddess – a Queen - a complete and eternal Mother with never ending posterity and glory.  For, "Ye are Gods, and all of you are children of the Most High." (Psalms 82:6) "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father
which is in Heaven is perfect." (Matt. 5:48)

TORCHBEARER #3 - I light the light of INDIVIDUAL WORTH.  Although father Abraham's children will be as numerous as the sands of the seashore and as the stars
in the sky, we are each uniquely special.  In all of our Father's creations there is only one ME!!  I bring special talents and gifts to share with my family, friends and neighbors.  I have been given a special mission to fulfill that only I can do.  It is up to me
to fulfill my destiny.  "Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God." (D & C 18:10)

TORCHBEARER #4 I light the light of KNOWLEDGE.  As I use what I learn, I gain power in my life.  This power can help to rid the world of ignorance, loneliness, misery and unhappiness.  Knowledge gives me freedom as it increases my choices and opportunities.  When this freedom is joined with service in my life, I will gain the secret to true and everlasting joy.  I want to learn all that I can about the ways of my Heavenly Father so that I can be like Him.  Remember, "The Glory of God is Intelligence." (D & C 93:36)

TORCHBEARER #5 - I light the light of CHOICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.  It has been said that when you pick up one end of a stick you automatically pick up the other end.  If I want to go to the house of my friend, I must follow the path that leads there.  Each choice I make has results which cannot be changed.  I am free to think.  I am free to decide.  I am free to act.  But when that action is taken I am never free from its
consequences.  As I use my agency to choose the right I open the doors of joy and eternal life.  "Choose you this day whom ye will serve, but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord,." (Joshua 24:15)

TORCHBEARER #6 - I light the light of GOOD WORKS.  I was born to serve others.  All that I want to become is gained through using what I have to help someone else.  This is the Lord's way and I want to walk in His light.  It is the mystery of the true essence of
happiness.  I came to this earth at this time with the fullness of the gospel in my life to serve in the army of the Lord.  As I lose myself in the service of others, I will find out who I really am.  I will become a Daughter of Light.  Therefore, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in Heaven." (Matt. 5:16)

TORCHBEARER #7 - I light the light of INTEGRITY.  It has been said that what you are speaks so loudly that I cannot hear your words.  I must make my actions equal to my knowledge.  This is commitment.  This is honesty.  When I can be trusted to never veer from what is right - even in my thoughts; when I am brave enough to stand always for truth and righteousness - then I can know my Savior, for His image will be engraved upon my countenance.  "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord: Or who shall stand in His Holy place? He that hath clean hands and a pure heart, who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully." (Psalms 24:4)

TORCHBEARER #8 - I light the torch that represents the light of Christ.  As we radiate the light which is within us, others will see this light and draw to it.  Without repentance there is no light.  We challenge you to be true! We say to you "Arise and Shine Forth"
for you are Daughters of Light.

INDIAN MAIDEN - And so we learn the principles of true womanhood.  The young Indian maidens learn in the ceremony of the Green Corn that these principles are like the corn - life giving and sustaining.  The corn must be eaten and then becomes part of you.  So must these principles become part of you so that you will grow into women of eternal worth.  These principles will enlarge your spirit and you will be transformed not only into womanhood, but into Daughters of Light.

To help you remember these great truths, we now present to you a symbol of your knowledge.  Each of you will receive this special necklace.  (hold up)  As this dark stone is held up to the light, it becomes illuminated.  Its purity is evident only in the light.  You are like this stone.  Your purity comes from the light of truth inside you.  The Legend of this Apache Tear Drop says that the stone will remain clear as you are true to the principles you have learned tonight.  If you are not true, the stone will retain the
darkness of it's exterior and remain cloudy - symbolizing the darkness that will remain in you without repentance. 

We challenge you to be true!  Wear the stone to remind you of who you are and what joy awaits you as you fulfill your destiny.  I say to you: "Arise and shine forth", for you are DAUGHTERS OF LIGHT!

Will all the young women please stand to receive this special necklace. (YCL'S get enough for their units and themselves and place on the girls necks)

You have now passed through the ceremony of light.  This is your special legend.  Treasure and guard its message in your hearts.

Let us now sing "THE LIGHT WITHIN".

The apache tear drops I got from ebay under loose gemstones and typing in "apache". Check with anyone who sells loose gemstones. You also need "bell caps" to glue on top which I also found on ebay, but can be found at craft stores. Enjoy...

My Rainbow of Values
by: Joy Saunders Lundberg (from "Just One Little Light" cassestte & songbook for YW)

I see a rainbow of colors displayed
In every scene that I view.
I see a rainbow of colors arrayed
Reminding me to be true,
True to the values
That make life complete,
True to the truths that bring
Joy and peace.

WHITE is the essence of all that is pure.
It gently reminds me my FAITH must endure.

BLUE is the color that Heaven designed
To help me remember my NATURE'S DIVINE.

RED is the boldest of colors on earth.
It seems to bear witness that I AM OF WORTH.

