Lesson 32

Lesson Title: "Service in the Community"

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 3 at lds.org. With Ensign, New Era, and Friend references

OBJECTIVE:

Each young woman will understand the importance of community service.

PREPARATION:

1. Obtain a picture of a landmark in your community.
2. Optional: Prepare a map of your city, state, or nation. Cut it into four pieces (or more if you wish) like a jigsaw puzzle. On the front of each puzzle piece, write the name of an area of community service, as shown in the illustration. These could include such things as health services, social services, political involvement, and cultural endeavors. On the back of each piece should be suggestions for community service you have gathered from your area. You could use the suggestions in the third section of the lesson and add some of your own.
3. Assign young women to present any stories, scriptures, or quotations you wish.

ATTENTION GETTER:

Display the picture of the community landmark. Explain that a community is made up of a group of people who live together in one area and share many laws, interests, and traditions. Regardless of the size of that community, every resident has an effect on the others who live there. A young woman can be an influence for good in her community by becoming involved in some kind of community service.

LESSON:

CONCLUSION:

Explain that each young woman will need to assess her own talents and abilities along with the amount of time she can devote to community service. By serving she will be able to bring Latter-day Saint standards and values into the community. In addition she will develop the habit of service.
Suggest that the young women assess their time and choose a community service project that will fit into their schedules.

MID-WEEK ACTIVITY IDEA: