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Sunday, July 18, 2010

AP Manual 2 correlated with Preach My Gospel (PMG)

Table of Contents--AP Manual 2 Preach My Gospel (PMG) References
Lesson 1: Who Am I?    1
Lesson 2: Knowing Our Father in Heaven    4
Lesson 3: Faith in Jesus Christ    7
Lesson 4: Companionship of the Holy Ghost    11
Lesson 5: Agency    14
Lesson 6: Christlike Service    17
Lesson 7: The Eternal Importance of Families    22
Lesson 8: Spirituality    25
Lesson 9: Repentance and the Atonement of Jesus Christ    29
Lesson 10: Studying the Scriptures    33
Lesson 11: Satan and His Temptations    37
Lesson 12: Prayer    41
Lesson 13: Fasting    44
Lesson 14: Obedience to God    48
Lesson 15: Exaltation through Keeping Covenants    52
Lesson 16: Tithes and Offerings    56
Lesson 17: Patriarchal Blessings    60
Lesson 18: Duties of a Teacher in the Aaronic Priesthood    65
Lesson 19: A Broken Heart and a Contrite Spirit    69
Lesson 20: Administering the Sacrament    72 PMG pg. 65
Lesson 21: Preparing for the Melchizedek Priesthood    74 PMG pgs. 37, 83, 84
Lesson 22: Patriarchal Leadership in the Home    78 PMG pg. 85
Lesson 23: Practical Preparation for a Mission    83 All of PMG
Lesson 24: The Blessings of Work    87
Lesson 25: Personal Purity through Self-discipline    91 PMG pgs. 77, 118-119
Lesson 26: Worthy Thoughts    96 PMG pgs. 77, 118-120
Lesson 27: The Lord’s Law of Health    101 PMG pgs. 78, 187-190
Lesson 28: The Sabbath    105
Lesson 29: The Purpose of Life    109
Lesson 30: Charity    113
Lesson 31: Forgiveness    118
Lesson 32: Cultivating Gifts of the Spirit    122
Lesson 33: Seek Ye Learning    126
Lesson 34: The Power of Example    129
Lesson 35: Obeying, Honoring, and Sustaining the Law    133
Lesson 36: In Everything Give Thanks    136
Lesson 37: Understanding Women’s Roles    140
Lesson 38: Living Righteously in an Unrighteous World    143 PMG pgs. 71-81 (72)
Lesson 39: Moral Courage    147 PMG pg. 77
Lesson 40: Avoiding and Overcoming Temptation    151
Lesson 41: The Sacrament: In Remembrance of Him    155
Lesson 42: Follow the Brethren    158
Lesson 43: Spiritual Preparation for a Mission    163
Lesson 44: Preparing Now for Temple Marriage    168 PGM pg. 86 (D&C 131 &132)
Lesson 45: Effective Home Teaching    172 PMG pg. 215
Lesson 46: Avoiding Degrading Media Influences    176
Lesson 47: Clean and Appropriate Speech    181
Lesson 48: Maintaining Righteous Standards    187
Lesson 49: Honesty and Integrity    192
Lesson 50: Valuing and Encouraging People with Disabilities    196

July 2010 Newsletter

Presidency Message:

Dear Brethren,
Recently I was listening to a returned missionary share an experience from his mission. While tracting he and his companion met a woman who was clearly distraught and told the elders she didn’t have time to talk religion. She was holding a crying baby and things in general seemed to be chaotic. One elder started to excuse themselves recognizing this wasn’t good timing for trying to teach a discussion. The other elder said, “let us help you out.” The woman was reluctant but the elder insisted, stating, “We are servants of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is clear that he has sent us to you to help you. Let us help you with your children or wash some dishes.” She finally gave in. The elders helped to calm the baby, do a few other chores and listen to her problems. The woman was very touched by their sincere desire to help her. She commented that it had been a very long time since someone had come to her door asking how they could help rather than wanting something from her. She became convinced that these young men really had been sent to her. She later invited them to come teach her and she was baptized. These elders learned important lessons about meaningful service and how the Lord truly will lead us to those in need.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our young men could have truly meaningful service opportunities prior to their missions? This would include experiences where individually the young men would come away feeling that they really had given of themselves. Remember that your calling is all about teaching and training young men to be honorable priesthood bearers. Use your service activities to teach. Here are a few points to consider:
1. Help quorum leaders carefully select appropriate and meaningful service activities.
2. Teach why we serve (e.g. Mosiah 2:17)
3. Train them to develop instinctive service-mindedness – not waiting to be assigned or told to serve, but to see a need and ACT
4. Take time following service activities to discuss the experience – how did they feel, what did they learn, etc.
5. Often serving in smaller groups is more effective and impactful (e.g. three young men visiting with an elderly person at a rest home as opposed to twenty youth singing to a group at a rest home.)