GREEN grows so freely wherever I go,
Encouraging me to seek KNOWLEDGE and grow.

ORANGE is a color that almost has voice;
Its brightness invites me to make a right CHOICE.

YELLOW is happy and keeps me alert,
Reminding my heart of the joy of GOOD WORKS.

PURPLE, so royal, has meaning for me,
To live every day with INTEGRITY.

White, blue, red and a lovely green, too
Orange and yellow and deep purple hue
Are here to remind me of what I must do ~
My rainbow of values will help me be true.

Remembering the colors

My girls and I were having a hard time remembering the colors that were associated with each value, so this past week we came up with an acronym ~

We are
Beautiful
Righteous
Grateful
Obedient
Young
People

(White, Blue, Red, Green, Orange, Yellow, Purple)

They looked through their scriptures (index, Bible Dictionary, Topical Guide) to find just the right words, and I can't think of a single thing more that I'd want Young Women to be! Hooray for YW!

Scripture references

This is a list of all the scripture references from the personal progress book.  The reference listed next to the value is the theme scripture (the perfect one to start the chain with).   The next group are listed in the required experiences.  The second group are listed in the  additional experiences.  I might just do this with the scriptures in the required experiences. 
Faith -- Alma 32:21
1] Hebrews 11; Alma 32:17-42; Ether 12:6-22; JSH 1:11-20; Alma 56:45-48; Alma 57:21
2] Matt 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:17-20; Isaiah 53:3-12; John 3:16-17; Romans 5; 2 ne 9:6-7, 21-16; Alma 7:11-13; Alma 34:8-17; D&C 19:15-20; 2 Ne 9:1-28;
2 Ne 11:4-7; Moses 4:1-4; Rev 12:7-9; D&C 76:50-113; D&C 93:33-34; Abra 3:24-27; 1 Cor 15:22; D&C 119; Malachi 3:8-12

Divine Nature -2 Peter 1:4-7
1] 2 Peter 1; Alma 7:23-24; D&C 121:45; Proverbs 31:10-31
2] D&C 20:77,79; Luke 2:40-51; Matt 5:9; John 15:12; Gal 5:22-23; Col 3:12-17; 1 John 4:21; Moroni 7:44-48

Individual Worth - D&C 18:10
1] Psalm 8:4-6; Jer 1:5; John 13:34; D&C 18:10; D&C 121:45
2] 1 Cor 12:4-12; 1 Cor 13; Moroni 7:12-13; Moroni 10: 8-18; D&C 46:11-26

Knowledge - D&C 46:11-26
2] Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 4:7; 2 Ne 28:30; D&C 88:78-80, 118; D&C 90:15; 130:18-19; 131:6
1] D&C 89

Choice and Accountability - Joshua 24:15
1] 1 Ne 15:8; 2 Ne 32:3; Alma 34:19-27; Ether 2-3; D&C 9:7-9; 2 Ne 2; D&C 82:2-10
2] Isaiah 1:18; Alma 26: 22; Alma 34: 30-35; Moroni 8:25-26; D&C 19: 15-20; D&C 58:42-43; Ezek 36:26-27; John 14:26; John 6:13; Gal 5:22-25; 2 Ne 32:5; John
14:26; John 16:13; Gal 5:22-25; 2 Ne 11:12-14; Moses 4:1-4; Moses 7:32; 2 Ne 9:51

Good Works - 23 Nephi 12:16

Matt 5:13-16; Matt 25:34-40; Galatians 6:9-10 James 1] 1:22-27; Mosiah 2:17; Mosiah 4:26; 3 Ne 13:1-4; Mosiah 18:7-10
2] D&C 58:26-28; Matt 24:14; Matt 28:19; D&C 88:81

Integrity - Job 27:5
1]Moroni 10:30-33; Genesis 39; Esther; Daniel 3&6; Acts 26; D&C 124:15; JSH 1:21-25
2] Mosiah 18:9 

THE CROWN YOU EARN
By Wylene O*Barr
*
Listen child and I will tell, of a life that you once knew well. Of a Father*s love you see, He taught and nurtured you at his knee. This Father that loves you so well is King of Heaven, and now I must tell.
**********************You are a Princess, of great worth; you are one of Royal Birth.
*
He knows your worth and whom you are, that you will succeed, and go far. He taught you to love, and be kind, have dignity, use your mind. All the things that you must know, for one day you would surely go. To earth to live, it is the plan, to grow and live as mortal man.
*
With coming to earth, forgetting was part, only in mind, not in heart. Some day you*ll return, and receive the reward that you have earned. One day a crown you will wear, for a princess, in deed, you are there. The crown you wear reflects your worth, of what you gained while on this earth.
*
Your crown won*t be of gold, silver, or jewels. These are precious only to fools. Your crowns worth comes from the earth, so learning these qualities you must start. FAITH you see, precious by far, that a *Daughter of God* you truly are, DIVINE NATURE, if you please, for you inherited divine qualities. With your own mission you came to earth, so realize your INDIVIDUAL WORTH. Continually seek to grow and learn, for KNOWLEDGE is the right way to turn. One thing to learn and have courage to do is make right choices and carry them through. You*re given freedom of CHOICE you see, but with it came ACCOUNTABILITY. Father taught, *take care of your brother*, GOOD WORKS, we call, serving each other. Now INTEGRITY is a precious might, having the courage to do what is right. With patience, study and prayer, you will see the rewards of eternity there. Take pride in your worth, do not settle for less, always try and do your best.
*
These values are wonderful tools, for in heaven THEY are the jewels. So to Father you will return, with all the things you have learned. On your head, for all to see, with great pride and majesty goes the crown you will wear, its worth is truly beyond compare. And your loving Heavenly Father will place it there.
 

