Modest is Hottest!

Last Tuesday we enjoyed a wonderful modesty fashion show put on by Chandrielle, Adrienne, Paige, Rachel and Hannah.  They did a wonderful job demonstrating how we can be modest in all aspects of our life.  Thanks for your hard work and great examples girls!

Color Me Beautiful

Thank you to everyone who helped make our New Beginnings night such a great experience! (Especially all the amazing leaders-- thank you for all that you do!)

We had a wonderful time welcoming new Beehives, honoring those who have completed values (Way to go Kie, Olivia, Azul, and Adrienne!), learning about how the values can add "color" and "light" to our lives, and setting goals for our Personal Progress.

And or course, the candy at the end was an added bonus!

Let's share with each other what goals we set for our Personal Progress. Leave a comment telling us the value you chose and a goal you set to help you achieve it!

Our Camp Auction is April 27th. Follow Danielle's example and start working on something to donate!

Fasting with a Purpose

This Sunday we are inviting all the Young Women to participate in a special fast for Chandrielle.

For the past 6-7 weeks, Chandrielle has been experiencing severe pain in her abdomen. It has prevented her from going to school, church, and participating in other every day activities. Blood work, MRIs, and other tests have not been able to find answers for her.

Please join us this weekend in fasting for her. We will have a prayer together at the conclusion of Young Women on Sunday to end our fast together.

Here are some tips from Elder Shayne M. Bowen of the Seventy on making your fast more meaningful and powerful:

*As a fast day approaches, think about a purpose for your fast. That purpose could be as simple as expressing thanks.

*Begin your fast by praying. Talk with Heavenly Father and share with Him the purpose of your fast (see D&C 59:14).

*Fast for two meals, or about 24 hours. (Those with medical concerns should follow doctors’ orders). Whenever hunger pains come, use them as a reminder to pray again about the purpose of your fast.

*Give a generous fast offering.

*If you feel impressed to do so, bear your testimony in fast and testimony meeting.

*During the time you would have spent preparing food and eating, engage in worthy pursuits such as studying the scriptures, writing in your journal, or serving others.

*After Sunday meetings, end your fast by praying.

*Commit to being a better person, and make plans with God on how you will improve.

Fasting for Chandrielle, in addition to contributing to your family's fast offerings, will help you accomplish Integrity #6 in your Personal Progress.

Knowledge 'Temptations'

Here are the 'Knowledge' Personal Progress 'Temptations' for the month of December! If you pass of anything in knowledge throughout the month of December, you get to choose one! Get working on your Personal Progess!

Individual Worth 'Temptations'

Here are the the Indidual Worth 'Temptations' for the month of November. All y0u have to do is pass off something in Individual Worth during the month of November and you get to choose one! There is also a new Individual Worth 'Personal Progress Challenge' on the right side of the blog. What will you be working on in Personal Progress this month?

Divine Nature 'Temptations'

Here are the 'Divine Nature' temptations for the month of October. All you have to do is pass off a value experience in 'Divine Nature' to get one.

Which one will you choose?

One More Reason

Here is one more reason to do your Personal Progress...

Beginning in October, we will have a "value basket" set out each Sunday. It will be filled with prizes that correspond to the value color. October's value is Divine Nature, so all the prizes will be blue. In order to pick a prize, you must complete a value experience (or project) in that month's value sometime during the month. Bring your Personal Progress book to church, show it to a leader, and pick a prize. How easy is that?

Open your Personal Progress books and start working on a Divine Nature experience to pass off in October!

Young Women in Excellence

Last night we planned our displays for Young Women in Excellence in November. What value and project are you going to display?

Personal Progress Updates

How are you doing on your Personal Progress? Here is the list of all the different value experiences we've accomplished or at least started during Young Womens this year:

Individual Worth #4: Temple Time Capsule
Individual Worth #5: Singing in Sacrament Meeting/Funeral
Knowledge #3: Memorize Article of Faith #13 and attend a concert/play/etc.
Knowledge #4: Give a talk in Sacrament meeting
Knowledge #7: Camp certification
Good Works #6: 3 hours of service
Virtue Project: Read the Book of Mormon
Temple mirror: Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Choice & Accountability OR Integrity write-in value experience

Get out your book and be sure these are all passed off. Don't forget that you can track it online as well:
http://www.personalprogress.lds.org

P Night Fun!

