Lesson 19

Lesson Title: "Personal Records"

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 1 at lds.org. With Ensign, New Era, and Friend references

OBJECTIVE:

Each young woman will realize the importance of keeping a personal record.

PREPARATION:

1. Prepare one copy of each of the two sets of questions at the beginning of the lesson. Include the scriptural references but not the answers.
2. Be prepared to tell the young women about one of your ancestors and how this person has influenced your life; or have a visitor, who has been approved by priesthood advisers, tell the class about an ancestor.
3. Assign two or three young women to tell briefly about one of their grandparents or great-grandparents and how this person has affected their lives.
4. Prepare a handout of the quotations at the conclusion of the lesson to give to each class member.
5. Assign young women to present any scriptures, stories, or quotations you wish.
6. See the end of the lesson for an optional family history activity.

ATTENTION GETTER:

Give the quiz found at the beginning of the lesson.

LESSON:

CONCLUSION:

Distribute the handout of the following statements by President Spencer W. Kimball and have them read aloud:

"We urge our young people to begin today to write and keep records of all the important things in their own lives" ("The Angels May Quote from It," New Era, Oct. 1975, p. 4).

"I promise you that if you will keep your journals and records, they will indeed be a source of great inspiration to your families, to your children, your grandchildren, and others, on through the generations. Each of us is important to those who are near and dear to us and as our posterity read of our life's experiences, they, too, will come to know and love us. And in that glorious day when our families are together in the eternities, we will already be acquainted" ("President Kimball Speaks Out on Personal Journals," New Era, Dec. 1980, p. 26).

HANDOUT:

MID-WEEK ACTIVITY IDEA: