Friday, August 18, 2017

Youth Sunday School Lesson: Keeping a Record

How will keeping a personal journal bless me and my family?


I love journals, even if I'm not the greatest at keeping one myself, I love the idea of them and reflecting on and remembering your life and the little events that its made up of for years to come.  And this lesson made me love journal keeping even more!





We talked about how we can Make the Most of our memories and write them down!  I shared a story about looking back at my own personal journals and journals my ancestors left my family and I have learned so much from past experiences both my own and theirs.  It has made me grow closer to those family members I didn't know in this life, but now feel like I know personally.  Moses 6:45-46 was the perfect addition to this topic.


I found the cutest journals at Walmart for just 50 cents!  I attached a little paper to cover the front with washi tape incase if they already had a journal they could remove it and use it for the new school year.  The quote will hopefully remind them of this lesson and help them think of how the Lord has blessed their life each day.








I also gave a pen to each person so they would have no excuses to start writing!  It's a perfect time to stock up and find good deals on all these things while back to school sales are in full swing.  I found the pens also at Walmart, but you can really find great sales anywhere.





We read Alma 37:8-9 and Moses 6:5 and shared lots of quotes I found while studying for this lesson.  I'll post the quote page printable below if you're interested.  We also discussed President Eyring's talk O Remember, Remember and watched this short video.


I love that when we keep a journal we can reflect, recognize and then remember the hand of God in our own lives.





I also gave each person a little bag of some M&M cookies.  If I had a little bit more time I would have made them from scratch, but I needed a quick treat so store bought worked just fine!  My sweet mom let me use some things from her party and handout stock pile, but you can find almost the same brown bags from Amazon HERE (crazy affordable and you get a bunch too) and the mini white clothes pins from Amazon HERE!





Even though at first I struggled with finding new material for this lesson I think it turned out just splendidly, and I hope it does for your class too!  Let's make your lesson easy and print out the free printables below!


Make the Most of your memories! Journal Tag


Make the Most of your memories! Treat Tag


Quote Page


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