YOUTH GOAL PLANNER. BUILD OTHER’S SELF WORTH. Youth can use this planner to enter the names of those they wish to acknowledge – telling them of their worthwhile qualities and attributes. Through recognizing others they notice their own qualities and their own confidence grows.
Great for Sunday School – Seminary – Youth Doctrinal Class, Youth Goal activity, and family night
YOUTH GOAL PLANNER
“Build Other’s Self-worth”
SEARCH & PONDER
D&C 18:10–16. “The Worth of Souls Is Great”
D&C 121: 45 “Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God.”
Part 1
For Two Weeks I Notice the Following in Others and Acknowledge These Qualities to Them in Writing.
QUOTE: “The Lord commanded His disciples to “esteem [your] brother as [yourself]” (D&C 38:24–25). Those who truly love themselves don’t rely on others’ attention and praise. They’re comfortable enough with their own worth that they can have good relationships with others and are able to serve them without ulterior motives.” SOURCE: Truth, Lies, and Your Self-Worth (HERE)
QUOTE: “I hope that we welcome and love all of God’s children, including those who might dress, look, speak, or just do things differently.” —President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
MUTUAL NIGHT, Family Night, Sunday School, Seminary ACTIVITIES
HONOR PARENTS NIGHT:
1. The week before, have the youth write a note to their parent(s) or guardians with at least four points of appreciation. Leaders could secretly tie each note (with parents’ names on top) to a plastic fork with a ribbon. Leaders could also write a note to each youth, expressing specific points of appreciation and attaching a fork (with the name on a note from leaders).
2. Youth invite their parents, grandparents, or guardians to a dinner.
3. Serve spaghetti and salad (dinner) without eating utensils. Provide handy wipes to wipe hands before and after the meal.
4. After the meal, a leader says, “Just like this fork [hold fork up], we often take many things for granted that our youth and parents do for us. Tonight we would like to honor our youth and parents and express our points of appreciation (point to prongs on the fork). Each youth has prepared a note expressing their points of appreciation, and we the leaders have a note expressing our points of appreciation to our youth. Thank you. We will now serve dessert and you will be able to eat with your forks.
5. Pass out personal individualized forks with named notes attached.
6. Serve dessert with a different fork.
7. Optional: Place a flower on moms’ plates and a Dad’s Root Beer or DR barrel candy for the dads.
HEART ATTACK: Surprise someone with a large cookie or box of candy that reads, “Heart Attack!” Attach several notes with heart stickers or heart-shaped cards with warm encouraging messages. Have youth and leaders and the bishopric leaders write notes and sign them. Ring the doorbell and run, or stay and visit. Contact the youth leaders or Relief Society compassionate service leader, bishop, or community representatives to find those who need a boost.
Part 2
What I Learned about the Worth of Individuals and How My Own Confidence Grows When I Build Others.
QUOTE: “Loving yourself is not about tooting your own horn or conforming to the world’s view of self-esteem. It’s about being who you are—a unique child of God—and knowing that who you are is a good thing. When you understand your eternal worth and you live in a way consistent with your divine heritage, you will gain a lasting self-esteem that is better than anything the world can offer.” SOURCE: Truth, Lies, and Your Self-Worth (HERE)
MUTUAL NIGHT ACTIVITIES
INDIVIDUAL WORTH TESTIMONIES: Ask youth to share how the gospel of Jesus Christ has given them feelings of individual worth.
VALUE-ABLE NOTE: Write a note to each youth expressing your love and admiration.
P.M.A. SELF-TALK:
1. Talk about having a positive mental attitude and talking to ourselves in a positive way.
2. Have a motivational speaker come to share positive ideas.
3. Have youth gather and write their names at the top of a piece of paper. Pass the papers around, having each youth and leader write a positive thing about the youth. Ask them not to compare notes while they write. Then have each of them look at their paper and add to their list the positive traits they have. Then challenge them to do daily self-talk. Describe it and demonstrate. Examples: Say, “I am a daughter/son of God.” Say this slowly and with emotion. Say, “I am a good listener,” “I am gentle,” “I am attractive,” “I am a good dancer,” etc. Encourage them to look at themselves in the mirror each day and say “I love you.”
