LDS Young Women New Beginnings Programs and Skits

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What Is New Beginnings?

New Beginnings is an annual event teaching the purposes of the LDS Young Women organization. It includes an orientation to the Personal Progress program and to the Young Women theme, logo, motto, and values. It is usually held at the ward or branch level.

The purpose of a New Beginnings Program is to teach young women and their parents about the Young Women organization, provide an opportunity to encourage parents to help young women in Personal Progress experiences, provide an opportunity for leaders to express love for young women and acknowledge their accomplishments, and to help young women and parents plan for events of the coming year.

New Beginnings is held at the beginning of the calendar year. It may be held during Mutual. LDS Young Women, their parents, and priesthood and Young Women leaders are invited to New Beginnings.

A Young Women's New Beginnings Program usually includes some or all of the following:

  • Recognition of young women who have turned 12, moved into the ward, or joined the Church in the past year
  • Recognition for Personal Progress accomplishments
  • Music
  • Talks by members of the ward, such as parents, young women, and priesthood leaders
  • Presentations and new beginnings skits
  • Review of events planned for the coming year

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2006 Mutual Theme - Arise and Shine Forth

Here is my list of music, articles, clipart, and poems relating to the mutual theme "

America's Top MODEST Model

...for our New Beginnings we are going to do America's Next Top Modest Model" Theme for ours. Since we will probably...

BOOT Camp Theme New Beginnings

Here are some ideas about what we are doing for New Beginnings. Our theme is B.O.O.T. Camp "Building Our Own Testimony" Our invitation is a draft letter; very simple.

Document Type: 
DOC - Microsoft Word Document

Fantastic Food Ideas for Enrichment Meetings and other LDS Activities

For the un-crafty members of Relief Society, like me, coming up with creative ways to present food during activities can be very intimidating. Here are some ideas that can help you:

Jenny Phillips' 2006 Program: Arise and Shine Forth

Jenny Phillips has posted her new 2006 program and music on her website. You can download it by going to her

Jenny Phillip's A Great and Marvelous Work program with music

Preparation: 
Appropriate for either ward or stake productions, the 35-minute program celebrates the 2005 mutual theme, focusing on Joseph Smith and the restoration of the Church. <P>It has 5 songs, 2 sections of narration with up to 4 readers, and 3 recorded narrations. All of the music is available on Jenny Phillips's CD <u>A Great and Marvelous Work</u>, or the sheet music can be played by the performers. <P>The program doesn't require any costumes, props, or scenery.
Jenny Phillips, accomplished LDS singer/songwriter, has kindly allowed me to publish her musical program A Marvelous...

laurels responsibilities

hi there, next tuesday is our new beginnings, and we've been asked to discuss the responsibilities of a laurel. how do i get the message across without making it sound boring or maybe too hard.

New Beginnings 2007, YW Sisters Cooking Show at the Virtue Deli

This is a New Beginnings Program specifically for 2007. It is a take on the theme (Let virtue garnish thy thoughts...)...

New Beginnings List

I have a list of skits and ideas, along with some decoration ideas and handouts on my

New Beginnings - Now is a great TIME to be a Young Woman

Preparation: 
Decorate room with clocks as centerpieces. Print invitations with some sort of timepiece on them.
Have a guest speaker talk on why it is such a great time to be a young woman. Assign 7 young women (preferrably the...

New Beginnings Skit "Arise and Shine Forth"

Preparation: 
I thought it would be fun to do a skit this year for new beginnings. We would set it up in the gym so all the girls are on the stage, some sitting off to the side.
New Beginnings 2006
"Arise and Shine forth that thy light may be a standard to the nations."
Skit:

Not a member...

New Beginnings Skit for 2007 Theme

Preparation: 
No setup, practice with the Young Women participating for preparation
This skit talks about Personal progress, the young women theme, this years young womens theme, and ties in the song...

Operation Personal Progress Mission: Possible

Preparation: 
Mission Impossible theme music, people involved: 7 YW "secret field agents", Head agent (YW Pres), Senior Agent (Laurel),Invitations, "bad guys" video (the only hard thing to prepare)

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Personal Progress Balloons - 16 ct.