The Values Go Hawaiian

The Values Go Hawaiian.  The invite is going to be a paper hawaiian shirt.  When everyone comes in they will get a plastic lei the colors of which will help divide them up into family groups.  We will have an opening exercise, introduce the newest Beehives and then the family groups will spend 10 min. in each value station. 

Divine Nature and Individual Worth is going to be a family photo against a painted beach backdrop

C&A/FTSOY is going to be Raise the Bar Limbo-questions to answer from the FTSOY and the limbo bar goes up instead of lower if they get the right answer.  Faith is a leap of faith-the parents hold a blanket at the bottom of the stage and the girls get to fall backwards into the blanket from the stage.  This will be proceeded by a short 2 min. talk about examples of people from the scriptures and church history who took leaps of faith 

Knowledge is going to be learning a hula dance,

Good Works is making up a pass along card for our full time missionaries to pass out to members about having a daily missionary experience

Integrity is playing a couple rounds of balderdash-the game where someone isn't telling the truth and you have to figure out who it is.

For food we are going fruit kabobs, chicken wings, brownies and punch. Decorations will be anything we can find at home that is Hawaiian related.  Then our bishop will wrap things up and we will pat ourselves on the back for a successful New Beginnings (I hope!)
Cathie

We had a luau this month and I did a word game I found on an internet luau site.  Sorry I don't remember the site but I do have the game.  You pass out the list of Hawaiian words with definitions and give everyone a few minutes to study them.  Then you take that paper away and give them the one with out definitions.  See who gets the most right.
  1. `a`ala


  2. punahele

  3. inu

  4. kaukau

  5. mahalo

  6. pololi

  7. `ono

  8. `opala

  9. niu

  10. nani

  11. hala kahiki

  12. maika`I

  13. ae

  14. `aka `aka

1. `aka `aka laugh

2. maika`I good

3. nani enjoyable

4. `opala trash

5. pololi hungry

6. kaukau food

7. punahele favorite

8. ae yes

9. hala kahiki pineapple

10. niu coconut

11. `ono delicious

12. mahalo thank you

13. inu drink

14. `a`ala smell good

http://www.alohafriends.com/luaugame8.html

http://www.hawaii.com/visit/activities/luau/yourluau/

It tells you how to host your own luau where ever you are, what the traditional foods are with recipes, how to set the mood, the dress, and it has a link to a couple of Hawaiian games that are played.  I think this will help!  Have Fun!

We made our own "grass" skirts out of black plastic garbage sacks, the kind with the yellow pull ties at the top. No instructions, just scissors. Some worked well, others...
We also had a hula hoop contest. Sounds dumb until you get the adults involved who have completely forgotten where their hips are. Make sure the leaders participate!  A couple of years ago my husband and I went to a luau and participated in a conch shell blowing contest. That was funny. Not good for germophobic people, though.
Good luck.
Kristen in Battle Ground, WA

TREASURES OF THE HEART

When you realize you are a child of God,
and of great individual worth,
Have a divine nature, a daughter of God
now sent down to this earth
To progress and develop a heart that is
pure, honest, loving and kind,
You are developing many treasures more
precious than silver or gold,
Treasures in your hearts that will last,
fit gifts for Father to behold.
What treasures do you wish to plant in
that pure heart, God?s daughter?
Faith? Good deeds? Integrity? These gifts will
save you from the final slaughter.
Love the gospel, learn what the Lord would
have you always do,
Remember, dear daughter, the lessons learned
your young life through.
Then when your heart has treasures of the greatest
worth ever known,
You will be worthy of a temple marriage here on
earth, then ready for heaven.

