I Love this Theme! It is
one of my favorite verses in the scriptures!!!! As sisters send
in information, I will update this page. Good luck and let me
know if you come up with any great ideas :-) Alice Gifford
(11/17/06)
Music that I
love for this theme: Lyndsi Housekeeper
www.lyndsihouskeeper.com.
I also love her Daughter of a King on her Finding Miracles CD.
A Penny for Your Thoughts
(12/17/06)
A Virtuous Woman Is
(1/7/07)
Beauty Bags
Becoming a YW of Virtue
(12/18/06)
Becoming Pillows
(1/7/07)
Becoming Virtuous Women
(1/7/07)
Camp
Virtue
(4/12/07)
Camp Virtue 2
(10/23/07)
Camp
V.I.T.A.L. SIGNS
(5/15/07)
Camp
Wizard of Oz
(7/9/07)
Daughter of a King
by Rachel Ann Nunes - Her sight
has a fabulous outline including Power Point Presentation to go with Story.
Daughter of a King by Jenny Phillips ( You can download the entire program
free of charge)
EFY
(12/17/06)
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
- New Beginnings
(1/29/07)
"Let Virtue Garnish Thy
Thoughts" Music by Joan Sowards
(12/19/06)
Living As Women of Virtue
(12/4/06)
Make Something of Yourself
(1/7/07)
M1L34
(11/30/06)
Memory
Gems
(11/22/06)
Monthly Themes
(12/3/06)
New Beginning Idea
(11/22/06)
Pack Your Bags for a
Trip of a Lifetime
(1/4/07)
Parable of
Ten Virgins
(11/29/06)
President
Hinckley's 10 Old Fashioned Virtues
President Faust's 10
Virtues
(11/22/06)
Scripture References
(12/4/06)
That Thy Confidence May
Wax Strong
(12/4/06)
Thinking Habits &
Dispositions
(11/22/06)
Wax Strong
(11/29/06)
The Virtue key chains or zipper pulls look
really cute attached to their scripture bags:
http://www.ywsugges tions.net/ html/_value_ -able_items. html
Contributed
by: Laura Walmer
(11/19/06)
Have been thinking about a way
to show the impact of the word "garnish." Put a piece of cheesecake
in the center of a nice plate. Place mint leaves and a fresh
raspberry on top. Then drizzle the raspberry syrup to look nice.
Something like that. Contrast it to a plain piece of cheesecake on a
plain plate. Then you could talk about how a garnish makes thing more
beautiful and is the finishing touch. However, there is a 2nd meaning
to the word garnish. When someone garnishes another's wages, the
wages are taken first. So, if virtue garnishes our thoughts, then
virtue is taking our thoughts. Our thoughts are virtuous first.
Contributed by: Julie Hardinger
-
(11/2006)
While talking to one of my
sisters I shared with her the new theme - she bought a book many
years ago titled "Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly" by
William N. Partridge. I was able to find it online and have it sent
to my Deseret Book. It costs $4.47. My sister bought it for her
daughter, who at the time was feeling all alone because many of her
friends had stopped living the YW Values - one was drinking, another
became pregnant...This daughter told her mom that this book helped
her a great deal. I just ordered it, so I have not seen it. Just
thought other YW leaders might want to learn of it to help them as
they teach the message of this theme to their YW.
New Mutual Theme
Announced for 2007 "New Mutual Theme Announced for 2007," Ensign, Nov.
2006, 127
In 2006 the youth of the Church shared their talents and testimonies
as they centered activities on the Mutual theme "Arise and shine
forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations" (D&C 115:5).
In 2007 the theme focuses on individual spiritual strength. The new
Mutual theme comes from a revelation to the Prophet Joseph Smith
during his deepest hour of despair in Liberty Jail: "Let virtue
garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong
in the presence of God" (D&C 121:45).
In a joint statement, the Young Women and Young Men general
presidencies say youth who struggle with insecurity and doubt will
find hope in the new Mutual theme. "Confidence 'in the presence of
God' is true confidence," the statement says. "If you are confident in
God's presence, you can feel confident around anyone else."
Because "the Lord looketh on the heart" (1 Sam. 16:7), youth whose
thoughts are virtuous will be confident the Lord accepts them and will
more likely live virtuous lives. The Young Women and Young Men general
presidencies encourage youth to find guidance for living a virtuous
life in For the Strength of Youth (item no. 36550).
How can youth garnish their thoughts with virtue? President James E.
Faust, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, says that "virtue has
many definitions, such as moral excellence, right action and thinking,
goodness of character, or chastity" ("How Near to the Angels," Ensign,
May 1998, 95).
"Many people do not fully understand the meaning of virtue," President
Faust said. "One commonly understood meaning is to be chaste or
morally clean, but virtue in its fuller sense encompasses all traits
of righteousness that help us form our character" ("The Virtues of
Righteous Daughters of God," Liahona and Ensign, May 2003, 108).
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
explained how righteousness affects our confidence: "When we are doing
what is right, we will not feel timid and hesitant about seeking
divine direction. We will know the Lord will answer our prayers and
help us in our need" ("Personal Integrity," Ensign, May 1990, 33).
Living lives of virtue brings the companionship of the Holy Ghost,
which brings inspiration from the Lord and confidence in His presence.
In an August 1, 2006,
letter announcing the 2007 Mutual theme, the First Presidency
encouraged Young Men and Young Women leaders to emphasize the theme in
Mutual opening exercises and other youth activities.
Additional resource material regarding the theme will be available in
the January 2007 Liahona and New Era.
