Lesson 13

Lesson Title: "Patriarchal Blessings"

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 2 at lds.org. With Ensign, New Era, and Friend references

OBJECTIVE:

Each young woman will understand how a patriarchal blessing can guide her life.

PREPARATION:

1. Picture 9, A Young Woman Receiving a Patriarchal Blessing, and picture 10, A Garden Maze. Both are located at the back of the manual.
2. Bring a pencil or pen for each young woman.
3. Optional: Prepare a handout for the young women to take home. It should include ways to prepare to receive a patriarchal blessing. See the section “We Can Prepare to Receive Our Patriarchal Blessings.”
4. Assign young women to present any scriptures, stories, or quotations you wish.

ATTENTION GETTER:

Do the introduction with the maze found in the beginning of the lesson.

LESSON:

CONCLUSION:

1. Suggest that the young women prepare themselves to receive their patriarchal blessings by following the suggestions in this lesson.
2. Challenge them to read their blessings with prayerful hearts and strive to live worthy to receive the promised blessings.

HANDOUT:

Print the handout for each young woman on a pretty white marble paper.