This is by no means a complete list. Please prayerfully consider the quality of service experiences your young men are having. Thank you for your service to the young men. Thank you for your efforts to be effective mentors.
Matthew Clarke

Question: Should a member of the Bishopric obtain parental permission before sustaining a Deacon’s or Teacher’s quorum president in sacrament meeting?

Congratulations to:

Chad Nilsson, Parkview, received his mission call to Romania.
Josh Haertel, Karalee, earned his teacher’s duty to God award and placed 4th in the U.S. Jr. National race-walk competition qualifying him to compete for the USA team (ages 16-20) in Toronto, Canada.

Please send us info on your young men (and leaders) so that we can congratulate them. Also, notify us of Duty to God awards for Deacon, Teacher, Priest and final. We have something to give them from the stake.

Upcoming Calendar:
7/27/10 Tues. Youth Temple Baptisms for KL, AH, PV, and ED
9/17-18/10 Fri.-Sat. Jamborall for all scouts, varsity and venture groups.
9/26/10 Sun. Stake YM Duty to God fireside

Congratulations to Falcon Hills for having the highest percentage of trained leaders.

Scout Training status (% complete):
Ward Fast Start This is Scout Youth Prot. Basic Outdoor Skills
Ashley Park 31% 31% 23% 31%
Aspen Hills 100% 100% 100% 25%
Eastdell 60% 60% 20% 50%
Falcon Hills 100% 100% 100% 90% 100%
Highland 60% 60% 60% 13%
Karalee 36% 45% 36% 45%
Parkview 100% 100% 100% 82% 82%
Sego Lily 78% 89% 44% 89%
Stake 100% 100% 75% 100% 25%
This report should include: Bishops, their two counselors, all young men advisors/leaders, and assistants. We are not including scout committee members or 11 year old scout leaders. The Stake YM will provide a barbecue dinner at Ken Gunderson’s home for the ward or wards which have the highest overall percentage by 7/1/10. All the ward YM leaders, Bishoprics, and their spouses, will be invited to the barbecue. Our goal is 100%. Ward YM secretaries should gather the completion information and email it to robhaertel@gmail.com on the 4th Sunday of each month. Please include all young men advisors and Bishoprics.

ANSWER: (page 182 Church Handbook of Instructions)
Trick question. Yes, a member of the bishopric should seek permission from a young man’s parents before extending a calling. However, a member of the bishopric usually announces changes in quorum leadership in sacrament meeting. He does not ask for a sustaining vote.

Supplements to Aaronic Priesthood Manual 2:
Looking for recent talks by General Authorities and other material that correlates with your priesthood manual lessons? This Resource manual is a great help. Go to: http://www.lds.org/languages/youthmaterials/pdf/AP_2010_ResourceGuide_08302_000.pdf
The Stake has extra copies of the DVD of the Temple Celebration. If you or anyone else in your ward would like one please contact Rob Haertel at 801-944-9275 or robhaertel@gmail.com.

Important websites:
Duty to God resources: http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,4688-1,00.html
Church Aaronic Priesthood:http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,4645-1,00.html
AP Instructional Resources: http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,7588-1,00.html
Quorum Presidency training: http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,7966-1,00.html
BSA Training: www.myscouting.com and http://www.ldsbsa.org/resources.html
Stake YM information: http://GraniteSouthStakeYoungMen.blogspot.com/
Teaching Manual Resource: http://www.lds.org/languages/youthmaterials/pdf/AP_2010_ResourceGuide_08302_000.pdf

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU ARE DOING!!!!!

June 2010 Newsletter

Presidency Message:

Dear Young Men Leaders,
I want to first say how much we appreciate your assistance; especially for Stake Fun Day. It seems a lot of assignments and information requests have been requested of you. Thank you for your help.
I have been pondering a thought lately that I’d like to share. We play a vital role in the lives of young men as their teachers and trainers. These are incredible young men with a heavy priesthood load awaiting them in the near future. We have a great opportunity to help their parents prepare them. May I offer a few suggestions/reminders?
• Prayerfully prepare for quorum instruction.
• Teach not just lecture.
• Assess understanding.
• Encourage effective participation.
Prayerfully Prepare. This generation of future leaders deserves more than a night-before prepared lesson. Carefully consider each young man and how he best learns and what he needs to understand. The lesson manual is not the teacher. “The manual says…” is not effective. The boys don’t need to know what the manual says; they need to know how you feel and what you know about the subject. It is your testimony not the manual’s (I hope this makes sense). We suggest you find ways to integrate Preach My Gospel into your lessons.

