October Week 1

Hello amazing youth and mentors!

 You are all so amazing! And I am so happy and excited to have a new school year, with new beginnings, new chances, new challenges and new relationships with you and God. 

"God judges us not only for our acts, but also for the desires of our hearts. He has said so again and again. " -Dallin H Oaks

 When we are following God our choices are always going to be right because our heart is in the right place…so we want to make the right choices.

When I am not wanting to do something and I do it grudgingly, it’s not going to benefit me or anyone because my heart isn’t in it.

 I also know that when I am staying in line to what the Lord wants me to do, and my heart is striving and doing its best, then I will know I am doing right and good things. I know this is a principle and truth!

I love you all with all my heart. I hope you remember how much I love each and every one of you!

With great love,

Rachel 

Calendar

October:

3 -  Friday: Temple Trip 4:30-5:30; Master Class 7-9pm at Pack’s house

8 – Wednesday: Week 1 Johnson Home: Core 9:20-1:00; Bates Home: Journeyman 1:30-2:00

Leadership 2:00-3:00, Youth Mentor Meeting 3:10-4:30

15 – Wednesday: Week 2 Johnson Home: Core 9:20-12:15; Bates Home: Journeyman 12:45-2:00 Leadership 2:00-3:00, Hs Great Books 3:10-4:30

16 – Thursday: Evening Activity: Meg Johnson Guest Speaker 6-8pm

22 – Wednesday: Week 3 Johnson Home: Core 9:20-1:00; Bates Home: Journeyman 1:30-2:00

Leadership 2:00-3:00, Eu Great Books 3:10-4:30

29 – Wednesday: Week 4 Johnson Home: Core 9:20-12:15; Bates Home: Journeyman 12:45-2:00  Leadership 2:00-3:00, IA Great Books 3:10-4:30

Birthdays:

22 – Happy Birthday Cassia!

30 – Happy Birthday David!

Week 1:

Skills:

1.  Read: Turn the Page Chapter 5. Practice “arguing with the author” in all of your readings this week.

2. Read: Write Well. Change the World Ch. 3

3. Drawing Textbook Lessons 1-4

4. Work on memorization

5. Writing Skills of your choice

6. Read “What Makes it Great” Chapter 2 and listen to the examples

7. Listen to Bach while you work or do you math :-)

CORE:

Do first (by the Thursday before class):

Read: Putting on the Armor of God Chapter 8 and answer the

following questions in your journal: Which strategy does

Satan use to keep you from saying sincere prayers sometimes?

Do something this week to overcome this temptation. 

What did you learn? Track your 6 goals this week.

Do the rest of the study week:

 1. Read or Watch: The Choice Generation

2. Read: Chapter 15 from Beautiful Girlhood (young ladies) or

"Integrity" from Mansfield’s Guide and ponder the questions

(young men) and write your favorite truth/principle from that chapter.

3. Create: Create something to share about something that inspired you this week, such as: a poem, paper, drawing, painting, timeline, video, song, blog post, speech, visual presentation, digital piece, letter, or another way to share the truth you learned. Be ready to share why it inspired you.

 Try a different way to share than what you tried last week. Remember, this can be a rough draft of what you take to Journeyman to refine and it may be the writing you are doing for Master class. Post what you did on the blog.  

Some “Create” ideas:

Armor of God: Create a sincere prayer by challenging yourself to pray for 30 minutes and really talk to your Father in Heaven.  Keep a journal nearby to write down any impressions your receive.

The Choice Generation: Make a chart comparing your daily choices to an internet search

Beautiful Girlhood: Create a letter to your mother, telling her how much you appreciate her friendship. 

If you have wronged a friend in the past by sharing her confidences or talking to others about her, write her a letter of apology and strive to be a better friend.

Create a better character by practicing for a day, being “womanly and pure” in your friendships. Tell us what that was like and what it meant to you.

Manly Men: After pondering the four questions on page 171-72, take one of them and create an experience by doing everything it tells you and then share with us your experience.

Create a graphic summary of the story of Job and write the principles you learn from him.

JOURNEYMAN:

Read: Aspire Chapter 4 and write your thoughts in your journal

Bring: a paper copy of a project from Core, Journeyman or Master for review and revision

Free write: Write about anything at all without editing and without stopping for ten minutes

MASTER:

Read: Bonds That Make Us Free to Ch.6 OR  Leadership and Self-Deception Part 1: Self-Deception and the "Box"

Write and Email: In thinking about and observing the power of being honest with yourself about your weaknesses and self-betrayals, what have been your insights? If you haven't been discovering weaknesses and self-betrayals in yourself, what do you think might be holding you back? What do you think holds other back? Email your thoughts to Sis. Housholder

Ponder: Look at the list of ideas of what you can create on the last week, think about what you’ll do.

Cultural Literacy: Make a plan for memorizing your cultural literacy terms this month.

Terms:

·         altruism

·         cognitive development

·         compulsion

·         delusion

·         egocentric

·         empathy

·         extrovert

·         introvert

·         narcissism

·         nonverbal communication

·         Pavlov's dogs

·         psyche

·         psychiatry

·         psychology

·         psychotherapy

·         sociology

·         type A personality

·         type B personality

·         value judgment

·         Am I my brother’s keeper

·         Love your enemies

·         Turn the other cheek

·         Actions speak louder than words

·         The chickens have come home to roost

·         Don't cry over spilt milk

·         Don't cut off your nose to spite your face

·         Give the devil his due

·         It's never too late to mend

·         Let bygones be bygones

·         Make haste slowly

·         To err is human to forgive is divine

PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY:

·         Read Chapter 2 of Lead like Jesus.  As you read, stop and do the: Pause and Reflect sections. There are 9 of them. After you have finished the chapter, go back and review your notes, and consider where your EGO is, remember no one has a perfect EGO- think of some ways that you can improve your heart to be a servant leader.  Write it down, set a goal, and work on it all month! Remember: Make it a SMART goal.  

·         Principles of Liberty: Do the Principles of Liberty Course, month 2, week 1 in your student manual.  Bring your notes, thoughts, and answers to the questions to class.  If you didn’t finish all the work from last month, get caught up! You can do it, and it will be so much more meaningful and beneficial to you.

YOUTH MENTORS:

Read: Learning Styles Matter by Oliver DeMille, bring your notes about how you can apply these to our discussions in Vanguard.  Challenge: Search your scriptures to see if God has anything to say about learning styles.