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Ours is the first (and ONLY) set of balloons that comes with all the Young Women Personal Progress value colors, including hard-to-find gold!

Each latex balloon is the larger 12 inch size, perfect for decorating. We provide both white and gold balloons in the pearlized finish.

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'P'ersonal 'P'rogress 'P'arty

A while ago, I saw an idea on this group for a "P" Party for Personal Progress. We just had ours this week and it was a...

Personal Progress Value Cakes

The Naperville 2nd ward had a great idea for food at YW in Excellence

Princess of Value Skit

Preparation: 
At beginning of the skit girls will wear a costume of their choice that fits their character. During the musical number in the middle they will go out and change into value colored dresses. We are also making silk flower crowns in the value colors with ribbon streamers.
This is a reworked Value Pageant Skit to fit in with our Daughter of a King, New Beginnings program. It is the same...

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

Decorations

At the entrance door have a large oval mirror on an easel surrounded by greenery. On the mirror have saying, "Princess, Daughter of a Heavenly King."(in vinyl).

The Wizard of Oz New Beginnings January 2006

by Melody Dunn

SUMMARY AND NOTES AFTERWARD: I had some Wizard of Oz figurines from my g'daughter and some posters,...

Treasures in Heaven

NEW BEGINNINGS
Treasures in Heaven

How many of you have heard of a Hope Chest? A hope chest is a chest where...

Value Bandits Skit

I thought I would share this skit so someone else could take advantage of all the work. It also includes an activity.

Document Type: 
DOC - Microsoft Word Document

Value Fruit Salad

Preparation: 
Wash and cut up fruit.
For New Beginnings, we used a modified version of the Virtue Deli. We made and served the sandwich but we also showed...

Value Trail Mix- refreshments for New Begginings

Preparation: 
Trail mix ingredients: marshmallows, chex cereal, popcorn, raisins, chocolate chips, dried cranberries, m&ms, pretzels. Bowls, scoops and tissue paper for display. Wooden stands to hold up signs. Gallon sized clear plastic baggies and printable labels.

For New Beginnings this year our ward decided to have our refreshments represent each one of the value experiences for...For New Beginnings this year our ward decided to have our refreshments represent each one of the value experiences for personal progress.

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Windows - New Beginnings

History of Windows

[Windows] was first done by the Centerville 4th ward and send out [to other units by the...

Women of Value

Preparation: 
Have YW dress in clothes that reflect the time period - the time of Jesus Christ
Narrator: As young women, we are learning to "Come Unto Christ" by incorporating these 7 value into our lives: Faith,...

Young Women Bargain Stickers - Values

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Young Women in Excellence ~ 2005

Preparation: 
We arranged to have our Evening of Excellence in the Chapel. Sunday Dress was Required. Bishopric was invited to preside. <BR>Setup: This is what we used:<BR>7 skinny 8" clear glass vases, 7 single flowers, one for each Value color (we used silk, but real may also be used)thin ribbon in each Value Color, and a large bouqet of "wildflowers" in the 7 Value colors, nicely arranged. A large Vase for the bouquet.<BR>Refreshemnts were provided by the YW. Beehives were assigned Drinks, MIA Maids: cheese crackers and fruit. Laurels: "Sweet Treats" Leaders: paper products and decorations. The girls were also asked to have "displays" of different talents and Personal Project projects they wished.<BR>Nice invitations were printed and hand delivered to parents, programs for the evening's event were handed out to each person as they entered that evening.
For decorations we used:

7 skinny 8" clear glass vases, 7 single flowers, one for each Value color (we used silk, but...

Young Women - universal 1/2 sheet card

This card template was made using my LDS Digital Scrapbooking elements. This makes two cards per 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper.

Document Type: 
PDF - Adobe PDF

Young Women Values Pageant Skit - UPDATED WITH VIRTUE

This skit takes about 25 minutes to perform (and that was with our 3 "commercials" and a solo). It makes a great New Beginnings activity. I've participated in or performed in this skit as long ago as 1986, but despite its age, the skit is a gem and really makes the girls think about the value they are assigned.

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The YW charm measures just over 3/4 inch.Earrings made using the YW Charm.Each YW Charm comes individually packaged.Necklace made using the YW Charm.Ribbon bracelet made using the YW Charm.
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