YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. REACH FOR THE STARS! Blessing Guessing Game & bookmark. Youth can learn that Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness helps us Reach For the Stars! and obtain His blessings.
Use for COME FOLLOW ME Primary and Home (family home evening), Young Women, Young Men, Seminary, Family Home Evening, Activity Days
POST-AND-PRESENT Activity
The PLAN OF HAPPINESS: Reach for the Stars! (Blessing Guessing Game and bookmark)
OBJECTIVE: Help youth learn to reach for heavenly stars and learn that Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness blesses us now and forever. For these spiritual blessings, we can thank Him.
ACTIVITY: Tell the youth, “When we lived in heaven, Heavenly Father knew that we could not progress to become like Him if we did not come to earth and gain a body. We chose to come here to choose good over evil. By living God’s plan of salvation, also called God’s plan of happiness, we can one day return to Him. Each time we follow His plan, we are blessed. Let’s reach for the stars and learn how His blessings make us shine.” See activity details below.
TO MAKE print in color, or color and cut out the 24 Heavenly Stars. Option: Print a star bookmark for each youth.
Ideas to Display Stars: 1) Punch holes in stars and tie a string through to hang on a Christmas tree (if the holiday is coming up). 2) Thread stars through a clothesline or paperclip them to a clothesline string (two people can hold the clothesline ends. 3) Hang stars from the ceiling with string and clip stars to the bottom of string with a paperclip. 4) Hang from the left and right side of the board with a string.
TO PRESENT:
1. Discuss the objective above and tell youth, “When we lived in heaven, Heavenly Father knew that we could not progress to become like Him if we did not come to earth and gain a body. So we chose to come here to learn how to choose good over evil. By living God’s plan we can progress and one day return to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ to have eternal life with them and those we love. Each time we follow His plan we are blessed, so let’s reach for the stars and learn how His blessings make us shine.”
2. Have youth take turns choosing a star and before displaying the star, reading it aloud to learn what Heavenly Father wants us to do to be happy. Then they can name a SPIRITUAL BLESSING that comes from following each plan.
3. Give youth a bookmark to place in their scriptures and read Mosiah 2:41, “I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.”
SOURCE ST 2005 #12
