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Contributed by: Deb Kgditto@aol.com Our yearly theme is "I Will Testify of Him" Hope someone can use it
sometime -- it turned out so awesome, the girls did a fabulous job.
NEW BEGINNINGS - OUTLINE
I WILL TESTIFY OF HIM
January 28, 2001
Welcome
Opening Song
Opening Prayer
Introduction of Evening
Spotlight of Young Women who have joined our Young Women program this past year
Personal Progress Incentive Program
Introduction of this years' theme - I WILL TESTIFY OF HIM
Musical number Beehives
'I Will Testify of Him' written by the
Beehives
Monthly theme presentations by the Mia Maids and Laurels -each girl will have a teddy bear
(using bears because we "bear" our testimony) that represents her months' theme
to hold while she gives her presentation. The Mia Maids did their presentation in the form
of a poem or a testimony and the Laurels each chose a woman from the scriptures to portray
in costume as a little skit.
January Building Faith, Building Testimony -
Faith (explained as part of the introduction)
February A Testimony is More than Words - Individual Worth
The women of the scripture should be one who recognized her great worth as a daughter of
God and thus became a living example of her testimony of Jesus Christ. She should be a
woman who strived to fulfill her divine mission as a daughter of God by living the gospel
of Jesus Christ, serving her fellowmen and magnifying her callings. She should be a loving
mother and wife who shares her testimony through her example. Your presentation could
include experiences in her life that show her to be such a woman. The woman chosen to
emulate this was Eve.
March Filling My Testimony Tank - Knowledge
Your testimony should include your feelings about gaining knowledge, both secular and
spiritual and how this will help build your testimony of the Savior. It could include ways
that you continually seek opportunities for learning and growth such as seminary,
scripture reading, school, developing new talents, trying new things, accepting callings.
April The Holy Ghost Testifies to Me - Holy Ghost
Your woman of the scripture should be a person whose whole life was one of listening to
and following the promptings of the Holy Ghost. You could give examples of times in her
life when she was led by the Holy Ghost and how that caused her testimony of the Savior to
grow. The Holy Ghost is also a comforter. Mary, the mother of Jesus, found great comfort
from the Holy Ghost as she accepted her calling to be the mother of the Messiah. She would
possibly have to face much difficulty by accepting her calling and it was the Holy Ghost
that helped her know that all was going to be all right. Think about how the Holy Ghost
also brought comfort to her as she watched the hardships of Christ's mission unfold,
ending in his death. Only the comfort of the Holy Ghost and her testimony could help her
through those hard times when she could only watch and pray.
May Testimony Power - Divine Nature
Your testimony should be your conviction of your divine nature. You have inherited divine
qualities from a Father in Heaven and those divine qualities will allow you to become all
that He is. To know of our heritage as literal daughters of God and the possibility of
inheriting all that our Father has, gives strength to our testimony of Jesus Christ and
his gospel thus making it easier to live as we have been asked to live. That's the power
of knowing from whom we came and to whom we can return if we strive to develop all the
diving attributes that are within us.
June Testimony and the "B"-attitudes - Prophets
Your woman of the scriptures should be one that continually followed the prophets in all
that she did. As Christ gave us a pattern for our lives in the beatitudes, our modern
prophets give us directions also to focus our lives on Christlike attitudes so that our
lives become filled with Christlike qualities. You could show how Hanna was truly a
Christlike person as she followed the teaching of the prophets, giving examples of her
great acts of goodness.
July Testimony Is An Action Word - Integrity
Your testimony should include the importance of having courage to stand for all that
Christ has taught us. It could recognize the importance of being true to ourselves and our
Savior in all that we do. It could talk about the power of example in sharing our
testimonies with our friends and neighbors. Including examples of how other's righteous
living has influenced your testimony could be effective.
August Strengthening Testimony through Service - Good Works
Your woman of the scriptures should be one who strived continually to serve others thereby
strengthening, not only her testimony, but the testimony of others. Emma Smith is a great
example of good works. Please bring out all the wonderful things she did to strengthen her
family and her neighbors, thus building testimonies of the Savior.
September Yagottawanna Share It - Friendship
Focus on friendship and how we should share our testimony of the Savior with our friends.
Your testimony should include the importance of good friends in all of our lives and the
idea that it is our responsibility to share the gospel with our non-member friends. You
could give examples of how this sharing has strengthened your own testimony. Sharing our
testimony should be done in both works and deed - not only talking to our friends about
our beliefs but also living them so our lives are, also, a testimony of Christ for our
friends to follow.
October I Want To Bear My Testimony - Choice and Accountability
Our choices make us what we are so your woman should be one who has done the necessary
preparation in her life by making good choices, thus becoming a testimony of righteous
living. Ruth is a woman who expressed her testimony continually by the choice for good
that she made. She felt a great need to accompany her mother in law into a land where
Ruth's beliefs were not practiced. Ruth chose to bear testimony of Christ throughout her
life through the choices she made.
November Testimony Increases Our 'Gratitude Attitude' - Gratitude
Emphasize that gratitude comes as we recognize the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ
and of living a Christlike life. Your testimony should express your gratitude for Jesus
Christ and his gospel. It could include specific blessings for which you are grateful that
are yours because of living the gospel and having a testimony of Christ.
December Joy of Testimony - Savior, Jesus Christ
This presentation is the concluding one so should be especially strong so everyone
understands the importance in finding joy in knowing and loving our Savior. Mary Magdalene
was a great example of total devotion to Jesus Christ. The ways she displayed her love for
the Savior should be emphasized as well as the joy she felt because of her choices to
follow his teachings. This final skit should help us feel the joy that our testimonies of
the Savior can bring into our lives.
Musical Number all young women
Song Of Testimony
Remarks bishop
Closing Song
Closing Prayer
Refreshments (cream puff with a gummy bear on top and strawberry slush)
**Note- the whole evening will take place in the RS room with the podium on the table.
Teddy bears and ribbon and ivy will decorate the table around the podium. 11 chairs will
be placed up front behind the table for the girls who are doing their monthly
presentations. A banner will hang behind them that reads "I Will Testify of Him"
the refreshments will be served from the kitchen where the doors open into the RS room.
Each girl will be given a ceramic teddy bear as a handout, who is holding a sign with the
theme on it to have in her room as a reminder of the theme.
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