Teach, Not Lecture. Lecturing is one directional – dump the info on them. Effective teaching involves multiple methods to ensure principals are understood. The use of questions can be very effective but also a turn-off depending on how presented. For example, asking yes/no questions generally is not as effective as questions that require a longer answer or are open-ended. Asking follow-up questions also helps. For example, if you were to ask how you increase your spirituality, a young man might say, “by reading my scriptures.” Just ending there, misses an opportunity. Better to follow up with, “why or how does reading your scriptures accomplish this?” I realize that is a very simple example but I think you get the idea. The more we can drill down and give the young men an opportunity to think, the more impactful the lesson will be. Pausing while waiting for an answer is just fine – sometimes they just need a little time to think.

Assess Understanding. How do you know if they’ve understood what you were teaching them? A few concluding questions might help. Ask some of the young men to summarize key points of the lesson. Or ask them what they will do as a result of the lesson. There are several ways to see what they’ve gleaned – we just need to leave ourselves time at the end to make sure they’ve got it. Remember we are teaching, not just giving talks.

Encourage Participation. I already discussed the use of questions. You may also want to share lesson time with a member of the quorum. Give him 10 minutes or maybe even 5 minutes to help teach. Make clear expectations and provide coaching so that you can maximize the learning experience. This is especially important for the priests as they will soon be teaching investigators. Adult leaders not giving the lesson should be careful not to participate too much. Let the young men answer the questions.

And finally, make sure you take time to train your leaders. Make sure quorum presidents allow you time in presidency meetings for leadership training. Teach them leadership principles and demonstrate how to apply them.

I’m convinced that as we commit ourselves to being effective teachers the Lord will show us the way and we’ll experience great joy. Thank you for your contributions and sacrifices in behalf of these great young men!
--Matthew Clarke

Question: For quorum presidency meetings, who attends, who presides, who conducts and who does the agenda?


Congratulations to:
Bogan Henderson, Eastdell, earned his Duty to God award.

Please send us info on your young men (and leaders) so that we can congratulate them. Also, notify us of Duty to God awards for Deacon, Teacher, Priest and final. We have something to give them from the stake.

Upcoming Calendar:
6/12/10 Sat. 9-1 PM Family Fun Day at East building
9/17-18/10 Fri.-Sat. Jamborall for all scouts, varsity and venture groups.

Reminder: Summer activities must be approved by your Bishop and the Stake Presidency. Your activity is in jeopardy if you have not approved it with the Stake Presidency.

Missionary Preparation ideas
Wards might consider purchasing Preach My Gospel and the set of four missionary books (Jesus the Christ, Our Search for Happiness, Our Heritage, True to the Faith) for young men turning 16 so that they have three years to read them before their missions.

Scout Training status (% complete):
Ward Fast Start This is Scout Youth Prot. Basic Outdoor Skills
Ashley Park 31% 31% 23% 31%
Aspen Hills 90% 90% 90% 25%
Eastdell 60% 60% 20% 50%
Falcon Hills 100% 100% 100% 90% 100%
Highland 60% 60% 60% 13%
Karalee 36% 45% 36% 45%
Park View 90% 100% 90% 70%
Sego Lily 78% 89% 44% 89%
Stake 100% 100% 60% 100%
This report should include: Bishops, their two counselors, all young men advisors/leaders, and assistants. We are not including scout committee members or 11 year old scout leaders. The Stake YM will provide a barbecue dinner at Ken Gunderson’s home for the ward or wards which have the highest overall percentage by 7/1/10. All the ward YM leaders, Bishoprics, and their spouses, will be invited to the barbecue. Our goal is 100%. Ward YM secretaries should gather the completion information and email it to robhaertel@gmail.com on the 4th Sunday of each month. Please include all young men advisors and Bishoprics.

ANSWER: (page 184 Church Handbook of Instructions)
Each quorum presidency holds regular quorum presidency meetings. The quorum president (including the Bishop for priests) preside over the quorum presidency meeting. Presidency members, corresponding bishopric counselors and advisers attend it. The quorum presidency take turns conducting. The presidency seeks guidance from the bishopric member and adviser in preparing the agenda.

Supplements to Aaronic Priesthood Manual 2:
Looking for recent talks by General Authorities and other material that correlates with your priesthood manual lessons? This Resource manual is a great help. Go to: http://www.lds.org/languages/youthmaterials/pdf/AP_2010_ResourceGuide_08302_000.pdf

Important websites:
Duty to God resources: http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,4688-1,00.html
Church Aaronic Priesthood: http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,4645-1,00.html
AP Instructional Resources: http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,7588-1,00.html
Quorum Presidency training: http://www.lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,7966-1,00.html
BSA Training: www.myscouting.com and http://www.ldsbsa.org/resources.html
Stake YM information: http://GraniteSouthStakeYoungMen.blogspot.com/
Teaching Manual Resource: http://www.lds.org/languages/youthmaterials.pdf/AP_2010_ResourceGuide_08302_000.pdf

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU ARE DOING!!!!!