M Ann Margetson  November 26, 2001

Value Bath Salts

I just wanted to share a fun birthday gift idea.  We made these this year for the girls.  Some of you have probably already done something similar.  We bought some tall pretty bottles at the dollar store with a cork in the top.  My laurel helped me make these colored/scented bath salts.  We made a few bottles of each value color ( for example, a red and white layered bottle, an orange and white layered bottle, blue and white layered, green and white layered, etc) for the different values, individual worth, choice and acct, divine nature...etc etc. we scented them differently; peppermint, spearmint, orange, lemon, lime, etc.  We put the value color that is was with the same color ribbon on top with a tag that read, " Happy Birthday, Treat yourself to a "valuable" experience".  I guess something like this might also be fun for New Beginnings.  Thanks for all your great ideas, Kris

Value Bead poem

Seven beads, all in a row.
  Seven values we should know.
  Each one special, each one true,
  Each gives us a job to do.
  White means Faith, if we believe,
  Our Father's guidance we'll receive.
  Divine Nature follows in blue,
  The role of women is precious, too.
  The red bead stands for Individual Worth,
  We are all special, right from birth.
  Next is Knowledge, it is green.
  Life is a test, and we must be keen.
  Orange is for Accountability and Choice,
  If we choose wisely, we will rejoice.
  Then comes yellow, which is Good Works,
  Doing good deeds brings all kinds of perks.
  Integrity is purple, it brings up the rear,
  If we have it, our conscience will always be clear.
  If we live true to all of the seven,
  We can return to our Father in Heaven.

Submitted by Joanne

Value Candy Canes

I found the cutest "Spree" brand candy canes.  They have all of the 7 value colors with the white in the center.  I wrote this little poem and am simply attaching the candy cane to it with a ribbon.  I thought this might help out someone else needing a low budget gift idea for YW leaders. 

(It won't show up in this e-mail but I changed the font color on the underlined words to go with the value color.) 

The Values of a Candy Cane

This candy cane is special,
It's a symbol to us all
Of the meaning and importance
of our great Young Women's call.

Like this simple candy cane, 
Our values are a crutch,
Virtues we can lean upon
As lives of girls we touch.

Each color in this candy stick
Stands for a value true.
With White, Faith, as our center,
Guiding everything we do.

Blue tells of our Divinity,
Then swirled next is the Red,
Our uniqueness is a gift we share
That touches lives well led.

Yellow is the service, all the
Hours that we share.
Through the color green we
Testify our Savior's always there.

Orange asks us, choose to bring
The 'one' back to the fold.
While agency bids patience 
While young testimonies mold.

With each effort made in honesty
To guide these girls each year,
Purple proves our firm commitment
To the values we hold dear.

A cane is meant to lean upon,
To help us stand more bold.
These value guides support us
As young lives we seek to mold.

This candy cane of colors,
With all the values that we need,
Helps remind us and can guide us
As the Lords dear sheep we feed.

   By Charlene M. Phillips 2003

Value color poems

WHAT IS WHITE?

White is clouds, lace and dandelion puffs
Bathtubs are white; cold vanilla ice cream
Eggshells are white and, to me, diamonds are white.
White is foaming, crashing waves.  White means clean;
Snow is white; Angels are white,
White is swaddling clothes, baptism, temples, the resurrection .
What is White?  -- White is my Faith.

WHAT IS BLUE?

Sapphires are blue; levis are blue; blue is cool and deep;
Lots of eyes are blue;
Blue is quiet streams with pools of sparkling water.
The sky is blue as far as you can see.
Tears are blue
What is blue?  -- Blue is my Divine Nature

WHAT IS RED?

Red is bright and alive, It means stop;
Red is apples and raspberries and little kid's sneakers
And "wild cherry Lifesavers" .
Red is bold and loud; a fiery sky,
The color of our life's blood.
What is red?  -- Red is my Individual Worth

WHAT IS GREEN?

Green means go; green is grass, frogs, moss;
Emeralds are green
Christmas and St. Patrick's Day are too;
It is rich; it is velvety;
Green is the mountains, trees
It is growth,
Green was the grove on that beautiful morning
as Joseph sought to know.
What is green?  Green is our search for Knowledge
 

WHAT IS ORANGE?

Orange is juice; it is apricots, peaches, soda pop;
Orange shimmers; it is sweet like lollipops, sherbet, bubblegum
Orange is basketballs; Halloween;
Orange is razz-ma-tazz;
Orange shouts "This is what I am";
It's brave, unique, unusual, .;
Orange knows no fear . It's true to its self.
What is Orange?
Orange is the gift to us of Choice & Accountability

WHAT IS YELLOW?

Yellow is the sun!  It is dandelions and daffodils
It is the do-not-pass lines on the road;
Yellow is lemons, . Tweety Bird is yellow;
Yellow is energy and golden light; it is the morning;
It is cheerful, giving .
What is yellow?  Yellow is Good Works

WHAT IS PURPLE?

Grapes are purple; grape jelly; grape juice; grape 'bubble gum'
Purple is violet and lavender;
It's royal, stalwart, true;
It is the color of the mountains majesty
Purple is to be honored, it is loyal
A soldier who is battle wounded wears a purple heart .
Purple is when the heart and mind and deed become one in truth
What is purple?  Purple is Integrity

Value decorations

What about getting live fish of all the value colors?  They even have those see-through fish that could be used for the white---faith.  I know you can get fish pretty cheap at Wal*Mart.   Have a drawing to see who gets to take them home...have each person take home one.  Or tape a paper on the bottom of one chair per table and who ever sits in that chair gets to take home the fish from that table.  This would be fun and unique.