We had a really fun P Night last night. We worked on Personal Progress and made Personal Pizzas! It was tons of fun!

Keep up the good work on Personal Progress!

Weekly Personal Progress

On Sunday we'll be learning about the importance of regular scripture study in our lives. To help increase our testimonies of this, let's work on:

Choice and Accountability #1

In case you don't have your Personal Progress book handy, here's a link for it:

https://lds.org/young-women/personal-progress/choice-and-accountability?lang=eng

Weekly Personal Progress

On Sunday we learned about the laws of sacrifice and consecration. One way we can observe these laws is to sacrifice our time and our own interests to help others in need. This week let's work on:

Good Works #3

Weekly Personal Progress

It's back!! Each week we will post a weekly Personal Progress goal on the blog. We will choose one that coorelates with our Sunday lessons.

This week the Personal Progress goal is:

Choice & Accountability #4

Remember, that parents can sign off your Personal Progress books!

Leave a comment here telling us you did it to be entered in the blog drawing.

Personal Progress Reminder!

We have done A LOT lately in Young Womens that can be marked off in your Personal Progress. Make sure you go home and mark off your books and have a leader or parent sign off too if you participated in any of the following things:

-Temple Mirror: choose to write in your own value experience for one of the following: Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Choice & Accountability, or Integrity.
-Temple Time Capsule Can: Individual Worth #4
-Camp Certification: Knowledge #7
-Singing in Sacrament Meeting: Individual Worth #5
-Article of Faith #13 Memorization of our Mutual Theme: Knowledge #3

*some of these require you to read a scripture or two and maybe write in your journal if you haven't done so already. Check all the requirements in your book.*

Good Job girls! Keep up on your Personal Progress!

Weekly Personal Progress

Kelli always gives such wonderful lessons and this week was no exception. To follow up with her lesson on finding our purpose in life, let's work on
Individual Worth #4.
Read D & C 88:119, then list in your journal your hopes and dreams for your future home, family, education, and things you would like to accomplish. Write a plan to help you achieve your goals.

Leave a comment on here letting us know you finished this experience!

Weekly Personal Progress

We have 3 great Personal Progress goals this week to go along with Sunday's lesson. Pick at least one to work on this week:

*Faith #5 (also our monthly challenge!): Learn more about the Savior and the Atonement.

*Faith Project, bullet #1: Memorize "The Living Christ"

*Divine Nature #4: Memorize the sacrament prayers and do things to develop your divine qualities.

Weekly Personal Progress

This week's Personal Progress challenge is Individual Worth #1. It coincides wonderfully with today's lesson. Read the scriptures listed in your Personal Progress book (page 30). Write in your journal how these scriptures teach you that Heavenly Father knows you, loves you, and is mindful of you.

The next chance to receive charms and ribbons is New Beginnings, February 8th!

*Each week we will have a Personal Progress challenge that goes along with our Sunday lesson. There is also a monthly challenge (listed on the right side of the blog) that goes along with our monthly value.*

Weekly Personal Progress

This week's Personal Progress experience is Integrity #5. It will take 3 weeks to complete, so get started now! If you haven't decided what to do for Young Women In Excellence, maybe you could do this one!

Personal Progress is Now Online!

The church has created a place online to work on your personal progress! You can find tips and helpful information here too! It is a great place to record and track your Personal Progress and you can even keep an online journal. You can work on you value experiences and projects and even submit them to your leaders! All you have to do is register here: https://beta.lds.org/young-women/personal-progress?lang=eng

In order to register you need to set up an account at LDS.org . You need your church membership number which can be found on your temple recommend. When you register, don't forget to come back here and leave a comment saying you did so and you will get an extra entry in our blog drawing!

We are so excited for this fun new way to work on our Personal Progress!

Weekly Personal Progress

This week we have the perfect Personal Progress experience to go along with the lesson about the sacredness of procreation. This week, work on Virtue #1. All it takes is a little reading and then recording your thoughts in your journal. Everyone could easily get this one done today!