Oh What Do You Do In The Summer Time?

This is not necessarily Seminary related, but many of you work with Young Women, attend  YW Camp, help with Camp, or help with other Youth activities in your Wards and Stakes.

This activity, posted on my personal blog, is from our Young Women's Camp last week and is something I know you will want to share or adapt for your own needs.

Click HERE for details, meanwhile, these photos speak volumes:

 My daughters and me covered with the Young Women Values.

The Young Women Values will only benefit us if we "get them on us"

and make them part of our daily lives.

Our Seminary Book of Testimony

Each student wrote their testimony on a "plate of gold" and we compiled it in to our own 

"The Book of Palm Beach & West Palm Beach Seminary"

Most of their thoughts were based on the 

"I Know..... Because...." statements we have discussed.

We displayed this on the day of our Seminary Sacrament Meeting and

at our End of Year Breakfast.

Titles of Liberty

 We made individual Titles of Liberty when we studied Alma. I kept them until the end of the year and displayed them at our breakfast. Most of them were very well thought-out and meaningful.

Seminary Sacrament Meeting 2014

You are looking at an amazing group of young men and young women.

Last Sunday, we sang in Sacrament Meeting for both Wards in our building.

In addition to singing, I presented the students with their awards for

Attendance, Course Completion, Scripture Mastery, Book of Mormon Reading

We are missing a few students in the photos below, 

but this is the wonderful sight I get to see each morning at 6am.

For more details, click HERE

 They love being together, they love coordinating the colors they will wear when they sing, they just love life and I love them.

End Of Year Celebration 2014

We held our end of year breakfast and celebration last week.

Many of my students cannot attend class during exams this last week of school due to transportations issues, which is why I wanted to have the breakfast early this year. 

Read HERE for more details on this wonderful tradition.

 I have had these basic decorations for many years, each year, I just get them out and make a few minor adjustments or additions.

 Of course, the liahona is at the food serving table...

Another wonderful year behind us. I LOVE my students, and I LOVE the Book of Mormon. I also love sleep, so I am looking forward to a little more sleep this summer.

Autocorrect Is Not Always A Friend

Or...Why you (I) should never text when you (I) are not distracted.
It is no secret that I do not like to take time to proof-read.
When nothing is underlined in red, I just press "send" but this morning that all caught up with me.

One of my Seminary Students has one more Scripture Mastery verse to pass off and he will have memorized all 25 Scripture Mastery verses.
He left this morning without passing the verse off and I needed to know if he was going to pass it off tomorrow morning so I can present  his Scriptorian award this Sunday during Sacrament meeting.

Here is what I sent him and this is why you  (I) should always read your texts before you (I) touch send.
Auto correct is not always your  (my) friend. (forgive the language)

Imagine receiving this from your Seminary Teacher:
"Are you pissing off your last Scripture tomorrow morning?"
Next, I tried to correct it (still distracted, obviously)
"Are you passing off your lazy Scripture tomorrow morning?"
Was still in a hurry and did not proof-read.
Last attempt,
"Are you passing out your last scrap book tomorrow morning?"

OK...I am a slow learner..or in too much of a hurry.
Try number 4, I got it right.
" Are you passing off your last Scripture tomorrow morning?

Just a few more days of 4:30am alarms...
I can do this!

The Sacrament Prayer

As we studied the Sacrament Prayers in Moroni, this was a fun activity:
(Adapt it for learning a Scripture Mastery verse or learning the Articles of Faith)

• Divided my class into 2 teams
• In the Cultural Hall, I placed 2 rolling chalk boards at opposite ends of the room- not too close to the walls, but with backs facing each other and far enough away that the teams working on the boards could not easily hear each other.
• Without notes or scriptures, we left our classroom and entered the Cultural Hall
• Each team lined up in a straight line, facing their chalkboard.
• When I said go, one at a time, each team member took a turn going to the board to write, in order, one word at a time from the Sacrament prayer. They could choose the bread or water prayer.
• For example: First player wrote, "O", Second player wrote, "God", Third player wrote, "Eternal" and so forth.
• They were allowed to coach each other only if the person at the board could not remember. They had to at least try before they got help from a team mate. 
• It was amazing to see how much they did not remember-even the Priests who recite this prayer every Sunday. It was also amazing to see how much they do remember. Some of them surprised themselves.

This was a great activity. 

I wish I thought of it earlier and applied it to a Scripture Mastery verse.