YOUTH GOAL PLANNER – FAMILY HISTORY “Learn about Your Family History” where youth can visit relatives to learn stories and pedigree names to complete temple ordinances – great for discussion & lessons for youth classes and family night

YOUTH GOAL PLANNER. LEARN ABOUT YOUR FAMILY HISTORY. With this planner youth can plan visits with their relatives to learn family stories and details about their ancestor’s ordinances performed. Example: Baptism and temple marriage and the sealing of parents to children.

Great for Sunday School, Seminary, Youth Doctrinal Class, and family night

YOUTH GOAL PLANNER

“Learn about Your Family History”

Part 1

I visited my living relative(s) to learn as much information as possible about my family history.

QUOTE ON FAMILY HISTORY (HERE see this Overview): “Family history is discovering and learning more about our family members and gathering and preserving information about them. It is also performing saving ordinances for them in temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” READ MORE

Part 2
I completed a pedigree chart of my family and listed the temple ordinances that have been completed for each person.

The youth can place a copy of the pedigree chart and notes about their ancestors in a folder or notebook.

MUTUAL NIGHT, Family Night, Sunday School, Seminary ACTIVITIES

GRAMMY AWARD NIGHT: Have the youth create a potluck dinner for a grandmother or grandfather. Have them spotlight the grandparent and award them with a Grammy Award cookie or a homemade certificate. The cookie could be a graham-cracker they write “Grammy Award.” If grandparents are not close by they could invite a senior from the ward/branch. You could create an ice cream bar and make round graham-cracker cookies or other cookies to fill with ice cream (GO HERE for ideas). Or, create a Queen or King for a Day! activity (shown) to entertain seniors (go HERE to download).

“RELTIVE”-LY FUN NIGHT:  Create a fun night for youth to bring one of their favorite relatives they are close to. Take time to introduce the relative and allow them to share with the group special moments.

ORGANIZE FAMILY GREETING CARDS: Create greeting card storage pockets that youth can store their greeting cards months ahead to send to relatives. They can contact relatives to learn of their birth-day dates and make homemade cards to send.
     To Create 12 Pockets (and label each with the month January – December): Cut an 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheet of paper (cardstock) in thirds. Glue the bottom and sides of the 1/3 sheet of paper to an 8 1/2″ x 11″ inch sheet of cardstock paper (only gluing the sides and bottom, leaving the top open. Three-hole punch pockets to place in a looseleaf binder. Youth can use 3″ x 5″ cards to place inside pockets to remind them of who they want to send cards for holidays, birthdays, etc. This is a great place to put “thank you” cards and “get well” cards ready to send. They also may want to have a special pocket for these addresses, stamps, and supplies to make greeting cards. Maybe get together as a group to make these ahead, sharing ideas.

FAMILY PHOTO SHARING: Have the youth bring some favorite family photos to show and tell about their extended family as they show photos. Ask them to tell one or two reasons why they love this extended family member; maybe even share how they have influenced them to make the right choices. Remind them that as they show their love to extended family members, they will create lasting memories they can share with their children and write about in their journals for posterity.

SOURCE YW 3.11

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