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Lesson Title: "The Value of Work"
OTHER RESOURCES:
OBJECTIVE:
Each young woman will appreciate the value of work.
PREPARATION:
- Assign a young woman to talk about the work she is involved in and another young woman to talk about a service project as described in the lesson.
- Optional: Have hymnbooks available so the young women can sing hymn no. 252, 'Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel.'
- Optional: Prepare a rock with the word work written on it for each young woman.
- Assign young women to present any stories, scriptures, or quotations you wish.
ATTENTION GETTER:
Ask the young women to listen as you say several words and to raise their hands to show which words bring positive feelings to them. Say these words - vacation, job, relax, work - pausing after each to note the responses.
Point out that the idea of work does not always seem appealing to us. But the ability and opportunity to work can actually bring us great blessings.
LESSON:
Lesson 45 at lds.org
CONCLUSION:
"We are cocreators with God. He gave us the capacity to do the work he left undone, to harness the energy, mine the ore, transform the treasures of the earth for our good. But most important, the Lord knew that from the crucible of work emerges the hard core of character" (J. Richard Clarke, in Conference Report, Apr. 1982, pp. 109-10; or Ensign, May 1982, p. 77).
Sing or read all verses of "Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel" (Hymns, no. 252).
HANDOUT:
If you brought rocks with the word work written on them, give one to each young woman. Encourage class members to improve their work skills and their attitude about work.
Or you can print this handout off for each of your young women.
Download Handout
This handout will open in Microsoft Word.
MID-WEEK ACTIVITY IDEA:
Do a service project for someone.
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