Lesson 2

Lesson Title: "Spiritual Gifts"

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 that developing her spiritual gifts will enrich life for herself and others.

PREPARATION:

1. Provide paper and pencils for the class members.
2. Prepare a piece of paper for each young woman containing the scripture, “Neglect not the gift that is in thee” (1 Timothy 4:14). You might roll the paper up like a scroll and tie it with a ribbon. Put the scripture scrolls in a box, and wrap the box as if it were a gift.
3. Assign three young women to present information about the three spiritual gifts discussed in the first section of the lesson.
4. Assign young women to present any scriptures, stories, or quotations you wish.
5. In preparing to present the lesson, study Doctrine and CovenantsD&C 46:7-29. It may be necessary to take two class periods to present this material.

ATTENTION GETTER:

Use the Introduction in the lesson about the gift.

LESSON:

CONCLUSION:

Invite the young women to seek earnestly spiritual gifts and endeavor to develop them. Encourage them to record in their journals the growth they experience as they seek, develop, and share these spiritual gifts.

HANDOUT:

You can print out the handout on a pretty parchment paper and roll into a scroll and tie with matching ribbon.