I would get white candles (I found some pretty rose shaped ones, get some of  those kind of flat bowls, they are wide in diameter, but not very tall, some of those colored glass pieces (the ones that look like smashed marbles), put them in the bottom of the bowl, one for each of the value colors, add your water and then put in your candles.

If you are looking for something that is kind of different, last year we set up a small round table for each value and got helium filled balloons that were the same color as the value and put them on the table with the displays for each value.  We got the balloon weights to tie the balloons to.  We didn't cover the base with the value color, but that would be easy enough to do, just cut a circle of the color of the value out of fabric or I
suppose you could even use paper or tissue paper would probably work great and tie a string around it after you have drawn the fabric or whatever you use up around the weight.  Easy, should be done the same day so they are fresh, and pretty inexpensive

Value Displays

Faith - Scriptures, study books (seminary) Seminary homework, Picture of Christ, Picture of girl praying,

Divine Nature - Family Portrait, 14 day walk with Christ, baby quilt, wedding rings (mock), Temple picture

Individual Worth - Family Portraits, Display of YW's Talents, ie, art work, music, musical instruments

Knowledge - Young Woman's favorite books, essays on educational goals, Scriptures, Scripture Study books

Choice and Accountability - Temple Goals, Temple Dress, Picture of temple,

Good Works - It might be good to leave this table empty with only a sign that implies that true good works are done in secret and not for public praise.

choice & accountability is orange so I am going to have a little orange children's gardening apron with garden tools in the pockets, an orange clay pot with a little shovel and seed packet by it with a sign sticking up out of the clay pot like a garden sign that says "plant what you want to harvest".

Narrow Bridge = Faith
Scenic Overlook = Divine Nature
Unpaved Road Ahead = Individual Worth
School Zone = Knowledge
Intersection Ahead = Choice and Accountability
Soft Shoulder = Good Works
One Way = Integrity
Jeanni Gould

Value flip flops

I have a picture of some Value Flip Flops on my website if it would help to see a picture of the finished product.
http://ywsuggestions.tripod.com/id41.htm

If this link doesn't take you there directly, go to the home page:
http://ywsuggestions.tripod.com
and go to the YW Files link.  It is at the bottom of the page.  

The strips are 6 inches long and 1 inch wide and you tie them on the flip flops with square knots.  To be sure and get your design even you should toggle tying on strips from one shoe to the other.  I had girls tie all the strips to one shoe  before they started on the next only to find out that we had run out of the color strips they were using.  Darn!!!   Also some started at the instep area and got tired of tying before they got to the toe area.  If they start at the toe area they can quit just about anywhere, but starting at the other end and quitting before you get to the toe makes the shoe look funny. 

Toggle means to tie one or two strips on one flip flop, then go to the other flip flop and tie the same color strips.  Then tie a couple of new colors on one flip flop, then go to the other flip flop and tie the same colors.  This way both feet progress at the same pace.  If you run out of the color strips you were using, you can just change your color scheme a little and still have matching shoes.    The girls who used all the strips they took and only tied strips on one of the flip flops were disappointed when they got to the other shoe and couldn't match color strips to the first shoe.  They either had to untie strips from the first shoe to tie to the second or have unmatching flip flops.  We provided lots of variety in colors and had plenty of strips for all the girls, but some colors were definitely favorites and went fast.   Also the minimum amount of strips per girl should be about 40 (20 per shoe)  but some girls will use more which is fine.  Hope this helps.  Jean

Value Games

It is kind of a cheesey idea but my girls got a kick out of it.  Any ways....I made a "Go Fish" game (It went with an activity based on being fishers of men).  I made the cards in the YW value colors.  They were about the same size as regular playing cards.  I used white poster board and then cut triangles out of construction paper in the value colors and
rubber cemented the triangles in the corners of the card.  There was a blank space in between the triangles and that is where I put the name of the corresponding value.  We played by the "GO FISH" rules and it was funny to hear the girls asking each other if they had "Faith" or "Knowledge".  Or when one would mention " All I need is Integrity".  It turned out better than I thought it would. 
Rebecca

Value Hostages

Imagine that you have been taken hostage by the enemies of Zion's Armies and the ransom that they demand is a candy bar with nuts, a lock of your hair and that you give up one of your Young Women Values for the rest of your life.

Would you give up your Faith?  Faith in His eternal plan would include giving up the right, the privilege to repent.  We would have to suffer for our own sins.  Without faith in His eternal plan, we would soon be discouraged with life.  We would see no purpose beyond physical pleasure and avoiding pain. When we felt despair we would have no hope for a better life.  We may wish to end our lives, thinking that would end our frustration and our very existence.  Of course by giving up faith, we could not be baptized and enjoy the membership in His church.  We would not be able to pray for help and
comfort.  We would not be able to read the scriptures for answers to our problems.

