Lesson 1

Lesson Title: "God the Father"

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 3 at lds.org.

  OBJECTIVE:

  Each young woman will increase her understanding of her Heavenly Father.

  PREPARATION:

  1. Picture 1, The First Vision (62470), located at the back of the manual.
  2. Optional: Prepare a poster of the scripture references and attributes listed in the second section of the lesson.
  3. Assign someone to sing a solo or lead the others in “How Wondrous and Great” (Hymns, no. 267) or “O My Father” (Hymns, no. 292).

  ATTENTION GETTER:

  Tell the story at the beginning of the lesson.

  LESSON:

  Lesson 1 at lds.org

  CONCLUSION:

  Explain that as a daughter of God, each young woman has a responsibility to increase her understanding of the nature of God. As she learns more about her Heavenly Father, she will want to obey his commandments and reach her potential as his daughter. Song Present as a solo or have the young women sing “How Wondrous and Great” or “O My Father.” 1. Ask the young women to remember through the coming week that they are children of God and that other people are their brothers and sisters. Have them record in their journals ways in which this knowledge changes their own behavior or their treatment of others. 2. Ask the young women to memorize John 17:3.

  HANDOUT:

  Print off the handout onto pretty paper. (This is the scripture the young women are asked to memorize this week.)

  
  

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