Would you give up your Divine Nature?  You could not believe that you lived before this life - that you have a spirit body.  You are only physical elements and electrical impulses.  Your genes and environment determine your personality.  You are only an animal.  Appetites are to be satisfied and emotions expressed.  You have no responsibility to your Heavenly parents nor could they guide and comfort you.

Would you give up your Individual Worth?  You will have limited worth with no divine mission to perform.  Your self-worth is determined by achievements, how well you compete against others or by what position you were born into. Let others decide your worth by the clothes you wear, the car you drive and the size of house you live in.  If you don't have talents that can be displayed or performed, then you are worthless.  If your body is less than perfect or your brain not as quick as another, your value as a person goes down.  Life is a constant competition, a pecking order, a glamour scope, judging and being judged.  Divine missions and spiritual experiences are not considered of worth.

Would you give up Knowledge?  You could let these terrorists knock you over the head, and you would become a vegetable and just survive the rest of your mortal life.  But you would still have the knowledge you had gained before that would go with you to the next life.

Would you give up Choice & Accountability?  Many would love to give up accountability and not accept responsibility for their choices.  Could you give up your agency?  No choices on how you will spend your time and no choice on how you will feel about what has happened to you.  Would you give up every freedom and every choice that you have?

Would you give up Good Works?  This seems to be one Value that you could choose to give up.  Service isn't necessary to survival like Knowledge or Choice and Accountability.  You could live without it, couldn't you?  Of course it would mean giving up motherhood because so much of mother is nurturing.  You couldn't be a teacher, or a nurse or most any other occupation that gives service.  You couldn't hold any church calling or even make baptismal covenants because they include bearing one another's
burdens. You couldn't do anything for anyone else so marriage would be out.  You
could not interact with other in case your smile or your words were uplifting or
encouraging to them.

Would you give up Integrity?  No longer could your actions be consistent with your knowledge of right and wrong.  You would have to do the opposite of what you know to be right in every circumstance.  You could never be trusted by anyone again.  Your mental health would quickly show the stress of having beliefs and actions opposing each other.

You may say it is not within my power to give up divine nature or knowledge or any of the seven Young Women Values.  If you choose not to believe in it, then it is of no value to you, even if it is a true and eternal principal.

Did you notice that when you give up one value, many of the others seem to go too?

Everyone has Values - attitudes and beliefs that determine what is important to them and how they see the world.  Whatever we value we give our time and effort to.

Value Scavenger Hunt

The girls always like to go to Wal-mart late at night (we are probably breaking some rule, but we did have permission slips) so instead of just going and getting snacks, we teamed the girls up with a color.  (This was at the beginning of the slumber party we had strips of fabric in the value colors so as the girls came in the house they each got different ones, repeated over again so we had 7 groups of 2-3 girls.  This also cut down on the same girls always being together) Anyway-the girls with which ever color had to find 5 items in that color and bring it back to us.  The item had to be at least 75% that color b/c the girls were just grabbing anything. 

What do the value colors mean?

FAITH (White) Stands for purity

DIVINE NATURE (Blue) Reminds us of the sky, heaven and where we came from. We are of divine parents.

INDIVIDUAL WORTH (Red) Reminds us of the blood of Christ. The Savior believed that there wasn't any price too high to pay for us. He loved us so much that He willingly paid for us with His blood and His own life. He bled from every pore for us. He paid the infinite price. We are of great worth to the Lord and we should be to ourselves as well.

KNOWLEDGE (Green) Reminds us of spring time when things are starting to grow. We too, should keep growing and learning.

CHOICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY(Amber/orange) The caution on a stoplight. We too, have choices to make and we need to pray to make the correct choices. We need to use caution in making choices.

GOOD WORKS (Yellow) Sunshine. When we give service it makes us feel warm all over just as the sun makes us feel warm. We are always blessed by the service we give.

INTEGRITY (Purple) Royal color. The dye was very hard to come by in past ages and was costly to produce so only people of royal birth (Kings and Queens) could afford to wear the cloth of this color. It came to represent royalty. We are of royal birth... daughters of Heavenly Father. Someday, if we live worthily, we will be princesses and Queens. We must have integrity to do that. If we have integrity we have all the other values as well.

Young Women Mutual Activities  With a Value Purpose

“Activities should be planned at little or no cost, should build testimonies and provide meaningful service to others.”

 --Thomas S. Monson

“…these officers and teachers and these young men and women are people of ingenuity who can work out programs costing little in dollars that will yield tremendous dividends in wholesome recreation and faith-building activities”  --Gordon B. Hinckley

Faith

• Faith games:  Play these games 1) knot game, 2) falling back into people’s arms, 3) blind leading, etc.  Liken the games to faith.  You have to have faith to trust in one another, and especially the Lord to accomplish your task.  Talk and let the girls discuss how each game applies to faith.  End with a testimony meeting.

• Memorized Hymns:  Get the young women together and make a game out of learning hymns.  Have memorization games and fun ways to learn the song so they will always remember the words to use them in a hard situation.

• Family Home Evening Kit:  Could include a flannel board and stories from the Friend magazine.  Copy onto white cardstock or laminate.  Many FHE ideas can be found at http://www.theideadoor.com/FHE.html

• FHE Recipe Book:  Make a Family Home Evening treats recipe book.  Fill it with quick and easy treat recipes and have some samples of them made up for tasting.

• Scripture Charades:  Cards are written up before the activity begins.  Each card has some type of scripture story or reference written on it.  There are two teams and the girls on the teams take turns acting out the stories for the other girls on their team.  Stories could be:  Ammon, the missionary; Noah and the Ark; Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; King Noah and Abinadi; Samuel the Lamanite, etc.

• Rope Course:  The youth are all blindfolded and paired off.  They are taken by leaders out of the church and guided to the starting point of the course and given the end of a rope.  One partner holds to the rope with one hand and to his/her partner with the other hand.  The main rope leads around the church grounds and back to the entrance.  However, other ropes with dead ends are also attached to the main rope.  After all the youth make it back discuss the experience and its relationship to our life, faith and the iron rod.

• Getting to Know the Bishop:  The Sunday before the activity have a lesson on the Priesthood.  Ask the young women to write down any questions they would like to ask the Bishop.  On Mutual night they meet with the Bishop in his office, if possible, and their written questions are given to him to answer.

• Get to Know the Bishopric:  Invite the Bishopric members (including the executive secretary) and their wives to an activity where the young women can ask questions, play games, etc. and serve them a treat.

• Temple Marriage Night:  Ask a panel of 7 couples, married for 2-40 years, to bring pictures of temples and wedding albums, tell how they met, and answer a list of questions prepared by the young women in advance and other questions from the young women.

Divine Nature:

•  “No Room at the Inn”:  Young women are only told to dress warmly and that they are going to visit a few homes in the neighborhood to bring Christmas cheer.  An adult leader calls 3-4 families in advance telling them to have an excuse for NOT letting the young women in or listening to a song at the door.  Leaders must play along with this and not give it away.  At the last home ask, “Could you suggest where we can go to have our Christmas program?”  The family there tells you “there is a bar (or shed, stable, garage, etc.) you could use.”  The barn has been set up to resemble a stable with an empty baby cradle/basket draped with muslin and dimly spotlighted.  Old blankets spread on hay are available to sit on.  Read a poem, etc. about “No Room at the Inn”; play the song “Let Him In” from Michael McLean’s “The Forgotten Carols” (or something similar); talk about making room for Christ in our lives and hearts; then sing together and share testimonies.  After closing prayer serve hot chocolate either in the barn, at a home, or at the Church.

• Life Story:  Read an exciting biography to the young women about someone like Florence Nightingale, Camilla Kimball, or Emma Smith.  Shortened versions may be found in the encyclopedia or library.  Tell them that their biography can be just as exciting.  Instruct them to pretend they are 80 years old and are writing their life stories.  Give them at least 20-30 minutes.  They will realize that their life is an open book and the possibilities for accomplishments are endless.

• Chaste While Being Chased:  The young women bring cars made from cardboard boxes.  They sit in a half-circle in their “cars” like they are at a drive-in.  Have a speaker come and talk to them about chastity.  Serve root beer floats.

• Fashion Show:  Each girl could dress up as her mother and present a “spotlight” on her mother’s background, interests, etc.  To prepare them for their participation each girl could fill out in advance a “Spotlight on My Mother” form to plan what she would present about her mother.  Costumes could be as simple as an apron or hat, gloves with a garden tool, book about a hobby, etc.

• Ancestor Night:  Have the girls find out in advance about some of their ancestors and have them write down the birthdates, birthplace, marriage dates, baptismal dates, temple endowment dates and death dates, if available.  Have them find the information available for their ancestor, their brothers and sisters, grandparents and great-grandparents.  As a group, fill out family group sheets with the young women as children.  Then split into two groups:  one group plays “Ancestor Spin the Bottle.”  Spin an antique bottle, when it points to a girl she tells her ancestor story.  The other group plays a game to fill in a pedigree chart.  It is sort of like Bingo (the cards have grandfather, birthdate, etc.) and they fill in that spot.

• Heritage Night:  Each young woman invites her grandmother (or older person close to her) to attend.  Each also brings an antique or heirloom item to tell about.  The evening is spent enjoying amusing or inspirational stories told by the grandmothers about their younger days and learning about the antique treasures.

Individual Worth

• Progressive Dinner:  This is an excellent idea especially with a new presidency.  Each leader has one of the dinner courses at their house.  In addition to what food is prepared, the leaders each prepare a poster with pictures of themselves.  After the leader shares the pictures the girls would play one of the leader’s favorite games.  The girls do the same at each of the leaders homes.  The leaders express their individual worth and it helps everyone grow closer.

• Pretty in Pink:  The leaders and class presidency plan a three-week event to help the girls learn to love each girl in the class and to make new friends within the class.  The “Pretty in Pink” kick-off is a motivational and inspiring evening where everything is done in pink.  First have the young women read two scriptures:  John 15: 9, 12 and Matthew 25:40.  Then watch the video called “The Award.”  Explain the “Pretty in Pink” program to all the girls.  The young women choose out of a pink basket a pink plastic egg that has a name of one of the girls in the class inside.  That girl would become her special friend for one week.  The girls are given a calendar of the month with ideas of things they could do together listed for each week or they cane make up their own ideas.  The only requirement is that they do something!  Give the girls a bookmark to use all month to remind them to make their new friends a part of their life.  Serve pink cake and pink raspberry frappe.  The next week at Mutual the girls choose another name.  Use a small card with the words “This week will be MOUNDS of fun with your new friend __________.”  Wrap a fun-size Mounds candy bar in pink cellophane.  The next week they choose another name.  At the end of the third week, host a “Pretty in Pink Ending Party.”  Share the scripture John 15:13 and show the video “The Last Leaf”.  Each girl should come prepared to spotlight her three new friends by telling all the things she learned about them.  Once again, all pink refreshments must be served.  It is a great bonding exercise for the whole class.

• Water Olympics:  Several stations are set and the youth are divided into groups and rotated into each station to play water games.  Of course the evening ends in a giant water fight.  Some examples of the stations are:  volleyball with teams holding a sheet or towel to toss the big water balloon back and forth over the net; transporting youth in a wheel barrow to a chair to a chair in a team relay race where they must pop a water balloon by sitting on it; pouring a cup of water into another cup of water over your shoulder to the person behind you without looking.  Continue this relay down the line of your team to see which team can get the most water in a bucket at the end of the line.  Other relay races are:  water balloon between the knees, water balloon toss, anything that is wet is fun!

• That’s Entertainment!:  Decorate with red, black and white balloons.  Make black cardboard top hats for the tables.  Serve simple appetizers and 7-up.  Show video clips that have been taken throughout the year of the young men and young women.  Choose a few categories and make Academy Awards by spray-painting kewpie dolls gold and attaching them to a wood base.

• Getting to Know You:  If you would like to get to know the young women better and help them get to know each other, try this one.  The young women rotate to three different rooms:  first, this room has baby pictures of the young women and everyone has to guess who they are; the second room has a young woman trivia game where you have to guess which young woman did the crazy or exciting things from stories that leaders have collected from parents and siblings; the third room has all kinds of hearts for the girls to write notes of appreciation to their leaders (or their previous leaders if this is a new presidency).  Everyone meets together at the end and tell the girls the answers to the games.

• Understanding the Limitations of a Handicap:  Young women rotate to different rooms where they experience or try to experience different handicaps.  1)  wheelchair obstacle course (timed while open/shut door, pick things up, write on board, etc.); 2) learn sign language—someone teaches the girls to sign a song (no one can talk in the room); 3) blindfold obstacle course—have to step up on item like the curb using a stick to guide, get around furniture, etc.); 4) race and other activities using a walker, cane, and crutches.  End the activity by having a woman who works with handicapped children talk to the girls about the value of each and every person regardless of appearance, etc.  If possible have handicapped youth there to share some experiences and answer questions.

Knowledge

• Camp Quilts:  Each young woman acquires the necessary materials for own quilt to take to camp.  Some may piece used Levis, others may choose to use flannel, etc.  Everyone gathers at the Church or a leaders home and all work together on two quits at a time until all are tied before camp.

• International Food Night:  Plan a menu that includes food from all over the world (i.e. Mexican appetizer, Swiss salad, etc.).  The young women can volunteer if they would like to prepare a dish.  They then choose a recipe they would like to prepare.  On the night of the dinner the girls can get together to prepare the food.  Decorate the room with items from around the world and during the dinner tell about the food and the country it’s from.  You could also play games such as “country scramble” where the names of the countries are scrambled; match the country with it’s capital; have them draw the United States with their eyes closed, etc.

• Book Bags:  This is especially good for a Beehive activity.  Help all the class make and stencil a bag to carry their scriptures and Personal Progress book in.  This encourages them to bring their scriptures to Church on Sunday and helps them keep track of their Personal Progress book.  Hopefully they will continue to carry their bags with them throughout their years in Young Women.

• New Era Bowl:  Assign the young women to study several issues of the New Era.  At the conclusion of the study period it becomes a competition between classes to see who can answer the most correct questions about the issues of the New Era.  Prizes are given to the class with the most points.

• Conference Bowl:  A variation of New Era Bowl.  Encourage the Young Men and/or Young Women to take notes and listen carefully to General Conference.  Hold this activity the next Mutual night after Conference so it is still fresh on their minds and before the conference issue of the Ensign comes out.

• Better Talks:  Invite someone qualified to speak to young women on ways to begin a talk, contents of a talk, using notes (so you aren’t readi